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.
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.
Nvidia is bringing DLSS 3 to more games. Flight Simulator gets the framerate-boosting tech on November 11th, with three more games on the way throughout the month. Nvidia’s DLSS 3 uses frame generation to improve game performance.
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch - November 7th
Microsoft Flight Simulator - November 11th
Destroy All Humans! 2 - Reprobed - November 15th
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales - November 18th
The Swedish-Chinese automaker’s third EV will have 300 miles of range, a starting price of $83,900, and a host of high-powered tech from suppliers like Google, Qualcomm, Luminar, Nvidia, and more
The GPU shortage may be over, but we’ll see how much that applies to the new generation of graphics tech once the first 40-series cards go on sale this morning.
Tom Warren can tell you all about how the RTX 4090 performs (or you can see DLSS 3 in action below), but to get one, try Best Buy for the $1,599 Nvidia Founders Edition, among others, as well as Newegg and B&H Photo.
And we’re back! Yesterday was Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the US, and now we again have our full team, and just in time, with a lot of news today from Nvidia, Google, and more.
It’s also Amazon Prime Early Access Day 1 of 2 for those who celebrate, and this afternoon Mark Zuckerberg will present a new high-end VR headset at Meta’s Connect event.
Nvidia GPU owners have been complaining of stuttering and poor frame rates with the latest Windows 11 update, but thankfully there’s a fix. Nvidia has identified an issue with its GeForce Experience overlay and the Windows 11 2022 Update (22H2). A fix is available in beta from Nvidia’s website.
Need to fill your video game, VR world, or project render with 3D chaff? Nvidia’s latest AI model could help. Trained on 2D images, it can churn out customizable 3D objects ready to import and tweak.
The model seems rudimentary (the renders aren’t amazing quality and seem limited in their variety), but generative AI models like this are only going to improve, speeding up work for all sorts of creative types.
Nvidia finally announced the 40-series—specifically the more expensive and more powerful 4090 and 4080. But big power means these are some big cards and that could be a problem for PC builders who prefer smaller, minimalist looks for their PCs. Builders at the /sffpc subreddit, that focuses on small form factor pc builds, are already worried.
