U.S. inks bill to force geo-tracking tech for high-end gaming and AI GPUs
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U.S. inks bill to force geo-tracking tech for high-end gaming and AI GPUs
A new bill introduced by Senator Tom Cotton would mandate that U.S. chipmakers like AMD, Intel, and Nvidia to embed location-tracking features in high-performance AI and HPC processors starting six months after enactment.
Tom's Hardware (www.tomshardware.com)
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U.S. inks bill to force geo-tracking tech for high-end gaming and AI GPUs
A new bill introduced by Senator Tom Cotton would mandate that U.S. chipmakers like AMD, Intel, and Nvidia to embed location-tracking features in high-performance AI and HPC processors starting six months after enactment.
Tom's Hardware (www.tomshardware.com)
How would that even work? But aside from that, I should probably upgrade my GPU before this goes into effect, even if the GPU I want will probably not be affected.
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U.S. inks bill to force geo-tracking tech for high-end gaming and AI GPUs
A new bill introduced by Senator Tom Cotton would mandate that U.S. chipmakers like AMD, Intel, and Nvidia to embed location-tracking features in high-performance AI and HPC processors starting six months after enactment.
Tom's Hardware (www.tomshardware.com)
...okay, so invest in Chinese GPU companies? Invest in Chinese GPU companies.
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How would that even work? But aside from that, I should probably upgrade my GPU before this goes into effect, even if the GPU I want will probably not be affected.
I'd back up as many versions of the drivers as well (different oses, different releases). I feel like this will be implemented drm style with forced network connections baked in the drivers
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I'd back up as many versions of the drivers as well (different oses, different releases). I feel like this will be implemented drm style with forced network connections baked in the drivers
Yeah, that's the only way I can see this work. I use Linux with the Mesa drivers, that are part of the kernel, anyway, so there's not really a need for me to make driver backups.
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...okay, so invest in Chinese GPU companies? Invest in Chinese GPU companies.
I looked into those recently, actually expected the GPUs to be a lot farther behind than they are. The things that are really pushing them back are the drivers and the outdated process node, but there are already GPUs comparable to the lower end current generation cards from the 3 big manufacturers on paper (and even those have 16GB of VRAM, Nvidia
).
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Yeah, that's the only way I can see this work. I use Linux with the Mesa drivers, that are part of the kernel, anyway, so there's not really a need for me to make driver backups.
I use Linux
Believe it or not, straight to CECOT.
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I looked into those recently, actually expected the GPUs to be a lot farther behind than they are. The things that are really pushing them back are the drivers and the outdated process node, but there are already GPUs comparable to the lower end current generation cards from the 3 big manufacturers on paper (and even those have 16GB of VRAM, Nvidia
).
The image of China as an uncreative, uneducated backwards nation of drones good only for assembling phones, hasn't been the reality for at least a decade.
A lot of people in the West don't realize this because to this day there's a vicious cycle of people only import cheap Chinese crap because China has a reputation for only making cheap crap because people only import the cheap crap. They don't realize that China is also making top tier products, because nobody's trying to import top tier Chinese products.
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...okay, so invest in Chinese GPU companies? Invest in Chinese GPU companies.
Look like there’s lots of Chinese mini pcs using the 395+ Max APU
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The image of China as an uncreative, uneducated backwards nation of drones good only for assembling phones, hasn't been the reality for at least a decade.
A lot of people in the West don't realize this because to this day there's a vicious cycle of people only import cheap Chinese crap because China has a reputation for only making cheap crap because people only import the cheap crap. They don't realize that China is also making top tier products, because nobody's trying to import top tier Chinese products.
because nobody’s trying to import top tier Chinese products
oh, but they do, they import it rebranded with western logos
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Look like there’s lots of Chinese mini pcs using the 395+ Max APU
AMD is awesome ^^ they'll rule the land of x86 for quire some while imho. But the problem of supporting hegemony is obvious.
AMDs upcoming GPUs are purportedly on par with NVIDIAs Maxwell, but as long as the prices are the same, we're in the same boat.
Luckily the prices have been falling, largely because NPUs are replacing GPUs as the primary handler of AI workloads - since it's more performative and saves on electricity costs.
But, in a "free market" competition mui importante.
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I use Linux
Believe it or not, straight to CECOT.
If I went to the USA now, they'd probably put me there after looking at my social media activity anyway