An ASUS ROG MATRIX GeForce RTX 4090 overclocked by Splave became the first graphics card to break the 4 GHz GPU clock barrier. The card was overclocked to a blistering 4005 MHz GPU clock while leaving the memory untouched at 21 Gbps. The card was GPU Pi stable, and went on to set the single GPU record of 45.402 seconds. The ROG MATRIX was cooled using a liquid nitrogen evaporator, while the Core i9-13900K powering the rig was on AIO liquid CPU cooling. The CPU was left at stock frequency, and the memory ticked at vanilla DDR5-4800. The HWBOT validation of the feat can be accessed here.

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(PR) BIOSTAR Introduces Four New B760 Chipset Motherboards
BIOSTAR, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards, and storage devices, announces the best-performing business and casual motherboards for Intel 12/13th gen core processors in 2023. Tailored to cater to a wide range of users, from office applications to system integration businesses and home entertainment, the B760MX2-E, B760MZ-E PRO, B760MX2-E D4, and B760MX2-E PRO D4 motherboards pack an impressive suite of features and functionality ready to perform at the highest standard.

Powered by Intel's 12th and 13th-generation processors, these motherboards provide a seamless computing experience with higher performance, improved data integrity, and lower power consumption, setting new benchmarks in their respective segments. With B760MX2-E, B760MZ-E PRO motherboards supporting DDR5, and B760MX2-E D4, B760MX2-E PRO D4 motherboards supporting DDR4 memory, they provide exceptional memory support and performance. The B760MZ-E PRO and the B760MX2-E PRO D4 motherboards support up to 128 GB of memory while the B760MX2-E and the B760MX2-E D4 motherboards support up to 64 GB of memory capacity, providing users ample choice when it comes to system performance.
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Two-ExaFLOP El Capitan Supercomputer Starts Installation Process with AMD Instinct MI300A
When Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) announced the creation of a two-ExaFLOP supercomputer named El Capitan, we heard that AMD would power it with its Instinct MI300 accelerator. Today, LNLL published a Tweet that states, "We've begun receiving & installing components for El Capitan, @NNSANews' first #exascale #supercomputer. While we're still a ways from deploying it for national security purposes in 2024, it's exciting to see years of work becoming reality." As published images show, HPE racks filled with AMD Instinct MI300 are showing up now at LNLL's facility, and the supercomputer is expected to go operational in 2024. This could mean that November 2023 TOP500 list update wouldn't feature El Capitan, as system enablement would be very hard to achieve in four months until then.

The El Capitan supercomputer is expected to run on AMD Instinct MI300A accelerator, which features 24 Zen4 cores, CDNA3 architecture, and 128 GB of HBM3 memory. All paired together in a four-accelerator configuration goes inside each node from HPE, also getting water cooling treatment. While we don't have many further details on the memory and storage of El Capitan, we know that the system will exceed two ExFLOPS at peak and will consume close to 40 MW of power.

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