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Micron has presented 256GB DDR5-8800 memory modules. The company demonstrated the modules for the latest servers at the GTC event. Previously, information about the modules was also available on the web and the product testing phase was reported.
GitHub launched the first beta version of a new feature for searching and fixing bugs and other vulnerabilities in the code that combines the features of the Copilot assistant and CodeQL semantic analysis engine.
At the Beijing Innovation Summit, AMD introduced the new Ryzen Hawk Point 8040 series processors and shared plans for Strix Point chips.
AMD CEO Lisa Su spoke in detail about the 8040 series Ryzen Hawk Point processors and then moved on to a Next-Gen AMD Ryzen project called Strix Point.
Nvidia has reported plans to sell an accelerator with Blackwell GPU that will be ideal for AI. The approximate price of the accelerator will range from $30 to 40 thousand. However, this is not yet the final decision regarding future sales, mainly because the company plans to sell a stack of processing components.
At the GTC March 20224 event, NVIDIA presented a new chip architecture Blackwell as well as B200 GPUs based on it together with Grace Blackwell GB200 chips where both architectures will be combined.
The B200 GPU has 208 billion transistors compared to 80 billion H100/H200, previously used in data centers, offering 20 petaflops of AI performance per single GPU (VS. 4 petaflops of H100). Such a chip will feature 192 GB HBM3e memory with up to 8 TBps of bandwidth.v
Last year, the frequency of Intel's desktop processor was 6.0 GHz. This year, these figures were significantly increased, and a new record was set. A new Core i9-14900KS processor with a frequency of 6.2 GHz was released, which means that at the moment it is the highest possible frequency for desktop PCs.
AMD announced a new release – a new Spartan UltraScale+ FGPA line, the successor of Spartan 6 and Spartan 7. The new Field Programmable Gate Arrays are distinguishable with high energy efficiency and affordable price, which is made possible due to the higher density provided by the 16-nanometer manufacturing process.
On March 10, 2024, Linus Torvalds officially introduced Linux 6.8, which is a stable and updated version of the Linux kernel. The improvements affect the entire ecosystem and are important for users and developers in terms of performance, hardware support, and security.
On Tuesday, March 5, a new version of FreeBSD 13.3 was introduced, which will be the latest update for the stable 13th series of the BSD platform. FreeBSD 13.3 can be downloaded for all major architectures, from amd64 to riscv64, although the update is most relevant for users who have not yet upgraded to FreeBSD 14.
Lately, it became official, global internet cables that transmit data to the Middle East, Asia, and Africa have been cut. The connection between Europe, Africa, and Asia was damaged by approximately 25 %. It occurred in the part of the Red Sea that is under the jurisdiction of Yemen.