- ByteDance plans to sidestep U.S. sanctions by renting Nvidia GPUs in the cloud — report says it has set aside $7 billion budget | That's a big chunk of the TikTok owner's $20 billion AI infrastructure budget. 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 13 comments china
- ByteDance plans to sidestep U.S. sanctions by renting Nvidia GPUs in the cloud — report says it has set aside $7 billion budget 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 60 comments technology
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- 50% of TSMC's Arizona employees are from Taiwan, despite recent controversies — company plans to hire more US workers over time | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/50-percent-of-tsmcs-arizona-employees-are-from-taiwan-despite-recent-controversies-company-plans-to-hire-more-us-workers-over-time 95 comments
- Chinese AI company says breakthroughs enabled creating a leading-edge AI model with 11X less compute — DeepSeek's optimizations could highlight limits of US sanctions | Tom's Hardware 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 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 71 comments
- AMD Strix Halo Ryzen AI MAX 395+ laptop chip matches the desktop Ryzen 9 7950X in leaked benchmark — 16-core APU rumored to power Asus' upcoming ROG Flow Z13 laptop | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-strix-halo-ryzen-ai-max-395-matches-the-ryzen-9-7950x-in-leaked-geekbench-benchmark-16-core-apu-rumored-to-power-asus-upcoming-rog-flow-z13-laptop 54 comments
- Nvidia RTX 5080 rumored to hit shelves on January 21 — expected to debut at CES with sales embargo reportedly lifting two weeks later | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidia-rtx-5080-rumored-to-hit-shelves-on-january-21-expected-to-debut-at-ces-with-sales-embargo-reportedly-lifting-two-weeks-later 48 comments
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- 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
- https://www.theinformation.com/articles/bytedance-planned-to-spend-7-billion-on-nvidia-chips-next-year 61 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
- 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
- Human thought runs at just 10 bits per second, say Caltech scientists — that's why we are mostly single-taskers | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/human-thought-runs-at-just-10-bits-per-second-say-caltech-scientists-thats-why-we-are-mostly-single-taskers 25 comments
- DRAM prices expected to decline in early 2025 impacting PC, server, and GPU VRAM markets | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/dram-prices-expected-to-decline-in-early-2025-impacting-pc-server-and-gpu-vram-markets 12 comments
- Intel rumored to launch a 24GB Battlemage GPU for professionals in 2025 — Double the VRAM capacity of its Alchemist counterpart, targeted at AI workloads | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/intel-rumored-to-launch-a-24gb-battlemage-gpu-for-professionals-in-2025-double-the-vram-capacity-of-its-alchemist-counterpart-targeted-at-ai-workloads 0 comments
- AI language model runs on a Windows 98 system with Pentium II and 128MB of RAM — Open-source AI flagbearers demonstrate Llama 2 LLM in extreme conditions | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/ai-language-model-runs-on-a-windows-98-system-with-pentium-ii-and-128mb-of-ram-open-source-ai-flagbearers-demonstrate-llama-2-llm-in-extreme-conditions 0 comments