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Summary The UK-based JET laboratory has smashed its own world record for the amount of energy it can extract by squeezing together two forms of hydrogen. If nuclear fusion can be successfully recreated on Earth it holds out the potential of virtually unlimited supplies of low-carbon, low-radiation energy. The experiments produced 59 megajoules of energy over five seconds (11 megawatts of power). This is more than double what was achieved in similar tests back in 1997. Quotes My thoughts The fusion announcement is great news but sadly it won't help in our battle to lessen the effects of climate change. There's huge uncertainty about when fusion power will be ready for commercialisation. One estimate suggests maybe 20 years. Then fusion would need to scale up, which would mean a delay of perhaps another few decades. And here's the problem: the need for carbon-free energy is urgent - and the government has pledged that all electricity in the UK must be zero emissions by 2035. That means nuclear, renewables and energy storage. In the words of my colleague Jon Amos: "Fusion is not a solution to get us to 2050 net zero. This is a solution to power society in the second half of this century Sources Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy - BBC News

If there is any way to hype up the british population, this is what you do.

Yeah completely agree, the price is way too high. But from AMD's perspective it's a card that people will buy anyways, if AMD can sell a card in high volumes for $479, why sell it for cheaper?

One could argue that they don't have to, they are making money whoever buys them. But then one could also argue that long term, when the market crashes (again) the second hand market will be flooded with GPUs and the prices will crash, meaning Nvidia (And AMD) will lose future revenue because of the massive amount of second hand GPU's hanging around Also pretty sure the reason they can't just mass produce them is because there is a huge silicone shortage, not just from Samsung but across the entire industry, leading to less supply. To the extent that President Biden is acting on it, because it is now effecting things like car production.

I recently tried to purchase an RTX 3060, waited until 5pm uk time on the launch date, and they all sold out pretty much straight away. I then gave up, having looked at the scalper prices on Ebay. Then I remembered there was a local (Independent) PC hardware store, so I checked their website, and they were "Out of stock" but also had a note saying "Call for availability". I decided to give them a call, fully expecting to find they too did not have any in stock, then something really quite amazing happened. The website was out of stock, because they were saving them for people who actually lived in the area, and were actively refusing people who live far away until stocks return to a normal (ish) level. I now have a confirmed order for an RTX 3060, paid a little more than I should have (£399 = $555) which is more than MSRP, but UK prices are always higher because of a much higher VAT (sales tax). But that may be a solution, find a local hardware store, somewhere not as well known nationwide, and they could be doing a similar thing. This is a retailer that is at least trying to fight bots and make sure real people are buying them, because you have to physically call, be put on a list, and receive a return call to make a purchase. This is how things should be done, obviously larger e-tailors can't do that, but if you can find a local hardware store they probably don't have the same demand, they can contact you when stock arrives, and will give you a more personal experience a company like Amazon can't give you. So if you are looking for a new GPU, try and find a local store because they might be able to help, and might desperately need customers. Also a second bonus is supporting jobs in your local area, and potentially supporting a local business at a time when they will probably be struggling.

Was probably to save on power usage, also the bandwidth loss might be made up with the new cache

By the looks of things, this outperforms the 3070 by a significant amount

That's better than the 320W and 350W TDP the 3080 and 3090 have

Yeah, as a gamer, a GPU upgrade would be money better spent

Ooh the prices are a touch higher aren't they?

It's "" 20% ahead of the 10900k""

Wow , if this is true, this just looks almost unbelievably goo Because the product speaks for itself

Assuming that nvidia was overexaggerating the performance of the 3080, could be safe to assume that would also be true for the 3070, but guess why have to wait and see...

It's not just price though, AMD's zen chiplets are small meaning they can be more easily mass produced. Intel's dies are much larger so you get much fewer per wafer. Yes Intel is on a (very) mature node. But AMD's chiplet design means that pretty much (I know it's a lot more complicated) they just need to have one 8 core chiplet design which scales from top to bottom. Which means costs are spread across almost every CPU.

It's a start, AMD haven't got anything really better a 2070 super. Even if it's close to the 3080ti for a much cheaper price, will be enough to force price changes from nvidia