Hardware support: Jim Keller joins a Toronto-based startup developing AI chips

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• Jim Keller joins a Toronto-based startup developing AI chips
• [AnandTech] Cost Increases and Tariffs: ASUS to Increase MSRP on Graphics Cards and Motherboards
• Dell unveils the first 40-inch, 5120x2160 ultrawide monitor
• Gigabyte's press release states 11th Gen Intel Core processors to launch on March 2021
• Dell CES 2021 megathread - Laptops, monitors and more
• ADATA Announces SD Express Cards, Available from Q2-2021
• [VideoCardz] Intel confirms DG2 GPU (Xe-HPG) features up to 512 Execution Units?
• 3050ti Listed in FAH Source files
• Why are there no 1.5 GB GDDR6 chips?
• [AnandTech] Zotac ZBOX CI662 nano Fanless mini-PC Review: Second Stab at Silencing Succeeds
• [LTT] - How did Microsoft screw this up? (Surface Pro X SQ2 vs Macbook Air M1)
• (AHOC/Buildzoid)EVGA RTX 3060Ti FTW3 PCB breakdown and modding plans.
• [VideoCardz] AMD Radeon RX 6700 series rumored to launch by the end of March
• A second insightful summary of the 2021 Semiconductor Industry Trends and Predictions
• [VideoCardz] Intel Core i9-11900K 'Rocket Lake-S' engineering sample tested
• Why is every phone manufacturer jumping on the Big-little train?

Jim Keller joins a Toronto-based startup developing AI chips Posted: 05 Jan 2021 07:04 PM PST submitted by /u/nghj6 [link] [comments]

[AnandTech] Cost Increases and Tariffs: ASUS to Increase MSRP on Graphics Cards and Motherboards Posted: 05 Jan 2021 07:55 AM PST submitted by /u/Kougar [link] [comments]

Dell unveils the first 40-inch, 5120x2160 ultrawide monitor Posted: 05 Jan 2021 05:32 PM PST submitted by /u/bizude [link] [comments]

Gigabyte's press release states 11th Gen Intel Core processors to launch on March 2021 Posted: 05 Jan 2021 11:59 PM PST submitted by /u/ryandtw [link] [comments]

Dell CES 2021 megathread - Laptops, monitors and more Posted: 05 Jan 2021 08:04 AM PST Laptops Dell updates the Precision 3560 with Tiger Lake-U processors but ditches some business features Dell Latitude 7320 Detachable is a Surface Pro X clone with Tiger Lake internals Dell updates Latitude 7420/7320 & expands the business premium-class with 15.6 inch Dell Latitude 7520 Dell redesigns the Latitude 9420 business convertible with 16:10 display, Intel Tiger Lake vPro, 5G, and automatic SafeShutter, but RAM continues to remain soldered Dell kills off its TrackPoint on the new Latitude 5320, Latitude 5420 & Latitude 5520 PCs The Dell OptiPlex 3090 Ultra is an all-in-one that hides neatly behind a monitor while still offering enough modularity and connectivity options Dell announces OptiPlex 7090 Ultra, a zero-footprint desktop module that fits into a monitor stand Displays Dell UltraSharp 40 Curved WUHD 5K monitor allows controlling two PCs at once with a single keyboard and mouse Dell reveals the C5522QT and C6522QT 4K interactive touch monitors Dell intros the C2422HE, C2722DE, and C3422WE video conferencing monitors Dell announces U2722D and U2722DE 27-inch UltraSharp monitors Dell unveils the U3821DW 38-inch curved UltraSharp monitor Dell intros U2422H and U2422HE 24-inch UltraSharp monitors Perhipals Dell's new Premier wireless keyboard and mouse can connect to up to three devices at once submitted by /u/Balance- [link] [comments]

ADATA Announces SD Express Cards, Available from Q2-2021 Posted: 05 Jan 2021 08:14 AM PST submitted by /u/Balance- [link] [comments]

[VideoCardz] Intel confirms DG2 GPU (Xe-HPG) features up to 512 Execution Units? Posted: 05 Jan 2021 10:50 AM PST submitted by /u/ryandtw [link] [comments]

3050ti Listed in FAH Source files Posted: 05 Jan 2021 07:08 AM PST Folding at Home has a file labelled "GPU.txt". Inside this file is a list of GPU's including unreleased ones such as: RTX 3080ti RTX 3080 20GB RTX 3080 11GB/12GB (Engineering Samples) RTX 3070ti RTX 3060 (non ti) 6GB/12GB RTX 3050 RTX A40 RTX A6000 RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q RTX 3070 Mobile / Max-Q This file can be found in C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Roaming\FAHClient\GPU.txt I have no idea how accurate the entries are, but I though I would post it here for the community to see submitted by /u/TrueTech0 [link] [comments]

Why are there no 1.5 GB GDDR6 chips? Posted: 05 Jan 2021 03:02 AM PST Ok here's a problem in de GPU industry: GPUs have a memory interface width. For the GDDR family, 128-bit, 192-bit, 256-bit and 384-bit are the most common (at least for fully functional GPU dies). A higher-end GPU has a wider memory bus to provide more bandwidth, and sometimes more capacity. Now here's the problem: GDDR6 chips have a 32-bit bus, and only come in 1 or 2 GB capacities (see Samsung and Micron catalogs). This means only the following capacities are possible for the most common bus widths: 1 GB chips 2 GB chips 128-bit 4 GB 8 GB 192-bit 6 GB 12 GB 256-bit 8 GB 16 GB 384-bit 12 GB 24 GB Now, you can partially disable a section of the memory bus to differentiate cards from the same GPU die, for example we saw the RTX 2080 Ti with 11 GB and the RTX Titan with 12 GB from the same TU102 die. The first one had just one chip less, using only a 352-bit bus. But this solves not everything. Take the RTX 3060 Ti and 3070. Both use the GA104 die with a 256-bit bus and 8 GB memory. Now the RTX 3060 is rumored, using GA106 and a 192-bit bus, and has to choose between 6 and 12 GB memory configurations. Neither are ideal. We also saw it with the GTX 1050 Ti with 4 GB (128-bit bus) and the GTX 1060 with both 3GB and 6 GB (192-bit bus). So my question is quite simple: Is there any technical limitation to produce 32-bit 1.5 GB GDDR6 dies. Or is it not economically feasible? Because if we introduce a middle-tier 1.5 GB chip, we can solve a lot of problems in current line-up. These are the configurations: 1 GB chips 1.5 GB chips 2 GB chips 128-bit 4 GB 6 GB 8 GB 192-bit 6 GB 9 GB 12 GB 256-bit 8 GB 12 GB 16 GB 384-bit 12 GB 18 GB 24 GB The RTX 30-line could have looked like this: RTX 3050: 4 GB (128-bit) RTX 3050 Ti: 6 GB (128-bit) RTX 3060: 9 GB (192-bit) RTX 3060 Ti: 12 GB (192-bit) RTX 3070: 12 GB (256-bit) RTX 3070 Ti: 16 GB (256-bit) RTX 3080: 18 GB (384-bit) RTX 3090: 24 GB (384-bit) Each higher-end card now has either more bandwidth or more memory or both, but never any less memory. Also the regular and Ti version are based on the same die, as it should be. And if you partially disable the memory bus you can create even more options! For AMD the same case could be made, the whole RX 6000 line currently has the same 16 GB memory, which is a bit strange. So what's holding 1.5 GB chips back? And could there ever be 3 GB chips instead of jumping straight to 4 GB? submitted by /u/Balance- [link] [comments]

[AnandTech] Zotac ZBOX CI662 nano Fanless mini-PC Review: Second Stab at Silencing Succeeds Posted: 05 Jan 2021 07:55 AM PST submitted by /u/Balance- [link] [comments]

[LTT] - How did Microsoft screw this up? (Surface Pro X SQ2 vs Macbook Air M1) Posted: 05 Jan 2021 10:40 AM PST submitted by /u/uzzi38 [link] [comments]

(AHOC/Buildzoid)EVGA RTX 3060Ti FTW3 PCB breakdown and modding plans. Posted: 05 Jan 2021 03:41 PM PST submitted by /u/Cmoney61900 [link] [comments]

[VideoCardz] AMD Radeon RX 6700 series rumored to launch by the end of March Posted: 05 Jan 2021 10:48 AM PST submitted by /u/ryandtw [link] [comments]

A second insightful summary of the 2021 Semiconductor Industry Trends and Predictions Posted: 05 Jan 2021 08:20 AM PST submitted by /u/milieu_b [link] [comments]

[VideoCardz] Intel Core i9-11900K 'Rocket Lake-S' engineering sample tested Posted: 05 Jan 2021 10:51 AM PST submitted by /u/ryandtw [link] [comments]

Why is every phone manufacturer jumping on the Big-little train? Posted: 05 Jan 2021 07:16 PM PST Looking at the current top-end 'Snapdragon 888' & 'Exynos 1080', both fill half the die with antiquated Cortex-A55, under the marketing label "Low power cores". Surely phones would benefit greatly in performance and power consumption running chips that were purely high-end 5 nm silicon, just undervolted and underclocked when there wasn't a need for so-called "High power cores". Is this all down to cost-cutting measures? Even if that's the case, wouldn't a quad-core Cortex-A78 or Cortex-X1, that clocked dynamically to serve both high and low power needs, make much more sense and be much cheaper? What's the benefit of shipping tons of Cortex-A55 in $1000 phones? See for answers: https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/krf1a1/why_is_every_phone_manufacturer_jumping_on_the/gia7bg8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 submitted by /u/10xKnowItAll [link] [comments]

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