SILICON TALES
// ai pcs
RTX Spark: did NVIDIA reinvent the PC?
A whole computer fused onto one chip. Brilliant engineering, but who is it really for?
Read the analysis→GB1001
Top stories, auto-advancing. Use the left and right arrow keys to change story.
// top stories 01 / 05
// ai hardware
NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72: the field guide
The rack NVIDIA built to run the AI era, taken apart bolt by bolt.
Read the field guide→Rubin02
// gpu review
RTX 5090: power, or overkill?
The fastest consumer GPU ever built, judged as a gamer and as an AI tinkerer.
Read the review→GB20203
// analysis
NVIDIA is not a GPU company anymore
The graphics card was only ever the doorway. Here is what they really sell now.
Read the argument→CUDA04
// retro
Amiga 500: a time machine from 1987
A home computer a decade ahead of its time, and the company that fumbled the future.
Open the time machine→OCS05
// know-how archive
Make sense of the silicon age.
From GPUs and games to AI models, LLMs and the companies racing to build them, plus the breakthroughs and retro classics in between. Clear, honest, and genuinely curious. No marketing fluff.
// all posts [5]