Chips are only as fast as the memory that feeds them Analysis During the recent launch of its 96-core Epyc Genoa CPUs, AMD touched on one of the biggest challenges facing modern computing. For the past several years, the rate at which processors ha…
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Lees meerPlan is to consolidate DCs, cut costs and carbon under one-CSP-to-rule-it-all deal The United States Department of the Interior has posted a final solicitation for a $1 billion cloud computing services contract that runs for 11 years and will be awa…
Lees meerSteady now. It's not the full-fledged quantum that will suddenly let you crack encryption algos SC22 Dell is expanding its high performance computing (HPC) portfolio with the addition of a quantum computing platform - where customers can start test…
Lees meerBro do u even GraphQL? When Elon Musk promised to improve Twitter's technical performance at the weekend, it was one of the company's own engineers who rubbished the new CEO's claims. Then a stampede of software engineers trundled in to support thei…
Lees meerRussia and strong dollar weigh heavy on 2022, but OpenText is ready for COBOL expert Unaudited fiscal 2022 financial results for Micro Focus indicate that potential new owner OpenText still has some work to do to convert the app and infrastructure m…
Lees meerGPU maker wants more of your money with next wave of servers Nvidia plans to bundle a five-year license of its commercial AI Enterprise software with every PCIe-based H100 GPU coming to servers soon.…
Lees meerFor when millions of years of evolution and timekeeping are not good enough Walking – what a drag. How are you supposed to keep on the trillionaire crypto mogul grindset when you have to do something as mundane as placing one foot in front of the ot…
Lees meerContract chipmaker fails to detail numbers of layoffs or planned timeframe in email to staff GlobalFoundries is planning job cuts to reduce overhead amid weakening demand for semiconductors.…
Lees meerFellow crypto-exchange Gate.io spots error, returns funds Over the weekend it was revealed that cryptocurrency exchange company Crypto.com accidentally sent over $400 million to another cryptocurrency exchange and was miraculously able to get it bac…
Lees meerBrachioGraph: 'The cheapest, simplest possible pen-plotter' Ubuntu Summit BrachioGraph is a DIY pen-plotter built from a Raspberry Pi Zero, a few $2 servomotors, plus household parts such as clothes pegs and bulldog clips… and controlled in Python.…
Lees meerEdinburgh Uni says it interrupted its financial processes in summer to test new system The UK’s University of Edinburgh continues to struggle to pay staff, students and suppliers months after the introduction of a new Oracle Fusion-based accounting …
Lees meerWe must immunize the Mastodon Opinion There is a euphemism in rocketry often heard at SpaceX – Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly. A catastrophic explosion, in other words. Until now, it was not a phrase that applies to social media.…
Lees meerSpeech did not mention IPO, did say CEO's close involvement is good for humanity Japanese tech investment giant Softbank appears to be committed to keeping British-based chip designer Arm under its influence, after the parent company’s CEO and chair…
Lees meerWhen RTFM goes bad Who, Me? Welcome, gentle reader, to another instalment of Who, Me? in which Regizens recount records of rancor and remorse. This week, a tale of instructions designed to make life easy that did, in fact, nothing of the sort.…
Lees meerCreates 100-strong squad comprising cops and spooks with remit to disrupt ransomware ops Australia's government has declared the nation is planning to go on the offensive against international cyber crooks following recent high-profile attacks on lo…
Lees meerPLUS: US/Singapore CBDC trial; Digital Ocean down under; Boeing's Indonesian touchdown; and more Chinese web giant Alibaba has declared this year's 11.11 "Singles Day" e-commerce frenzy a success, but for the first time has not revealed the value of…
Lees meerPlus: Amazon debuts AI warehouse robot, Midjourney releases latest ML art generator In brief GitHub is testing a new feature that will allow developers to instruct its AI-powered programming assistant Copilot to generate code using voice commands.…
Lees meerPlus: CISA has a flowchart for patching, privacy campaign goes after face search engine In Brief A suspected member of the notorious international LockBit ransomware mob has been arrested – and could spend several years behind bars if convicted.…
Lees meerLost among the Twitter chaos? We'll try to sort it out for you, so far You could say Twitter, now in its second week of Elon Musk's reign, has had an interesting week. That would be an understatement.…
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