Tiny jams AMD GPUs over USB3
Published in Graphics
Monday, 12 May 2025 09:20

Tiny jams AMD GPUs over USB3


External GPUs finally come to Apple

Tiny has managed to get AMD eGPUs working on Windows, Linux, and macOS using nothing more than USB3 and a dose of black magic.

Gigabyte RTX 50 GPUs ooze thermal gel
Published in News
Monday, 12 May 2025 09:03

Gigabyte RTX 50 GPUs ooze thermal gel


Buyers feeling sticky

Gigabyte’s RTX 50-series graphics cards are leaking more than heat, as users report thermal gel dribbling out of heatsinks.

Chipzilla’s Battlemage “G31” leaks
Published in Graphics


New ARC GPU push

Troubled Chipzilla has apparently slipped another ARC Battlemage graphics card into the pipeline, as a new “G31” model turned up in a shipping manifest en route to Intel Vietnam.

Intel’s Arc B580 budget GPU has a big old problem
Published in Graphics


Performs well on new chips, tanks on older ones

The Arc B580 might be Chipzilla’s best foot forward in the GPU value game, with Tom’s Hardware calling it the $249 champ, but budget gamers hoping to slot it into their ageing rigs might be in for a nasty surprise.

Nvidia mulls Chipzilla deal for gaming GPU fabs
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Intel’s 18A node may become more than just internal salvation

Nvidia is eyeing Troubled Chipzilla’s foundry business to manufacture gaming GPUs—marking a potential inflexion point for Intel’s battered but still-breathing manufacturing arm, according to GuruFocus.

OpenAI's GPU inferno forces ChatGPT image throttle
Published in AI


Too many pictures, not enough silicon

OpenAI's shiny new toy is already running hot—literally.

Gelsinger claims Nvidia’s AI GPUs are overpriced
Published in News


Jensen just got lucky on AI

It appears that former troubled Chipzilla CEO Pat Gelsinger is still upset about Nvidia’s AI dominance, taking a swipe at Jensen Huang’s pricing strategy and implying that Nvidia’s meteoric rise in AI was more a matter of luck than strategy.

NVIDIA announces new RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPU series for workstations
Published in Graphics


Up to 96GB of GDDR6 ECC memory

At GTC 2025, NVIDIA has unveiled its new RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPU series for workstations, including a full lineup of desktop and laptop GPUs, as well as a data center-oriented RTX PRO 6000 Server Edition one.

Bolt Graphics brings RISC-V to the GPU market
Published in Graphics


Hail Zeus

Bolt Graphics, a startup out of Sunnyvale, California, has announced its Zeus GPU platform, promising to thrash Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5090 in path tracing and FP64 compute workloads.

Altman's giant GPT-4.5 hits a wall
Published in AI
Friday, 28 February 2025 10:01

Altman's giant GPT-4.5 hits a wall


Can’t get enough GPUs

OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, has unveiled the company's latest brainchild: GPT-4.5, but don’t expect to see it anytime soon.