Intel, NVIDIA and Chips
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Nvidia currently uses a version of TSMC's N4 node for all its GPUs. N4 is actually a refinement of N5, which dates back to 2020. Meanwhile, the first chip made on TSMC's N3 technology, the Apple A17 Pro SoC for iPhones, debuted back in 2023.
The new Rubin CPX GPU, revealed at AITC this past week, may secretly be the basis for NVIDIA's next flagship gaming chip.
The Senate is looking to add the 'GAIN AI Act' to a defense bill to ensure US customers, including startups and universities, receive priority access to Nvidia and AMD GPUs, not China.
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China’s chip startups are racing to replace Nvidia
But which Chinese company, or companies, will fill the Nvidia void is still unclear. Huawei is the current market leader. Many other chip designers are struggling with high research and development costs, a small customer base of mostly state-owned enterprises, U.S. blacklisting, and limited chip fabrication capacities.
Russian YouTuber VIK-on recently released a video showcasing his modded NVIDIA RTX 4090, doubling its VRAM to 48GB from its already-beefy base 24GB. To pull it off, VIK-on needed to source a couple of 4090s,
TL;DR: NVIDIA has halted production of its H20 AI chip for the Chinese market amid ongoing US-China trade restrictions and security concerns. Despite a temporary export license, China's Cyberspace Administration blocked sales, prompting NVIDIA to instruct ...
BANGKOK (AP) — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Friday that the company is discussing a potential new computer chip designed for China with the Trump administration. Huang was asked about a possible “B30A” semiconductor for artificial intelligence data ...
One Founders Edition BIOS and a modified Nvidia driver later, and Substantial-Mark-959 says they've been able to get the card up and running. The GPU-Z readout makes for some interesting reading, showing 4480 shaders, 96 ROPs, and 280 TMUs—oh, and 12 GB of VRAM, a whole gigabyte more than the released card.