NVIDIA enters Data Center CPU Market
NVIDIA Grace is the company’s first data center CPU, an Arm-based processor that was designed to deliver 10x the performance of today’s fastest servers on the most complex AI and high performance computing workloads. Grace is a highly specialized processor targeting workloads such as training next-generation NLP models that have more than 1 trillion parameters….
Doctors might have figured out how to cure spinal cord injuries
I’ve been reading about potential cures for spinal injuries for years. Let’s hope they have finally solved it. Doctors from Yale successfully demonstrated a potential precursor for a paralysis cure following spinal cord injuries. The researchers collected stem cells from the bone marrow of patients suffering from various types of spinal cord injuries and then…
Google’s SpeedTest alternative
To test your internet speed, Google has their own version of SpeedTest. If you’re looking to change your internet provider, or are considering increasing your internet speed, it’s a good idea to know where your internet speed currently stands. This will help you better understand what you want and need from a new internet plan….
System on a chip is the new motherboard?
According to Google, that is the case. On an SoC, the latency and bandwidth between different components can be orders of magnitude better, with reduced power and cost compared to composing individual ASICs on a motherboard, Google argues. “Just like on a motherboard, individual functional units (such as CPUs, TPUs, video transcoding, encryption, compression, remote…
Astronomer Just Laid Out a Navigation System For Interstellar Space Travel
It’s not the ship type, but rather a way to navigate in the stars. Using the positions and shifting light of stars, both near and far, astronomer Coryn A.L. Bailer-Jones has demonstrated the feasibility of autonomous, on-the-fly navigation for spacecraft traveling far beyond the Solar System. For more, check out this Science Alert story.
Scientists Might Have Just Stumbled Upon a New Kind of Physics
Intriguing new results at CERN point to a new force of nature that scientists don’t understand. Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have recorded some highly unusual data that could point to an entirely new force of nature, which would mean a whole new area of physics. The secret lies in an elusive, unstable…
Powerlight wireless power transmission
Almost like being back in the Tesla days… In 2019, PowerLight showed that its power-beaming system can transmit 400 watts of power — enough to fire up an array of lights, laptops and a coffeemaker. In 2020, it followed up with a demonstration of a lightweight power receiver suitable for drones. The project proved to…
Samsung Develops First HKMG-Based DDR5 Memory
The 512GB capacity DDR5 module is made possible by an 8-layer TSV structure HKMG material that reduces power by 13 percent while doubling the speed of DDR4. Samsung Electronics, the world leader in advanced memory technology, today announced that it has expanded its DDR5 DRAM memory portfolio with the industry’s first 512GB DDR5 module based…
NASA Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Prepares for First Flight
NASA is targeting no earlier than April 8 for the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter to make the first attempt at powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet. To fit within the available accommodations provided by the Perseverance rover, the Ingenuity helicopter must be small. To fly in the Mars environment, it must be lightweight….
Microsoft in Talks to Buy Discord
Bloomberg is reporting that Microsoft is in talks to buy Discord for more than $10 Billion. Discord has been talking to potential buyers and software giant Microsoft is in the running, but no deal is imminent, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the discussions are private. Discord is more likely to…