The Hot Take: Getting confused.
While we see multiple reports indicating the discontinuation of the flagship Blackwell GeForce GPU, NVIDIA, on the other hand, denies such reports. NVIDIA's Jeff Fisher Says RTX 5090 isn't Discontinued After Acknowledging Supply Constraints Multiple Taiwanese publications have reported NVIDIA's refutation of reports that the RTX 5090 is being discontinued. If you have been following us, you must be aware that a few days ago, there were reports suggesting NVIDIA has ended the supply of the GeForce RTX 5090, the flagship Blackwell GeForce GPU,…
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The Hot Take: Ridiculous.
NVIDIA is on its way to release the refreshed RTX 5080 by discontinuing the existing one. Newer GeForce RTX 5080 With 24 GB VRAM Rumoredly Hitting Shelves in Q1 2027, Although Board Partners Haven't Received Any Development Information A few days ago, we reported that NVIDIA is discontinuing the flagship Blackwell gaming card, and at the same time, it's replacing the GPU sitting right below it in the tier list with a refreshed one. We are talking about the GeForce RTX 5080 card, which is the second most powerful Blackwell GeForce card in the…
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The Hot Take: Mid-range only for us pleebs! We will own nothing soon enough.
Nvidia has reportedly ceased selling its GB202 graphics processors for consumer-grade GeForce RTX 5090-series add-in-boards (AIBs), including 'D' variants for the Chinese market, according to a leaked notice from an unknown factory cited by @hongxing2020, who tends to have insights into the graphics card market. Another prominent leaker @Zed__Wang confirmed the report and said that from now on the GB202 silicon will be exclusively used on data center and professional graphics cards."According to a notification from the factory, Nvidia will no…
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The Hot Take: Microsoft going all in on Nvidia it seems. Xbox next?
Software King of the World Microsoft has confirmed that Nvidia’s RTX Spark platform will be featured at its 7 October Windows event, with new hardware announcements expected.
The event, taking place in San Francisco, will include Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Windows and Surface chief Pavan Davuluri and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
Vole says the event will feature “RTX Spark and new experiences designed to unlock more possibilities for developers and builders.”
Nvidia has shared a fresh teaser ahead of the event, suggesting that the two…
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The Hot Take: More and more ASICs coming to market! Nvidia only has so much longer to price gouge with funneling it all to Ai.
South Korean AI chipmaker Rebellions has expanded its neural processing units (NPUs) across four commercial SK Telecom services, with the infrastructure now processing about 14 million real-time requests and more than 4 billion tokens a day.
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The Hot Take: Neat.
A report says NVIDIA GPUs contain multiple embedded RISC-V cores that handle work outside shader computation, including functions related to graphics-driver execution.
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The Hot Take: As expected, while they continue to squeeze out every dollar from Ai.
Both GPU giants are expected to skip 2027 for their next-generation of graphics cards, and only one configuration is expected to see its debut next year. Leaker Claims AMD and NVIDIA Planning to Launch Their Next-Gen Graphics Cards in 2028 While RDNA 2 AT2 GPU Launches in 2027 We have previously heard reports claiming that AMD is reportedly planning to launch its next generation of graphics cards in late 2027. Some reports claimed that the launch could be delayed until early 2028. Looks like we aren't getting the complete GPU family out until…
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The Hot Take: Smh, I think we stop buying Nvidia to show them what we think on this. I'm tempted to go AMD...
The GeForce RTX 5090 is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the best graphics cards. However, you'd better pray the serial number on the inside of the metal bracket does not fade over time, since that could be a reason for Nvidia to reject warranty claims. At least one Redditor has shared a case of Nvidia reportedly denying a warranty claim because the bracket's serial number was unreadable.Go deeper with TH Premium: GPUs(Image credit: Noctua)Desktop GPU RoadmapNvidia's Enterprise GPU RoadmapTesting DirectStorage with GPU…
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The Hot Take: Not good, and I hope they get prosecuted the to full extent of the law.
Taiwan has indicted nine people—reportedly including an Nvidia senior manager and two Supermicro employees based in the country—who allegedly helped forge documents to cover up illegal exports of high-end AI servers to China in violation of US export controls.
On Monday, Reuters reported that prosecutors in Keelung did not release any names but confirmed that the suspects were “charged with breach of trust and document forgery.” One suspect linked to a related case remains at large, accused of the “siphoning of funds from a distributor…
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The Hot Take: So when is there going to be a price fixing class action for GPUs?
AMD is reportedly preparing to jack up graphics card prices after waiting for Nvidia to blink first.
According to PC Gamer the word comes from industry watcher Harukaze5719 who reckons AMD was holding fire until Nvidia pushed up its own prices.
“This was to avoid the risk of declining product competitiveness and market share loss from a hasty price adjustment during a period of demand pressure,” Harukaze5719 wrote on X.
AMD has already warned manufacturers about a price rise of “at least 10 per cent” across all products. The increase is…
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