New v2 UALink specification aims to catch up to NVLink

The UALink Consortium, an industry body developing an open source alternative to Nvidia’s NVLink interconnect standard for AI workloads, has just published version 2.0 of the UALink specification.

With this release, UALink introduces the UALink 200G Data Link and Physical Layers (DL/PL) Specification 2.0, which separates the DL/PL Specification from the original UALink Common Specification, thus…

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WSSC says it's lowering fluoride levels in water due to conflict in Middle East

The Washington Suburban Sanitary Company (WSSC) says it's temporarily reducing the level of fluoride added to the area’s drinking water.

They say it’s due to nationwide supply chain challenges, caused in part by the conflict in the Middle East.

WSSC supplies water to nearly two million customers in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties.

They say for these customers, they will be reducing…

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Mac Pro Discontinued: Reflecting on 20 Years of Apple's Desktop Tower

Apple this week announced that it has discontinued the Mac Pro, with new configurations no longer available and no further models planned.

Below, we reflect on nearly two decades of the Mac Pro.

2006 to 2013

In August 2006, Apple introduced the original Mac Pro, which was an Intel-based follow-up to the PowerPC-based Power Mac G5 that debuted a few years earlier.

Mac Pro was the final…

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