Intel Arc Pro B70 performance metrics: significantly faster than Nvidia’s RTX 4000 Pro at half the price and 33% more VRAM

Intel launched yesterday the Arc Pro B65 and B70 high-performance workstation GPUs aimed at AI LLM training / inference without providing specific performance info in the initial press release. A few hours later, the company released performance charts that compare the B70 model to Nvidia’s RTX 4000 Pro GPUs, which are a few years oldContinue Reading

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Age verification has suddenly become the most heated topic in the Linux world and it’s not slowing down anytime soon. Distributions are already picking sides. Void and Garuda Linux have outright rejected the idea. The privacy-focused Android distro GrapheneOS isn’t entertaining it either. Meanwhile, Fedora is exploring whether an Apple-styleContinue Reading

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Ubuntu’s App Center software tool makes it easier to manage and update Deb software in its latest update – and nets a few extra options for snaps, too. The changes are part of Canonical’s goal of making App Center, first introduced in Ubuntu 23.10, the epicentre (I’m sorry) for softwareContinue Reading

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Scalvy says a joint concept evaluation with Valeo has validated its modular battery-integrated power architecture for EVs under WLTC operating conditions, marking a step toward automotive deployment of the company’s distributed “Power Neuron” platform. Instead of using separate centralized inverters, DC-DC converters and onboard chargers, Scalvy’s architecture distributes those functionsContinue Reading

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hofer Vienna and Pankl Turbosystems are jointly developing fully integrated electrified turbo systems for hybrid and high-performance powertrains, combining the turbomachine, electric machine, power electronics and control strategy into a single engineered system. The companies say the idea is to avoid treating the e-turbo or e-compressor as an add-on subsystem.Continue Reading

Nvidia clarifies DLSS 5 infers on 2D screencaps plus motion vectors and does not use existing geometry, textures or lighting

Immediately after the public backlash prompted by the DLSS 5 announcement, Nvidia provided additional info regarding the underlying technology that the upcoming technology is based on, yet most of the statements were still unclear and up to interpretation. Youtuber Daniel Owen directly contacted Nvidia’s Jacob Freeman in order to clarify all the carefully crafted verbiageContinue Reading