Articles by Keumars Afifi-Sabet, Channel Editor (Technology), Live Science

Keumars Afifi-Sabet is the Technology Editor for Live Science. He has written for a variety of publications including ITPro, The Week Digital and ComputerActive. He has worked as a technology journalist for more than five years, having previously held the role of features editor with ITPro. In his previous role, he oversaw the commissioning and publishing of long form in areas including AI, cyber security, cloud computing and digital transformation.

An NCTJ-qualified journalist who specialises in technology, his path into journalism began at university. He immersed himself in student media while studying for a degree in biomedical sciences at Queen Mary, University of London. After graduating, Keumars wrote for a variety of local and national publications as a freelancer, including The Independent, The Observer, and Metro. While studying for his NCTJ certification, his work was commended in the category of ‘Top Scoop’ in the 2017 NCTJ awards. He’s also registered as a foundational chartered manager with the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), having qualified as a Level 3 Team leader with distinction in 2023.

Articles by: Keumars Afifi-Sabet

GPU prices could spike again as rumors indicate AMD wants to prioritize AI – what could that mean for gamers?

By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published 17 September 23

AMD may nix the Radeon RX 8800 and 8900 so it can join Nvidia in fuelling the AI rush.

Tiny French chip startup challenges mighty Amazon to produce formidable quantum chip – inspired by a famous cat

By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published 16 September 23

Alice & Bob’s new superconducting qubit could make future quantum computers up to 60 times more efficient.

Tiny PC vendor teases first Windows tablet that doubles as a portable monitor – but it will be expensive

By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published 15 September 23

Minisforum’s 14in tablet will be powered by an AMD processor.

A spaceship in Starfield travelling through space

Intel’s most expensive CPU can run without external RAM and yes, it can play Starfield

By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published 14 September 23

The Intel Xeon MAX 9480 retails for at least $13,000.

Here's the (boring) solution that could make 100TB hard drives easier to build

By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published 13 September 23

Nanometer-thick HFIL-OH lubricant is being made in partnership with Seagate.

An image from the expierment to see objects through walls

Researchers used Wi-Fi signals to see through walls. Game-changing breakthrough? Or privacy nightmare waiting to happen?

By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published 13 September 23

The technology can be used for crowd analytics, augmenting smart spaces, and possibly even as a cyber attack vector.

Scientists can get massive discounts when renting Nvidia’s A100 GPUs for AI training – but it won’t last long

By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published 12 September 23

Take advantage of NERSC’s 50% discount, which is valid for members until the end of the month.

Hey Presto! Nvidia pulls software hack out of AI hat and doubles performance of H100 GPU for free

By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published 11 September 23

TensorRT-LLM open source update features a revolutionary new processing technique.

Samsung has a crazy idea for AI that might just work: add a processor inside RAM

By Keumars Afifi-Sabet last updated 11 September 23

Samsung 512GB CXL-PNM card helps to solve one of the biggest cost and energy sinks in computing.

Massive 1TB RAM coming soon as Samsung debuts largest memory module ever – but it won’t be cheap

By Keumars Afifi-Sabet last updated 11 September 23

The largest Samsung RAM units we’ve ever seen could cost as much as $15,000 a pop.

Microsoft-backed AI startup beats Nvidia H100 on key tests with GPU-like card equipped with 256GB RAM

By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published 7 September 23

Corsair C8 boasts nine times as much throughput as today’s state-of-the-art GPUs, startup claims.

Intel's futuristic 528-thread monster CPU may mark end of an era as chip giant looks beyond x86

By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published 6 September 23

Intel’s RISC-based 7nm chip, designed for DARPA, can hit a theoretical bandwidth of 1TB/s.

No, this ain’t a GPU card: Unique SSD storage device crams 8 drives to reach up to 55GB/s

By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published 5 September 23

This dual-slot device is ideal for server applications and fully compatible with Mac Pro workstations.

Forget about Bitcoin: this startup will pay for your spare GPU power to train AI in an open source network

By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published 5 September 23

Akash wants to be the anti-AWS in Web3 by exploding the centralized nature of cloud computing.

Bad news – your superfast gigabit fiber network is no match for… a pigeon with a flash drive attached to it?

By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published 2 September 23

It's quicker to upload data using carrier pigeons up to a distance of 500 miles away than it is using gigabit broadband.

Nvidia is powering a mega Tesla supercomputer powered by 10,000 H100 GPUs

By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published 1 September 23

Elon Musk is hoping to crack fully autonomous vehicles by building one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world.

Exclusive: Microsoft quietly ends unlimited cloud storage option on OneDrive

By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published 28 August 23

Exclusive Microsoft no longer offers OneDrive for Busines (Plan 2), with new users now capped to 1TB by default.

Researchers find worrying vulnerabilities in key 6G technology

By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published 28 August 23

Metasurface-based attacks could let hackers intercept wireless interactions.

Nvidia, beware! IBM has a new analog AI chip that could give the H100 a run for its money

By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published 27 August 23

The 14nm analog chip mimics the human brain and is up to 14 times more efficient than leading GPUs.

This is what the 256TB SSD from Samsung looks like - and no, you won’t be able to put it in your workstation yet

By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published 26 August 23

Samsung’s E3.L 256TB QLC SSD adopts a curious ‘accordion’ structure.

21 Samsung 990 Pro SSDs were used to create the world’s fastest storage device, and it topped 28.7GB/s

By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published 25 August 23

Record speeds were hit with the help of the Apex Storage X21.

Lenovo quietly launched the world’s lightest laptop but it won’t sell it outside Asia

By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published 19 August 23

868g wonder laptop is a 13.3-inch business notebook with a clear audience in mind

WD is facing a class action lawsuit from users of Sandisk external SSD – here’s why

By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published 18 August 23

Plaintiffs say the Sandisk Extreme Pro has an undisclosed flaw that leads to sudden failures and data loss

Zotac’s silent mini workstation PC could be using this extraordinary smart cooling system

By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published 18 August 23

Frore’s innovative AirJet cooling system has found its way into a number of machines in recent months

The world’s fastest SSD has just been tested and it packs an unbelievable smart cooling system

By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published 16 August 23

The Phison E26 Max14um ES 2TB SSD delivers speeds of more than 14GB/s

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