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GB300 deployed: The first AI supercomputers to deploy Grace Blackwell Ultra Superchip are here. Read more

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Nvidia is giving away free Adobe Creative Cloud subscriptions with access to all software

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If you've got an RTX 50 series GPU from Nvidia, you can now access two months of free Adobe Creative Cloud, including all of its most popular tools. Got a 30 or 40 Series? You can still get one month.

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AMD's massive GPU VRAM on its Instinct cards has broken Linux's hibernation feature

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AMD AI Linux-powered servers are failing to hibernate due to excessive VRAM and a high number of AMD Instinct accelerators per system.

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RTX 5000 graphics cards get deep discounts at Newegg

Three GPU models on sale out of nowhere on Newegg

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Newegg is hosting a blowout sale on Nvidia GPUs, with the RTX 5070, 5060 Ti, and 5060 all falling below MSRP.

GIGABYTE WindForce GeForce RTX 5070: $549.99 ($609.99 with $60 promotional gift card) at Newegg

GIGABYTE WindForce GeForce RTX 5070: $549.99 ($609.99 with $60 promotional gift card) at Newegg
The cheapest RTX 5070 today, if you take into account the Newegg $60 gift card. MSRP for a high-end GPU is nothing to take for granted anymore.

ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070: $609.99 on Newegg

ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070: $609.99 on Newegg
The cheapest RTX 5070 with "FantasTech Price Protection" means you're safe from buyer's remorse in case of further 4th of July deals.

MSI SHADOW GeForce RTX 5070: $599 at Newegg

MSI SHADOW GeForce RTX 5070: $599 at Newegg
The absolute cheapest RTX 5070 if you're not looking for rebates or money-back after your purchase.

Nvidia to axe Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs with end of driver support

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An official Nvidia Unix graphics feature deprecation schedule says that driver branch 580 will be the last to include support for the Maxwell and Pascal architectures.

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Nvidia RTX 5050 benchmarks reveal close contest with RTX 4060 

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Benchmarks by Inno3D show the RTX 5050 performing nearly on par with the older RTX 4060.

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The 16GB variant of the RTX 5060 Ti reigns supreme against its 8GB peer with a whopping 16x difference in sales figures.

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Nvidia's Upcoming 'Double D' gaming GPU becomes the '5090D V2' in latest leak 

RTX 5090D V2 logo leak, via @Zed_Wang

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The RTX 5090DD, intended for release in China, has been renamed to the RTX 5090D V2 while the specs remain untouched.

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Linux 6.17 will now enable Intel DG1 graphics by default, nice!

AMD Krackan Point 2 APU emerges on Geekbench

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An AMD Krackan Point 2 APU Geekbench test result has appeared, featuring a single Zen 5 core and three Zen 5c cores.

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Intel jumps to HBM4 with Jaguar Shores, 2nd Gen MRDIMMs with Diamond Rapids

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SK hynix has revealed that Intel's upcoming Xeon 'Diamond Rapids' CPUs will adopt 2nd Gen MRDIMMs and its next-generation Gaudi AI accelerator 'Jaguar Shores' will feature SK hynix HBM4 memory.

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Intel might axe the 18A process node for foundry customers, essentially leaving TSMC with no rival

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Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is weighing whether to stop offering the company's 18A technology to external clients and instead focus on the next-generation 14A process, a move that could withdraw Intel from the broad foundry market for several years.

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Nvidia's incendiary 12VHPWR connector consumes its latest victim 

RTX 3060 Ti Melting Connector & Cable

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Wherever the 12VHPWR connector goes, it brings death with it. The latest in the series of murders is a measly RTX 3060 Ti from China.

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Nvidia's Arm chips rapidly gain share in server market as AI booms

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The global server market soared 134% to $95.2 billion in Q1 2025 as hyperscalers ramped up AI infrastructure, with Arm-based Nvidia GB200 systems driving growth and annual spending projected to exceed $366 billion.

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Nvidia RTX 50 Series appears in Steam Hardware Survey for the first time

Steam Hardware Survey for RTX 50-series

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Despite being out for a few months at this point, Nvidia's notorious RTX 50-series has failed to show up in Steam's internal stats — up until now, when they've finally appeared with a 3.69% share.

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Nvidia's newest top-tier AI supercomputers deployed for the first time

Dell's GB300 NVL72 servers running at CoreWeave/Switch.

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CoreWeave deploys first Dell GB300 cluster with Switch: Up to 1.1 ExaFLOPS of AI inference performance per rack.

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New AMD Ryzen Threadripper smashes PassMark record

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Benchmark results for AMD’s 64-core Ryzen Threadripper 9980X show record-breaking multi-threaded performance, surpassing even the 96-core Threadripper Pro, but relatively modest single-threaded scores.

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