Nvidia explains the missing ROPs — defective silicon in 0.5% of RTX 5090 and 5070 Ti GPUs
Nvidia says that a few RTX 5090 / 5090D and RTX 5070 Ti GPUs shipped with defective ROPs, telling affected users to contact the manufacturer for a replacement.
Chinese chipmaker unveils Optane-like storage class memory
Numemory has 64Gb and 128Gb storage class memory devices with industry-standard NAND interface that could be used for SSDs, expensive SSDs.
NVIDIA To Make Good On Rare GeForce RTX 50 GPU Defect With Missing ROPs
It turns out that a spattering of reports about some GeForce RTX 5090 graphics cards shipping with missing render output unit (or raster operations pipeline) hardware were the result of a “production anomaly” and not an issue with the BIOS. NVIDIA said as much in a statement confirming a “rare issue” with some cards, which also includes the
Blown capacitor kills $2,799 Asus RTX 5090 GPU and damages motherboard
A Redditor has shared a story claiming that the Asus ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 ‘caught on fire’ with images of the damage.
ASE developing square packaging substrate tech to replace round wafers
ASE to explore panel level packaging ahead of possible switching to glass substrates.
Ray-Ban Meta Glasses review: AI-infused smart glasses for the masses
The Ray-Ban Meta glasses are actually useful, and you hopefully won’t look like a dork.
AMD is in talks to sell $4 billion AI server assembly plants
Four companies expressed interest in buying AMD’s AI server plant for up to $4 billion.
Enermax Revolution D.F. 12 750W ATX 3.1 power supply review
The Enermax Revolution D.F. 12 750W power supply delivers excellent power quality, solid efficiency, and compact design but faces stiff competition at its price point. It’s an ideal option for performance-focused users.
Nvidia confirms it is investigating RTX 50-series BSOD and black screen troubles, no timeline for a fix
An Nvidia staff member confirmed the company is still investigating RTX 50 series crashes and black screens. The staff member clarified fixes might come in the form of driver updates or VBIOS updates.
Samsung extends LPDDR5 to 12.7 GT/s: Next-gen devices enjoy a nice speed boost
Samsung unveils 16Gb LPDDR5-Ultra-Pro DRAM at 12,700 MT/s with 4-phase self-calibration and AC-coupled transceiver equalization.