Justice Dept. Investigates Nvidia Deal With Groq
The Hot Take: Slaps on the hand...
The Justice Department is examining whether the tech giant sought to sidestep antitrust scrutiny.
Read the full articleNVIDIA Game Ready Driver 616.56 Reportedly Breaks 8-Bit Monitors, But Switching To 10-Bit Color Fixes The Flickering Instantly
The Hot Take: Quirky issue.
You might face some display flickering issues if you have installed the latest NVIDIA Game Ready Driver, but there is a fix. Game Ready Driver 616.56 Reportedly Causes Display Flickering at 8-Bit; NVIDIA Says it's Investigating the Issue NVIDIA rolled out the latest Game Ready Driver 616.56 a few days ago, and it was one of the most powerful updates, bringing a significant performance boost in synthetic apps. However, it's becoming common to see NVIDIA drivers infested with bugs, causing problems for regular users, and the latest driver update…
Read the full articleNvidia senior manager linked to Supermicro scheme smuggling AI servers to China
The Hot Take: Not good, and I hope they get prosecuted the to full extent of the law.
Taiwan has indicted nine people—reportedly including an Nvidia senior manager and two Supermicro employees based in the country—who allegedly helped forge documents to cover up illegal exports of high-end AI servers to China in violation of US export controls. On Monday, Reuters reported that prosecutors in Keelung did not release any names but confirmed that the suspects were “charged with breach of trust and document forgery.” One suspect linked to a related case remains at large, accused of the “siphoning of funds from a distributor…
Read the full articleAMD waits for Nvidia before joining the GPU mugging
The Hot Take: So when is there going to be a price fixing class action for GPUs?
AMD is reportedly preparing to jack up graphics card prices after waiting for Nvidia to blink first. According to PC Gamer the word comes from industry watcher Harukaze5719 who reckons AMD was holding fire until Nvidia pushed up its own prices. “This was to avoid the risk of declining product competitiveness and market share loss from a hasty price adjustment during a period of demand pressure,” Harukaze5719 wrote on X. AMD has already warned manufacturers about a price rise of “at least 10 per cent” across all products. The increase is…
Read the full articleRTX Spark’s Driver Paves Way For Unofficial eGPU Support On Snapdragon X2 Elite Laptops, Bringing 200+ FPS In Competitive Shooters Like Overwatch, With the Right GPU
The Hot Take: This is the biggest limitation to ARM SoC's as their GPU's are mid-range. So acceptance from gamers will require ability to get high end GPU for performance.
The Snapdragon X2 Elite might have doubled down on compute performance, but a multitude of tests show that its GPU continues to be one of the weakest links of the SoC. Fortunately, a user shows that the RTX Spark driver has introduced unofficial eGPU support through a USB4 connection, allowing you to experience competitive shooters like Overwatch at upwards of 200FPS. Redditor shares “simple to follow” instructions on how to bring eGPU support to Snapdragon X2 Elite laptops Notebooks like the ASUS Zenbook A16 offer a solid configuration to…
Read the full articleNVIDIA RTX Spark Shows Strong Potential, But Early Prototype Leaves Plenty Of Performance On The Table
The Hot Take: Is ARM going to shine or show it's mid-range performance?
The NVIDIA N1X is surely powerful enough for the Windows-on-Arm market, but the current prototype software prevents it from reaching its full potential. User Puts Microsoft's Unreleased NVIDIA N1X-Equipped Surface Laptop Ultra To Test; Discovers Chip Being Held Back by Unfinished Drivers The NVIDIA RTX Spark laptops will debut in the coming weeks, and if you were wondering about their performance numbers, here is an early sneak peek by a TechPowerUp user, who got his hands on an early prototype from Microsoft. The user "Fouquin" says he found…
Read the full articleNvidia GPU prices scare retailers
The Hot Take: Again, Nvidia doing anti-competitive practices?
Nvidia’s graphics card prices are reportedly jumping again as memory costs rise and retailers start clearing shelves in panic. With Samsung reportedly raising DRAM prices by about 20 per cent for the current quarter, Nvidia appears to have decided customers can pay. The result is another price rise for consumer graphics cards, the third such inflationary episode this year, according to the reports. This one has reportedly emptied store shelves as distributors shift into full panic mode. Unlike Nvidia’s May price rise, the latest bout…
Read the full articleNVIDIA Uses 88-Core Vera CPU to Accelerate Next-Generation CPU and GPU Design
The Hot Take: Still not buying the ARM SoC's are better than discrete system CPUs. We'll have to see how Intel/AMD ACE instructions far against this.
NVIDIA has started using clusters of its own Vera processors to develop future CPUs, GPUs, and AI accelerators. The company says initial electronic design automation testing shows performance improvements of up to 1.
Read the full articleIntel Foundry Securing Packaging & Wafer Deal With NVIDIA To Make Next-Gen Feynman GPUs Could Be Its Biggest Customer Win Yet
The Hot Take: USA domestic manufacturing is blowing up and saving Intel.
Intel Foundry might be heading into a big deal with NVIDIA, as the company is expected to offer packaging and wafer support for next-gen Feynman GPUs. NVIDIA Feynman GPUs Could Be Intel Foundry's Biggest Win To Date With Chipzilla Providing Both Packaging & Wafer Supply A deal between Intel and NVIDIA won't be a major surprise for those following our previous reports, but it is definitely a big win for Intel's Foundry business. Earlier this year, we reported that NVIDIA might be looking into Intel's upcoming process & advanced…
Read the full articleRTX Spark’s 20-Core CPU Disappoints In Cinebench 2026’s Multi-Core Leak Despite Set To High Performance Mode, Single-Core Results Show Promise But Only Against M3 Max
The Hot Take: ARM isn't the answer, sorry.
The decision to employ older Cortex-X925 and Cortex-A725 cores on the RTX Spark to form a 20-core CPU configuration will probably haunt NVIDIA because a new Cinebench 2026 leak reveals that the chipset produces subpar multi-core results, despite Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra housing the SoC set to the ‘High Performance’ profile. Fortunately, the RTX Spark manages to retain some dignity in the single-core benchmark. High Performance mode on Surface Laptop Ultra isn’t enabled by default, but hidden configuration allows RTX Spark’s Cortex…
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