- Chinese AI company says breakthroughs enabled creating a leading-edge AI model with 11X less compute — DeepSeek's optimizations highlight limits of US sanctions https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/chinese-ai-company-says-breakthroughs-enabled-creating-a-leading-edge-ai-model-with-11x-less-compute-deepseeks-optimizations-highlight-limits-of-us-sanctions 17 comments technews
- Chinese AI company says breakthroughs enabled creating a leading-edge AI model with 11X less compute — DeepSeek's optimizations highlight limits of US sanctions https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/chinese-ai-company-says-breakthroughs-enabled-creating-a-leading-edge-ai-model-with-11x-less-compute-deepseeks-optimizations-highlight-limits-of-us-sanctions 55 comments technology
Linking pages
- DeepSeek's AI breakthrough bypasses Nvidia's industry-standard CUDA, uses assembly-like PTX programming instead | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/deepseeks-ai-breakthrough-bypasses-industry-standard-cuda-uses-assembly-like-ptx-programming-instead 441 comments
- Nvidia's defeatured H20 GPUs sell surprisingly well in China — 50% increase every quarter in sanctions-compliant GPUs for Chinese AI customers | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/nvidias-defeatured-h20-gpus-in-china-sell-surprisingly-well-50-percent-increase-every-quarter-in-sanctions-compliant-gpus-for-chinese-ai-customers 99 comments
- Putin's 'sovereign' gaming console projects detailed; one with a homegrown Elbrus CPU, the other a Chinese knockoff — Russian gov't admits the consoles can't compete with PS5 or Xbox | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/console-gaming/putins-sovereign-gaming-console-projects-detailed-one-with-a-homegrown-elbrus-cpu-the-other-a-chinese-knockoff-russian-govt-admits-the-consoles-cant-compete-with-ps5-or-xbox 93 comments
- Intel's low-power Twin Lake NX50 series specs leak — All efficient core design based on Alder Lake silicon comes back for another lap | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intels-low-power-twin-lake-nx50-series-specs-leak-all-efficient-core-design-based-on-alder-lake-silicon-comes-back-for-another-lap 39 comments
- Nvidia stock drops again thanks to rumors of expanded China chip sanctions by Trump administration | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/nvidia-stock-drops-again-thanks-to-rumors-of-expanded-china-chip-sanctions-by-trump-administration 38 comments
- Chinese chipmaker Phytium sells over 10 million homegrown CPUs — Feiteng processors are primarily used in national projects and key local industries | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/chinese-chipmaker-phytium-sells-over-10-million-homegrown-cpus-feiteng-processors-are-primarily-used-in-national-projects-and-key-local-industries 36 comments
- AMD claims RX 7900 XTX outperforms RTX 4090 in DeepSeek benchmarks | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/amd-claims-rx-7900-xtx-outperforms-rtx-4090-in-deepseek-benchmarks 30 comments
- Ex-Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger loads up on Nvidia stock, says the market's reaction to DeepSeek is wrong | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/ex-intel-ceo-pat-gelsinger-loads-up-on-nvidia-stock-says-the-markets-reaction-to-deepseek-is-wrong 6 comments
- ⭐️ The year-end wake-up: The ‘Chinese Sputnik’ that demands our attention https://www.exponentialview.co/p/the-year-end-wake-up-the-chinese 1 comment
- RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 listed for $2,600 and $1,350 at Chinese retailer — leaked listing suggests Blackwell might see an eye-popping price hike, at least in China | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/rtx-5090-and-rtx-5080-listed-for-usd2-600-and-usd1-350-at-chinese-retailer-leaked-listing-suggests-blackwell-might-see-a-price-hike-at-least-in-china 0 comments
- Nvidia RTX 5080 and AMD RX 9070 GPUs listed ahead of launch — Asus is reportedly readying a new "Astral" GPU lineup | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidia-rtx-5080-and-amd-rx-9070-gpus-listed-ahead-of-launch-asus-is-reportedly-readying-a-new-astral-gpu-lineup 0 comments
- SemiKong is the world's first open-source semiconductor-focused LLM — it claims to bring new chips to market 30% faster | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/semikong-is-the-worlds-first-open-source-semiconductor-focused-llm-it-claims-to-bring-new-chips-to-market-30-percent-faster 0 comments
- San Francisco will spend $212 million to bid 5.25-inch floppy disks goodbye — Muni Metro light rail upgrade represents a $700 million investment | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/san-francisco-will-spend-usd212-million-to-bid-5-25-inch-floppy-disks-goodbye-muni-metro-light-rail-upgrade-represents-a-usd700-million-investment 0 comments
- AMD released instructions for running DeepSeek on Ryzen AI CPUs and Radeon GPUs | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/amd-released-instructions-for-running-deepseek-on-ryzen-ai-cpus-and-radeon-gpus 0 comments
Linked pages
- Solidigm finalizes consumer SSD market exit with discontinuation of drives – Storage company shut down consumer division over a year ago [Updated] | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/solidigm-pulls-out-of-consumer-ssd-market-with-discontinuation-of-drives-storage-company-shut-down-consumer-division-over-a-year-ago 164 comments
- Power wire-less motherboards pump 1,500W over 50-pin connector — BTF3.0 standard envisions zero cables between the motherboard, GPU, and power supply | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/power-wire-less-motherboards-pump-1-500w-over-50-pin-connector-btf3-0-standard-envisions-zero-cables-between-the-motherboard-gpu-and-power-supply 157 comments
- ByteDance plans to sidestep U.S. sanctions by renting Nvidia GPUs in the cloud — report says it has set aside $7 billion budget | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/bytedance-plans-to-sidestep-u-s-sanctions-by-renting-nvidia-gpus-in-the-cloud-report-says-it-has-set-aside-usd7-billion-budget 73 comments
- If you can't defeat three enemies, you're Doomed to repeat this new captcha | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/if-you-cant-defeat-three-enemies-youre-doomed-to-repeat-this-new-captcha 73 comments
- DeepSeek-V3/DeepSeek_V3.pdf at main · deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 · GitHub https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3/blob/main/DeepSeek_V3.pdf 2 comments
- Cuneiform-like digital storage tech quadruples data storage — uses three levels of indentation in polymer film | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/cuneiform-like-digital-storage-tech-quadruples-data-storage-uses-three-levels-of-indentation-in-polymer-film 0 comments