The State of Self-Driving Cars, GPUs are Back to MSRP

[TechSpot Weekly Newsletter] Latest in tech March 21 Autonomous Advances [The State of Self-Driving Cars: Autonomous Advances](=.0sNAK49ZNvbVYZn0VnGnZOEL7zp8yNXMNq468jDUxm4) Significant advances have been made in [the technology that powers self-driving cars](=.KLsYPpA3Y_L31E4p-ckcmDmBEZsErCr12-gqSnDVfZk) in the last decade, but there's still further to go. We dive into the current state of self-driving cars in 2023. =.8ETzeBP4aLeaNDw38UYdLwLg3_F1arIgsFafx0nuCVs =.aXTVZXaPoXjwGFyorzWS0dt95IzIDhJwtvXVrZhBewU Significant advances have been made in [the technology that powers self-driving cars](=.nSzmjLEMJqbIH7aZBQnlMesdGQyBdvgX5JZmMdw1NXI) in the last decade, but there's still further to go. We dive into the current state of self-driving cars in 2023. =.t3RwXeCiKpL7gsYLxKkz6RjKidlWyK9DlBvTK7ojybM Hardware [GPU Pricing Update, March 2023: Back to MSRP](=.Nlmm7lGyq7PX5wWrdbulQux1uoJWv8pZLpwr1TvPasw) With AMD and Nvidia focusing on the high-end, the graphics card market remains weak with flat demand. On the upside, [price inflation is a thing of the past](=.ncdPRLIKVtxnjjVfjhavTWTlwWQvAPNmceSTIjug8tk) with abundant stock at or near the MSRP. =.9ih1R2L2jGI-0yR6sVtiRji4DxOoXU5hB4lDMUNEjA8 =.wG0FP-uES29ajcA25VevL0R9IuB2eqAu7xHApkJhsro With AMD and Nvidia focusing on the high-end, the graphics card market remains weak with flat demand. 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