➀ Ed reflects on the sources of €1trn and his strategy to secure a share of it;
➁ Ed discusses the possibility of the US raising €800 billion for 'ReArm Europe' and €200 billion for 'InvestAI';
➂ Ed's assignment to the EU as 'Digital Envoy' and his plan to spend on meals and indulgences to identify influential figures in the spending of the funds.
➀ Intel appoints Lip-Bu Tan as its new CEO, raising concerns about potential layoffs and the future of Intel Foundry.
➁ China's chip smuggling continues with individuals and companies importing restricted AI servers, while Huawei is accused of tricking TSMC into manufacturing banned processors.
➂ AMD releases the Ryzen 9 9950X3D, dominating Intel's chips in gaming performance with its 3D V-Cache technology.
➀ Siemens Digital Industries Software has expanded its cloud platform for systems-of-systems development with PAVE360 technology for Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) development.
➁ PAVE360 requires graphics acceleration for accurate simulation and AI processing, which is provided by AMD Radeon PRO V710 GPUs and AMD EPYC CPUs running on Azure.
➂ PAVE360 running on Azure offers cloud development features and system-aware views, helping to uncover defects early in the design cycle.
➀ A new type of miniaturized pumps and valves using ultra-thin silicon films is presented at the Hannover Messe, developed by researchers at Saarland University. These pumps and valves operate without air pressure, motors, and lubricants, and can be operated in clean rooms. The team demonstrates a prototype of a new vacuum pump that can draw a vacuum up to 300 millibars.
➁ The technology is cost-effective, lightweight, and energy-efficient compared to current methods, with a 400 times lower energy consumption compared to conventional air-driven valves.
➂ The researchers have developed a novel actuator and pump technology that can be used in various applications, including robotic grippers, speakers, smart textiles, and haptic feedback.
➀ The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D is a successor to the 7950X3D, featuring Zen 5 architecture and 144MB of L2+L3 cache.
➁ The chip offers a 10-15% performance boost due to the advanced Zen 5 architecture and improved 3D V-Cache stacking.
➂ It is compatible with the AM5 platform and has a 170W TDP, addressing previous limitations of X3D chips.
➀ A fake Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU bought from Amazon was actually an old AMD FX chip;
➁ The packaging was almost identical to the genuine product, and the CPU was shipped in a sealed box;
➂ The counterfeit CPU was discovered when the buyer opened the package and saw the AMD FX-4100 sticker under the IHS sticker.
➀ A team from Saarland University's Faculty of Engineering and Medicine is developing smart implants at the university and university hospital to monitor and promote healing in body bone fractures.
➁ The robotic implants can stiffen and soften through shape-memory technology, allowing for permanent monitoring of fracture healing.
➂ The research team is miniaturizing the technology for use in market screws as part of an EU project.
➀ AMD's 16-core 9950X3D chip is reportedly 14% faster than the previous generation in PassMark benchmarks;
➁ The chip maintains similar single-threaded performance to its non-X3D counterpart;
➂ The 9950X3D is priced at $699 and is set to launch on March 12th.
➀ Apple's new M3 Ultra chip, used in the Mac Studio, has been benchmarked on Geekbench, showing impressive multi-core performance that surpasses the M4 Max.
➁ The M3 Ultra's single-core score is not as impressive, falling behind the M4 Max and even the entry-level M4 in some cases.
➂ The M3 Ultra's multi-core score is notably higher, with a performance uplift of around 8% over the M4 Max.
➀ The Intel Xeon 6700P “Granite Rapids-SP” includes SKUs with a feature that splits cores into high-priority and low-priority cores;
➁ This setup has caused some rumors, but the article clarifies that there are no E-cores on Granite Rapids-SP parts;
➂ The feature allows for higher base frequencies on some cores for improved responsiveness, especially under light loads.
➀ The Chinese government is shifting its focus from x86 and Arm CPUs to promote RISC-V chips, aiming to reduce reliance on foreign technologies.
➁ The new policy is expected to be announced soon, marking the first official government push for RISC-V adoption in China.
➂ Chinese companies like Alibaba and Nuclei System Technology are investing in RISC-V, and the technology is gaining traction in the country.
➀ Lois Rossmann, a renowned RepairTuber, expresses disappointment with Brother's shift towards becoming an 'anti-consumer printer company';
➁ Brother's recent firmware updates have disabled third-party toner and prevented color registration functionality on color devices;
➂ Older firmware versions are being removed from support portals, making it difficult for users to roll back updates.
➀ The ASRock Rack TURIN2D16-2T is designed to handle high-end server processors with dual AMD EPYC 9005 CPUs and sixteen DDR5 slots.
➁ It features an EEB form factor, providing ample space for the large SP5 CPU sockets and PCIe connectivity.
➂ Despite its size, it offers five PCIe x16 slots, with support for Gen4 and Gen5, and also CXL 2.0, making it a powerful server platform.
➀ Zhaoxin has announced the adoption of DeepSeek-R1 LLM across its product lineup;
➁ The company's processors can natively run various DeepSeek models without GPU assistance;
➂ Zhaoxin highlights its KaiXian KX-7000/8 consumer processor and Kaisheng KH-40000/32 server processor for AI performance.
➀ ASRock has issued a BIOS update for its AM5 motherboards to address CPU boot issues with the AMD Ryzen 9 9800X3D processor;
➁ The company warns about the spread of misinformation regarding reported failures;
➂ Initial reports indicated CPU failures, but further analysis suggests memory compatibility issues might be the root cause.
