Win 11 Super Resolution, CUDA on Radeon, Apple Settles Lawsuit, + More! - TechLinked Feb 12, 2024

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SUPER RESOLUTE

Microsoft working on native AI-assisted Super Resolution for Win 11

https://www.pcgamer.com/a-native-ai-assisted-super-resolution-feature-is-coming-to-windows-11/

Revealed on twitter by Preview Build 2605s screenshots https://twitter.com/PhantomOfEarth/status/1756334413040718140

Feature is hidden, but experienced users could enable it by following the screenshots to Graphics Options in Settings https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/ai-super-resolution-scaling-for-all-apps-previewed-in-latest-windows-11-insider-build

Main benefit would be native compatibility with all Windows apps https://lmg.gg/venh8 (Tom’s Hardware)

System need NPU or GPU with tensor cores https://lmg.gg/8PWmJ (Tom’s Hardware)

After this summer, standard for Windows PCs will be to have AI processors

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/02/your-current-pc-probably-doesnt-have-an-ai-processor-but-your-next-one-might/

AI-chip shift will be part of major overhaul that people THOUGHT was Windows 12, but isn’t, probably.

https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/02/windows_12_windows_11_24h2/

IDC forecasts 60% of PC shipments will have AI hardware by 2027

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240207779602/en

 

SHUDA CUDA WUDA

ZLUDA: Open-source project gives drop-in CUDA implementation/compatibility to AMD hardware

https://www.phoronix.com/review/radeon-cuda-zluda

Put simply: “it's a solution for end-users to run CUDA-enabled software without any developer intervention.” https://lmg.gg/Ra56K (Phoronix)

Software was originally for Intel hardware, but was discontinued https://videocardz.com/newz/unmodified-nvidia-cuda-apps-can-now-run-on-amd-gpus-thanks-to-zluda

Dev contacted by AMD to adapt ZLUDA for AMD GPUs with ROCm software stack https://lmg.gg/WinKw (Phoronix)

Not only can Radeon cards now run unmodified CUDA code https://overclock3d.net/news/gpu-displays/zluda-allows-unmodified-cuda-code-to-run-on-amd-radeon-gpus/

Not only can it work on both Windows AND GNU/Linux https://www.neowin.net/news/amd-can-now-run-nvidia-cuda-on-windows-or-linux-thanks-to-zluda/

But AMD decided to stop funding it this year and NOT release it as a software product https://lmg.gg/A2pcr (Phoronix)

And a contract clause allowed dev Andrezj Janik to open-source the code https://lmg.gg/O3Uzq (Phoronix)

While it can’t run Nvidia Optix (their ray-tracing API) code….

It CAN do things like let Radeon GPUs run native CUDA code in Blender 4.0, which is slightly faster than using the regular HIP backend in Blender

 

CSI: CUPERTINO

Apple settling trade secrets lawsuit with startup it sued

https://9to5mac.com/2024/02/10/apple-settle-trade-secrets-lawsuit-rivos/

After accusing them of poaching employees and trade secret theft https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/apple-lawsuit-says-stealth-startup-rivos-poached-engineers-steal-secrets-2022-05-02/

Deal would allow Apple to “conduct a forensic examination of Rivos' systems, as well as of its activities.”

https://www.engadget.com/apple-reaches-possible-settlement-with-the-startup-it-sued-for-trade-secret-theft-121513902.html

iFixit’s part 2 of Vision Pro teardown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt22M5nWJ4Q

written article https://www.ifixit.com/News/90409/vision-pro-teardown-part-2-whats-the-display-resolution

Marc Gurman claims Vision Pro will kill iPad, but not soon https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-02-11/apple-vision-pro-review-3-499-headset-will-eventually-replace-the-ipad-lshk59z1

Insiders say it could take 4 generations to reach “ideal form” https://www.macrumors.com/2024/02/11/apple-vision-pro-fourth-generation-ideal/

 

 

QUICK BITS

 

NO EX-BOX

Xbox will not stop making consoles apparently

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/report-phil-spencer-says-xbox-will-still-make-consoles

Shannon Liao’s sources https://lmg.gg/wXYbY (Liao’s Substack)

Surface Team is reportedly developing the next Xbox device

https://insider-gaming.com/microsoft-surface-team-is-developing-the-next-xbox-device-its-claimed/

Handheld and traditional console is rumor https://www.notebookcheck.net/Switch-like-Xbox-handheld-and-more-powerful-traditional-console-reportedly-being-prepared-by-Microsoft-Surface-team.800743.0.html

 

PROSUME

Nvidia launches $625 workstation GPU, follow-up to A2000

https://www.guru3d.com/story/nvidia-unleashes-geforce-rtx-2000-ada-workstation-gpu-with-16gb-vram-at/

Nvidia announcement https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/rtx-2000-ada/

https://venturebeat.com/ai/nvidia-launches-ada-generation-gpu-with-19-9b-transistors/

https://lmg.gg/jlFzl

 

GOOGLE WON (NOT REALLY)

Google One has as many paid subscribers as YouTube

https://www.androidpolice.com/google-one-paid-subscribers-youtube/

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-one-100-million-subscribers-3413242/

https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/10/24068539/google-one-100-million-subscribers-g-suite-ai-premium-gemini

 

STICKER AROUND LONGER

MIT develops ultrasound sticker for organ monitoring

https://news.mit.edu/2024/ultrasound-sticker-senses-changing-stiffness-deep-internal-organs-0209

https://interestingengineering.com/health/ultrasound-sticker-check-internal-organs

https://www.medicaldevice-network.com/news/mit-ultrasound-monitoring/?cf-view

 

SPORTS.AI

AI Superbowl ads

https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/how-ai-showed-up-in-ads-during-super-bowl-this-year/

https://www.cnet.com/tech/ai-scores-in-super-bowl-commercials-you-can-watch-them-here/

Coke makes fun of AI https://youtu.be/BdLNdYe4pRQ