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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has shared new footage of its Space Launch System (SLS) ‘mega Moon rocket’ that shows the rocket’s solid boosters separating at an eye popping speed of 4,000 miles per hour during its journey of powering the Orion spacecraft to lunar orbit. SLS is the world’s most powerful rocket, and the November flight took place after several launch aborts and a hurricane prevented NASA from flying what it dubs as a ’long class’ mission....

As part of its efforts to launch the first U.S. Moon mission since the Apollo era, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has decided to conduct some of repairs on the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on the launch pad. After a nail-biting launch attempt late last week that saw the agency stand down after being unable to fix a hydrogen leak, NASA engineers determined that a faulty seal on one of the many propellant loading pipes that connect the rocket to its launcher was responsible....

Following the store listing for the Mass Effect Mysteries From The Future lithograph going live, which strongly suggested that Shepard would be back in the next entry in the series, BioWare’s Michael Gamble clarified that the listing was written by the people who run the store and are not familiar with the game. — Michael Gamble (@GambleMike) May 10, 2022 Very little is currently known about the next entry in the Mass Effect series, as the game is still in early development and will not see the light of day anytime soon....

The Easter Egg has been discovered by xLetalis, and it involves Vivienne, a character that appears in the Blood and Wine expansion. In one of the expansion’s quests, the character is half turned into a bird, and when Geralt offers to remove the curse, he warns her that she may only live as long as the bird she has been turned into. If the player meditates for seven years after completing the quest, Vivienne can be found dead inside Yennefer’s room in Kaer Trolde....

New World is available now on PC. The Heart of Madness update should hit the PTR sometime soon, and then roll out to everyone a week or two after that. This update will conclude the story of Isabella. The main story quest line picks up as you pursue Isabella back to Shattered Mountain, leading to an epic final showdown. Enter the Tempest’s Heart as you venture into a corrupted dimension of reality through the twisted capital city of Myrkgard....

Intel’s Next-Gen Arc Gaming GPUs To Leverage From MCM Design, Hints New Patent Intel is no stranger to MCM technology, in fact, their Ponte Vecchio GPU is a full-on Multi-chiplet design though it is being designed and built for the data center segment. However, a new patent titled ‘Position-Based Rendering Apparatus and Method for Multi-Die/GPU Graphics Processing’, which has been discovered by Underfox, talks about how several GPUs (MCM) can work together for image rendering....

NIO (NYSE:NIO), one of the most prominent manufacturers of electric vehicles in China, seems hell-bent on continuing its persistent losing streak, with its shares having recorded year-to-date losses of over 45 percent. In this volatile mix, the SEC has now emerged as a major bearish influence. To wit, NIO announced today that it has now been flagged by the SEC under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (HFCAA): Bear in mind that under the HFCAA, the SEC retains the authority to delist a foreign-listed company if it fails to file audit reports considered acceptable by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) for three consecutive years....

Noctua NH-D12L Dual-Tower & Low-Height CPU Cooler Unveiled, Company Also Talks AMD AM5 Socket Compatibility Press Release: Noctua today presented the all-new NH-D12L low-height dual tower CPU cooler and the corresponding NF-A12x25r round-frame 120mm fan. At a height of only 145mm (13mm lower than Noctua’s regular 120mm models), it fits many 4U enclosures as well as narrower tower cases that have been previously limited to solutions with 92mm fans. At the same time, its five Heatpipe dual-tower design and state-of-the-art NF-A12x25r 120mm fan allows it to achieve a level of efficiency that surpasses many full-height 120mm models....

AMD & NVIDIA GPU Prices Now Drop Below 90% of Their MSRP, Graphics Cards Manufacturers Readying For Next-Gen Launch Over the past few weeks, we have seen reports stating that NVIDIA, AMD, and their partners are going to get more aggressive with their pricing of current-generation graphics cards. The crypto crash has not only resulted in the prices going down tremendously but the decline in the overall consumer market (PC) means that there’s much lower demand....

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 ‘AD102 GPU’ Graphics Cards To Retain PCIe Gen 4.0 Compliancy NVIDIA will be launching its GeForce RTX 40 series graphics cards based on the brand new Ada Lovelace GPU architecture later this year. The specifications and specific configurations for the graphics card lineup have already been leaked but the design of the card themselves is a more interesting aspect. — kopite7kimi (@kopite7kimi) April 24, 2022 So far, we know that the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 series graphics cards will adopt the new ATX 3....

NVIDIA Allegedly Places Huge Order at TSMC To Accelerate Hopper H100 & Ampere A100 Production To Meet GPU Demand Prior To China Chip Ban Last month, the US Government announced its plans to restrict NVIDIA from selling its GPUs to China citing that these are products and chips that could potentially have a ‘military end use’ or ‘military end user’. This isn’t the only restriction imposed on NVIDIA during this year as the US Government has also banned sales of chips by NVIDIA in Russia and Belarus citing the very same reasons....

NVIDIA To “Illuminate The Future of Graphics” At SIGGRAPH 2022 During CEO Jensen Huang’s Special Address The NVIDIA Special Address at SIGGRAPH 2022 will take place at 9:00 AM (PDT) on the 9th of August (Tuesday) and will include several speakers including CEO, Jensen Huang. There will also be several in-person sessions that users can attend from the 9th of August till the 10th of August (10 AM PDT). — NVIDIA Design & Visualization (@NVIDIADesign) July 27, 2022...

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1010 with Pascal GPU leaked online, benchmarks show miserably low performance as expected The photos from HXL on Twitter show the graphics card with some noticeable features, such as the missing NVIDIA logo and modifications made to the card. The new images lead sources to believe that this is not an NVIDIA reference model but a modified Lenovo design that adapts to the Lenovo series OEM cooling technology....

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Graphics Cards Will Need A New PCIe Gen 5 Cable After 30 Connect & Disconnect Cycles Update: We have confirmed with NVIDIA that the 30-cycle spec for the 16-pin connector is the same as it has been for the past 20+ years. The same 30-cycle spec exists for the standard PCIe/ATX 8-pin connector (aka mini-fit Molex). The same connector is used by AMD and all other GPU vendors too so all of those cards also share a 30-cycle life....

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Graphics Card Could Cost As Much As $1000 US In China The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti (previously the RTX 4080 12 GB) graphics card will be unveiled at CES 2023 on the 3rd of January followed by an official launch on the 5th of January. The graphics card is supposed to be priced under the $1000 US price range but reports from the Chinese tech outlet, HSW, seem to suggest that consumers in China will have to pay a very high price of 7199 RMB or $1000 US to acquire this graphics card....

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Almost Twice As Fast As RTX 3090 in 3DMark Time Spy Extreme Benchmark, Reportedly Hits 3 GHz Clocks With Ease The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card is going to be the green team’s flagship offering for 2022. There have been various leaks and rumors around the card throughout the year but from what we can tell, the launch is more or less expected around Q4 2022....

NVIDIA Grace 144 ARM Core CPU SUPERCHIP Is Almost on Par With AMD’s EPYC 7763 128 Core Milan CPU The NVIDIA Grace SUPERCHIP is composed of two CPUs featured on a singular package or socket. According to the green team, the Grace SUPERCHIP packs 144 ARM Neoverse cores & packs the latest support for LPDDR5X memory & will be featured in the future generation of DGX platforms, shipping in 2023. NVIDIA didn’t reveal much information for Grace CPUs at the GTC considering they are still under development and will be launching in the first half of 2023 so we can expect more details at GTC 2023....

NVIDIA Unveils RTX 6000 “Ada Lovelace” Graphics Card Featuring 48 GB Memory & Up To 4X Performance Uplift Press Release: With the new NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation GPU delivering real-time rendering, graphics, and AI, designers and engineers can drive cutting-edge, simulation-based workflows to build and validate more sophisticated designs. Artists can take storytelling to the next level, creating more compelling content and building immersive virtual environments. Scientists, researchers, and medical professionals can accelerate the development of life-saving medicines and procedures with supercomputing power on their workstations — all at up to 2-4x the performance of the previous-generation RTX A6000....

NVIDIA Confirms Cyberattack, Hackers Were Able To Run Away With Proprietary Information But Systems Operating As Per Normal The statement provided by NVIDIA confirms that the company was indeed hit by a cyberattack last week on 23rd February 2022. NVIDIA reports that none of the systems were inflicted with malicious code such as ransomware but the hacking group, LOPSUS$, who are traced back to South America, have been able to get their hands on proprietary information which includes employee data, driver and software bypasses, and documents regarding future products....

NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 1630 Graphics Card To Succeed GT 1030 With Faster Than GTX 1050 Ti Performance The entry-level market has been a mixed bag with no real competition and the emerging threat of integrated GPUs becoming faster than ever. With that said, AMD did attempt to reignite the GPU segment with its Navi 24 powered Radeon RX 6500/6400 series graphics cards but with a largely lackluster feature set, they were met with lots of criticism....