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WEB4 days ago · Supermicro Maxing Out AI. September 27, 2024 by Brian Wang. Vik Mayala of Supermicro taked about maxing out the AI infrastructure at the Ignite AI Infra event. 5th gen CPUs are going to 500 watts per chip and next gen GPUs are going to 1000 watts and beyond. The AI training centers are going to 100k, 200k and 400k GPUs.
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WEBSeptember 26, 2024 by Brian Wang. In May, Nextbigfuture projected that Starlink could reach 3.5 to 5 million customers at the end of 2024 and SpaceX has revealed they are passing 4 million customers this week. 5 million customers is possible for Starlink. 1 million were added from late May to the end of September.
Blue Origin Nears Flight Test Certification for BE-4 Rocket Engine
WEBSep 19, 2022 · The Blue Origin BE-4 might get certified for flight tests by December of this year. It is about 5-6 years late for an original 2017 planned operational date. The BE-4 engine project started in 2014. It would be the most powerful liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueled rocket engine ever developed. Using an oxygen-rich staged combustion cycle, BE-4 ...
SpaceX Raptor 3 Engines and Beyond | NextBigFuture.com
WEBMay 15, 2023 by Brian Wang. The SpaceX Raptor 3 was recently test fired and reached 18% more thrust than a Raptor 2. The Raptor 2 had 25% more thrust than the Raptor 1 and it was 20% lighter. Everyday Astronaut reviewed the work that SpaceX has been doing to reduce unneeded parts and reduce the weight of the Raptor engines.
China Thorium Molten Salt Experimental Reactor is Licensed for ...
WEBJun 15, 2023 · If the TMSR-LF1 proves successful, China plans to build a reactor with a capacity of 373 MWt by 2030. In January 2011, CAS launched a CNY3 billion (USD444 million) R&D programme on liquid fluoride thorium reactors (LFTRs), known there as the thorium-breeding molten-salt reactor (Th-MSR or TMSR), and claimed to have the world’s largest national effort on it, hoping to obtain full intellectual ...
Roadmap to Increase Antimatter Production by 10 Billion Times
WEBSep 24, 2020 · They would make antimatter snowballs. Step 1: Grow hot anti-H2 molecules. Step 2: Form anti-H2 snowballs. Step 3: Coat snowballs with a thin layer of antilithium. Once the above steps are completed, the antimatter snowball can be stored. This will require a very good vacuum and some sort of levitation mechanism.
SpaceX Reveals Raptor 3 Engine and Specifications
WEBAug 3, 2024 · The Raptor 3 boasts a thrust of 280 tf, a specific impulse of 350s, and an engine mass of 1525 kg. The SpaceX Raptor 3 engine has potential to exceed 300 tons of thrust in future iterations, emphasizing ongoing efforts to improve efficiency. Advertisement. Raptor 3 is 36% lighter than Raptor 1. It has 51% more thrust at sea level versus raptor 1.
Overview of the Auto Chip Industry | NextBigFuture.com
WEBSep 8, 2021 · Overview of the Auto Chip Industry. September 8, 2021 by Brian Wang. Infineon, NXP, and Renesas were the leading automotive semiconductor manufacturers worldwide in 2020. Infineon’s market share was estimated at around 13.2 percent. The total market in 2020 was sized at around 35 billion U.S. dollars.
Comparing Tesla Semi Versus Diesel Semis With Real World Data
WEBSep 19, 2023 · Real world results from the runonless 2023 event shows that Tesla Semi has two to four times more range than the competing electric trucks. Diesel Versus Tesla Electric Semi weight. The unladen weight of a diesel semi-truck can vary between 10,000 and 25,000 pounds. However, the lighter diesel semi have less payload.
Understanding Detonation Engines to Make Next Level Planes
WEBSep 26, 2024 · Understanding Detonation Engines to Make Next Level Planes. September 26, 2024 by Brian Wang. Craig Nordeen (Air Force Research Lab, Pratt & Whitney) gives a lesson from three years ago on detonation engines. He describes the history and how they work and why they are more efficient.