Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
Arm unveils Accuracy Super Resolution, an upscaler for mobile games based on AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution 2, available under the MIT open-source license — Arm “Accuracy Super Resolution” is optimized for power use and integrated GPUs. — Some of the best Arm processors come …
Just when you thought Web3 — the name given to a decentralized version of the internet — had been consigned to the history books, along comes a new smartphone project to try to convince you otherwise, and, in an attempt to ensure it appears as up-to-date as possible, adds another buzzword to the list: AI.
What I’m talking about is called the Up Mobile, and if mention of Web3 and AI together weren’t enough, it also has some blockchain technology inside for good measure. If this were Buzzword Bingo, someone would be shouting “House!” right about now.
But I haven’t finished yet, as this isn’t just another Android phone either. According to the Roy Liu, co-founder of the Up Network, which is responsible for the Up Mobile, the App Store and Google Play Store aren’t the place to find Web3 apps due to “unfriendly terms,” so a Web3/AI/blockchain device needs a different ecosystem to survive.
SUMMARY
Google is stepping in to extend Android’s LTS kernel support to six years for enhanced security.
Previously, LTS kernels were being maintained for six years by Linux contributors, but now only get two years of upstream support. Google says it will bridge that four-year gap.
To help accommodate this, OEMs launching Android 15+ devices are now required to use the latest kernel versions for continued support.
Researchers in Korea have grown two and one dimensional structures on silicon to build a transistor with a gate electrode of under 1nm.
The team led by Director JO Moon-Ho of the Center for Van der Waals Quantum Solids within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) has implemented a novel method to achieve epitaxial growth of 1D metallic materials with a width of less than 1nm. The group applied this process to develop a new structure for 2D semiconductor logic circuits with the 1D metals as a gate electrode.
The International Roadmap for Devices and Systems (IRDS) by the IEEE predicts semiconductor node technology to reach around 0.5 nm by 2037, with transistor gate lengths of 12 nm. The research team demonstrated that the channel width modulated by the electric field applied from the 1D MTB gate can be as small as 3.9 nm, significantly exceeding the futuristic prediction.
While there have been various efforts like HIPIFY to help in translating CUDA source code to portable C++ code for AMD GPUs and then the previously-AMD-funded ZLUDA to allow CUDA binaries to run on AMD GPUs via a drop-in replacement to CUDA libraries, there’s a new contender in town: SCALE. SCALE is now public as a GPGPU toolchain for allowing CUDA programs to be natively run on AMD graphics processors.
SCALE has been seven years in the making by UK firm Spectral Compute. SCALE is a “clean room” implementation of CUDA that leverages some open-source LLVM components while forming a solution to natively compile CUDA sources for AMD GPUs without modification — a big benefit over alternative projects that only assist in code translation by transpiling to another “portable” language or other manual developer steps being involved.
Tänä päivänä useimmimpien ihmisten laskentateholtaan ja graafisilta suorituskyvyiltään tehokkain tietokone löytyy taskusta, kännykän muodossa. Nykyaikainen, yli 500 euroa maksava kännykkä pyyhkii todennäköisesti lattiaa useimmilla markettien kannettavilla tietokoneilla – mennen tullen.
Joten päättelyketju on selvä:
Entä jos puhelimen kytkisi isoon näyttöön, näppäimistöön ja hiireen – ja käyttäisi sitä tietokoneena?
Viimeisen 25 vuoden aikana temppua on koetettu monesti: Samsungilla on oma DeX-ratkaisunsa, Microsoftin suuri visio Windows Phonessa oli sekin samankaltainen. Ja jokainen Android itse asiassa osaa käyttää sopivan johdon avulla hiirtä, ulkoista näppäimistöä – ja ulkoista näyttöäkin.
Mutta se iso ongelma on aina ollut siinä, että kaikki ratkaisut ovat lähinnä teknisiä demoja, eräänlaisia purkkavirityksiä, joilla laite saadaan tekemään sellaista, mihin sitä ei ole suunniteltu.
Nyt asiaan näyttää tulevan muutos.
Syksyllä julkaistava Android 15 on tuomassa Androidiin täyden työpöytätilan, joka kytkeytyy automaattisesti päälle, kun Android-kännykän liittää ulkoiseen, tarpeeksi isoon näyttöön.
Itse asiassa alustava uudistus tupsahti jo käyttöön, joskin rajatusti: Googlen omille Pixel-puhelimille julkaistu Android 14:n päivitys, Android 14 QPR3 Beta 2.1, sisältää kyseisen tilan. Se vain pitää erikseen löytää asetuksista, jotta sen saa päälle.
Mutta kun tila on leivottu jo Googlen jakelemaan Androidiin valmiiksi, on hyvin todennäköistä, että se tullaan ottamaan osaksi virallista Android 15 -julkaisua.
Kenties länsimaissa tilalle on vähemmän käyttöä, mutta etenkin kehittyvillä markkinoilla kännykkä on useimmille ihmisille ainoa tietotekninen laite. Joten sen käyttäminen tietokoneena, ison näytön, hiiren ja näppäimistön kera, voisi olla valtava tuottavuusloikka.
Kuten videolta näkee, Android-sovelluksia voi vapaasti suurentaa ja pienentää ja myös siirrellä näytöllä. Ongelma on tietysti se, että äärimmäisen harvaa Android-sovellusta on kunnolla optimoitu edes tablettikäyttöön.
Amidst reports of the 13th and 14th Generation processor instability extending to mobile chips, Intel has sent a statement to Tom’s Hardware to clarify the situation. While there has been instability feedback on some mobile SKUs, the cause of the instability differs from their desktop counterparts.
Donald Trumpin pelätään vievän talouden uuteen inflaatioon, ja siksi kullan hinta lyö jatkuvasti ennätyksiä
Maailmantalous on selvinnyt kriiseistä hyvin. Puhutaan jo ”kultakutritaloudesta”, mutta kullan ennätyshinta kertoo aivan toisenlaista viestiä. https://yle.fi/a/74-20100503
Intel has announced that it has found the root cause of the crashing issues plaguing its CPUs. The company will issue a microcode update to address the issues by mid-August, ostensibly ending the long-running saga that began when the first sporadic reports of CPU crashing errors surfaced in December 2022 and grew to a crescendo by the end of 2023. Intel’s response comes after complaints about the issue, which causes PCs to inexplicably crash/BSOD during gaming and other workloads, reached a fever pitch in recent weeks. However, the microcode update will not repair impacted processors. Intel also confirmed a rumored issue with via oxidation in its 7nm node, but said those issues were corrected in 2023 and didn’t contribute to the failures.
Intel’s advisory says an erroneous CPU microcode is the root cause of the incessant instability issues. The microcode caused the CPU to request elevated voltage levels, resulting in the processor operating outside its safe boundaries. Intel is now validating a microcode patch to correct the issues, with its release slated for mid-August. This patch will be distributed through BIOS updates from motherboard OEMs and via Windows updates, so the timing for end-user availability could vary.
The bug causes irreversible degradation of the impacted processors. We’re told that the microcode patch will not repair processors already experiencing crashes, but it is expected to prevent issues on processors that aren’t currently impacted by the issue. For now, it is unclear if CPUs exposed to excessive voltage have suffered from invisible degradation or damage that hasn’t resulted in crashes yet but could lead to errors or crashes in the future.
Intel advises all customers having issues to seek help from its customer support. Because the microcode update will not repair impacted processors, the company will continue to replace them. Intel has pledged to grant RMAs to all impacted customers.
The company had previously advised its customers to stick with the basic power guidelines for its processors, rather than running them at fully unlocked settings, as it worked through the issues.
Intel isn’t sharing many deep-dive details about the bug yet but says it will continue its validation process to ensure the microcode fully addresses the issues. The company will release more details about the bug itself in the future.
Nvidia’s AIB (Add-in Board) partners have allegedly been caught using dirt-cheap thermal paste in their latest GeForce RTX 40-series products, which are among the best graphics cards. Igor Wallossek from Igor’s Lab reports that thermal paste deterioration has escalated into a severe problem for many RTX 40 series customers, where faltering cards see hotspot temperatures reach over 100 degrees Celsius, causing fan speeds to spike to almost 100%. The thermal paste allegedly performs exceptionally well on day one but quickly deteriorates on a scale of months (not years).
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Tomi Engdahl says:
AMD is now more recognizable than Intel
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/amd-brand-recognition-report-2024/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
Arm unveils Accuracy Super Resolution, an upscaler for mobile games based on AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution 2, available under the MIT open-source license — Arm “Accuracy Super Resolution” is optimized for power use and integrated GPUs. — Some of the best Arm processors come …
Arm tweaks AMD’s FSR to bring battery-saving GPU upscaling to phones and tablets
Arm “Accuracy Super Resolution” is optimized for power use and integrated GPUs.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/07/arm-gets-into-graphics-upscaling-promises-up-to-1-5x-faster-gpu-performance/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/16399-samsungin-uutuudet-vievaet-terveydenseurannan-premium-tasolle
Tomi Engdahl says:
An absurd new phone is coming to crush the iPhone and Android
https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/an-absurd-new-phone-up-mobile-coming-to-crush-iphone-and-android/
Just when you thought Web3 — the name given to a decentralized version of the internet — had been consigned to the history books, along comes a new smartphone project to try to convince you otherwise, and, in an attempt to ensure it appears as up-to-date as possible, adds another buzzword to the list: AI.
What I’m talking about is called the Up Mobile, and if mention of Web3 and AI together weren’t enough, it also has some blockchain technology inside for good measure. If this were Buzzword Bingo, someone would be shouting “House!” right about now.
But I haven’t finished yet, as this isn’t just another Android phone either. According to the Roy Liu, co-founder of the Up Network, which is responsible for the Up Mobile, the App Store and Google Play Store aren’t the place to find Web3 apps due to “unfriendly terms,” so a Web3/AI/blockchain device needs a different ecosystem to survive.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Game developer says Intel should recall its defective, crash-prone CPUs
The latest high-end processors are costing the studio a lot of money
https://www.techspot.com/news/103797-developer-alderon-games-intel-actually-selling-defective-crash.html
Tomi Engdahl says:
13th and 14th Gen Intel CPU instability also hits servers — W680 boards with Core i9 K-series chips are crashing
News
By Aaron Klotz published 2 days ago
These non-Z series motherboards don’t push 13th and 14th Gen chips nearly as hard, so what’s happening?
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/13th-and-14th-gen-intel-cpu-instability-also-hits-servers
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.howtogeek.com/google-begins-testing-50-gig-fiber-internet/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Google will update Android’s Linux kernel 4 years after its own long-term support
https://www.androidpolice.com/google-support-linux-kernels-android/
SUMMARY
Google is stepping in to extend Android’s LTS kernel support to six years for enhanced security.
Previously, LTS kernels were being maintained for six years by Linux contributors, but now only get two years of upstream support. Google says it will bridge that four-year gap.
To help accommodate this, OEMs launching Android 15+ devices are now required to use the latest kernel versions for continued support.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Don’t fall for the no-bloat ‘government’ version of Windows 11 going around
Windows 11 without any of the bloatware? Sounds promising! But the alleged “Government Edition” is actually illegal.
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2388665/illegal-windows-11-version-lures-with-bloatware-free-design-dont-fall-for-it.html
Tomi Engdahl says:
Microsoft gives Windows 11 users a 3-month notice: upgrade to 23H2 now, or face the consequences
News
By Darren Allan published July 9, 2024
It’s version 23H2 or no security updates for you
https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsoft-gives-windows-11-users-a-3-month-notice-upgrade-to-23h2-now-or-face-the-consequences
Tomi Engdahl says:
Researchers grow 1D sub-1nm transistor
https://www.eenewseurope.com/en/researchers-grow-1d-sub-1nm-transistor/
Researchers in Korea have grown two and one dimensional structures on silicon to build a transistor with a gate electrode of under 1nm.
The team led by Director JO Moon-Ho of the Center for Van der Waals Quantum Solids within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) has implemented a novel method to achieve epitaxial growth of 1D metallic materials with a width of less than 1nm. The group applied this process to develop a new structure for 2D semiconductor logic circuits with the 1D metals as a gate electrode.
The International Roadmap for Devices and Systems (IRDS) by the IEEE predicts semiconductor node technology to reach around 0.5 nm by 2037, with transistor gate lengths of 12 nm. The research team demonstrated that the channel width modulated by the electric field applied from the 1D MTB gate can be as small as 3.9 nm, significantly exceeding the futuristic prediction.
Tomi Engdahl says:
You can buy Seagate’s largest hard disk drive right now but don’t think you can use it anywhere — 25TB Exos X26z HDD is affordable but requires special equipment to work
News
By Wayne Williams published June 30, 2024
It’s reasonably priced though
https://www.techradar.com/pro/you-can-buy-seagates-largest-hard-disk-drive-right-now-but-dont-think-you-can-use-it-anywhere-25tb-exos-x26z-hdd-is-affordable-but-requires-special-equipment-to-work
Tomi Engdahl says:
New “SCALE” Software Allows Natively Compiling CUDA Apps For AMD GPUs
https://www.phoronix.com/news/SCALE-CUDA-Apps-For-AMD-GPUs
While there have been various efforts like HIPIFY to help in translating CUDA source code to portable C++ code for AMD GPUs and then the previously-AMD-funded ZLUDA to allow CUDA binaries to run on AMD GPUs via a drop-in replacement to CUDA libraries, there’s a new contender in town: SCALE. SCALE is now public as a GPGPU toolchain for allowing CUDA programs to be natively run on AMD graphics processors.
SCALE has been seven years in the making by UK firm Spectral Compute. SCALE is a “clean room” implementation of CUDA that leverages some open-source LLVM components while forming a solution to natively compile CUDA sources for AMD GPUs without modification — a big benefit over alternative projects that only assist in code translation by transpiling to another “portable” language or other manual developer steps being involved.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Warframe devs report 80% of game crashes happen on Intel’s overclockable Core i9 chips — Core i7 K-series CPUs also have high crash rates
News
By Christopher Harper published 3 days ago
Warframe developers provide some crash statistics and describe diagnosing the issue
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/warframe-devs-report-80-percent-of-game-crashes-happen-on-intel-overclockable-core-i9-chips
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/preliminary-hbm4-specs-point-to-major-performance-uplift-for-gpus
Preliminary HBM4 specs point to major performance uplift for GPUs — transfer speeds up to 6.4 GT/s across a 2048-bit interface
Tomi Engdahl says:
It’s 2024 and yet Intel is still churning out DUAL CORE CPUs for desktop PCs, and I’m a little in awe of the plucky trooper
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/processors/its-2024-and-yet-intel-is-still-churning-out-dual-core-cpus-for-desktop-pcs-and-im-a-little-in-awe-of-the-plucky-trooper/
Tomi Engdahl says:
China’s telco companies are gradually shifting to Chinese CPUs — telecom giants switch hundreds of thousands of their servers to homegrown CPU platforms
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/china-telco-companies-are-gradually-shifting-to-chinese-cpus
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/processors/its-2024-and-yet-intel-is-still-churning-out-dual-core-cpus-for-desktop-pcs-and-im-a-little-in-awe-of-the-plucky-trooper/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Dino survival game developer is switching all its servers to AMD ‘which experience 100 times fewer crashes compared to Intel’ because it’s ‘only a matter of time before affected CPUs fail’
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/processors/dino-survival-game-developer-is-switching-all-its-servers-to-amd-which-experience-100-times-fewer-crashes-compared-to-intel-because-its-only-a-matter-of-time-before-affected-cpus-fail/
Tomi Engdahl says:
FEATURE
Browser speed showdown: Chrome vs. Edge vs. Firefox and more
The most popular browsers in a speed duel: Who will win the race?
https://www.slashgear.com/1617303/does-raspberry-pi-need-fan/
Tomi Engdahl says:
A Windows PC that looks like a smartphone? No, Microsoft is not resurrecting Windows Phone — but Chinese startup behind tiny mini PC may have missed a trick (again)
News
By Wayne Williams published July 14, 2024
Meenhong JX5 will need regular charging
https://www.techradar.com/pro/a-windows-pc-that-looks-like-a-smartphone-no-microsoft-is-not-resurrecting-windows-phone-but-chinese-startup-behind-tiny-mini-pc-may-have-missed-a-trick-again
Tomi Engdahl says:
Benchmark maker comments on the scarcity of Qualcomm Copilot+ PC tests in the wild — only 56 Windows-on-Arm devices benchmarked in the last 30 days
News
By Mark Tyson published July 15, 2024
22,000 x86 vs. 56 Arm CPU tests were run in the last 30 days.
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/benchmark-maker-comments-on-the-scarcity-of-qualcomm-copilot-pc-tests-in-the-wild
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-is-set-to-fully-transition-to-open-source-gpu-kernels-with-the-r560-drivers
Tomi Engdahl says:
Open AI julkaisi uuden tekoälymallin – halvempi ja tehokkaampi kuin edeltäjät
Anna Helakallio19.7.202410:14|päivitetty19.7.202410:22TEKOÄLY
Gpt-4o mini -mallin on tarkoitus olla edullisempi vaihtoehto gpt-4o -mallille
https://www.tivi.fi/uutiset/open-ai-julkaisi-uuden-tekoalymallin-halvempi-ja-tehokkaampi-kuin-edeltajat/d6604acb-c7ea-4602-8328-c7d396293b09
Tomi Engdahl says:
Windows 11 Update 23H2 is now in broad deployment after fixing critical bugs
News
By Christopher Harper published 2 days ago
It’s about time this update was finalized
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-11-update-23h2-is-now-in-broad-deployment-after-fixing-critical-bugs
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.puhelinvertailu.com/uutiset/2024/07/15/android-15-tekee-puhelimesta-tietokoneen
Tänä päivänä useimmimpien ihmisten laskentateholtaan ja graafisilta suorituskyvyiltään tehokkain tietokone löytyy taskusta, kännykän muodossa. Nykyaikainen, yli 500 euroa maksava kännykkä pyyhkii todennäköisesti lattiaa useimmilla markettien kannettavilla tietokoneilla – mennen tullen.
Joten päättelyketju on selvä:
Entä jos puhelimen kytkisi isoon näyttöön, näppäimistöön ja hiireen – ja käyttäisi sitä tietokoneena?
Viimeisen 25 vuoden aikana temppua on koetettu monesti: Samsungilla on oma DeX-ratkaisunsa, Microsoftin suuri visio Windows Phonessa oli sekin samankaltainen. Ja jokainen Android itse asiassa osaa käyttää sopivan johdon avulla hiirtä, ulkoista näppäimistöä – ja ulkoista näyttöäkin.
Mutta se iso ongelma on aina ollut siinä, että kaikki ratkaisut ovat lähinnä teknisiä demoja, eräänlaisia purkkavirityksiä, joilla laite saadaan tekemään sellaista, mihin sitä ei ole suunniteltu.
Nyt asiaan näyttää tulevan muutos.
Syksyllä julkaistava Android 15 on tuomassa Androidiin täyden työpöytätilan, joka kytkeytyy automaattisesti päälle, kun Android-kännykän liittää ulkoiseen, tarpeeksi isoon näyttöön.
Itse asiassa alustava uudistus tupsahti jo käyttöön, joskin rajatusti: Googlen omille Pixel-puhelimille julkaistu Android 14:n päivitys, Android 14 QPR3 Beta 2.1, sisältää kyseisen tilan. Se vain pitää erikseen löytää asetuksista, jotta sen saa päälle.
Mutta kun tila on leivottu jo Googlen jakelemaan Androidiin valmiiksi, on hyvin todennäköistä, että se tullaan ottamaan osaksi virallista Android 15 -julkaisua.
Kenties länsimaissa tilalle on vähemmän käyttöä, mutta etenkin kehittyvillä markkinoilla kännykkä on useimmille ihmisille ainoa tietotekninen laite. Joten sen käyttäminen tietokoneena, ison näytön, hiiren ja näppäimistön kera, voisi olla valtava tuottavuusloikka.
Kuten videolta näkee, Android-sovelluksia voi vapaasti suurentaa ja pienentää ja myös siirrellä näytöllä. Ongelma on tietysti se, että äärimmäisen harvaa Android-sovellusta on kunnolla optimoitu edes tablettikäyttöön.
Tomi Engdahl says:
AMD:n Ryzen 9 9950X -prosessori kellotettiin 6,6 GHz:in
https://muropaketti.com/tietotekniikka/tietotekniikkauutiset/amdn-ryzen-9-9950x-prosessori-kellotettiin-66-ghzin/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Intel says 13th and 14th Gen mobile CPUs are crashing but not due to the same bug as desktop chips — chipmaker blames common software and hardware issues
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-says-13th-and-14th-gen-mobile-cpus-are-crashing-but-not-due-to-the-same-bug-as-desktop-chips-chipmaker-blames-common-software-and-hardware-issues?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_content=tomsguide&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0_ywYMjU1KhgatFr9_By-0Mb5RAJPM3nK0LixeLckVyQ8rcGNOFt_0bT4_aem_QT_smAan8ir8B_kJH1HLZQ
Amidst reports of the 13th and 14th Generation processor instability extending to mobile chips, Intel has sent a statement to Tom’s Hardware to clarify the situation. While there has been instability feedback on some mobile SKUs, the cause of the instability differs from their desktop counterparts.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Intel cancels fab investment in Italy and R&D facility in France — chipmaker remains committed to other European expansions
News
By Anton Shilov published 5 hours ago
Plans in France and Italy changed.
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/intel-cancels-fab-investment-in-italy-and-randd-facility-in-france-chipmaker-remains-committed-to-other-european-expansions?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=tomsguide&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3PJf5LwPzgsV31NLlo8972FkgBgH0sOstFYf7hUnQQY2bmohepL1zEnJU_aem_9Ed1t6uYeZaXdqIEY1pUKQ
Tomi Engdahl says:
Donald Trumpin pelätään vievän talouden uuteen inflaatioon, ja siksi kullan hinta lyö jatkuvasti ennätyksiä
Maailmantalous on selvinnyt kriiseistä hyvin. Puhutaan jo ”kultakutritaloudesta”, mutta kullan ennätyshinta kertoo aivan toisenlaista viestiä.
https://yle.fi/a/74-20100503
Tomi Engdahl says:
Intel finally announces a solution for CPU crashing errors — claims elevated voltages are the root cause; fix coming by mid-August
Intel finally announces a solution for CPU crashing and instability problems — claims elevated voltages are the root cause; patch coming by mid-August [Updated]
News
By Paul Alcorn published 15 hours ago
Patch is on the way.
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-finally-announces-a-solution-for-cpu-crashing-errors-claims-elevated-voltages-are-the-root-cause-fix-coming-by-mid-august?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_content=tomsguide&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2irEDpHADrSW1pqMaiatfIN5cAWkUrFex4n9UvLL0brspb6DRQfNqMpbY_aem_5cAKGuW-CU_SoDqma35hjw
Intel has announced that it has found the root cause of the crashing issues plaguing its CPUs. The company will issue a microcode update to address the issues by mid-August, ostensibly ending the long-running saga that began when the first sporadic reports of CPU crashing errors surfaced in December 2022 and grew to a crescendo by the end of 2023. Intel’s response comes after complaints about the issue, which causes PCs to inexplicably crash/BSOD during gaming and other workloads, reached a fever pitch in recent weeks. However, the microcode update will not repair impacted processors. Intel also confirmed a rumored issue with via oxidation in its 7nm node, but said those issues were corrected in 2023 and didn’t contribute to the failures.
Intel’s advisory says an erroneous CPU microcode is the root cause of the incessant instability issues. The microcode caused the CPU to request elevated voltage levels, resulting in the processor operating outside its safe boundaries. Intel is now validating a microcode patch to correct the issues, with its release slated for mid-August. This patch will be distributed through BIOS updates from motherboard OEMs and via Windows updates, so the timing for end-user availability could vary.
The bug causes irreversible degradation of the impacted processors. We’re told that the microcode patch will not repair processors already experiencing crashes, but it is expected to prevent issues on processors that aren’t currently impacted by the issue. For now, it is unclear if CPUs exposed to excessive voltage have suffered from invisible degradation or damage that hasn’t resulted in crashes yet but could lead to errors or crashes in the future.
Intel advises all customers having issues to seek help from its customer support. Because the microcode update will not repair impacted processors, the company will continue to replace them. Intel has pledged to grant RMAs to all impacted customers.
The company had previously advised its customers to stick with the basic power guidelines for its processors, rather than running them at fully unlocked settings, as it worked through the issues.
Intel isn’t sharing many deep-dive details about the bug yet but says it will continue its validation process to ensure the microcode fully addresses the issues. The company will release more details about the bug itself in the future.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Nvidia GPU partners reportedly cheap out on thermal paste, causing 100C hotspot temperatures — cheap paste allegedly degrades in a few months
News
By Aaron Klotz published July 20, 2024
Most (if not all) AIB partners allegedly use this dirt-cheap paste that looses performance in months.
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidia-gpu-partners-reportedly-cheap-out-on-thermal-paste-cheap-paste-allegedly-degrades-in-a-few-months-causing-over-100oc-hotspot-temperatures?utm_medium=social&utm_content=tomsguide&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR05eGGgqUY5_vMXL1AWHb0gPsO0NyMP9QCSfzEh_i0tO5P_652ZF6E1EtM_aem_rN1Y-dzeqbMS3FrKSqwgig
Nvidia’s AIB (Add-in Board) partners have allegedly been caught using dirt-cheap thermal paste in their latest GeForce RTX 40-series products, which are among the best graphics cards. Igor Wallossek from Igor’s Lab reports that thermal paste deterioration has escalated into a severe problem for many RTX 40 series customers, where faltering cards see hotspot temperatures reach over 100 degrees Celsius, causing fan speeds to spike to almost 100%. The thermal paste allegedly performs exceptionally well on day one but quickly deteriorates on a scale of months (not years).
Tomi Engdahl says:
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https://wccftech.com/how-deep-does-the-rabbit-hole-go-intel-14th-13th-gen-cpu-instability-issues-analysis-gamersnexus-analyzes-potential-oxidation-issues/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2vI2DIWbJiNTRY-N0PNPkGNaTfS2244GngeU1jdVrGh9ek8RBQBgH9VuA_aem_1piYSk6VlCxxcPrAgUMJLA
Tomi Engdahl says:
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