Author: Andy Edser

Expected release date: Q4 2024 – Q1 2025 Codename: Blackwell Naming scheme: Expected to be the RTX 50-series Process: Rumoured to be TSMC 3nm Nothing stirs up the internet rumour mill quite like the speculation around a new generation of graphics cards, and Nvidia’s next generation GPU architecture, believed to be codenamed Blackwell, is currently…

Arnold Schwarzenegger is a man with a long and varied career, from his entrance onto the world stage as a bodybuilder nicknamed “The Austrian Oak”, to multiple Mr Olympia title wins, a massive Hollywood career, and eventually, his rise to the status of Governor of California.  However, he may have just added another title to…

As any child running around the park holding a plastic raygun will tell you, most issues can be resolved by the correct application of a suitable amount of lasers, preferably of the pew-pew variety. However, one startup is aiming to solve the very real problem of orbital debris by using honest-to-goodness satellite mounted space lasers,…

When it comes to path tracing, the first thought beyond stunning game lighting is likely to be the heavy performance drain that it can demand on even the most high end of PCs. However, with some tweaking of the settings it seems like even the Steam Deck can get in on the path tracing action,…

Remember the RTX 3080? Of course you do. While it’s easy to get caught up in the latest 40-series GPU releases, the RTX 3080 still makes for a great gaming card. It wasn’t particularly heat-prone, yet some of the third-party cards came with very large coolers to push it to the maximum. None, however, is…

As US chip export sanctions continue to be enforced, there are signs that the Chinese AI chip industry may be feeling the strain. Two of the country’s leading chip manufacturers and designers are showing signs of struggle, and as the restrictions continue to put the squeeze on China’s chip manufacturing and development sector, it seems…

Space fans prepare yourselves, for I have some sad news: NASA’s Mars-based helicopter, Ingenuity, has flown its last, thanks to a broken rotor blade. It is now an ex-helicopter, or if you prefer, the little space helicopter that no longer could. Pour one out for a true original, and give mad respect to the first…

AI processing can take a huge amount of computing power, but by the looks of this latest joint project from the Jülich Supercomputing Center and French computing provider Eviden, power will not be in short supply. The two companies have signed a deal to build a new data centre to house an exascale-class supercomputer that…