Microsoft announced the general availability of the Azure NDV5 VM series. Each NDV5 VM comes with 8 NVIDIA H100 GPUs, each providing 3,958 teraFLOPS (8-bit FP8), 80GB of GPU memory, and 3.35TB/s of GPU memory bandwidth.

Analog Iterative Machines introduce a new approach to optimization problems, which are often hard to solve using conventional digital computers. The approach is based on analog iterative machines, which are devices that use physical phenomena to perform computations in parallel and continuously.

DeepSpeed ZeRO++ is a new optimization technique that reduces the communication and memory overhead of training large language models (LLMs) and chat models.

Two papers were recently published summarizing the landscape of Quantum Computing developments in Finance. These papers help establish the common knowledge base allowing for further experimentation and use-case development that Zenith is looking to foster.

Meta Quest Super Resolution is a new feature for VR developers that uses Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Game Super Resolution technology to enhance the visuals of their apps or games.

Meta Horizon Workrooms is a virtual office space that now integrates with Zoom, a widespread video conferencing tool.

Unity Muse and Unity Sentis are two new AI-powered tools that aim to help creators design immersive and interactive experiences.

IBM announced a significant breakthrough in quantum computing, demonstrating that quantum computers can produce accurate results on a scale of 100+ qubits, surpassing classical approaches.

Joining of the likes of Microsoft's Game Pass, Sony Playstation's PlayStation+, and similar, Meta is also entering this market.

Microsoft announced the public preview of Azure Remote Rendering support for Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest Pro virtual reality headsets.