Intel demos Stable Diffusion running locally on its new AI-accelerated Meteor Lake CPU

Intel demos Stable Diffusion running locally on its new AI-accelerated Meteor Lake CPU New CPU shows off its AI-accelerating VPU tile. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Intel has been demoing its upcoming Meteor Lake CPU at theComputexshow (viaPC World)and the big noise with the new chip is AI acceleration. More specifically, Meteor Lake comes with a new VPU or “Versatile Processing Unit” which apparently is powerful enough to run Stable Diffusion locally rather than in the cloud....

May 30, 2023 · 4 min · 800 words · Bobby Ayala

Jen-Hsun says Intel's process tech is looking so good Nvidia's open to using its fabs for future GPUs

Jen-Hsun says Intel’s process tech is looking so good Nvidia’s open to using its fabs for future GPUs There’s a chance Nvidia’s future graphics cards are made by Intel not TSMC, while Intel graphics cards continue to be made by TSMC. What a world. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Nvidia is reportedly open to using Intel Foundry Services to manufacture future GPUs, because it’s seen the results of some test chips the company has produced on a future process node and they’re apparently looking good....

May 30, 2023 · 4 min · 678 words · Holly Bell

MMO scientists reckon the end of the world will be mostly unremarkable, apart from the 'relatively few' who go on a killing spree

MMO scientists reckon the end of the world will be mostly unremarkable, apart from the ‘relatively few’ who go on a killing spree It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel not-so-fine. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. I’m not sure how much point there is studying the end of the world given that, should the end of the world come about, all bets will be off....

May 30, 2023 · 6 min · 1210 words · Matthew Maxwell

MSI has tweaked the notorious 16-pin GPU power cable so it's more obvious when it's not properly plugged in

MSI has tweaked the notorious 16-pin GPU power cable so it’s more obvious when it’s not properly plugged in File it under “Hey, now that’s a good idea.” When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. With one simple change to its 12VHPWR connector, MSI has made it very obvious when the connector isn’t plugged in all the way into a graphics card or PSU....

May 30, 2023 · 3 min · 567 words · Pamela Brown

MSI prototypes for the future of graphics card cooling look impressive and expensive

MSI prototypes for the future of graphics card cooling look impressive and expensive Graphics cards are already huge, so manufacturers are going to have to get a bit more inventive with how to cool them. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Assuming the next-generation of graphics cards will be more power-hungry than the last, we could end up in a pickle trying to keep them cool....

May 30, 2023 · 5 min · 940 words · Kathleen Mitchell

MSI's new line of Gaming X Slim graphics cards has made me irrationally angry

MSI’s new line of Gaming X Slim graphics cards has made me irrationally angry For one, they’re slimmer, not slim. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. As well as showing offnew graphics card prototypeswith all new kinds of super cooling arrays slapped on them, MSI has also given us a preview of its new Gaming X Slim line of cards atComputexthis year....

May 30, 2023 · 4 min · 680 words · Erin Osborne

Nvidia briefly joined Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet in the $1 trillion club. But please don't forget us PC gamers, Jen-Hsun

Nvidia briefly joined Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet in the $1 trillion club. But please don’t forget us PC gamers, Jen-Hsun Nvidia today passed the $1 trillion mark in terms of market capitalisation before dropping back below the threshold at the close of the markets. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Update May 30, 2023:At the close of the US markets Nvidia’s share price finished at $401....

May 30, 2023 · 5 min · 887 words · Shawna Sanders
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