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768 GB of cheap Intel Optane DIMM memory sticks used to run 1-trillion-parameter LLM on a system with a single GPU " local Kimi K2. 5 install achieved roughly 4 tokens per second
2+ hour, 43+ min ago (251+ words) Redditor found 768 GB of affordable Optane sticks second-hand. APFrisco's hardware specs were given as follows: The build was configured with the Optane in memory mode and the Samsung DDR4 as cache. The software side of the equation relied on the aforementioned…...
Intel announces Mc Laren F1 partnership, will battle AMD-powered Mercedes " deal includes chips for aerodynamic analysis, vehicle-dynamics simulation, race strategy analytics, and more
1+ week, 1+ day ago (255+ words) Compute performance arms race now driving F1's fiercest rivals. Intel's PR blurb says F1 racing is "one of the world's most technologically demanding sports." Thus, Intel engineers will be tasked with delivering advanced computing for AI and high-performance architectures that are…...
Enthusiast creates Peltier thermoelectric cooler from scratch — impressive rig uses two 360mm AIOs, homemade DC controllers, and a custom loop
2+ week, 6+ day ago (229+ words) It works, but the performance results are underwhelming...
200, 000 living human neurons" on a microchip demonstrated playing Doom " Cortical Labs CL1 video shows the gameplay and explains how the neurons learn the game
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (284+ words) Doom game training also inspired the creation of the "Cortical Cloud." Australia"s Cortical Labs has demonstrated its 'body in a box' CL1 biological computer playing Doom. A video showing the Doom gameplay, and explaining the processes behind this feat was…...
Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2 Review: The brains and the brawn
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (769+ words) Offloading the work from the Raspberry Pi's CPU makes the AI HAT+ 2 an interesting prospect, but the flawed results make this a bit of a gamble. The $130 price tag and your project choice will ultimately decide your purchasing decision. Offloads…...
Basement AI lab captures 10, 000 hours of brain scans to train thought-to-text AI models " largest known neural dataset collected from thousands of humans over six months
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (236+ words) Luke James is a freelance writer and journalist." Although his background is in legal, he has a personal interest in all things tech, especially hardware and microelectronics, and anything regulatory." A San Francisco start-up has spent the past six months…...
Google's Agentic AI wipes user's entire HDD without permission in catastrophic failure " cache wipe turns into mass deletion event as agent apologizes: "I am absolutely devastated to hear this. I cannot express how sorry I am"
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (495+ words) Jowi Morales is a tech enthusiast with years of experience working in the industry. He's been writing with several tech publications since 2021, where he's been interested in tech hardware and consumer electronics. A developer using Google Antigravity, the search giant's…...
China's supercomputer breakthrough uses 37 million processor cores to model complex quantum chemistry at molecular scale " Sunway fuses AI and quantum science
7+ mon, 1+ day ago (557+ words) Anton Shilov is a contributing writer at Tom's Hardware. Over the past couple of decades, he has covered everything from CPUs and GPUs to supercomputers and from modern process technologies and latest fab tools to high-tech industry trends. Normally, simulations…...
Nvidia 800 VDC power rollout for 1 megawatt server racks to be supported by ABB " company says collaboration will create 'new power solutions for future gigawatt-scale data centers "
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (331+ words) Even the flux capacitors need upgrading now. Swedish-Swiss multinational industrial outfit ABB has announced a partnership with Nvidia that will see it support Nvidia's rollout of 800 VDC power architecture for 1 megawatt server racks. The company says the collaboration will power…...
High-performance mice can be used as a microphone to spy on users thanks to AI " Mic-E-Mouse technique harnesses mouse sensors, converts acoustic vibrations into speech
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (176+ words) This mouse has ears. Mouse sensors with a 20, 000 DPI or higher are vulnerable to this attack. And with the best gaming mice becoming more affordable annually, even relatively affordable peripherals are at risk. It all begins when a user has…...