MojoKid writes: Today AMD launched its latest midrange graphics card based on the company’s all new Navi architecture. The AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT slots in under $300 ($279 MSRP) and is based on the same Navi 10 GPU as AMD’s current high-end Radeon RX 5700 series cards. AMD’s Radeon RX 5600 XT is outfitted with 36 compute units, with a…
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Intel’s First Discrete GPU is Built For Developers
At its CES 2020 keynote, Intel showed off its upcoming Xe discrete graphics chip and today, we’re seeing exactly how that’s going to be implemented. From a report: First off, Intel unveiled a standalone DG1 “software development vehicle” card that will allow developers to optimize apps for the new graphics system. It didn’t reveal any performance details for the card, but…
AMD Unveils Ryzen 4000 Mobile CPUs Claiming Big Gains, 64-Core Threadripper
MojoKid writes: Yesterday, AMD launched its new Ryzen 4000 Series mobile processors for laptops at CES 2020, along with a monstrous 64-core/128-thread third-generation Ryzen Threadripper workstation desktop CPU. In addition to the new processors, on the graphics front the oft-leaked Radeon RX 5600 XT that target’s 1080p gamers in the sweet spot of the GPU market was also made official. In…
The Original Xbox Was Announced 19 Years Ago Today
On January 6, 2001, Bill Gates and The Rock debuted the original Xbox, calling it “the most electrifying” games console on the market. GameRevolution reports: The surreal image of The Rock standing alongside Gates, telling the billionaire “it doesn’t matter what you think, Bill,” was certainly a unique way to debut the console. We’re glad Microsoft opted for this unusual route,…
Ask Slashdot: What Will the 2020s Bring Us?
dryriver writes: The 2010s were not necessarily the greatest decade to live through. AAA computer games were not only DRM’d and internet tethered to death but became increasingly formulaic and pay-to-win driven, and poor quality console ports pissed off PC gamers. Forced software subscriptions for major software products you could previously buy became a thing. Personal privacy went out the window…
Ask Slashdot: Will We Ever Be Able To Make Our Own Computer Hardware At Home?
dryriver writes: The sheer extent of the data privacy catastrophe happening — everything software/hardware potentially spies on us, and we don’t get to see what is in the source code or circuit diagrams — got me thinking about an intriguing possibility. Will it ever be possible to design and manufacture your own CPU, GPU, ASIC or RAM chip right in your…
Qualcomm To Offer GPU Driver Updates On Google Play Store For Some Snapdragon Chips
MojoKid writes: At its Snapdragon Summit in Maui, Hawaii this week, Qualcomm unveiled the new Snapdragon 865 Mobile Platform, which enable next year’s flagship 5G Android phones with more performance, a stronger Tensor-based AI processor and a very interesting new forthcoming feature not yet offered for any smartphone platform to date. The company announced that it will eventually start delivering driver…
Snapdragon XR2 Chip To Enable Standalone Headsets With 3K x 3K Resolution, 7 Cameras
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Road to VR: Qualcomm today announced Snapdragon XR2 5G, its latest chipset platform dedicated to the needs of standalone VR and AR headsets. The new platform is aimed at high-end devices with support for 3K x 3K displays at 90Hz, along with integrated 5G, accelerated AI processing, and up to seven simultaneous camera feeds…
Ask Slashdot: How Much Faster Is an ASIC Than a Programmable GPU?
dryriver writes: When you run a real-time video processing algorithm on a GPU, you notice that some math functions execute very quickly on the GPU and some math functions take up a lot more processing time or cycles, slowing down the algorithm. If you were to implement that exact GPU algorithm as a dedicated ASIC hardware chip or perhaps on a…
Intel Unveils 7nm Ponte Vecchio GPU Architecture For Supercomputers and AI
MojoKid writes: Intel has unveiled its first discrete GPU solution that will hit the market in 2020, code name Ponte Vecchio. Based on 7nm silicon manufacturing and stack chiplet design with Intel’s Foveros tech, Ponte Vecchio will target HPC markets for supercomputers and AI training in the datacenter. According to HotHardware, Ponte Vecchio will employ a combination of both its Foveros…