One talented amateur engineer, Pongsagon Wichit, showed his amazing project - TinyGPU v2.0It's not just a fee, but a real 3D accelerator (video card), which he designed from scratch. It's so small that it will be sent to a special "incubator" (Tiny Tapeout) for production as a real silicon chip.
To understand how "tiny" it is: this video card has all 200 thousand transistorsFor comparison, in modern NVIDIA RTX 5090 has 92 of them billion (that's 460,000 times more!).
What's the big deal? This tiny card can do what made the very first GeForce 256 a hit in 1999— hardware processing of 3D models and light (T&L)This means that the chip itself calculates how the 3D model should look and how light falls on it.
In his video the author showed how he manipulates 3D models using a gamepad from an old Super Nintendo console.Of course, everything works very slowly: the video card is giving out all 7-15 frames per second in tiny resolution 320x240 and only in 16 colorsThe author says that manufacturing this chip will cost him approximately $1500.
Reddit user u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 posted the photos. his new workstation, jokingly declaring it to be "the most powerful build for running Microsoft Paint." Inside the case, he placed four top-end ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 graphics cardsTo achieve this, he had to use PCIe 5.0 risers and completely occupy the second chamber of the case, which is now 75% filled with graphics cards alone.
Although the author did not specify the purpose of the assembly, it is obvious that it is intended for intensive AI computing, not for gaming. The cost of such a system is staggering: one ROG Astral card about... $3,300, which brings the total cost of graphics accelerators alone almost to $13,000.
However, one extremely "strange" choice has attracted the attention of enthusiasts. To power the entire system, which, judging by everything, is based on the Intel Xeon platform, 2400W power supplyThis is theoretically not enough.
A single GeForce RTX 5090 can consume up to 600W under full load. So, can consume up to 2400 W only video, leaving absolutely no power reserve for the high-performance Xeon processor and other components. Besides the lack of power, there's a risk of meltdown. four 16-pin connectors at once, which can lead to catastrophic failure of the entire expensive assembly.
It looks like Microsoft is getting ready to add to the Xbox library Game Pass one of the most iconic parts of the series Call of Duty. The original Modern Warfare 2 (2009) may soon be available to subscribers. While there has been no official confirmation from Microsoft or Activision yet, the first solid evidence has surfaced online.
The discussion began after a Reddit user named TypicalNarr posted a photo of an advertising banner from his console. The image, promoting a new subscription, "Xbox Game Pass Premium" (possibly the new name for Ultimate) with the offer "Join now for $1", you can see the covers of various games.
Among the projects already available on the service, such as Sea of Thieves, as well as recently added ones, like Hogwarts Legacy, fans clearly identified the cover classical Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
This is not the first time that games have appeared on advertising banners shortly before their official announcement in Game PassAdding MW2 (2009) would be a logical step after the completion of the acquisition of Activision Blizzard and the gradual filling of the service with the publisher's games.
Just a few weeks ago, Jensen Huang demonstrated the Vera Rubin superchip at GTC 2025, and now it appears the company has made a giant leap in its production schedule. According to a UDN report, during a recent visit to TSMC in Taiwan, the Nvidia CEO made a significant announcement: GPU Rubin is already entering the production line.This was a real breakthrough, since just a few days ago Huang said that they had only received the first samples of Rubin in their labs.
Going from lab samples to production in such a short time is an unprecedented move, highlighting Nvidia's aggressive pace. Meanwhile, demand for the current generation, Blackwell and Blackwell Ultra, remains "unstoppable"This excitement has already caused TSMC increase its 3nm production capacity by 50%To prepare for the upcoming demand for Rubin, TSMC President K.K. Wei confirmed that Nvidia "wants more wafers," calling the exact quantity "a secret."
In addition to the very GPU, the report also states that Nvidia is already received samples of HBM4 memory from "various manufacturers." Given the recent shortages, Nvidia apparently decided to secure contracts with all major suppliers in advance to avoid supply issues for its 2026 flagship.
While Huang speaks of a "production line," it's important to understand the difference between risky production (which has likely begun) and mass production. Nvidia itself has previously stated that it expects Rubin mass production in the third quarter of 2026, "or even sooner." This chip has already become the basis for a $100 billion partnership with OpenAI.
Intel has suffered a major internal breach. A former employee who worked at the company for over a decade is accused of theft of 18,000 files from an internal database, including "top secret" information. According to OregonLive, the incident appears to be related to the latest wave of layoffs in company.
The defendant, Jinfeng Luo, had worked at Intel since 2014 but recently received a layoff notice, effective July 31. He allegedly committed the theft during his final days at the company.
According to the report, on July 23, Lo tried to download a file from his work laptop to an external hard drive, but internal control systems blocked the attempt. However, five days later, on July 28, he connected a different storage device and successfully downloaded 18,000 files.
Following the "shadow" attempt to transfer files, Intel's security team launched an investigation that identified Lo as the perpetrator. Now the company filed a lawsuit against him, demanding $250,000 in damages and an injunction prohibiting any dissemination of the stolen confidential information. This incident demonstrates how painfully Intel's latest round of layoffs has been received by employees, including veterans.
Development of the Linux kernel 6.19, whose merge window opens in early December, continues. This week, AMD submitted another batch of updates for your AMD graphics driverGPU to the DRM-Next branch. Unlike previous updates, which, for example, included support for older GCN 1.0 maps (at Valve's initiative), the current package focused on bug fixes and other low-level work.
A significant part of this year's work is devoted to improving support "UserQ" (user mode queues), and this PULL request is no exception - it includes support for hard reset (hardware reset) for UserQ.
Work on problematic areas is also ongoing. The developers have included "another batch," as they say, "seemingly endless." Fixes for DisplayPort Multi-Stream Transport (DP MST), which often causes problems for users with multiple monitors.
In addition, the update includes: HMM code cleaning (Heterogeneous Memory Management) as in AMDGPU, as well as in AMDKFD, improvements sleep/wake mode (suspend/resume), fixes for HDCP block, updates for SMU 13.x, fixes for Display Core (DC, DCN4) and GPUVM, as well as fixing a fence leak when clearing tasks.
A new service has appeared on the German components market., aimed exclusively at the business segment. Zed Up UG, which previously offered large DDR5 RAM kits (128 and 256 GB) for rent, has now expanded its catalog by adding professional video cards.
The proposal was a model Sparkle Arc Pro B60 with 24 GB of video memory. The article emphasizes that this service is aimed at primarily for companies and professionals who need powerful equipment only on a temporary basis (for example, for a specific project or urgent calculations), and "obviously not for gamers".
Retail Price of the Arc Pro B60 In German stores, prices currently start at 750 euros. The rental company offers the following rates:
2 weeks rent: 199 euros
1 month rent: 249 euros
2 months rent: 299 euros
3 months rent: 399 euros
6 months rent: 499 euros
So, if a company needs a card for six months, the rental will cost them significantly cheaper than buying (499 euros versus 750). If GPU If you only need it for a couple of weeks, the savings compared to buying and then selling it become even more obvious. Companies will have to calculate what's most profitable for them. Gaming segment This model does not affect - gamers still buy video cards.
AMD has released update 1.6.1 for its toolkit. Ryzen AI Software, designed for AI computing on PCs with Ryzen AI processors. The key innovation of the release was Linux operating system supportPreviously, this software package was available exclusively for Windows.
The new Linux support is reportedly based on a stack AMD announced earlier this year that includes AMDXDNA driver in the kernel and Xilinx XRT components in user space. However, access to the new technology was not as easy as the Linux community expected.
AMD classifies this support as "Early Access." To gain access to the software, developers must register in a special "Early Access Lounge" for AMD customers. This move has already drawn criticism, as it "erects a barrier" and makes it difficult for independent Linux developers and enthusiasts to freely use the NPU units in Ryzen AI processors.
At the moment the only officially supported distribution is Ubuntu LTS 24.04The software allows NPU execution of CNN models (in INT8 or BF16 formats), NLP (BF16), and LLM (Large Language Models). LLM execution requires only NPU execution and, as a rule, the presence of 64 GB or more random access memory.
Since the beginning of November, in the stores of the "Mecca" of computer hardware, in the Tokyo district of Akihabara, serious supply problems began components. Large retailers, including TSUKUMO and PC Shop Arc, were forced to introduce strict restrictions on purchases RAM, SSD and HDD.
For example, TSUKUMO stores now have a rule: "SSD/HDD - no more than 2 units per group, RAM - no more than 4 strips (SO-DIMM no more than 2)". The reason given is "significant supply constraint" and "lack of stock." Some distributors are rumored to be stopped accepting orders on certain products.
These restrictions followed several weeks rapid rise in pricesDDR5 RAM has been particularly hard hit: supplies are extremely unstable, and Prices for some models have almost doubled Compared to summer. Hard drives also continue to rise in price.
The main question is why? Shop owners unanimously cite rumors about "increased demand related to AI"According to them, there's a real "fight" for components, and the AI industry is sucking up all available supplies, leaving nothing for the gaming market. Considering that past crises (COVID, natural disasters) have led to long periods of high prices, for those planning to build or upgrade a gaming PC, hard times are coming.
The PC enthusiast community has seen plenty of creative modifications, but they usually involve the graphics card. This case is completely different. Reddit under the nickname u/ashleysaidwhat posted a video on the r/pcmasterrace subreddit, where does he use video card as a skateboardMoreover, for the "mod" they chose not just any card, but one of the most expensive models on the market - ROG Astral RTX 5080, the retail price of which exceeds $1700.
The author of the post did not share any details about how and, most importantly, why he did it. However, in the footage you can see that the video card seems to have missing printed circuit board (PCB) — Gaps are visible through the massive cooler. This leaves several possibilities for speculation.
Firstly, it could have simply been a "dead" video card. Perhaps the user took it apart and repurposed it... cooling system and casing as a skateboard deck. Even so, it's one of the most expensive decks in the world, surpassing the price of top-of-the-line brand skateboards.
Secondly, it could have been a fake—one of those duds sometimes sold by scammers, which have neither a chip nor memory. In that case, it's a good way to turn a bad purchase into a fun experiment. It's also possible that the cooler itself "burned out," and the board needs to be rebuilt. Either way, the commenters were delighted, leaving the pun "What the TUF" (as in "What the f...").
