NVIDIA tackles the wasted work problem with the Carbon Negative Heating Consortium NVIDIA starts with talking about the “Wasted Work” problem. Homes are heated either using gas or electric heaters (and rarely, heat pumps). Considering heat is the end product of pretty much all work done (computations) anyways, this is energy that could have been used to do valuable calculations before being wasted as heat. Based on the profitability rates of today’s crypto, NVIDIA estimates that 1500 watts is sufficient to generate roughly $500 in profits (after accounting for your energy bill)....

NVIDIA Claims 2x Higher Performance & Almost 3x Efficiency For Ampere A100 GPUs Versus AMD’s Instinct MI250 NVIDIA has already announced its next-generation H100 GPU based on the Hopper graphics (GPU) architecture which will be shipping to customers later this year. The Hopper GPU will be delivering an estimated 26x increase in performance over the Pascal P100 which was released six years ago & that’s 3x faster than the trajectory offered by Moore’s Law....

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB Graphics Card To Feature 115W TBP With More Efficient GA107 GPU Currently, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB graphics card features the Ampere GA106 GPU core. The GA106-150 SKU features a very cut-down variant of the full GA106 chip and packs 2560 cores & an 8 GB memory running across a 128-bit bus interface. Now the latest report from Igor’s Lab talks about a new variant of the card coming soon that will feature the GA107 GPU as was rumored back a few months....

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 To Offer Sweet Spot Gaming Performance & High Efficiency Around $350 US Based on a statement published by Lenovo’s manager, WolStame at Weibo, the company rep has spilled the beans on NVIDIA’s next-gen mainstream graphics card, the GeForce RTX 4060. The new graphics card is said to launch next year and will offer a decent performance boost but will have to rely heavily on DLSS and RT performance for bigger gains....

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630 Graphics Card Launched: Designed For Entry-Level PCs The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630 utilizes a cut-down TU117 GPU with 512 CUDA cores, lower than the GeForce GTX 1650 model, which offers 896 cores, and even lower than the GTX 1050 Ti which packs 768 cores. The card will also pack a 4 GB of GDDR6 memory across a 64-bit memory bus, a huge cut-down from the 128-bit bus that the TU117 GPU has at its disposal....

Simply export your game to RTX Remix, and its tools automatically up-res textures, enhance assets, and, of course, add visual flair like ray tracing. Ideally, you’ll be able to spruce up older games with relatively limited modding or programming know-how (NVIDIA showed the venerable The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind getting a major facelift). Here’s what NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang had to say about RTX Remix. “We created an Omniverse application called RTX Remix for game modding....

NVIDIA to reveal details on next-gen Hopper GPU & Grace CPU at Hot Chips 34 Hot Chips is an annual event that brings system and processor architects and allows for companies to discuss details, such as technical details or the current performance of their products. NVIDIA is planning to discuss the company’s first server-based processer and the new Hopper graphics card. The NVSwitch interconnects the chip and the company’s Jetson Orin system on a module or SoM....

NZXT reveals the new H7 series of ATX mid-tower PC cases, promoting superior thermal production and ease-of-use designs The H7 showcases an open-top that permits the reinforcement of 360 mm radiators and heightened thermal performance. Cable management is upgraded in the new H7 designs, offering widened channels, hooks to seize control of problematic cables, and more open areas, creating simple cable routing for any user. The side panels are tool-less, giving the user effortless entry to upgrade any component, correct any problems, and inspect your gaming computer....

The new screenshots, which can be found below, provide a new look at Monkey D. Luffy and the other Straw Hats, locations, monsters, puzzles, and more. One Piece Odyssey has been announced for PC and consoles last month. The game will be a turn-based role-playing game featuring new characters designed by Eiichiro Oda himself and a soundtrack composed by Motoi Sakuraba. One Piece Odyssey launches on PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S sometime this year....

ONEXPLAYER 2 handheld gaming console launches with new detachable controls, AMD Ryzen 7 6800U CPU, Radeon 680M graphics, & an $899 price tag The new OneXPlayer 2 Handheld console is dramatically different from previous models from OneXPlayer, offering a newer AMD mobile processor under the hood and many advancements to enhance gameplay for users, including detachable, ergonomic controls. The processor on the OXP2 is the AMD Ryzen 7 6800U mobile processor that will be backed by the Radeon 680M graphics, increasing not only the processing power but frame rates and other optimizations to all your AAA games....

Pixel 6a, Pixel Watch Available Colors Also Leaked The latest information states that the Pixel Watch sporting the codename ‘rohan’ has surfaced in a U.S. carrier’s inventory system. Android Police reports that the wearable will be sold in the colors gray, black, and gold. Additionally, it will ship with 32GB onboard storage, which is twice the amount that the Galaxy Watch4 got, and matches the internal memory of the Apple Watch....

The new update, version 22.01-05.02.00, is around 1 GB big and doesn’t seem to do much else other than introducing the aforementioned unspecified system performance improvements. The latest major PlayStation 5 system software update, version 22.01-05.00.00, went live last month, introducing improvements to Game Base, Accessibility, Trophies, and more. The PlayStation 5 is now available for purchase worldwide. Voice chats are now called parties. For easier access, we’ve divided Game Base into three tabs: [Friends], [Parties] and [Messages]....

— PlayStation (@PlayStation) July 11, 2022 In a new interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Raymond provided some updates on where Haven is as a studio. The team has grown to 106 employees and is built around a “studio in a cloud” concept. Not only do Haven employees have the option for working remotely, but all their computing needs are handled by the cloud, providing even more freedom. That said, Haven has opened a physical office as well....

EVGA auctions off the RTX 4090 FTW3 graphics card on eBay but has disappeared into Internet history The loss of EVGA in the graphics card markets was surprising and affected several company fans. EVGA has had a long history with its consumer base, and its departure left users needing to find another manufacturer that would compare to the company. Some cards were offered to prominent tech YouTube content creators that have worked with EVGA, but a few are still in the company’s possession....

Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 5100 is Likely to be the Upcoming Chipset for Wear OS Watches Qualcomm has shared a small clip accompanied by some music as well as an animated image of a Snapdragon Wear chipset that is being born. We also see a new slogan that says “Wear what matters,” and from that point, it does not take a genius to figure out that this new chipset will be powering smartwatches, so we are getting a new Snapdragon Wear chipset....

Well, according to insider Tom Henderson, it seems Quantic Dream and NetEase plan to make this partnership a permanent thing, with the latter looking to outright purchase Quantic Dream sometime this year. Apparently, this deal has been in the works for a while, and will likely be officially announced this summer. As for why this is happening, Quantic Dream is searching for more funding for their ambitious Star Wars Eclipse project....

Google’s Bas Nieuwenhuizen, the co-founder of the RADV driver, held a presentation on the condition of the ray-tracing performance of the open-source Mesa Vulkan driver on day one of the X.Org Developers’ Conference, also known as XDC 2022. The presentation at XDC 2022 discussed the process of ray-tracing, how the graphical acceleration is processed for AMD Radeon RDNA 2 graphics cards and challenges the team has encountered with the execution, as well as a software-based implementation for older AMD GPUs....

Previously, we pointed out how the Resident Evil fan remake is looking quite promising, and we’ve got another update relating to that project. The fan remake of the first game actually has a demo, and with their preview on Twitter, user RESIDENCE of EVIL has some gameplay in store, too. Full Video: https://t.co/W5ObYSsIiK#residentevil #residentevil1 #RE1remake pic.twitter.com/thS3YLdiQe — RESIDENCE of EVIL (@ROEnetwork) November 10, 2022 Crafted through Unity, the project aims to recreate the locale of the first game with a visual style similar to the official Resident Evil remakes....

The news of a Resident Evil TV series coming to Netflix originally broke over three years ago. The first concrete details emerged about a year and a half later, when we learned that the focus would be on Albert Wesker’s kids. The cast includes Ella Balinska (who’s also playing Forspoken’s protagonist Frey Holland, by the way), Tamara Smart, Siena Agudong, Adeline Rudolph, Paola Núñez, and Lance Reddick as Wesker himself....

For Next Year, Samsung Entered Into a Deal With Qualcomm, Meaning That No Galaxy S23 Model Will Ship With an Exynos 2300 Shortly after announcing its Q1 2022 financial results, Samsung stated that it is not putting an end to the development of Exynos chipsets, though a restructuring is in order. The technology giant was reported to have said the following. These comments suggest that we will not see the Exynos 2300 materialize this year, or the next, so the competition will probably be stale in 2023....