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waynerad@diasp.org
Wayne Radinsky

"We finally have the first benchmarks from MLCommons [...] that pit the AMD Instinct 'Antares' MI300X GPU against Nvidia's 'Hopper' H100 and H200 and the 'Blackwell' B200 GPUs."

"The results are good in that they show the MI300X is absolutely competitive with Nvidia's H100 GPU on one set of AI inference benchmarks, and based on our own estimates of GPU and total system costs can be competitive with Nvidia's H100 and H200 GPUs. But, the tests were only done for the Llama 2 model from Meta Platforms with 70 billion parameters."

Would be good to see Nvidia have some competition. They had to get the model to work with AMD's ROCm, AMD's analog to Nvidia's CUDA.

The first AI benchmarks pitting AMD against Nvidia

#solidstatelife #ai #gpus #amd

The First AI Benchmarks Pitting AMD Against Nvidia

Rated horsepower for a compute engine is an interesting intellectual exercise, but it is where the rubber hits the road that really matters. We finally

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danie10@squeet.me
Danie

AMD won Computex by extending AM5 support and launching new AM4 CPUs

Part of a computer motherboard showing the square CPU socket with the lever that holds it tight, and to the right of it we can see two sticks of RAM standing vertically on the board.
Intel typically uses the same motherboard CPU socket for two generations, but we’ve seen the company support the same socket for an additional series. AMD has been more consistent through the Ryzen CPU family, since releasing the Ryzen 1000 series in 2016. AM4 launched alongside the new Ryzen processors and AMD released its successor, AM5 in 2022. That’s six years of support before a new platform rolled out, but AMD hasn’t finished supporting older motherboards yet.

This is quite interesting as this is the first time I’ve bought AMD. With all my previous Intel based CPUs I had to discard the motherboard and RAM and fully replace it all when I bought a new CPU. Now it seems my AM4 based motherboard can still be used, and I could buy a brand-new CPU for it. Less wastage and expense.

I have never been able to upgrade my CPU before on its own. I’m pretty tempted to try it. But OK, the newer CPU is about 11% faster on benchmarking, but with 60% extra power consumption/heat…

See xda-developers.com/amd-won-com…
#Blog, #AMD, #CPU, #technology

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waynerad@diasp.org
Wayne Radinsky

"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

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

George Hotz flip flops

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anonymiss@despora.de
anonymiss

#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

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

Linux users can't hit the same resolutions and speeds as Windows—or DisplayPort.

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mlansbury@despora.de
Mark Lansbury

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

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.

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anonymiss@despora.de
anonymiss

#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.

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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

Loongson releases next-generation CPU-Ecns.cn

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