Podcast #806 - NVIDIA Blackwell uArch, RTX 5090 Power Draw, The End of 8GB GPUs, AI for raster, ASUS BTF power

NVIDIA's latest GPUs are almost here, but we can already tell you
that 12GB is the new 8GB. Arc is the true way! (Ok, maybe not,
but Josh did buy one.) And, of course, 3dfx had it all figured
out with their external power supply for the Voodoo 6000. (note
the thumbnail)


Microsoft is bringing more AI to raster pipeline, VLC is bringing
more AI to just videos, the RTX 50 series will be incredibly
powerful and difficult to power, but ASUS might have "The
Way".  All that and more in this show. 


00:00 Intro
01:43 Food with Josh
03:38 NVIDIA reveals Blackwell architectural details
07:08 The 800 FPS Valorant flex
09:58 Bigger chips draw more power (on the same node)
13:44 Forget 12VHPWR, there’s GC-HPWR
19:05 PSA: 8GB GPUs are not good enough anymore
23:53 Neural rendering coming to DirectX API
27:58 VLC is adding AI (for subtitles)
30:14 Microsoft may hit enterprise where it hurts to get Win11
adoption
32:24 (in)Security Corner
42:03 Gaming Quick Hits
48:57 Picks of the Week
1:03:48 Outro
1:04:48 Mildew
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