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AMD crafts custom EPYC CPU with HBM3 memory for Microsoft Azure – CPU with 88 Zen 4 cores and 450GB of HBM3 may be repurposed MI300C, four chips hit 7 TB/s

Microsoftannouncedits latest high performance computing (HPC) Azure virtual machines powered by a custom AMD CPU that may have once been called MI300C.

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Nvidia introduces a new merged CPU and GPU AI processor

Nvidia has announced two products: the GB200 NVL4, a monster quad-B200 GPU module featuring two Grace CPUs, and the H200 NVL PCIe GPU, aimed at air-cooled data centers.

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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 launch gets stranded on the runway, won't launch

MicrosoftFlight Simulator 2024 officially launched today at 8am PST. And that's about the best we can say about the game so far. Like countless others, we haven't been able to get the game to run correctly — and, for one of our staff members, it wouldn't even install at all. Making matters worse, Xbox Game Studios declined to provide reviewers pre-launch access, offering up this statement:

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Google may be forced to sell its Chrome browser due to monopoly complaints

The Department of Justice (DoJ) may forceGoogleto give up its Chrome browser, and the tech giant is not taking the news in stride. According toBloomberg,on Wednesday, the DoJ may ask Judge Amit Mehta, who presides over the United States vs. Google antitrust case, to mandate that Google sell Chrome. Judge Mehta ruled in favor of the US government and the 17 states that joined the lawsuit in August, allowing the DoJ to consider what Google should do to lose its illegal monopoly status.

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Prusa Announces New CORE One Flagship 3D Printer

Prusa Research caught everyone off guard with the launch of its new Core XY 3D printer, the CORE One. The printer is on display today at FormNext, an industrial trade show taking place in Frankfurt, Germany from November 19 to 22, 2024. Thefully assembled machine is available to pre-order for $1,199and will start shipping in January 2025.

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Raspberry Pi 5 RAM-doubling upgrade demoed — going from 4GB to 8GB with the wave of a soldering iron

An electronics upgrade and repair wizard has demonstrated how to boost the Raspberry Pi 5’s RAM quota.MadEDoctor shared a brief video on YouTubewhere they removed the 4GB RAM chip from a Raspberry Pi 5 and soldered on an 8GB alternative, commonly used on the olderRaspberry Pi 4. No esoteric tools were used during the process, just a good quality soldering iron and hot air rework station, as you can find among ourBest Soldering Irons and Stations 2024page.

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Maker builds Raspberry Pi-powered Rick and Morty watch to remotely control smart home

Raspberry Picontrolled smart homes are cool enough on their own but Donutsorelse has kicked things up a notch with this awesome Rick and Morty-themedwrist watch control system! This Raspberry Pi wearable is integrated with AI for a seamless experience, enabling Donutsorelse to control a variety of smart home services in his home—as well as a few Rock and Morty easter eggs, like an awesome Mr. Meeseeks box.

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Danish Navy boards Chinese ship suspected in undersea cable sabotage

Update 11/20/2024 03:38 PT:The Danish Navy has boarded and detained the Chinese Bulk Carrier Yi Peng 3 in the Danish Straits, near the exit of the Great Belt, according to reports inEurasia DailyandDefence24. The detention reportedly took place on the evening of November 18. Officials have not verified those reports, however. According to Financial Times sources, Swedish authorities are "carefully studying the Chinese vessel."

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US sanctions freeze Huawei's Ascend AI chips on older 7nm process node that's eight years behind TSMC, stalling progress until at least 2026

Huawei's ambitions for the AI market have faltered as the chipmaker struggles to procure bleeding-edge EUV (Extreme Ultraviolet) equipment from ASML - leaving its Ascend AI chips stuck at 7nm for many years, a significant disadvantage versus Nvidia, perBloomberg. This major setback for China also portends that the technological gap will only widen in the coming years. To put this in perspective, while not entirely directly comparable, TSMC's 7nm node debuted back in 2018. SMIC's 7nm came to market in 2021, several years behind TSMC, and the rumored extension of 7nm into 2026 leaves it serving for five years as its leading-edge process node, an eternity in chip manufacturing.