➀ AMD announced the Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT graphics cards will launch in March 2025, delayed due to software readiness.

➁ NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5070 series will launch earlier in February.

➂ AMD's FSR 4, an AI-based upscaling technology, aims to compete with NVIDIA's DLSS 4, though it currently lags in image quality.

➀ DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company, has achieved significant success on the Apple App Store with its AI assistant app becoming the top free app, surpassing ChatGPT.

➁ The R1 model from DeepSeek, trained at a cost of $5.6 million, matches or even outperforms OpenAI's o1 model, despite the latter being significantly more expensive.

➂ Despite US sanctions, DeepSeek uses NVIDIA H100 GPUs for training, and offers its R1 model at prices 90-95% cheaper than OpenAI's o1 model.

➀ Tongfu Microelectronics has begun trial production of HBM2 memory, potentially for Huawei AI GPUs.

➁ This marks a significant step for China's domestic industry, despite being behind current HBM standards.

➂ HBM4 is on the horizon and will be featured in NVIDIA's next-gen Rubin R100 AI GPU.

➀ NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs are not available at the $1999 MSRP except for the RTX 5090 Founders Edition.

➁ Custom RTX 5090s are priced as high as $2800, causing significant pressure on AIB partners.

➂ Leakers suggest that NVIDIA's tight margins on the new GPUs are making the $1999 MSRP feel like charity.

➀ MSI Afterburner 4.6.6 Beta 5 adds support for Nvidia's RTX 50 Blackwell GPUs and introduces asynchronous fan-speed control for these GPUs.

➁ The update includes experimental compatibility with Intel's Arrow Lake and AMD's Zen 5 processors, addressing previous compatibility issues.

➂ The new version defaults to the Windows 11 Dark skin and introduces quad-fan control support, along with updates to RivaTuner to version 7.3.7 Beta 5.

➀ DeepSeek, a Chinese AI lab, reportedly has access to tens of thousands of NVIDIA H100 AI GPUs despite U.S. export restrictions.

➁ The DeepSeek R1 model competes with leading AI models like OpenAI's o1 and Meta's Llama.

➂ DeepSeek focuses on software-driven optimization and open-source collaboration to advance AI technology.

➀ NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5080 is expected to deliver up to 15% more performance in 3DMark benchmarks compared to the RTX 4080 SUPER.

➁ The GeForce RTX 5080 is reported to outperform the RTX 5070 Ti by 20% and the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER by 15%.

➂ NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5080 is set to launch on January 29.

➀ NVIDIA's new Blackwell GB202 GPU and GDDR7 memory have been showcased with beautiful die shots.

➁ The ASUS ROG GeForce RTX 5090D Astral graphics card, overclocked to 3.4GHz with LN2 cooling, broke 3DMark world records.

➂ The Blackwell GB202 GPU features 92 billion transistors and offers significant improvements in bandwidth and efficiency over previous generations.

➀ NVIDIA has released benchmark results for the GeForce RTX 5080, showing a modest 10% performance increase over the RTX 4080 Super in Blender.

➁ These results are less impressive compared to earlier benchmarks, which indicated a 22% improvement over the RTX 4080.

➂ The real-world performance of the RTX 5080 remains uncertain until the official launch on January 29.

➀ Tony Yu, General Manager of Asus China, reviewed the RTX 5090D and demonstrated its overclocking potential.

➁ The RTX 5090D achieved impressive results in 3DMark benchmarks, outperforming multiple high-end configurations.

➂ Despite artificial constraints imposed by Nvidia, the RTX 5090D still managed to perform exceptionally well under extreme conditions.

➀ ASUS's new GeForce RTX 5090D Astral graphics card has been overclocked to 3.4GHz using LN2 cooling and consumes up to 1000W of power.

➁ The card features 32GB of GDDR7 memory overclocked to 34Gbps and set a new 3DMark FireStrike Ultra world record with 36884 points.

➂ The NVIDIA Blackwell GB202 GPU is built on the TSMC 4nm process node with advanced specifications including 92 billion transistors and high memory bandwidth.

➀ Meta plans to invest over $65 billion in AI development in 2025.

➁ The company will build a massive data center and acquire over 1.3 million AI GPUs.

➂ Meta aims to lead in AI innovation and serve more than 1 billion people with its AI assistant.

➀ On January 24, 2025, President Trump announced his second withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) in four and a half years.

➁ The executive order cited reasons such as WHO's mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic, failure to implement necessary reforms, lack of independence from political influences, and unfair financial demands from the U.S.

➂ Despite contributing $1.28 billion to the WHO's 2022-2023 budget, the U.S. is pulling out due to these concerns. China contributed $157 million during the same period.

➀ A major UK retailer, OCUK, has confirmed that it currently holds less than 10 RTX 5090s in stock.

➁ The RTX 5080 also faces a similar inventory shortage with a few hundred units available.

➂ The scarcity of these GPUs is leading to inflated prices and potential scalping issues.

➀ In 1991, John Carmack coded the original id Tech engine for Doom over 28 hours, which changed both gaming and aerospace engineering.

➁ John Carmack's work with Oculus VR and Armadillo Aerospace further cemented his status as an industry pioneer.

➂ The development of id Tech influenced many subsequent games and engines, including Valve's GoldSrc/Source.