If you are looking to buy an AIB for gaming, the RTX 4080 may have the power but it lacks one thing. Nvidia continues its winning streak with the introduction of the RTX 4080. Priced at $1,200, which seems like a lot of money but is the same MSRP as the RTX 3080 Ti introduced in June 2021, the RTC 4080 is 71% more expensive than the $699 RTX 3080 introduced in September … [Read more...] about The Nvidia RTX 4080 Founder’s Edition AIB cuts through our benchmarks
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Nvidia’s PhysX 5 engine is now open
The company has let the genie out of the bottle, making the PhysX 5 SDK open source and available outside of Omniverse. The wait is over. After two years in Omniverse, Nvidia has open-sourced its PhysX 5 physics engine, making it available with the same license as the company’s PhysX 4. Developers now can access the SDK on GitHub to build physics simulations. The newest … [Read more...] about Nvidia’s PhysX 5 engine is now open
Supercomputer-size digital twins and ’verses?
Nvidia says data centers could use the platform to design complex supercomputing facilities. Just like the visionary pioneers at Xerox PARC envisioned touch-screen tablets and GUIs decades or more before they were realized, the concept of the metaverse was envisioned by Neal Stephenson in 1992. Even earlier than that, NASA not only envisioned digital twins, but in the … [Read more...] about Supercomputer-size digital twins and ’verses?
GPUs experience biggest quarter-to-quarter drop in Q3’22 since the 2009 recession
GPU shipments decreased -10.3% sequentially and -25% year to year. Jon Peddie Research reports the growth of the global PC-based graphics processor unit (GPU) market reached 75.5 million units in Q3’22 and PC CPU shipments decreased by -19% year over year. Overall, GPUs will have a compound annual growth rate of 2.8% during 2022–2026 and reach an installed base of 3,138 … [Read more...] about GPUs experience biggest quarter-to-quarter drop in Q3’22 since the 2009 recession
Nvidia reveals financial results for Q3 2023
The company reports revenue of $5.93 billion, down 17% from a year ago and down 12% from the previous quarter. Nvidia reported revenue for its third fiscal quarter ended October 30, 2022, of $5.93 billion, down 17% from a year ago and down 12% from the previous quarter. GAAP earnings per diluted share for the quarter were $0.27, down 72% from a year ago and up 4% from … [Read more...] about Nvidia reveals financial results for Q3 2023
Nvidia founder and spouse donate $50 million to their alma mater
Gift will help make Oregon State University Research Center a reality. Many universities have alumni with the financial means of making a big difference at their former schools. Oregon State University (OSU) is one of them. Recently, Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang and his wife, Lori, donated $50 million to their alma mater, OSU, to advance research in AI, climate … [Read more...] about Nvidia founder and spouse donate $50 million to their alma mater
He said, she said: See you in court
Feeling strong-armed by industry deals that leave Arm in the cold, it files suit against Qualcomm. When it rains, it often pours. And it appears that Arm is finding itself in the midst of a storm that could get even worse. It’s been a rough year for Arm. The much-anticipated acquisition of Arm by Nvidia, a plan despised by everyone except SoftBank and Nvidia, got canceled. … [Read more...] about He said, she said: See you in court
Feel the love for Nvidia’s latest GPUs: Ada Lovelace
If you want the performance, you will get it, but it won’t be cheap. This week (#38 of the year), Nvidia dominated the news with their GTC announcements. Top among them was the introduction of the long-awaited and rumored RTX 40 series and associated AD100 series GPUs known as the Ada Lovelace architecture. Everything about the AD100 is supersized—compare the current … [Read more...] about Feel the love for Nvidia’s latest GPUs: Ada Lovelace
EVGA quits Nvidia
Due to disagreement with NV’s business practice, it won’t offer Nvidia next-gen series. EVGA was founded in 1998 and entered the PC graphics add-in board (AIB) market in 2000 when it developed the first highly efficient cooler for Nvidia’s GeForce MX 440, affectionally called the banana because of its color and shape. Over the years, EVGA became the largest AIB supplier of … [Read more...] about EVGA quits Nvidia
GPUs change the engineering simulation landscape
Once the domain of specialists with high-powered computers, CAE is becoming a workstation application for designers. That trend will continue. A new eBook provides the developers' views. Since the start of the year, Jon Peddie Research has been conducting a series of interviews with leading CAE software vendors such as Altair, Ansys, Dassault Systèmes, Hexagon, and … [Read more...] about GPUs change the engineering simulation landscape