by Devin | Oct 6, 2024 | AI, AMD, Apple, Computers, Hardware, Intel, macOS, NVidia, Software, Windows
It’s late 2024 and the NPU still feels silly. Tech companies like Qualcomm, Microsoft, AMD, Intel, and even Apple want casual users to care about running LLM or image generation models on local hardware like laptops. As we’ve mentioned, they want to avoid...
by Devin | Apr 19, 2024 | AI, Gadgets, Hardware, NVidia
The general public has a short attention span and low technical aptitude. White papers, specs, and benchmarks quickly bore people. But there’s an attraction that warms hearts and receives mainstream press coverage: robots! Robot attractions have awed...
by Devin | Apr 1, 2024 | AI, AMD, Computers, Hardware, Intel, NVidia, Software
In the beginning, the GPU was intended to send video to the display. Back then, the data flowed primarily in one direction, from CPU to GPU and then to display. In 2007, NVidia released CUDA, a radical shift. CUDA would allow data to flow from CPU to GPU, processed...
by Devin | Mar 29, 2024 | AI, AMD, Computers, Hardware, NVidia
AMD and Intel want us to believe that the NPU is the future. There are currently two desktop options featuring NPU, AMD’s Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 8600G. We built with the latter, the 6-core part. Technically, this is the first time we have been able to build a...
by Devin | Mar 18, 2024 | AI, AMD, Internet, NVidia, Server
The “open source Ai” fallacy is expanding with mentions from CEOs at major companies on a “global stage” at conferences. There’s now cable coverage, too. The general public is likely becoming aware of the phrase. It’s both...
by Devin | Feb 26, 2024 | AI, AMD, Apple, Computers, Hardware, Intel, NVidia
On the surface, it appears that ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok are the only hot Ai models around. But there’s a hidden Ai power play, a nerdy hardware battle between Intel and AMD. We’ve talked about the CPU and GPU, but this next upgrade cycle features a new...
