Hardware

Preorders won’t start April 9th as originally announced.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/60398666

A team of engineers at Fudan University has successfully designed, built and run a 32-bit RISC-V microprocessor that uses molybdenum disulfide instead of silicon as its semiconductor component. Their paper is published in the journal Nature.

• Our research indicate that AMD’s 9070 series cards did not release to a paper launch
• The downside is that we noticed partner model cards are noticeably becoming more expensive over base MSRP
• Unfortunately, this price increase is looking like it’s becoming the new normal

In today’s AI-driven world, the ability to train AI models locally and perform fast inference on GPUs at an optimal cost is more important than ever. Building your own GPU server with an RTX 4090 or RTX 5090 — like the one described here — enables a high-performance eight-GPU setup running on PCIe 5.0 with full x16 lanes. This configuration ensures maximum interconnect speed for all eight GPUs. In contrast, most similar setups are limited by the PCIe bus version (such as PCIe 4.0 or even lower), due to the challenges of running longer PCIe extensions.

China is doubling down on the RISC-V architecture.

Intel and TSMC are said to have reached a tentative agreement to create a joint venture that will operate Intel's chipmaking facilities.

Archive: https://archive.is/2025.04.03-022506/https://www.ft.com/content/bf1baea6-32f8-4e6b-997a-5214ea1e89f4

The South Korean electronics group revealed last month that the value of its exports to China jumped 54 per cent between 2023 and 2024, as Chinese companies rush to secure stockpiles of advanced artificial intelligence chips in the face of increasingly restrictive US export controls.

In one previously unreported deal, Samsung last year sold more than three years’ supply of logic dies — a key component in manufacturing AI chips — to Kunlun, the semiconductor design subsidiary of Chinese tech group Baidu, according to people familiar with the matter. 

But the increasing importance of its China sales to Samsung comes as it navigates growing trade tensions between Washington and Beijing over the development of sensitive technologies.

An aggressive plan.

The price hike may prompt other manufacturers to follow suit

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