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Samsung has officially taken the wraps off the Galaxy S24 family. As usual, we’ve already learned plenty about Samsung’s new flagship phones thanks to the many, many leaks, but now we’re getting to see what Samsung has in store for its big AI play. These phones have a raft of new “Galaxy AI” features, along with … Read more

  Evolution of Gaming and Refresh Rates In the fast-paced realm of gaming, technology is in a constant state of evolution. Before the introduction of variable refresh rate technologies like AMD FreeSync™, gamers often had to deal with screen tearing or increased input lag that traditional solutions like V-Sync imposed. AMD introduced AMD FreeSync™ in … Read more

Reality capture creates highly accurate, detailed, and immersive digital representations of environments. Innovations in site scanning and accelerated data processing, and emerging technologies like neural radiance fields (NeRFs) and Gaussian splatting are significantly enhancing the capabilities of reality capture. These technologies are revolutionizing interactions with and analyses of the physical world.  Site scanning, the first … Read more

Qualcomm is making a splash at this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) event in Barcelona Spain, with several announcements, one of which is the introduction of its Snapdragon X80 5G Modem-RF system. Harnessing the capabilities of AI, Qualcomm is pitching its latest-generation modem as the most advanced modem-to-antenna platform yet, sporting some serious spectrum flexibility. … Read more

AMD Radeon™ RX 7900 GRE GPU Available Worldwide Starting February 27th Powering even more enthusiasts in 2024 and beyond. Get incredible 1440p/4K gaming with advanced features and the latest technology. Estimated Read Time: 3 minutes [1] [2] [3] Building on the incredible popularity of the AMD Radeon™ RX 7900 Series, the AMD Radeon™ RX 7900 GRE … Read more

The evolution of linear programming (LP) solvers has been marked by significant milestones over the past century, from Simplex to the interior point method (IPM). The introduction of primal-dual linear programming (PDLP) has brought another significant advancement.  NVIDIA cuOpt has now implemented PDLP with GPU acceleration. Using cutting-edge algorithms, NVIDIA hardware, dedicated CUDA features, and … Read more

For all the advances that have been made in wireless technologies, at times it still feels like we’re stuck in the stone age of connectivity. However, with the advancements in mobile, 5G and WiFi technologies, that’s beginning to change. At Mobile World Congress, Qualcomm introduced its FastConnect 7900 Mobile Connectivity system, which is an exciting … Read more

Last September, we unleashed AMD FidelityFX™ Super Resolution 3 (FSR 3)1 on the gaming world, delivering massive FPS improvements in supported games. AMD FSR 3 is the latest version of our cutting-edge open upscaling technology – adding advanced frame generation technology for significant framerate boosts in supported games2 and a new “Native AA” quality mode … Read more

The continued growth of LLMs capability, fueled by increasing parameter counts and support for longer contexts, has led to their usage in a wide variety of applications, each with diverse deployment requirements. For example, a chatbot supports a small number of users at very low latencies for good interactivity. Meanwhile, synthetic data generation requires high … Read more

Much has been written about the performance of Arm-based processors exceeding that of x86-64 CPUs, but depending on your perspective, that fully hasn’t come to pass. There are Apple’s M-series processors that do perform competitively in many tasks, along with an array of data center-focused products that emphasize power efficiency, but ultimately the overall performance … Read more