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What the US Movement Against Data Centers Can Learn From Abroad
Paris Marx, author of Hyperscale, has been tracking global data center development for years. The US has a lot to learn from what’s happened everywhere from Ireland to New Zealand.
Leaked video exposes how industrial-scale Chinese factories are dismantling RTX 5090s by the thousands to fuel AI servers
Wondering why RTX 5090s are so hard to find? Leaked footage shows thousands of consumer GPUs, including Founders Editions, being torn apart for AI servers.
Judge rejects Trump’s wild claim EPA can dismiss data center pollution lawsuits
A federal judge on Tuesday rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to shut down a Clean Air Act lawsuit against the company now known as SpaceXAI, ruling that the Environmental Protection Agency cannot unilaterally dismiss a citizen suit.
Nvidia’s latest GPU driver brings a new way to speed up PC games
Nvidia is rolling out a new GPU driver today (621.01) that enables Microsoft's new Advanced Shader Delivery technology to speed up game launches. The technology also removes mid-game "just-in-time" shader compilation, reducing stuttering and CPU spikes.
Qualcomm to cut jobs globally in "performance-based" layoffs, as company pivots to AI data center and edge computing markets
Qualcomm will begin performance-based layoffs worldwide in November as the chipmaker reallocates resources toward AI infrastructure, data centers, automotive, PCs, and edge computing, amid weaker consumer electronics demand.
Samsung and SK Hynix are upgrading Chinese factories to produce advanced RAM chips as AI data center competition ramps up
Samsung and SK Hynix are reportedly upgrading their factories to produce more advanced RAM chips designed for AI data centers in an attempt to fend off competition from Chinese companies.
China’s tech giants drop $35 billion on export-compliant Nvidia RTX Pro 5500 workstation GPU orders to power AI ambitions, according to reports
$35 billion worth of Nvidia RTX Pro 5500 GPUs have been bought by Chinese trio Tencent, Alibaba and ByteDance, with demand far exceeding Nvidia's planned production, according to report.
Tenstorrent hits $6.2B valuation to scale open-weight AI chips
After drawing acquisition interest earlier this year, the Nvidia challenger raised $1.5 billion to remain independent.
VBIOS on RTX cards can be modified without flashing thanks to a solo developer’s project
Flashing the VBIOS is risky and can brick a GPU, but this VBIOS configurator uses an Nvidia register key to override VBIOS settings without flashing.
Don't throw away your old graphics card — here's what you can do with it
An old GPU has lots of potential for a second life, from adding more horsepower to your current machine to crafting a purpose-built second one.
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