All posts by waynewilliams@onmail.com (Wayne Williams)

• brainlike

  Tiny ‘Hurricane-like’ magnetic swirls could hold key to next AI breakthrough — material found in rust could help power energy efficient, brain-like processors capable of running at hundreds of Gigahertz

  Researchers from Oxford University’s Department of Physics have made a discovery that could pave the way for the next ..

  February 23, 2024

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• build

  Here’s what the machine that will build your next laptop CPU looks like — customers including Intel paid $350 million and waited up to six years to get their hands on it

  Dutch lithography machine manufacturer ASML recently dethroned Applied Materials to become the world’s ..

  February 21, 2024

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• cables

  Fiber optic cables transport petabytes of data every second around the world — scientists say they could also save lives by detecting tsunamis early

  Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have discovered a novel technique that can turn ..

  February 20, 2024

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• candidate

  ‘Holy grail for memory tech’: New candidate for universal memory emerges in race to replace RAM and NAND — and this one doesn’t use a toxic compound

  The current memory market, worth $165bn a year, is dominated by DRAM and NAND flash. The former is fast ..

  February 19, 2024

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• 70W

  Nvidia’s entry level GPU can handle 66 million pixels, enough to feed two 8K monitors — but it is its tiny 70W power consumption that will get jaws dropping

  Nvidia has unveiled the RTX 2000 ADA Generation, a powerful yet energy-efficient addition to its workstation ..

  February 18, 2024

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• biggest

  Some of the world’s biggest cloud computing firms want to make millions of servers last longer — doing so will save them billions of dollars every year

  Some of the world’s largest cloud computing firms, including Alphabet, Amazon, and Cloudflare, have ..

  February 18, 2024

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• behemoth

  Nvidia going for rivals’ jugulars as it plans to compete in $30 billion custom chip market — but is it a sign that the AI behemoth has reached its peak?

  Nvidia currently controls about 80% of the high-end AI chip market, a position that has boosted its stock ..

  February 17, 2024

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• assembled

  ‘The most powerful machine yet assembled on Earth’: China quietly launched record-breaking supercomputer — and someone virtually deconstructed its processor

  China has quietly launched the Tianhe-3 supercomputer, which is believed to be the most powerful machine ..

  February 17, 2024

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• assembled

  ‘The most powerful machine yet assembled on Earth’: China quietly launched record-breaking supercomputer — and someone virtually deconstructed its processor

  China has quietly launched the Tianhe-3 supercomputer, which is believed to be the most powerful machine ..

  February 17, 2024

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• billions

  ‘Anywhere there’s a camera, now there’s a risk’: Billions of users at risk of Peeping Toms — scientists devise incredibly simple eavesdropping system costing only a few hundred dollars

  A new threat to privacy has emerged, as scientists in the US have found a way to spy on video feeds from ..

  February 17, 2024

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