Solar power is already the backbone of the energy transition. But while the basic technology has been around for decades, in more recent years, installations have proceeded at a record pace. In the United States, solar capacity has grown at an average annual rate of 28% over the past decade. Over a longer timeline, the growth is even more extraordinary — from an stalled capacity base of under 1 gigawatt with virtually no utility-scale solar in 2010, to over 60 gigawatts of utility-scale sol...| Heatmap News
In July, a University of Michigan computer engineering professor put out a new idea for measuring the efficiency of a processor design. Todd Austin’s LEAN metric received both praise and skepticism, but even the critics understood the rationale: A lot of silicon is devoted to things that are not actually doing computing. For example, more than 95 percent of an Nvidia Blackwell GPU is designated for other tasks, Austin told IEEE Spectrum. It’s not like these parts aren’t doing important ...| IEEE Spectrum
Researchers have developed a silicon surface covered in nanosized spikes that is 96% effective in impaling and destroying a common virus responsible for causing respiratory illnesses, particularly in infants and young children. The technology could be used to safeguard researchers, health workers…| New Atlas
Have we reached the high water mark of custom silicon? Probably not, but we can probably see it from here.| Digits to Dollars
We did some math on the profitability of TSMC’s nodes.| Digits to Dollars
Enabling the use of the GPU on your Mac M1 with the tensorflow-metal plugin can be challenging because there is a lot of conflicting documentation and older forum questions and replies. I’ve written this article for a Mac M1 running on macOS Sequoia 15.1.1. As of December 2024, you should pair Python 3.11 with TensorFlow ... Mac: tensorflow-metal pip module on M1 chip for GPU support| Fabian Lee : Software Engineer
Will Townsend, MI&S VP & Principal Analyst discusses the transformative role of Data Processing Units (DPUs) in modern datacenters with AMD’s Soni Jiandani.| Moor Insights & Strategy
There are very few photos of me on my blog. Let me fix it with this one…| 80-90s Computing
Buyers want an infinite variety of servers, but no one is willing to pay for infinite designs. The costs of designing servers is a major barrier to entry.| Digits to Dollars
Everyone has big ambitions for ways in which AI can change their business. Those may come to pass, but it is important to remember the difference between plans and dreams.| Digits to Dollars
We think it is unlikely that Broadcom would buy Intel, but they could. And they will know before any of us how sustainable Intel’s turnaround is.| Digits to Dollars
Quantum computers could one day outperform traditional machines at many types of tasks, but hurdles remain. Now, physicists in Japan have successfully entangled groups of three silicon quantum dots for the first time, in a breakthrough that could help make quantum computers more practical.| New Atlas