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- Comparing AI strategies: US, EU, China - AI emerges as one of top 5 reasons for job losses - AI startup funding continues to boom - VCs find it more challenging to raise their own funds [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/HPCNB_20250804.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20250804 appeared first on OrionX.net.
Hi everyone! In August's episode of "Aches & Games monthly" we go football crazy, with a face-off between Rematch and FC25 for our SubClub and inspired by the lionesses and the women's Euros in general. But fear not and footy-phobics - we also talk gigs, games and general gibberish as we go through what else we've been doing, watching and playing this month.Timestamps: 00:00 Intros 02:05 What we've been up to and watching29:11 FC25 v Rematch - a face-off for this month's SubClub49:07 What else we've been playing 69:49 Next Month's Sub Club pick is...72:42 Newsbytes / coming up81:27 Wrapping up As always, we'd love to hear from you via our socials@achesandgames, our Facebook page or by emailing achesandgamespod@gmail.com. And please check out the website at www.achesandgames.co.uk where you'll also find some great written reviews of the games we play. Cheers!
- US AI Action Plan - STMicro NXP MEMS sensors - Nvidia H20, TSMC packaging capacity [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/HPCNB_20250728.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20250728 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- Top-20 AI Supercomputers - 1-million-GPU systems - Rapidus of Japan's 2nm fab - IBM Power11, Sypre accelerator - HotChips conference - CUDA for RISC-V [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/HPCNB_20250721.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20250721 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- SemiAnalysis on the business of AI: GPUs, Neoclouds, Inference Providers, Applications - 2nm fab race: TSMC, Intel, Samsung aim to ship this year - IFS external customers - Nvidia valuation: a trillion here a trillion there! [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/HPCNB_20250714.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20250714 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- IDC projects a $366B global server market in 2025, 45% y/y growth annually over 2024, 134% y/y growth in Q1 - The European Quantum Act announced its Quantum Strategy aiming to leverage deep science for global quantum leadership by 2030 - TSMC's 3nm fab in Arizona ahead of schedule, first batch of wafers expected in 2027 - US lifts EDA software export restrictions to China [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/HPCNB_20250707.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20250707 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- GPU-ASIC War - Hyperscalers' CPUs, “GPUs", DPUs, QPUs - Google TPU-7 and Open AI? - Meta's AI chip tape out - Microsoft's AI chip delays - Why do engineering projects get delayed? - Chip co-designers break into chip supply chain [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/HPCNB_20250630.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20250630 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- Fault Tolerant Quantum Computer in 2029? - Quantum computing roadmaps, performance benchmarks, industry metrics, M&A - RIKEN and Fujitsu team up again for Fugaku.next, Japan's next-gen flagship supercomputer [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/HPCNB_20250623.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20250623 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- AMD MI350X and MI355X new GPUs - AMD ROCm 7.0 software - AMD Helios rackscale system - Fujitsu Monaka chip, - SIGHPC Travel Grants for SC25 - HPCGuru signs off [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/HPCNB_20250616.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20250616 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- French gov't to acquire Eviden - Made-in-China 5nm chips - WSTS semiconductor market forecast - Can AI end the world? Stephen Hawking's warning [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/HPCNB_20250609.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20250609 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- Nvidia Earnings - US Senators react to Nvidia's plans for facility in China - New compliant chips for China by Nvidia and AMD - Trade restrictions reach EDA software - Vertical integration reaches China: Sugon-Hygon merger - AMD-Sanmina split ZT Systems - DOE NERSC's “Doudna” supercomputer - UK-EU dial up supercomputer re-collaboration [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/HPCNB_20250602.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20250602 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- Big AI in hot pursuit of AGI and SI - Stargate plans for US center with 400K GPUs, other sites in Mid-East and Asia - Would Nvidia invest in PsiQuantum? - Photonic and silicon-based Quantum Computing line up - D-Wave rolls out new Advantage 2 - RISC-V turns 15, positions itself "as a pillar of digital sovereignty on the world stage" - ISC25 June 10th in Hamburg with 195 exhibitors from 31 countries [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/HPCNB_20250526.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20250526 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- Computex 2025 - NVLink Fusion, DGX Cloud Lepton - Intel 18A Fab Panther Lake, Gaudi 3 PCIe, Intel Arc Pro - Jack Dongarra, US Leadership in HPC - Matrix Algebra, 64 bit precision - Chiplet Alliance, UCIe consortium - "Motherchip" vs. Motherboard [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/HPCNB_20250519.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20250519 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- SMIC, China's Semiconductor Industry - Cisco in quantum networking, quantum scale-out - HPSF.io open source HPC stack - The journal Nature sees US science brain drain as EU allocates €500m to attract international scientists [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/HPCNB_20250512.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20250512 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- Japan's Rapidus 2nm chips - McKinsey's $7T datacenter forecast - Nvidia, trade restrictions, national competitiveness - Geoffrey Hinton's AI warning [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/HPCNB_20250505.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20250505 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- Salishan Conferenc - HPC-AI Divergenece - FugakuNext Zettascale? - TSMC A14 Fab, Intel 18A Fab - AmKor CoWoS Packaging Arizona - Intel Earnings, AI strategy [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/HPCNB_20250428.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20250428 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- This week in GPU geopolitics - Intel and Silverlake in Altera FPGA deal - Storage is what's next as investment soars - 2nm chips are coming to Taiwan and Arizona [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/HPCNB_20250421.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20250421 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- Argonne's nuclear reactor digital twin helps monitor, manage, train - An AI factory in the sky? Building data centers in space or on the moon using Space Based Solar Power (SSP) - TSMC may face US$1B penalty - Chinese AI players order $16B of Nvidia H20s - Hyperion Research says HPC-AI market grew a whopping 23.5% in 2024, poised to exceed $100B by 2028 [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/HPCNB_20250414.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20250414 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- US Tariffs and Technology Sector - Intel-TSMC Joint Venture? - DARPA fuels Waferscale co-packaged optics via Cerebras and Ranovus - Sandia National Lab to test laser-based photonic cooling via Maxwell Labs - 8 Tbps optical UCIe chiplet for scale-up by Ayar Labs - Lightmatter 3D co-packaged optics [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/HPCNB_20250407.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20250407 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- AMD MI355X to debut with a 30,000 GPU cluster at Oracle cloud - ASML to open repair hub in China - EuroHPC-JU's CINECA selects 140-Qubit Pasqal system - ORNL sees a path for quantum performance advantage for Fluid Dynamics - Classiq, Deloitte Tohmatsu, and Mitsubishi Chemical compress quantum circuits by 97% and 54% - Prof Torsten Hoefler of ETH wins ACM Prize in Computing [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/HPCNB_20250331.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20250331 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- GTC25 Quantum Day - Post-Quantum Cryptography guidelines - Quantum Blockchain? - NVMe-enabled HDD storage with SSD cache [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/HPCNB_20250324.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20250324 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- What to expect from Intel's new CEO - Did D-Wave achieve quantum computational supremacy on a useful problem? - "AI Woodstock" GTC25 is in San Jose, CA this week [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/HPCNB_20250317.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20250317 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- TSMC $100B investment in Arizona Factories - EuroHPC Project DARE using RISC-V - Julich Hybrid Supercomputer with D-Wave - Quantum Computing Stock Price Volatility - Chinese Quantum Computer Betters Google's Willow - Supercomputing Asia 2025 (SCA25) held this week in Singapore [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/HPCNB_20250310.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20250310 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- Government layoffs funding disruptions cause uncertainty and concern for scientific leadership - Cat Qubits: AWS Ocelot, Alice and Bob - ASIC vs GPUs vs Accelerators [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/HPCNB_20250303.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20250303 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- New in-house-manufactured Microsoft QPU: Majorana 1 - DARPA US2QC program - (Funding) and harnessing idle GPUs anywhere on the internet - France's CEA advances in fusion energy research [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/HPCNB_20250224.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20250224 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- Arm to sell its own CPU? Meta as first customer? - Big AI, Big Power, Big Chill... Big Pollution? - Intel's fate puts national security and market forces into focus - Europe falls in-line to avid falling behind in AI - GE Aerospace gains access to exascale power via DOE INCITE program [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/HPCNB_20250217.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20250217 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- Big AI land grab - Nuclear power for data centers - New European-origin quantum system in Spain - Softbank eyes Ampere [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/HPCNB_20250210.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20250210 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- DeepSeek, 1+5 lessons - Rack Scale Arch redux, Intel GPU roadmap change - LLNL and OpenAI, national security apps, fully on-prem? - Google and Kairos Power, Small Modular (nuclear) Reactors [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/HPCNB_20250203.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20250203 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- Massive AI datacenter investments: $500B Stargate, $600B Saudi - When datacenters can't get bigger - India enters the chip manufacturing market [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/HPCNB_20250127.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20250127 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- CHIPS Act in Trump Administration - Quantum Computing stocks - Intel's mystery acquirer - HPE's $1B win [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/HPCNB_20250120.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20250120 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- China's TOP100 - AI PCs, workstations, workgroup servers - DataCenter Capacity Growth - MPI ABI [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/HPCNB_20250113.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20250113 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- Beyond EUV lithography, LLNL, DOE - ASML, GPUs, China, trade sanctions - AI infrastructure build-out - TSMC 2nm Chips in 2025 [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/HPCNB_20250106.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20250106 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- China, Advanced GPUs, Advanced AI - High Tech companies pursue government contracts - Neuromorphic chips, artificial fast neurons - Farewell 2024, thank you @HPCpodcast listeners [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/HPCNB_20241230.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20241230 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- Long-Thinking AI - UALink + optical - Arm-Qualcomm lawsuit [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/HPCNB_20241223.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20241223 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- Google "Willow" quantum chip: hype or reality? - European supercomputing site chooses US vendor: LRZ's Blue Lion - China-US technology clash and mutual retaliation - ORNL supercomputers accelerate research on this fast-growing tree [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/HPCNB_20241216.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20241216 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger retires - Marvell-AWS supplier alliance - Chinese quantum computer Tianyan-504 [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/HPCNB_20241209.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20241209 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- Do LLMs understand? - Collaborative Agentic AI - Frontier simulates the universe - France builds more nuclear reactors - TSMC's 2nm chips in the US slated for 2028 [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/HPCNB_20241202.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20241202 appeared first on OrionX.net.
Sega's Saturn premiere flops Nintendo goes for cheap VR Commodore bankruptcy gets messy These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM! This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in July 1994. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Alex Smith of They Create Worlds is our cohost. Check out his podcast here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/ and order his book here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/book Get us on your mobile device: Android: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly92aWRlb2dhbWVuZXdzcm9vbXRpbWVtYWNoaW5lLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz iOS: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/video-game-newsroom-time-machine And if you like what we are doing here at the podcast, don't forget to like us on your podcasting app of choice, YouTube, and/or support us on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/VGNRTM Send comments on Mastodon @videogamenewsroomtimemachine@oldbytes.space Or twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or https://bsky.app/profile/vgnrtm.bsky.social Or videogamenewsroomtimemachine@gmail.com Links: If you don't see all the links, find them here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/116538674 1994: Sony reveals psx https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20060%20%28July%201994%29/page/n51/mode/1up?view=theater&sort=title_asc Tokyo Toy Show sees hardware premieres Bandai's BA-X https://archive.org/details/egm-2-july-1994/page/83/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playdia Bandai rumors arise https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20060%20%28July%201994%29/page/n67/mode/1up?view=theater&sort=title_asc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Pippin SNK's NeoGeoCD https://archive.org/details/egm-2-july-1994/page/126/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_Geo_CD NEC's PC FX https://archive.org/details/egm-2-july-1994/page/82/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC-FX Sega's Saturn https://archive.org/details/egm-2-july-1994/page/106/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/egm-2-july-1994/page/n113/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/egm-2-july-1994/page/120/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Saturn Sega trying to avoid confusion Sega, Nintendo Bring Big Plans To CES, Billboard, July 9, 1994, Section: THE ENTER*ACTIVE FILE; Pg. 70, Byline: BY MARILYN A. GILLEN Sega opens UK development studio Edge July 1994, pg. Nintendo announces new 32 bit system Edge July 1994, pg. 6 Nintendo signs with Rambus Nintendo Ultra 64 game system to use high-speed Rambus technology; will boost memory speed to 500 MHz, Business Wire, July 18, 1994, Monday Edge July 1994, pg. 7 Video Rental and Console game publishers bury the hatchet Sega's Kalinske is VSDA's man, The Hollywood Reporter, July 7, 1994, Thursday It's A Whole New Game At VSDA; Competition For Retailers' Attention Increases, ,Billboard, July 16, 1994, Section: HOME VIDEO; Pg. 61, byline: BY EILEEN FITZPATRICK Tenn, Seitz join Activision, The Hollywood Reporter, July 1, 1994, Friday "NewLeaf Entertainment to include Acclaim in video game delivery system test, Business Wire, July 13, 1994, Wednesday, Dateline: DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. Kids can get 'Jungle' game sneak peek, USA Today, July 28, 1994, Section: Pg. 1D; Vol. 12; No. 222; ISSN: 0161-7389" Nintendo gets hip "https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/01/business/media-business-advertising-nintendo-turns-up-volume-provocative-appeal-its-core.html?searchResultPosition=3 'New Nintendo' comes out kicking, USA Today, July 7, 1994, Business and Industry Section: Pg. 2D; ISSN: 0161-7389 " Illusion Of Gaia Will Be Seen On Nintendo, Newsbytes, July 19, 1994, Tuesday Atari back at IBM ATARI CORPORATION ANNOUNCES MANUFACTURING PLANS, PR Newswire, July 12, 1994, Tuesday - 07:51 Eastern Time, Section: Financial News, dateline: Sunnyvale, Calif., July 12 TDK to make 3DO memory card TDK signs peripherals license agreement with 3DO; plans to manufacture memory card for 3DO System, Business Wire, July 20, 1994, Wednesday https://real3do.uk/3do-accessories/ Philips slashes price to hinder 3DO launch in Europe Philips cuts CD-i price to hurt foe, Marketing, July 28, 1994, Byline: By MAT TOOR Square teams up with Nintendo https://archive.org/details/egm-2-july-1994/page/74/mode/1up Commodore bankruptcy gets messy IN BAHAMAS, A FIGHT FOR REMAINS OF COMMODORE AMONG SAND AND SURF, A LIQUIDATION IS TAKING PLACE. CREDITORS WANT THE PROCEEDINGS IN NEW YORK, THOUGH., The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 19, 1994 Tuesday FINAL EDITION, Section: BUSINESS; Pg. C01, Byline: Dan Stets, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER CLOSING THE BOOKS ON COMMODORE: SPEED IS OF THE ESSENCE IN THE COMPUTER INDUSTRY, THE CHIEF ASSET, TECHNOLOGY, IS PERISHABLE. BUT CREDITORS OF THE BANKRUPT FIRM ARE HAMPERING A RESOLUTION., The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 31, 1994 Sunday FINAL EDITION, Section: BUSINESS; Pg. D01, Byline: Dan Stets, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER REELMagic brings FMV to PC MPEG Board' Works ReelMagic For PCs, Billboard, July 2, 1994, Section: THE ENTER*ACTIVE FILE; Pg. 88, Byline: BY MARILYN A. GILLEN Philips announces CDi add-on board NINTENDO SIGNS FOR CES INTERACTIVE '95, Consumer Electronics, July 4, 1994, Section: THIS WEEK'S NEWS, Vol. 34, No. 27; Pg. 13 Hyundai bets on MPEG2 Hyundai Develops Integrated Chips For Superhighway, Newsbytes News Network, July 1, 1994 ODC 8X MASTERING ALLOWS TWO-HOUR MOVIES ON A SINGLE COMPACT DISC, PR Newswire, July 25, 1994, Monday - 12:04 Eastern Time, Section: Financial News https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rec._601 https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1994-07/page/n13/mode/2up CDRom shipments soar in Japan CD-ROM shipments soar 54% in FY '93, Japan Economic Newswire, JULY 7, 1994, THURSDAY 3DLabs brings 3D acceleration to XWindows 3Dlabs to deliver acceleration to the X Windows environment; 3Dlabs forms strategic alliance with X Inside to port the Accelerated-X server to the GLINT, graphics processor, Business Wire, July 18, 1994, Monday Intel working on 3D chip for PCs https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1994-07/page/n17/mode/2up Sun announces 3DRAM SMCC and Mitsubishi Electronics co-develop revolutionary new graphics memory technology, Business Wire, July 25, 1994, Monday MELCO develops new chip for 3-D graphics, Japan Economic Newswire, JULY 27, 1994, WEDNESDAY http://www.michaelfrankdeering.com/Projects/HardWare/p3DRAM/p3DRAM.html https://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/image-search Silicon Studio founded SILICON GRAPHICS LAUNCHES SILICON STUDIO INC. TO DRIVE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW INTERACTIVE APPLICATIONS; New Subsidiary to Propel Convergence of Computing and Consumer Technologies, PR Newswire, July 21, 1994, Thursday - 16:01 Eastern Time, Section: Financial News THE GEE-WHIZ COMPANY SILICON GRAPHICS TURNS 3-D IMAGES INTO STUNNING PROFITS, Business Week, July 18, 1994, Business and Industry, Section: Pg. 56; Vol. 0; No. 3381; ISSN: 0007-7135 Interplay licenses GURPS https://archive.org/details/CDROMToday06JunJul1994/page/n31/mode/1up Scorpia stings Pagan https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_120/page/n39/mode/2up?view=theater Computer Game Conference sees industry changing https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1994-07/page/n9/mode/2up Catapult to launch this Christmas https://archive.org/details/egm-2-july-1994/page/n35/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XBAND Habitat big in Japan The games and how to play them, Financial Times (London,England), July 5, 1994, Tuesday, Section: Technology; Pg. 17 Digital breaks Hong Kong censors My job is to read porno mags for the government, South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), July 9, 1994, Section: REVIEW; Pg. 3, Byline: Victoria Finlay Virtual I/O teams up with TCI CABLE GIANT TCI AND VIRTUAL I/O, INC. AGREE TO OFFER HEADSETS TO SUBSCRIBERS OF NEW INTERACTIVE VIDEO GAME CHANNEL, PR Newswire, July 26, 1994, Tuesday - 10:15 Eastern Time Microprose goes to Russia Russia: Lamport (Moscow, Russia) has signed a computer game distribution contract with MicroProse Inc., Kommersant, July 22, 1994 Funcoland grows FUNCO INC. ANNOUNCES RESULTS, PR Newswire, July 21, 1994, Thursday - 12:51 Eastern Time, Section: Financial News Lawmakers turn their attention online "Quest To Control TV Violence Turns To Evolving Game Channels, The Associated Press, July 1, 1994, Friday, PM cycle, Byline: By JEANNINE AVERSA, Associated Press Writer" Doom to become a movie ETHOS FILMS BANKS ON H'WOOD, 'DOOM' DAY, Variety, July 11, 1994 - July 17, 1994, Section: SPECIAL REPORT: INTERTAINMENT; Pg. 32 https://archive.org/details/egm-2-july-1994/page/n28/mode/1up MK blamed for stabbing Video Game World Became Real for 16-Year-Old Found Insane in Stabbing, The Associated Press, July 14, 1994, Thursday, AM cycle Blockbuster is ready for the future BLOCKBUSTER'S DATABASE TO FUEL FUTURE EXPANSION, Advertising Age, July 18, 1994, Section: Pg. 26, Byline: By Jeffery D. Zbar Pog mania comes to Del Taco DEL TACO HASTENS FAST-FOOD REALM INTO THE AGE OF POG(TM), PR Newswire, July 20, 1994, Wednesday - 12:00 Eastern Time, Section: Financial News Knights of the Dinner Table #1 appears https://recalledcomics.com/KoDT1.php Recommended Links: The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/ Retromags.com: https://www.retromags.com/ Games That Weren't - https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play. Copyright Karl Kuras
- Supercomputing show SC24 moves closer to mainstream - Hyperion's HPC Market Sizing - Huawei AI chips, trade restrictions [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HPCNB_20241125.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20241125 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- Supercocmputing-24 conference starts today - TSMC, CHIPS Act, semiconductor demand - Sandia National Lab and Cerebras [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HPCNB_20241118.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20241118 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- TSMC revenue jump - TSMC barred from making leading-edge chips abroad - AMD-Fujitsu team up for a new superchip? - AMD, Intel, Nvidia datacenter revenue - Green energy momentum in the US [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HPCNB_20241111.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20241111 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- India rising - High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) in short supply - Novel accelerator architectures - CHIPS Act funds Extreme Ultra Violet Lithography technology in the US [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HPCNB_20241104.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20241104 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- TSMC delivers good news for chip manufacturing in the US - Denmark builds AI supercomputer with Eviden and Nvidia - White House tasks NNSA/DOE with assessing AI risk for National Security [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/HPCNB_20241028.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20241028 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- Exascale Day, Zettascale, Avogadro's Number - Did a Chinese quantum computer crack military grade encryption? - The great Rear admiral Dr. Grace Hopper - The First Computer Bug - Hyperion Research innovation award - Q2B Conference [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/HPCNB_20241021.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20241021 appeared first on OrionX.net.
- AMD's new CPU, GPU, DPU, NIC - Foxconn's big supercomputer at Hon Hai Kaohsiung Center in Taiwan - AI drives Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry - Yann LeCun's take on AGI [audio mp3="https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/HPCNB_20241014.mp3"][/audio] The post HPC News Bytes – 20241014 appeared first on OrionX.net.
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Hollywood welcomes Siliwood, Saturn and Playstation begin fight for Japanese consumers & 3DO declared DOA These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM! This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in June 1994. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Alex Smith of They Create Worlds is our cohost. Check out his podcast here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/ and order his book here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/book Get us on your mobile device: Android: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly92aWRlb2dhbWVuZXdzcm9vbXRpbWVtYWNoaW5lLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz iOS: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/video-game-newsroom-time-machine And if you like what we are doing here at the podcast, don't forget to like us on your podcasting app of choice, YouTube, and/or support us on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/VGNRTM Send comments on Mastodon @videogamenewsroomtimemachine@oldbytes.space Or twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or videogamenewsroomtimemachine@gmail.com Links: If you don't see all the links, find them here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/113403594 7 Minutes in Heaven: Space Ace (SNES) Video Version: https://www.patreon.com/posts/113313328 https://www.mobygames.com/game/24930/space-ace/ Corrections: May 1994 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/may-1994-110575391 Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ https://www.reddit.com/r/playstation/comments/p5o3d0/1995_prelaunch_playstation_brochure_promotional/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sega_arcade_system_boards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruis%27n_USA https://youtu.be/nrUWIHasHPQ?si=vCitZXMwn3UdXXNZ 1994: Playmates sees video games as path to diversification Playmates Toys wins with video games arm, South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), June 9, 1994, Section: BUSINESS; Pg. 2 Sega goes to Epcot Sega is largest exhibitor at Disney's Innoventions Pavilion at Epcot Center; unveils model of 10,000 square foot exhibit at CES, Business Wire, June 22, 1994, Wednesday https://youtu.be/xhBPuiPY8uY?si=vQVOuYF_Y2jQUzDE Sega signs deals with Coca Cola and Hudson in Japan Sega Makes Deals With Coke, Hudson, Newsbytes, June 3, 1994, Friday Sega heads on-line telecom karaoke venture, Multimedia System Will Transmit Over ISDN Networks, The Nikkei Weekly (Japan), June 6, 1994 Sega announces massive bond issue TOKYU TO ISSUE 40 BILLION yen IN BONDS, The Nikkei Weekly (Japan), June 13, 1994, Section: CORPORATE FINANCE; Pg. 16 Sega Enterprises to raise 100 bil. yen with CBs, Japan Economic Newswire, JUNE 8, 1994, WEDNESDAY Siliwood fever has become a pandemic! GEFFEN RECORDS AND JASMINE MULTIMEDIA DEBUT VID GRID, NEW MULTIMEDIA INTERACTIVE VIDEO GAME WITH LARGEST NUger 320 x 240 Video for Windows(TM) and Innovative Game Technology, PR Newswire, June 13, 1994, Monday - 08:30 Eastern Time Online Services Compete For Attention, Newsbytes, June 16, 1994, Thursday New Line Cinema and Havas form interactive joint venture, Business Wire, June 1, 1994 Fox Interactive Leaps Quickly Into Game Software Fray, Billboard, June 4, 1994 GTE Interactive Media makes public debut with introduction of innovative line of interactive electronic entertainment; Leading edge creative talent, proprietary technologies and four-year proven track record bring platform diverse, Business Wire, June 20, 1994, Monday Time Warner Interactive and Byron Preiss Multimedia Co. ink a multi-title affiliate label distribution deal, Business Wire, June 29, 1994, Wednesday SNL' Now Showing On GameTek CD-ROM, Billboard, June 11, 1994, Section: THE ENTER*ACTIVE FILE; Pg. 66 Disney Software to Top Christmas Wish Lists in '94, Business Wire, June 24, 1994, Friday Virgin makes sale to Blockbuster, Financial Times (London,England), June 30, 1994, Thursday, Section: Pg. 29 Studios Put New Spin On Game Spinoffs, Billboard, June 18, 1994, Copyright 1994 Billboard Publications, Inc., Section: THE ENTER*ACTIVE FILE; Pg. 52 Full Moon Entertainment and Philips Media Games to partner in videogame development; Philips to transform feature films into games, Business Wire, June 28, 1994, Tuesday SPA and Shareware makers resist ISDA Software Publishers To Rate Computer Games, Newsbytes, June 16, 1994, Thursday Nostalgia and dissapointment mar ECTS https://segaretro.org/File:Edge_UK_009.pdf pg. 14 A New Generation Of Pac-Man Arrives, Billboard, June 4, 1994, Section: THE ENTER*ACTIVE FILE; Pg. 88 Bill Stealey to return http://www.kultmags.com/Play%20Time/1994/Play%20Time%201994-06.rar pg. 19 Howard Lincoln delivers CES keynote King of the Video Game Jungle commands spotlight at Summer CES; Nintendo chairman to deliver keynote address and Nintendo to command largest exhibit space, Business Wire, June 23, 1994, Thursday CES - Video Industry & 20's Hollywood Compared, Newsbytes, June 23, 1994, Thursday It's All In The Games; Q&A With Nintendo's Howard Lincoln, Billboard, June 25, 1994 Acclaim announces Turok Acclaim and Nintendo announce 64-bit video game system development agreement; Acclaim unveils first Valiant Comics title for Nintendo Ultra 64(TM), Business Wire, June 23, 1994, Thursday Malibu Comics signs deal with Sony Imagesoft, Business Wire, June 23, 1994, Thursday 3DO to show 25 titles at CES 3DO TO SHOWCASE HOT NEW TITLES AT SCES; RETAILERS CALL 3DO A HIT WITH CONSUMERS, Business Wire, June 21, 1994, Tuesday Japanese devs support 3DO Video game software giants plan 3DO titles; Capcom to develop Super Street Fighter II Turbo for 3DO, Business Wire, June 23, 1994, Thursday Goldstar launches 3DO system GOLDSTAR MULTIMEDIA CATEGORY ENTRY CONTINUES WITH DEBUT OF 3DO INTERACTIVE MULTIPLAYER SYSTEM, PR Newswire, June 23, 1994 Jaguar games and peripherals on show ATARI CORPORATION ANNOUNCES IT HAS THE RESOURCES IN PLACE TO FULFILL ITS BUSINESS PLAN FOR 1994, PR Newswire, June 29, 1994, Wednesday - 09:01 Eastern Time ATARI CELEBRATES 150+ JAGUAR LICENSEES; EXPANDED LIST INCLUDES PROMINENT NEW NAMES, PR Newswire, June 23, 1994, Thursday - 07:55 Eastern Time Jaguar goes multiplayer online Phylon's simultaneous Voice-plus-Data technology in new Jaguar system, from Atari Corp., Business Wire, June 27, 1994, Monday https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Jaguar Atari finances sound for 94 ATARI CORPORATION ANNOUNCES IT HAS THE RESOURCES IN PLACE TO FULFILL ITS BUSINESS PLAN FOR 1994, PR Newswire, June 29, 1994, Wednesday - 09:01 Eastern Time Sega looks to the younger set Sega leverages its expertise in interactive technology to broaden its audience; new Sega Club joins the Sega toy division to attract new, younger customers, Business Wire, June 24, 1994, Friday VirctorMaxx shows off first consumer level VR CHICAGO COMPANY UNVEILS WORLD'S FIRST AFFORDABLE VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSET FOR HOME USE AT CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW, PR Newswire, June 21, 1994, Tuesday - 18:41 Eastern Time Get fit with your SNES One of the most eagerly awaited products of the year arrives at the, Consumer Electronics Show, courtesy of Life Fitness and Nintendo, Business Wire, June 22, 1994, Wednesday Aura Systems enters into exclusive distribution agreement for Interactor and AuraSound products for the Australia and New Zealand market Business Wire, June 6, 1994, Monday INTERACTIVE VIDEO GAME IS A HIT WITH BASEBALL ENTHUSIASTS, PR Newswire, June 21, 1994, Tuesday - 08:27 Eastern Time Summer CES 95 gets new home 1995 - New Venue, New Name For Summer CES, Newsbytes, June 27, 1994, Monday Redemption comes under suspicion in Oklahoma Play Meter, June 1994, pg. 18 Devs sign up to support 32X Over two dozen of video game industry's leading software publishers commit to Sega's Genesis 32X; Sega leads all competitors in delivering full 32-bit action at low price, Business Wire, June 2, 1994 Sega signs Truemotion Sega and Duck announce inclusion of "TrueMotion", Business Wire, June 21, 1994, Tuesday https://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php/Duck_TrueMotion_1 Sega starts affiliate label program Sega launches affiliate label program with Rocket Science Games, Business Wire, June 23, 1994, Thursday Next Gen duels it out on Japanese TV https://segaretro.org/File:Edge_UK_009.pdf Sony reveals PSX architecture details Sony Computer Entertainment unveils technology behind new home video game system; LSI Logic's custom CPU to give PlayStation competitive edge in video game hardware market, Business Wire, June 15, 1994, Wednesday Don't call Playstation a multimedia machine! Sony soft-pedals high-tech game machine Multimedia Capabilities Outstrip Functions Of Current Software, The Nikkei Weekly (Japan), June 6, 1994 Alias Research to make Ultra 64 tools Nintendo chooses Alias Research Inc. to create advanced content tools for 64-bit home video game system, Business Wire, June 9, 1994, Thursday Alias To Develop 3-D Nintendo Graphics Tools, Newsbytes, June 15, 1994, Wednesday Nintendo hints at 32 bit VR System https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_59/page/n55/mode/2up Newsweek declares 3DO DOA Lost in Cyberspace, Newsweek, June 13, 1994 , UNITED STATES EDITION, Section: BUSINESS; Start-Ups; Pg. 40 SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE ISSUES CLARIFICATION, PR Newswire, June 9, 1994, Thursday - 08:00 Eastern Time Jaguar software begins to trickle in https://segaretro.org/File:Edge_UK_009.pdf pg. 14 Blockbuster/THQ announces Catapult modem Blockbuster/Davis Video Launch Phone-Based Game Co, Newsbytes, June 7, 1994, Tuesday Sega wants to appeal to girls Game Makers Finally Targeting Girls, Billboard, June 4, 1994, Section: THE ENTER*ACTIVE FILE; Pg. 88 https://segaretro.org/Sega_Girls_Task_Force https://www.polygon.com/features/2019/5/27/18526122/sega-girls-task-force-female-players Tiger Electronics rules handhelds https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_59/page/n215/mode/2up Amiga users wait with bated breath https://archive.org/details/amazing-computing-magazine-1994-06/page/n7/mode/2up Acorn delves into PC compatibility https://segaretro.org/File:Edge_UK_009.pdf pg. 18 Wing Commander goes FMV https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_119/page/n13/mode/1up TNG may be over, but the voyage continues on CDRom Star Trek Next Generation CD-ROM For MPC, Newsbytes, June 9, 1994, Thursday Pajitnov endorses Spectrum Holobyte games ALEXEY PAJITNOV, CREATOR OF 'TETRIS(R),' TO ENDORSE SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE'S LINE OF COMPUTER PUZZLE GAMES, PR Newswire, June 10, 1994, Friday - 07:59 Eastern Time Surf is UP https://segaretro.org/File:Edge_UK_009.pdf pg. 11 Japanese Ministry Council to review telecommunication regulations Private council to consider multimedia rules, Report From Japan, June 22, 1994 Media Futures: Japan plays catch-up with US - At first sight advanced information networks might seem like another instance of Japan stealing a march on its competitors in a key new technology. The truth is rather different, Financial Times (London,England), June 13, 1994, Monday, Section: Pg. 15, Byline: By MICHIYO NAKAMOTO Jurassic Park merch surpasses $1 Billion JURASSIC PARK' MERCHANDISE SURPASSES $1 BILLION AT RETAIL WORLDWIDE; PRODUCTS CONTINUE TO STAMPEDE OUT OF RETAIL STORES, PR Newswire, June 1, 1994, Wednesday - 07:29 Eastern Time Microsoft to bring interactive TV to Japan Microsoft and NTT Announce Interactive Television Agreement, Business Wire, June 22, 1994, Wednesda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetShow NTT AND SILICON GRAPHICS TO BUILD INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA SERVICES SYSTEM FOR JAPAN PR Newswire, June 8, 1994, Wednesday - 00:36 Eastern Time NTT links sight, sound - and companies Telephone giant forges far-flung alliances in effort to strengthen multimedia position, The Nikkei Weekly (Japan), June 27, 1994, Section: INDUSTRY DIGEST; Pg. 21 The Financial Times profiles Square A role-play revolution - A Japanese businessman has found that a western approach to motivation has helped deliver spectacular results, Financial Times (London,England), June 28, 1994, Tuesday, London, Section: Management (The Growing Business); Pg. 14, Byline: By EMIKO TERAZONO Comic book bubble burst fallout continues https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_59/page/n213/mode/2up Atari Games RIP (sorta) Play Meter, June 1994, pg. 3 Recommended Links: The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/ Retromags.com: https://www.retromags.com/ Games That Weren't - https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play. 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