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Intel Strives to Make Path Tracing Usable on Integrated GPUs
By Aaron Klotz published
Intel is presenting several new papers to three universities focusing on optimizing path-tracing performance, to the point where integrated GPUs could run path-tracing in real-time.

Apple M2 Ultra GPU Outpaces RTX 4070 Ti in Early Compute Benchmarks
By Mark Tyson published
In early compute benchmarks, Apple's M2 Ultra chip appears to perform somewhere between an RTX 4070 Ti and RTX 4080 in Geekbench 6 and GFXBench testing.

Sony Project Q Handheld Rumored to Offer Just 3 or 4 Hours Battery Life
By Mark Tyson published
Streaming-only devices offload processing, so they should offer extended battery life, but a tipster suggests this isn't true for the Sony Project Q handheld.

Imec Reveals Sub-1nm Transistor Roadmap, 3D-Stacked CMOS 2.0 Plans
By Paul Alcorn published
Imec, the most advanced semiconductor research firm in the world, recently shared its silicon and transistor roadmap at its ITF World summit in Antwerp, Belgium.

AMD and Intel Battle for Windows 11 AI Acceleration Lead
By Mark Tyson published
AMD and Intel talk about how they will be best to accelerate AI on Windows 11, and highlight the AI processing hardware in their latest SoCs.
AMD's Zen 4 Phoenix Pictured: FP7 and FP8 CPUs Exposed
By Anton Shilov published
AMD's Ryzen 7040HS and 7040H may have similar specifications.
MSI Updates Its AMD X670 and B650 Mobos to Cut Boot Times in Half
By Mark Tyson published
MSI’s update promises halved boot times and stable operation, implying previous implementations of this feature were not so stable.
More Details About Intel's Grand Ridge and Sierra Forest CPUs Emerge
By Anton Shilov published
Intel's Crestmont cores to power Grand Ridge, Meteor Lake, Sierra Forest processors.
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