#amd

waynerad@diasp.org

"Tiny Corp decides to make both AMD and Nvidia versions of its TinyBox AI server" but "GeForce version is 67% more expensive".

"The TinyBox went public with much fanfare this February. Tiny Corp described it as an innovation that could help democratize PetaFLOPS-class performance for artificial intelligence. It was convinced of the AMD advantage at the time, explaining that the Radeon consumer-grade GPUs worked with superior 'full fabric' PCIe 4.0 x16 links and peer-to-peer interconnections necessary for large language models (unlike GeForce). Top performers like the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX were also much cheaper to buy and easier to find."

I'm always interested in the question of whether Nvidia can get some serious competition. The article goes on to recount how Tiny Corp ran into problems with their AMD GPUs.

"Fast forward to today, and Tiny Corp says that it has found a useful userspace debugging and diagnostic tool for AMD GPUs that offers some hope."

Tiny Corp decides to make both AMD and Nvidia versions of its TinyBox AI server - GeForce version is 67% more expensive | Tom's Hardware

#solidstatelife #ai #nvidia #gpus #amd #aihardware

anonymiss@despora.de

#HDMI Forum to #AMD: No, you can’t make an open source HDMI 2.1 driver

Source: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/hdmi-forum-to-amd-no-you-cant-make-an-open-source-hdmi-2-1-driver/

We finally need a legal obligation for open source. This is the only way we can be more environmentally friendly and conserve resources by reusing old devices. Who among the HDMI freaks guarantees us updates in 10 years' time or new drivers for the next generation of operating systems?

#opensource #freedom #economy #future #technology #display #port #fail #foss #floss #news #justice #politics #law #environment #ressources #update #security

mlansbury@despora.de

Bloomberg: Russia imported over $1 billion worth of advanced US and European chips in 2023

Despite sanctions, Russia imported advanced chips valued at more than $1 billion from U.S. and European companies during the initial nine months of 2023, according to classified data from the Russian customs service obtained by Bloomberg.

The imported chips encompassed products from Intel Corp, Advanced Micro Devices, and Analog Devices Inc., along with European brands such as Infineon Technologies AG, STMicroelectronics NV, and NXP Semiconductors NV.

https://kyivindependent.com/bloomberg-russia-imported-over-1-billion-worth-of-advanced-us-and-european-chips-in-2023/

#RussiaInvadedUkraine #RussianWarCrimes #microchips #sanctions #AMD #missiles #StandWithUkraine

anonymiss@despora.de

#China: #Loongson releases next-generation #CPU

Source: http://www.ecns.cn/m/news/sci-tech/2023-11-29/detail-ihcvixpi0428703.shtml

It is manufactured using 12-nanometer #technology and features a quad-core design, with an operating frequency of 2.5GHz.

...

The Loongson #3A6000 is comparable to the #Intel Core i3-10100 and #AMD #Ryzen 3 3100 CPUs in certain key functions, according to tech website Wccf tech.

Looks for me like that they don't need US tech anymore. 🤔

#hardware #chip #economy #politics #computer #news

faab64@diasp.org

A shocking new discovery about China's successful ability to manufacture 7nm System on Chip in a local factory, based on domestic CPU and GPU architecture.

The technology blogs and "experts" are all in shock, because they had no idea what China was able to produce such advanced SoC like "Huawei's HiSilicon Kirin 9000S" that is powering the company's flagship mobile phone P60 Pro.

Ever since the US started the campaign to sanction and boycott Huawei a few years ago, the company has turned away from using American based products and any technology that could be controlled by the American/Western sanctions.

The impressive (yet not so fast with today's levels) SoC is nothing but a wake up call for the western companies dominating the #CPU, #GPU and #SoC market, from #Intel, to #AMD, #NVidia and of course #Qualcum.

The technology war that the US started, is not going to end well when China manages to create even more efficient and powerful CPUs to power not only expensive mobile phones, but also mid range and low cost ones as well as tablets and ultra portable tablets.

The treatment of #Russia after the War in #Ukraine and how the whole western world tried to isolate and corner Russia was a wake up call for China in so many fronts, and they seems to be making giant leaps rather than baby steps.

Huawei's HiSilicon Kirin 9000S looks to be a quite complex SoC packing four high-performance cores (one at up to 2.62 GHz and two at up to 2,150 MHz) and four energy-efficient cores (up to 1,530 MHz) based on the company's own TaiShan microarchitecture (which still looks to be found on the Armv8a ISA ) as well as the Maleoon 910 graphics processing unit operating at up to 750 MHz, based on screenshots by Huawei Central. CPU and GPU cores run at relatively low clocks compared to frequencies of Arm's cores featured in previous generations of HiSilicon's SoCs.

But low frequencies can be explained by the fact that SMIC makes the new SoC on its unannounced 2nd generation 7nm fabrication process, which could be a breakthrough for #SMIC, Huawei, and China's high-tech industry. Although TechInsights calls this fabrication technology SMIC's 2nd generation production node, state-controlled Global Times claims that China's foundry champion uses its 5nm-class manufacturing technology to make the SoC. But these two names seem to describe the same thing, which was once known as SMIC's N+2.

#Technology #SoC #Huawei #7nmTechnlogy #ChipManufacturing #China #US #Politics #Economy

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/huaweis-new-mystery-7nm-chip-from-chinese-fab-defies-us-sanctions

anonymiss@despora.de

#Jailbreaking an Electric Vehicle in 2023 or What It Means to Hotwire #Tesla's x86-Based Seat Heater

source: https://www.blackhat.com/us-23/briefings/schedule/index.html#jailbreaking-an-electric-vehicle-in--or-what-it-means-to-hotwire-teslas-x-based-seat-heater-33049

In this talk, we will present an attack against newer #AMD -based infotainment systems (MCU-Z) used on all recent models. It gives us two distinct capabilities: First, it enables the first unpatchable AMD-based "Tesla Jailbreak", allowing us to run arbitrary software on the infotainment. Second, it will enable us to extract an otherwise vehicle-unique hardware-bound #RSA key used to authenticate and authorize a car in Tesla's internal service network.

#hack #hacker #blackhat #technology #freedom #software #hardware #news #car

ldr@diaspora.koehn.com

AMD-Powered Frontier Supercomputer Breaks the Exascale Barrier, Now Fastest in the World | Tom's Hardware

#SuperComputers
#AMD #MPUs

By Paul Alcorn last updated June 02, 2022
AMD-powered systems now comprise five of the top ten fastest supercomputers

The fact that these are still being engineered would seem to indicate functional quantum computers solving big sci/tech problems are a still a way's off.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-powered-frontier-supercomputer-breaks-the-exascale-barrier-now-fastest-in-the-world

anonymiss@despora.de

The open chip #Caliptra will hopefully replace #proprietary developments like #Microsoft #Pluton.

source: https://www.opencompute.org/blog/cloud-security-integrating-trust-into-every-chip

The #OCP Foundation is pleased to provide a collaborative #framework where #AMD, #Google, Microsoft, and #NVIDIA came together to define a scalable and standards-based #solution for the benefit of the entire #industry.

#trust #cloud #server #technology #risc-v #open #freedom #hardware #news #security