Nvidia and its partners have initiated full-scale production of Blackwell GPUs for AI and HPC, as well as servers based on them, announced Jensen Huang, chief executive of the company, atCES. All the major cloud service providers now have Blackwell systems up and running, and Nvidia’s partners have systems that can fit into all data centers worldwide. “Blackwell is in full production,” said Huang. “It is incredible what it looks like, so first of all […] every single cloud service provider now has systems up and running....

Despite US export restrictions, Nvidia’s GPUs are easily accessible in China via the cloud. And that access is surprisingly cheaper in Tianxia than in the US, according to a report by theFinancial Times. Four small-scale Chinese providers offer 8-way Nvidia A100 servers at around 40% lower costs per hour than US cloud providers. FT believes that the availability of these GPUs points to widespread smuggling and a robust resale market in China....

The first preorder for AMD’s upcomingRyzen 9000(Granite Ridge) processors is here, folks, which will compete against thebest CPUsin July. At least, it’s here if you order from one particular Slovenian retailer.Funtech(viaVideoCardz) has begun accepting orders for four of AMD’s upcomingZen 5CPUs, but shipments won’t start until August 2. Since these are the first retailer listings for Ryzen 9000, treat them cautiously. These could be placeholder prices, and we must also factor in VAT (value-added tax) when looking at hardware aboard....

To delete a page in Word, you usually place the cursor at the start of the page and press the delete/backspace key. But sometimes, you can’t seem to delete the page. And even if you can, the formatting of the page gets disrupted. It generally happens when you use the Enter key multiple times to go to a new page. However, deleting a page is much easier if you have used page breaks or section breaks....

AMD is reportedly preparing to debut its RDNA 4 workstation GPU offerings for desktops, presumably under theRadeonPro W9000 family. As put forwaard byHoang Anh Phu, who frequently obtains inside scoops, AMD is considering using the Navi 48 XTW die for its top-end SKUs, paired with 32GB of video memory, likely GDDR6. As always, this leak shouldn’t be taken as definitive, but there’s likely some truth to it given the proximity of Computex next month, followed by AMD’s Advancing AI event in June....

German TechTuber Matthias ‘bitluni’ Balwierz has designed a “first of its kind” application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) which has a deviously humorous purpose. He got the ASIC manufactured via Tiny Tapeout, and the video below shows that plugging it into a display adapter results in an instant Rickroll. Bitluni explains that his ASIC’s specific purpose was to display aRickroll animation. You can see it is quite a basic animation, and it is said to be based on an animated GIF with 32x32 pixels, which uses 512 bytes on the chip....

French authorities arrested Russian pro basketball player Daniil Kasatkin after arriving at Charles de Gaulle Airport outside of Paris on June 21. According toThe Register, the Kasatkin is accused in the U.S. of conspiracy to commit computer fraud and computer fraud conspiracy, where he was allegedly a part of a ransomware gang between 2020 and 2022 that targeted around 900 companies and organizations, including two U.S. federal agencies. A French court decided on July 8 to keep him in detention while awaiting extradition proceedings, but the player denies all charges....

AMD has listed the new Ryzen 5 9600X for pre-order on itsCanadian Amazon store. Officially releasing with the rest of the Ryzen 9000-series on July 31st, the 9600X currently shows up at $472.45 CAD.Determining the analogous U.S. price requires a bit of guesswork. The $472 CAD price at current exchange rates is equivalent to $345 USD, though our generous napkin math, accounting for taxes and the inflated rates Canadians pay for computer components (we’re sorry, Canada), brings the potential price closer to $300 USD....

Why you may trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you.Find out more about how we test. 9100 Pro 2TB Performance Results Comparison Products There are two things everyone wants to see with the 9100 Pro: how does it match up to its predecessor, the990 Pro, and can it beat the reigning Phison-based champion, Crucial’sT705? It’s also important to see how it lines up against the Micron 4600, a drive using SMI’s newest controller hardware, although that specific drive is OEM....

Softwaresecurityfirm Binarly discovered in 2023 that devices from Acer,Dell, Gigabyte, Intel, and Supermicro had compromised Secure Boot. The cryptographic key protecting those models leaked in late 2022 in a public GitHub repository. Anyone who downloaded it could bypass the protection offered by Secure Boot. Aside from the 2022 leak,Ars Technicaalso reported that over 300 more models used 21 platform keys marked ‘DO NOT SHIP’ or ‘DO NOT TRUST.’ These 21 keys were provided by American Megatrends, Inc....

Semiconductor Business Intelligencerecently published a different take on China’s plans for Taiwan and TSMC. Numerous predictions have been made about the events that would unfold if China invaded Taiwan, with most theories predicting that either Taiwan or the US would destroy TSMC’s fab to deny China ownership of what are arguably the most important factories in the world. However, Claus Assholm, a semiconductor analyst, has a contrarian take—what if China’s strategy to deal with TSMC’s presence in Taiwan is simply to destroy it?...

If you’re a first-person-shooter aficionado, then you’re most likely already aware of the importance of a decently accurate and responsive mouse in helping you steadily rack up those headshots. Well, today’s deal is on a surprisingly low-priced 8K-polling mouse from peripheral manufacturer Glorious. It’s not the only 8K mouse available, and there are quite a few similar models available from competitors, but not at this price. You can find this wireless mouse deal at Amazon, where theGlorious Series 2 Pro is on sale for just $38....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict RISC-V developers will love the power of this board, and so they should! If you’re not into RISC-V development and want a powerful SBC, grab a Raspberry Pi 5. Uses a standard PC form factor Runs cool under stress Powerful RISC-V development platform Fan is always on No NVMe drive option Needs a PC power supply Why you can trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you....