Nvidia is one of the world’s biggest computer chip companies, best known for its line of graphics processing units or GPUs. Although the firm had its start in the world of consumer gaming, in recent years it’s grown into a true tech titan with diverse investments in self-driving cars, cloud computing, supercomputing, and artificial intelligence. The parallel processing power of Nvidia’s GPUs has proven to be particularly good at machine learning tasks, and its chips are in high demand not only from AI researchers but any business with an interest in artificial intelligence. From 2015 onwards, Nvidia’s share price grew sharply, allowing the company to make some key acquisitions, including UK chip designer ARM, which it announced it would purchase in September 2020 for $40 billion. Nvidia was founded in 1993 by Jensen Huang, who is currently the firm’s CEO. Known for his leather jackets and upbeat corporate presentations, Huang is a familiar figure to anyone interested in tech.
Nvidia released drivers with its new RTX Video Super Resolution feature last week, but they have a nasty bug that can use more than 10 percent of your CPU. GeForce owners have noticed that the Nvidia container has been hogging the CPU after logon or closing games, and Nvidia has confirmed it’s aware of the issue. Rolling back to old drivers will fix the problem.
PC Gamers rejoice: you can finally get your hands on laptops that contain Nvidia’s immensely powerful GeForce RTX 4080 and 4090 mobile GPUs. Some of the new launches have been specifically designed for creative professionals, identifiable by an Nvidia Studio badge.
Don’t need all that power? No sweat, as RTX 4070, 4060, and 4050 powered Laptops will arrive later on February 22nd.
Nvidia has been rumored to be working on a new RTX Titan or RTX 4090 Ti for months now, and now a mysterious quad-slot GPU has appeared on Twitter. VideoCardz says it could be the rumored 4090 Ti, which some leakers have claimed will have 48GB of memory. Nvidia may have shelved its plans for a giant quad-slot GPU, but we’re probably going to need bigger PC cases soon either way.
For $20 a month, Nvidia will rent you an RTX 4080 gaming PC in the cloud.
According to Bloomberg sources, they apparently expressed concerns about the megadeal to the FTC, which is suing Microsoft to block the purchase:
Google and Nvidia provided information that backs a key FTC contention — that Microsoft could gain an unfair advantage in the market for cloud, subscription and mobile gaming — according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the process is confidential. In its remarks to the FTC, Nvidia stressed the need for equal and open access to game titles but didn’t directly oppose the acquisition, according to one of the people.
This 14-inch gaming laptop is no lamp, but it’s still mind-warping to consider a mobile version of a massive RTX 4090 graphics card inside this notebook. And yet it’s real, promising AI-enabled DLSS 3 and enhanced ray tracing that will be available starting next month.
Even if pure performance isn’t your goal, Nvidia claims that with its new tech and low-voltage GDDR6 memory, the mobile 4070 can deliver RTX 3080 performance while using one-third as much energy — saving your laptop’s battery.
Nvidia just announced GeForce Now will soon let you rent the power of an RTX 4080... but not everywhere. The fine print sez it’ll roll out servers in North America and Europe from January to May — but the top-flight GPUs “are not or will not be available in all data centers.”
If you don’t see the words “RTX 4080” in your region on this official status page by May, you may be out of luck.
Nvidia is adding an eye contact feature to its RTX Broadcast app later this month.
The beta feature will automatically change the position of your eyes, so it looks like you’re looking directly at your camera. It looks ideal for content creators or anyone in a meeting reading a script or notes to a camera. The updated RTX Broadcast app will be available for all RTX GPUs in January.
Nvidia is expected to announce its RTX 4070 Ti today, the rebranded version of its “unlaunched” 12GB 4080.
The announcement is rumored to be part of Nvidia’s CES 2023 live event today, which will also include updates on accelerated computing and artificial intelligence. You can tune into Nvidia’s live stream at 11AM ET / 8AM PT in the YouTube stream below.
Six months after Samsung reached 3nm production in June, TSMC says its 3nm process tech offers better performance than its 5nm chips found in the latest Pro iPhone, for example, while requiring about 35 percent less power.
For perspective, TSMC’s lauded Arizona fab will start with 4nm chips in 2024, before a second fab comes online in 2026 to produce 3nm chips.
Well, look at what Nvidia could have launched. This is a rumored render of a quad-slot RTX Titan for the 40-series era. It has two 16-pin power connectors and looks absolutely huge.
Previous rumors have suggested Nvidia was planning a Titan-level card with 48GB of GDDR6X memory, but this prototype might never see the light of day.
Nvidia is back with another new 40-series card. The RTX 4080 can deliver impressive 4K gaming compared to the RTX 30-series.
Some RTX 4090 power cables have been melting and Nvidia has been investigating the root cause. While the investigation continues, engineers have revealed there are two manufacturers of the RTX 4090 power adapter and only one is experiencing issues. We’re still waiting on Nvidia to finalize its investigation, but manufacturing variances might explain why only some are seeing the problem.
