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Nvidia Must Be High – Tech News 4/20
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► TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Welcome to Paul’s Tech News – April 20, 2025
1:33 RTX 5060 Ti 16GB Launches to Middling Reviews
5:12 RX 9060 XT Rumored for Computex Debut; RX 9070 GRE Specs leak
TECH BRIEFS
6:48 World’s fastest Flash memory developed: writes in just 400 picoseconds
7:32 Nvidia starts producing its Blackwell AI chip at TSMC’s Arizona plant
8:08 Advanced Japanese AI quietly tried to rewrite its own code
8:31 Scientists find “strongest evidence yet” of life on distant planet K2-18b

► LINKS
5060 Ti Launch Reviews
https://youtu.be/B6qZwJsp5X4?si=Dt2dZtQRJnIyvig2
https://youtu.be/Cskegn1-D7s?si=PU6wTSwtdNR2x7MM
8GB model tested; often equals 16GB card but lags in DLSS
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/reviews-show-the-nvidia-rtx-5060-ti-8gb-matches-the-16gb-model-in-most-tests-falls-behind-in-dlss-4
TPU PCIE Scaling Tests
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5060-ti-pci-express-x8-scaling/31.html
RX 9060 XT Rumored for Computex Debut; RX 9070 GRE Specs leak
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/budget-friendly-rx-9060-xt-gpus-tipped-for-computex-unveil-next-month-on-shelf-inventory-expected-by-early-june
https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-radeon-rx-9060-xt-rumored-to-launch-in-may
https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-radeon-rx-9070-gre-to-feature-3072-cores-and-12gb-memory-further-specs-leaked
TECH BRIEFS
World’s fastest Flash memory developed: writes in just 400 picoseconds
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/worlds-fastest-flash-memory-developed-writes-in-just-400-picoseconds
Nvidia starts producing its Blackwell AI chip at TSMC’s Arizona plant
https://www.theverge.com/news/648086/nvidia-blackwell-ai-tsmc-arizona-plant
https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-manufacture-american-made-ai-supercomputers-us/
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/09/nx-s1-5356480/nvidia-china-ai-h20-chips-trump
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/tech/nvidia-plunge-h20-chip-china-export-intl-hnk/index.html
Advanced Japanese AI quietly tried to rewrite its own code
https://dailygalaxy.com/2025/04/this-was-bound-to-happen-an-ai-tries-to-rewrite-its-own-code-towards-an-out-of-control-intelligence/
https://youtu.be/ZUZT4x-detM?si=OrJHx9vg5728Ip60
Scientists find “strongest evidence yet” of life on distant planet K2-18b
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/k2-18b-planet-life-evidence-scientists/

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