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According to current reports, the top-of-the-line GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card, which became available in October 2022, will be out of production this October.
Soon, the new RTX 5090 graphics card will replace the current leader in the gaming industry. The 4090 version is considered the benchmark among the existing options, despite some problems with power connectors, power consumption, and a high price.
NVIDIA has announced a new family of NVLM (NVIDIA Vision Language Model) multimodal models that deliver outstanding results in a range of visual and language tasks. The family includes three main models: NVLM-D (Decoder-only Model), NVLM-X (X-attention Model), and NVLM-H (Hybrid Model), each available in 34 and 72 billion parameter configurations.
Intel has announced its intention to spin off its chip manufacturing business into a subsidiary, apparently due to financial difficulties it has been experiencing for some time. Such a move could help Intel compensate for losses of several billion dollars.
As a quick reminder, the previous version of FreeBSD was released on March 5, and now the fifth version of the FreeBSD 13.4 stable branch has been introduced in September 2024. The new release is available for virtual machines, cloud hosting, and major architectures such as powerpc64, amd64, armv6, aarch64, and others.
On September 15, 2024, Linus Torvalds introduced the first stable release of the Linux 6.11 kernel, which is available for download at kernel.org. This version of the kernel comes two months after the release of Linux 6.10 and contains significant updates, bug fixes, and new features.
Samsung has announced it is starting mass production of its 9th generation V9 QLC NAND flash memory, following the launch of its 9th generation TLC. The company promises higher speed, affordable prices, and storage densities up to 86% higher than the one of the previous generation The storage density of V9 QLC will be higher, thanks to Can Hole Etching technology, which allows for a record number (280) of layers thanks to the dual-stack design.
Oracle recently introduced a new version of its virtualization system. The previous version of VirtualBox became available 2 years ago.
Version 7.1 installation packages are already public for those who work with Windows, RHEL7/8/9, Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04, macOS, and other operating systems.
It has become public that Oracle already has a permit for the construction of 3 modular reactors (SMRs) that will be used to power AI. At the moment, it is planned that the power will be enough for units with a capacity of 1 GW or more.
On September 9, at 10:00 AM local time, the traditional presentation of the new generation of iPhones took place. According to the Financial Times, the new iPhone 16 will use the A18 processor based on the Armv9 architecture, which will enable generative artificial intelligence features.
The Redox 0.9 operating system, which is based on the Rust language and the microkernel architecture, was officially released on September 9, 2024, by the Redox OS community after two years of development. The source code has been published on GitLab under the MIT license, and for testing purposes, Redox OS offers bootable live environments for physical hardware and virtual machines.