A British chip startup has launched what it claims is the world’s most complex AI chip, the Colossus MK2 or GC200 IPU (intelligence processing unit). Graphcore is positioning its MK2 against Nvidia’s Ampere A100 GPU for AI applications. The MK2 and its predecessor MK1 are designed specifically to handle very large machine-learning models. The MK2 processor has […]

Now read on for our frequently updated rundown on Apple’s yearly event schedule. Apple doesn’t often participate in big industry-wide events like CES or E3. The most valuable company in the world holds its own events, thank you very much. Several times a year, Apple invites the press and industry professionals out to a theater to hear […]

Pay no attention to those rumors that say AMD’s upcoming Zen 3 CPUs are being delayed until next year, sources tell PCWorld. Hardware circles were abuzz this week that AMD had decided to push back the highly-anticipated Zen 3 CPU, apparently because the company wanted to cash in on the popularity of the current Zen […]