What Nvidia's Blackwell efficiency gains mean for DC operators [Thu Mar 28 2024]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 28 March 2024 ***************************************************************** What Nvidia's Blackwell efficiency gains mean for DC operators Air cooling's diminishing returns on full display with Nv's B-series silicon ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * CEO of UK's National Grid warns of datacenters' thirst for power Predicts 500 percent increase in consumption over a decade and suggests 800 kilovolt fix On-Prem * Hyperfluorescent OLEDs promise more efficient displays that won't make you so blue Novel design might also help reduce those annoying burn-in issues * Standardization could open door to third-party chiplets in AMD designs Domain-specific accelerators are 'essential to progress' it claims, and a chiplet ecosystem is one way forward * Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite dares to game, reaching 30 FPS in Baldur's Gate 3 The bare minimum performance, but suggests a beefy integrated GPU * NASA to shoot rockets at April solar eclipse to see how it messes with the atmosphere Boffins hope to better understand how phenomena disrupt comms tech in order to prevent future outages * Kaby Lake-G chip back from the grave, now on modest firewall-router-NAS mobo Intel CPU that incorporated an AMD GPU into the processor package resurrected by Topton * Intel throws chips on the table, Microsoft plays the Copilot card in wild bet on AI PCs Does anyone actually want one? * TSMC's 3nm node powers up, setting stage for tech giants' next-gen chips AMD, Apple, Intel throw weight – and cash – behind process technology * Meta accused of snarfing people's Snapchat data via traffic decryption I ain't afraid of no ghosts, but in this case... * What Nvidia's Blackwell efficiency gains mean for DC operators Air cooling's diminishing returns on full display with Nv's B-series silicon * Pragmatic Semiconductor opens UK's first 300mm wafer fab in Durham Facility to bring major leap in domestic chip production amid government support * Lenovo scores deal to build supercomputer at UK's Hartree Center Liquid cooled, 44.7 Petaflops and with unspecified GPUs Security * Apple fans deluged with phony password reset requests Beware support calls offering a fix * Majority of Americans now use ad blockers We're dreaming of a white list, because we're just like the ones you used to know * 'Thousands' of businesses at mercy of miscreants thanks to unpatched Ray AI flaw Anyscale claims issue is 'long-standing design decision' – as users are raided by intruders * Miscreants are exploiting enterprise tech zero days more and more, Google warns Crooks know where the big bucks are * Street newspaper appears to have Big Issue with Qilin ransomware gang The days of cybercriminals having something of a moral compass are over Software * Amazon finishes pumping $4B into AI darling Anthropic Adds $2.75B to the ML sweepstakes ante and is counting on Claude * SEC cleared to take securities beef against Coinbase to trial Judge says watchdog can HODL four of its five charges against crypto exchange * Red Hat tries on a McKinsey cap in quest to streamline techies' jobs Some staff are worried – can't think why * In-app browsers are still a privacy, security, and choice problem Regulators reminded that longstanding concerns haven't been addressed * Belgian beer study acquires taste for machine learning Researchers reckon results could improve recipe development for food and beverages * Windows Format dialog waited decades for UI revamp that never came 'Temporary' isn't always * XenServer is back, with a rebranded Citrix Hypervisor and a tasty three-host freebie Per-socket licensing regime may explain years of ups and downs Offbeat * NASA gives IXPE observatory the Ctrl-Alt-Del treatment to make it talk sense Hardware misbehaving in orbit? Time for a reset on the avionics * Boeing and subsidiary file trade secrets lawsuit against Virgin Galactic Oh, and there's small matter of an alleged $26M in unpaid bills * UK skies set for cheeky upgrade with hybrid airship Depending on planning permission being given for facility * BBC exterminates AI experiments used to promote Doctor Who Finally, a power greater than ML hype: Angry fandom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent to {EMAIL} You can update your preferences here: or unsubscribe from this list: Situation Publishing Ltd, 315 Montgomery Street, 9th & 10th Floors, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA The Register and its contents are Copyright © 2024 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Find our Privacy Policy here: