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A single modern AI GPU consumes up to 3.7 MWh of power per year — GPUs sold last year alone consumed more power than 1.3 million homes
The over 3.8 million GPUs sold last year has the power requirement of 1.3 million homes in a year, or about 7% of California's annual electricity output.
AMD confirms Ryzen AI 300 PCs won't feature Copilot+ features at launch — will arrive via Windows Update later this year
AMD Ryzen AI 300-powered laptops do not get the Copilot+ PC certification at launch. Users will get Windows' AI features later this year via Windows Update.
XFX's new GPU will have swappable fans — Phoenix Nirvana series going global with its interchangeable fan design
XFX shared a picture in X, showing the ability to swap fans on its graphics card, giving the ability to use aftermarket fans with different colours and LED options, as it did with the Nitro Gear series.
Russian chipmaker unveils Raspberry Pi competitor — despite US sanction woes, Elbrus packs its homegrown chip into the smallest form factor yet
The Elbrus-2S3 processor is being used to power a Raspberry Pi 5 competitor from Russian state agency Rostec. The problem? The Elbrus-2S3 hasn't been produced since 2022 when Taiwan sanctioned Russia.
Snapdragon X Elite in the wild is allegedly slower than iPhone 12 — first benchmarks of Samsung Book4 Edge disappoint
A Reddit user who got his hands on the newest Samsung Copilot+ PC early posted benchmarks, and the results are incredibly disappointing. The CPU clock speeds on the unit are locked to 2.5 GHz, much slower than the advertised 4.0 GHz boost.
Intel fires back at AMD's AI benchmarks, shares results claiming current-gen Xeon chips are faster at AI than AMD's next-gen 128-core EPYC Turin
Intel fired back at AMD's recent AI benchmarks that claimed AMD's EPYC Turin is 5.4 times faster than Intel's Xeon chips in AI workloads. Intel counters with claims that its existing chips are faster than AMD's upcoming flagship.
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