Tenstorrent builds and sells computers for artificial intelligence that are built using its Tensix cores. In addition to selling hardware, the open-source software stacks really set Tenstorrent apart from other players in the market. Tenstorrent licenses AI and RISC-V intellectual property to customers that want to own and customize their silicon.

I am curious what is the primary “driver” for their valuation; their work on RISC-V cores or their “AI” business.

On one hand the 60 hz screen limitation is not optimal, but then again the 880M, while being a top of the line iGPU, is going to struggle to go beyond 60 FPS at 1920x1200.

$1,500 seems a bit high though.

If we can solve the problem of generating phosphorus

Any more info on this? Curious about phosphorus, haven’t heard about it before in context of long-term space travel.

Lot’s of handheld patents and news comes from Samsung these days.

It could have easily been under $100, but they got to make the most of their brand cache and nostalgia.

SK Hynix too. They are obviously not as well known as Samsung among consumers, but they are definitely a crown jewel of the Korean tech industry.

The minimalist old school is surprisingly appealing, although it does look a bit strange with colourful RGB lighting.

Probably looks better with a solid, neutral colour.

Revenue shares:

This is honestly an appealing option if you are in the market for heavy and loud gaming laptops (I personally only buy 17 inch laptops because I don’t like small screens).

I was surprised the review didn’t include a section on how exactly the optional water cooling works. The OEM description pages implies it’s a plug and play system with an additional 1.2 kg reservoir attachment (for an additional €199)

You would want a proper carrier bag for the this laptop.

The base 16GB RAM for the ~€2,000 euro configuration is a joke though.

Market share table:

Here is how Hyperion Research carved up the on premises HPC server market for 2023, including a revision that brought in HPC machines made by Supermicro and other non-traditional suppliers:

Those non-traditional suppliers, who are by and large building “AI supercomputers,” as a group have a little more than a quarter of the market, and HPE has the dominant market share at just a little under a quarter – thanks in large part to the massive deals taken down by Cray to build pre-exascale systems in the United States and Europe and exascale machines in the United States.

Netlist, Inc. today announced that it won a $118 million damages award against Samsung Electronics Co., LTD., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., and Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. (together “Samsung”) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

Isn’t the “United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas” the main court for high-level fraud and scamming in the US?

But what if you want to stand out from the crowd? Every Tom, Dick and Harry has a tablet or laptop in the subway car… 😅

I am also personally waiting for MicroLED, I thing with my usage patterns burn-in will be an issue.

But it could work for more casual usage (web + occasional media viewing).

A portable gaming device that can also work as a micro-laptop (for news, videos and emails)?

Any situations where size considerations or some level of portability are key purchase drivers.

Another set of rules curbing shipments of high-bandwidth memory chips to China is expected to be unveiled next month as part of a broader artificial intelligence package, the email continues.

Sanctions will also cover HBM memory, which is critical for “AI” development.

Overall, we think this is a relatively positive update on the burn-in front after 9 months of heavy static content usage, or around 2,000 to 2,300 hours of total use. As we saw in the previous update, there are visible signs of burn-in on our panel, but the level of degradation between 6 months and 9 months has been relatively minimal.

As things stand, burn-in is not having a significant impact on our daily usage of this monitor, and it’s close to, though not quite, a non-issue. We can spot the burn-in in some edge case applications with large uniform areas of dark grey, but it’s pretty uncommon and rarely distracting. We think that’s a pretty good result given we’re stressing the crap out of this display, using it in absolutely the worst-case realistic scenario you could think of, and our usage patterns equate to displaying eight hours of virtually static content every single day.

It’s too bad it’s somewhat difficult to identify the burn-in impact via screenshots. IMO it’s something that you need to experience during usage to evaluate. The review is also not here or there. Burn-in is noticeable, but seems to be not that big of an issue.

Still, what will burn-in be like after 2-3 years if we are already seeing issues after 6 to 9 months (albeit under worst case scenario type usage).

I didn’t even notice this when reading the article. That’s got to be an error.

x2 8 pin would 300 W + 75 W from the connector. No way it’s 650 W with such a setup.

It’s too bad the price did not leak. If the price is truly competitive (not like with AMD that generally offers a minor discount to comparable Nvidia SKUs), this could be a (more) compelling offer especially with rumors that Nvidia are going to crazy with prices for Blackwell.

It’s like the old saying goes, there are no bad products, just bad prices.

I wouldn’t go that far, oligarchs (in the US or otherwise) are generally very intelligent, sophisticated (in the functional sense) and even hard working.

This is not meant to be some sort of justification, they are clearly corrupt, deeply dishonest and extremely malicious. That doesn’t mean they should be underestimated or one should discount their capabilities.