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AMD has introduced a new line of Ryzen Pro processors: AI-powered Ryzen Pro 8000 for enterprise systems, Ryzen 8000G Phoenix desktop processors for desktop PCs, and Ryzen Pro 8040 Hawk Point for mobile devices also suitable for laptops and workstations. With this release, AMD became the first company to launch its neural processor (NPU), or AI accelerator in other words, for artificial intelligence processing on mobile and desktop options.
It is stated that mobile NPU processors show performance of 16 TOPS. This power surpasses the NPU competitor, the Intel Core Ultra Meteor Lake series, which has a performance estimated at 11 TOPS. AMD also outperforms its competitors in the overall AI functionality of the CPU and integrated graphics, with 39 TOPS compared to 34 TOPS of Intel chips. By the way, Intel has not yet released processors with an AI processing chip.
Western Digital has released an SSD drive, its weight ranges from 12 to 15 kilograms and the capacity is 368 TB. To transport the Ultrastar Transporter the company created a special system on wheels.
Recently, a large-scale earthquake, the strongest in 25 years, hit Taiwan.
Since the country is one of the main suppliers of memory chips, many assume that the event will affect the pricing policy of manufacturers.
On March 21, 2024, the Rust team introduced a new version of the language, 1.77. This version was released to make it easier to develop software and work with the language in general. The project source code was published by the Rust Foundation.
The year 2023 has brought about many innovations in the world of technology. The cybersecurity sector wasn’t an exception. The integration of AI into the many products and solutions on the market changed the approach to cybersecurity as well.
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.