Over three-times the cost of a price-inflated RTX 5090 but it has more CUDA cores and a massive 96GB of GDDR7 memory a Japanese retailer has listed the GPU for ¥1,630,600 which is accepting pre-orders for a PNY-branded RTX Pro 6000 graphics card at £7,859.99 (around $10,433) the Scan listing currently displays an image of an RTX 5000 Founders Edition card just days after the official announcement at GTC which is about a 26% increase over the previous-generation RTX 6000 Ada The RTX Pro 6000 GPU primarily targets professionals working in high-performance computing It's designed for workstation users who need extreme levels of GPU acceleration for tasks such as complex simulations the RTX Pro 6000 workstation-class GPU features 24,064 CUDA cores spread across 188 streaming multiprocessors with 128 CUDA cores each the GPU comes with a massive 96GB of GDDR7 memory which is currently the most powerful consumer-grade GPU from Nvidia also uses the GB202 chip but with a reduced core count of 21,760 CUDA cores its full potential likely hasn’t been realized yet Power limitations and restricted memory access due to unfinished software further explain the current performance shortfall While raw specifications of the RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell are impressive The GPU is clearly going to end up being a niche solution for enterprise and specialized professional workloads Potential buyers will likely need to weigh whether the incremental performance gains and expansive memory can justify the steep premium over previous-gen models and consumer-grade alternatives like the RTX 5090 Get Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth reviews Follow Tom's Hardware on Google News to get our up-to-date news and welcomes any and every question around building a PC Star Trek fans in May The Fourth RTX 5090 competition GPUs with 8GB of VRAM in 2025 are 'like bringing a butter knife to a gunfight' reckons Grok AI Arrow Lake die shot shows off the details of Intel's chiplet-based design North Carolina Tar Heels wide receiver Gavin Blackwell has committed to transfer to the Florida State Seminoles, per On3’s Hayes Fawcett He spent the four previous seasons with North Carolina and he has one season of eligibility remaining Blackwell played high school football at Sun Valley (NC), where he was a four-star prospect. He was the No. 170 overall recruit in the 2021 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies Coming out of high school, Blackwell held several major offers. That included from Ohio State, LSU, Florida, and Penn State After taking a redshirt in his first season at North Carolina Gavin Blackwell played in 30 games for the Tar Heels from 2022 through the 2024 season he had 31 receptions for 448 yards and a touchdown The North Carolina Tar Heels made a change at head coach following the 2024 season, parting ways with Mack Brown. To replace him, North Carolina brought in legendary NFL head coach Bill Belichick Blackwell made the decision to exit the program rather than stay and play for Belichick Following the addition of Blackwell, Norvell released a statement praising him. In it, he shared what Blackwell brings to the Seminoles. Top 101Trump, SabanDuo's NIL order blasted Hot32026 NFL Mock DraftTodd McShay looks ahead By clicking "Subscribe to Newsletter", I agree to On3's Privacy Notice, Terms and use of my personal information described therein “I’m excited to welcome Gavin to the Nole family,” Norvell said “He brings experience and versatility and has played in big games He can stretch the field vertically with speed and has also proven to be a good route runner with the ability to separate from defenders Gavin was productive early in his career before having to deal with injuries and setbacks throughout his journey He will bring a veteran presence to our talented wide receivers room.” The passing game was a major issue for Florida State in 2024. The Seminoles finished the season 116th out of 134 teams in passing offense, averaging just 180.3 yards per game. Their 11 passing touchdowns were tied for 123rd. That was in a season where the Seminoles were 131st in scoring offense Norvell has also been active in the Transfer Portal. Florida State currently has the 28th-ranked transfer class in the 2025 cycle according to the On3 College Football Team Transfer Portal Rankings That includes 31 players who have exited the program and another 21 who have entered the program The On3 Transfer Portal Instagram account and Twitter account are excellent resources to stay up to date with the latest moves To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire. one that will keep him in the Atlantic Coast Conference BREAKING: North Carolina transfer WR Gavin Blackwell has committed to Florida State🍢https://t.co/mINbC15ZN3 pic.twitter.com/guzEMlwsaO Blackwell has committed to the Florida State Seminoles The former Tar Heel will have one season of college eligibility remaining Blackwell enrolled early at North Carolina ultimately redshirting during his true freshman season in 2021 recording 18 catches for 239 yards and a touchdown in 13 games played the UNC football program hoped that Blackwell would build upon his solid redshirt freshman season as his usage in the passing game diminished tremendously over the next two seasons With the coaching changes occurring in Chapel Hill it made sense for Blackwell to explore other options in hopes of earning a bigger role offensively in his final season of eligibility A veteran with three seasons of experience will benefit him as he transitions to his new school The spring transfer portal window has seen a lot of UNC football players looking for new homes which shouldn't be a total surprise given the changing of the guard within the program Some good football players who joined the program to play for Mack Brown took the spring to see how they would fit with Bill Belichick's system as you can't blame a student-athlete for pursuing other opportunities that come their way While plenty of familiar faces are departing Chapel Hill the UNC football program has been working to bring in some new talents to fill the voids as the Tar Heels will definitely have a much different look during the 2025 season but we'll have to see how that change translates for Belchick and the Tar Heels in his first season leading a college football program © 2025 Minute Media - All Rights Reserved The content on this site is for entertainment and educational purposes only Betting and gambling content is intended for individuals 21+ and is based on individual commentators' opinions and not that of Minute Media or its affiliates and related brands All picks and predictions are suggestions only and not a guarantee of success or profit If you or someone you know has a gambling problem crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER ","https://fansided.com/",{"alt":"64","src":"65","url":"66"},{"type":"63","value":"67"},"link","Minute Media","https://www.minutemedia.com/",{"text":"6a","url":"6b"},{"type":"69","value":"6c"},"All Rights Reserved Betting and gambling content is intended for individuals 21+ and is based on individual commentators' opinions and not that of Minute Media or its affiliates and related brands Delahanty is the Site Expert for Keeping It Heel Follow him on X @NickDelahanty to talk about anything UNC related BREAKING: North Carolina transfer WR Gavin Blackwell has committed to Florida State🍢https://t.co/mINbC15ZN3 pic.twitter.com/guzEMlwsaO Where will the former UNC football wide receiver be continuing his college football career The Florida State Seminoles have a need for more experience in the wide receiver room and they believe they got it today, with North Carolina’s Gavin Blackwell opting to transfer to Florida State 185 pound receiver originally from Indian Trail He spent his first four years in Chapel Hill Johnson was limited with injuries in 2024 and accumulated 31 receptions for 448 yards and one touchdown over three seasons (excluding his redshirt year) He showed improvement last year and finished the 2024 season with a 60.9 PFF grade with limited snaps He had a grade of 52.0 in 2023 and 57.6 in 2022 finished with 2024 PFF grades of 74.0 and 62.2 Blackwell is clearly being brought in for depth purposes and will need to improve his run blocking and consistency if he wants to impact the wide receiver rotation in a positive way Had two receptions for 21 yards in start at Duke • Recorded two catches for 22 yards against JMU • Also appeared against Charlotte Appeared in 11 games while starting three • Finished the season with nine receptions for 166 yards • Had one reception in the season opener against South Carolina for 37 yards • Hauled in a season-high four receptions against Appalachian State • Made one catch for 38 yards against Minnesota • Hauled in three catches for 78 yards in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl versus West Virginia Appeared in one game at wide receiver and on special teams against Georgia State An early enrollee who is a four-star prospect listed as the nation’s 205th best player 13 player in North Carolina in the 247Sports Composite • Tabbed as the nation’s 164th-best player 9 player in the state by ESPN • A member of the ESPN 300 • Ranked as the nation’s 46th-best wide receiver and No Son of Garrick Blackwell and Stephanie Drake • Birthday is Dec Shop FSU Seminoles Merch Nvidia has yet to officially reveal Blackwell-based graphics boards for professional visualization (ProViz) applications, but such cards are already undergoing testing in the wild by interested parties in Geekbench An OpenCL benchmark result of Nvidia's upcoming RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition graphics card has emerged confirming rumored specifications of the GPU and memory while raising questions about performance A 2.3% performance difference is hardly a big deal but given significant hardware differences between the boards it is natural to expect the new ProViz card to beat the gaming board he has covered everything from CPUs and GPUs to supercomputers and from modern process technologies and latest fab tools to high-tech industry trends Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 8GB loses up to 10% performance when using PCIe 4.0 The Seminoles have been kicking the tires on multiple options in the NCAA Transfer Portal over the last few weeks and they've found a pass-catcher to add to the program former North Carolina wide receiver Gavin Blackwell announced plans to continue his college career in Tallahassee Blackwell was at Florida State for a visit leading up to his decision Blackwell spent the last four seasons with the Tar Heels after signing with the program as a four-star prospect in 2021 READ MORE: Florida State adds USC Trojans transfer Jarvis Boatwright to defensive backfield 185-pound wide receiver had his most productive campaign in 2022 hauling in 18 receptions for 239 yards and a touchdown Blackwell has appeared in 29 games and made seven starts at the college level He's recorded 31 catches for 448 yards and one touchdown Blackwell instantly becomes the third-most productive wide receiver on Florida State's roster alongside senior Squirrel White and junior Duce Robinson All three players are transfers who will be going into their first year with the Seminoles Missing on earlier targets in the portal such as Keelan Marion (BYU to Miami) TreyShun Hurry (San Jose State to Louisville) and Tony Johnson (Cincinnati to Miami) could come back to the Seminoles Florida State will be relying on a lot of unproven players as nine of the 11 wide receivers are underclassmen Redshirt Freshman (transferred to Arkansas) READ MORE: Ex-Florida State WR joining forces with Deion Sanders, Colorado Buffaloes Stick with NoleGameday for more FREE coverage of Florida State Football throughout the offseason Follow NoleGameday on and Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok Betting and gambling content is intended for individuals 21+ and is based on individual commentators' opinions and not that of Sports Illustrated or its affiliates OCI, one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing cloud service providers, is among the first to deploy NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 systems. The company has ambitious plans to build one of the world’s largest Blackwell clusters. OCI Superclusters will scale beyond 100,000 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs to meet the world’s skyrocketing need for inference tokens and accelerated computing The torrid pace of AI innovation continues as several companies including OpenAI have released new reasoning models in the past few weeks OCI’s installation is the latest example of NVIDIA Grace Blackwell systems going online worldwide, transforming cloud data centers into AI factories that manufacture intelligence at scale These new AI factories leverage the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 platform a rack-scale system that combines 36 NVIDIA Grace CPUs and 72 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs delivering exceptional performance and energy efficiency for agentic AI powered by advanced AI reasoning models OCI offers flexible deployment options to bring Blackwell to customers across public, government and sovereign clouds, as well as customer-owned data centers through OCI Dedicated Region and OCI Alloy at any scale A number of customers are planning to deploy workloads right away on the OCI GB200 systems including major technology companies GB200 NVL72 racks are live and available now from DGX Cloud and OCI. It’s also building supercomputer production plants in Texas by Emma Roth while companies within the state package and test them TSMC, or Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., is the world’s biggest chipmaker and announced a $100 billion investment in US chipmaking last month. It began producing chips using the 4nm process at its Arizona factory in January and has plans to make chips with the more efficient 2nm technology by the end of the decade Nvidia doesn’t say which Blackwell chips it has started producing at TSMC’s plant and whether it includes the latest Blackwell Ultra GB300 chip it revealed earlier this year. Blackwell chips use TSMC’s custom 4NP process, according to Nvidia’s website. Additionally, Nvidia announced that it’s teaming up with the electronics manufacturers Foxconn and Wistron to build supercomputer production plants in Texas. The company says it expects mass production at the two plants to “ramp up” over the next 12 to 15 months. “Manufacturing NVIDIA AI chips and supercomputers for American AI factories is expected to create hundreds of thousands of jobs and drive trillions of dollars in economic security over the coming decades,” Nvidia says in its announcement. A weekly newsletter by David Pierce designed to tell you everything you need to download, watch, read, listen to, and explore that fits in The Verge’s universe. RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPU supports four 8K displays Directdial reports the card is priced at a staggering $8,200 making it firmly aimed at professionals working in AI development or high-end content creation rather than casual users At the heart of the GPU is Nvidia’s latest Blackwell architecture delivering 24,064 CUDA cores to accelerate demanding workloads such as deep learning The RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell supports a record-breaking 96GB of GDDR7 memory operating over a 512-bit bus with a bandwidth of up to 1.75TB/s This is achieved using 3GB modules configured as 16×2×3GB enabling the vast memory pool necessary for handling massive AI models and ultra-high-resolution assets ECC memory is also onboard to improve stability in mission-critical tasks the card maintains a relatively modest 300W TDP and is considered energy-efficient for its class Sign up to the TechRadar Pro newsletter to get all the top news features and guidance your business needs to succeed Early PCB images suggest the absence of a 12V-6x2 connector possibly pointing to a rear-mounted power input design more commonly found in servers or Max-Q setups a single 16-pin connector supports the current desktop version which uses a PCIe 5.0 x16 interface and fits into a standard dual-slot Though technically a workstation GPU, the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell opens new possibilities across a range of specialist fields. It can support up to four 8K displays and is engineered to meet the demands of professionals in VFX Efosa UdinmwenFreelance JournalistEfosa has been writing about technology for over 7 years initially driven by curiosity but now fueled by a strong passion for the field He holds both a Master's and a PhD in sciences which provided him with a solid foundation in analytical thinking Efosa developed a keen interest in technology policy specifically exploring the intersection of privacy His research delves into how technological advancements influence regulatory frameworks and societal norms particularly concerning data protection and cybersecurity in addition to privacy and technology policy he is also focused on B2B security products Efosa can be contacted at this email: udinmwenefosa@gmail.com you will then be prompted to enter your display name Related: Wisconsin basketball guard John Blackwell was not included on the 2025 NBA G League Elite Camp invite list this weekend The 44-player list includes former college G League and international standouts not invited to the NBA combine which will take place from May 9-11 in Chicago is a key opportunity for players to showcase their skills in front of NBA scouts and coaches several of the camp's top performers will receive invitations to the NBA combine later in the week it's becoming increasingly unlikely that he remains declared past the June 15 decision deadline The rising junior noted last month that if he were to return to school Signs are pointing to that outcome becoming reality that projection is still contingent on Blackwell exiting the NBA draft and returning to school He has until June 15 to make an official decision Contact/Follow @TheBadgersWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Wisconsin Badgers news Richmond Blackwell recalls starting more than his first year at the University of North Alabama in the fall of 1999 -- it was also the point at which he and his father started planning to open an automobile-service business together "Dad had always wanted to do it," Richmond Blackwell said We spent a lot of time making it as bulletproof as possible -- understanding the market Richard Blackwell said he kept "sticky notes for those five years -- stuck them in my pocket then took them home and put them in a shoebox." he left his job at the Lexus of Chattanooga service department and launched Blackwell Automotive with his son "I was 55 when we opened the doors," the elder Blackwell said The father-son team says they started with two employees other than themselves Richmond Blackwell said they spent north of $500,000 in 2019 to expand their original location the former JC Penney garage outside what's now known as Eastgate Town Center He said the business spent a similar amount in November 2023 to acquire a former Goodyear facility on the opposite side of the Eastgate building and now runs 26 lifts at both locations The Blackwells decline specifics regarding revenues but allow that their business has grown at an average rate of 10 percent annually "but now we've grown into one of the premiere shops in Chattanooga -- one of the largest and most respected." is that "our business is dedicated to the Lord and we try to honor Him in everything we do." he and his son have always worked together well "The big thing is that we respect each other," he says We push each other pretty hard sometimes when we have a difference of opinion but we've never had a big clash or had an impasse and we've both been wrong," the elder Blackwell added Richmond Blackwell says he took on day-to-day responsibility for the business about three years ago but his father still comes in nearly every day and "remains very involved." "He still watches the numbers and drives us crazy," said Richmond Blackwell likening his father's current role to the federal government's so-called "Department of Government Efficiency" "It's not just how much you take in," Richard Blackwell said "And I still know the heartbeat of this business," he added "I can walk through the shop and feel whether there's harmony I can tell what's going on by the sound of the shop." Richmond Blackwell said that while he can't rule out the possibility of future expansions "It would be difficult for us to offer the same level of customer service we have here at multiple locations," he said You have to be hands-on to create that kind of relationship building This document may not be reprinted without the express written permission of Chattanooga Times Free Press Material from the Associated Press is Copyright © 2025 audio and/or video material shall not be published rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium Neither these AP materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and noncommercial use The AP will not be held liable for any delays errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing The Mississippi Legislature ended its 2025 session without settling on a budget for the next fiscal year and lawmakers were back in Jackson this week trying to hammer out a budget before the July 1 deadline A DeSoto County state senator believes that a budget will be agreed on well before the deadline as state Sen Kevin Blackwell (R-Southaven) recently wrote on his social media page.  who serves as a subcommittee chairman for Appropriations said negotiations have been going on this past week in Jackson to resolve differences and agree on a budget that would be presented in a special session of the state Legislature.  It’s a $7 billion budget with about 100 budget bills to provide funding for essential government operations and services Blackwell hopes the proactive initiative of doing the negotiations now will help quickly resolve the differences when the special session is called.   “I’m pleased to report that after this week’s meetings the budget is now 95 percent complete,” Blackwell said and other critical public services that directly impact Mississippians.”  Blackwell is confident differences will be settled well ahead of Gov Tate Reeves’ call for that special session Mississippi could be facing a government shutdown Differences between Republican leaders in the House and Senate were largely blamed for the lack of a budget bill when the regular session ended April 3 The disagreements were particularly over the approach to income tax elimination The House passed a version of the tax cut bill that accelerated the elimination timeline a move the Senate viewed as politically opportunistic leading to a breakdown in budget negotiations Tate Reeves is confident that a budget bill will be settled before July 1 With the discussions apparently moving the process forward Blackwell expects settlement soon so Reeves can call the special session and put next year’s state budget in motion we have until July 1 to pass a final budget—but I’m confident we’ll finish well before that deadline,” Blackwell said.   the delay in finalizing the budget creates uncertainty for state agencies and local school districts moving forward past June as they try to plan for the upcoming fiscal year Nvidia said Oracle has stood up its first wave of liquid-cooled NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 racks in its data centers NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs are now being deployed on NVIDIA DGX Cloud and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to develop and run reasoning models and AI agents NVIDIA VP of the Accelerated Computing Business Unit Oracle’s GB200 deployment includes NVIDIA Quantum-2 InfiniBand and NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet networking as well as software and database integrations from NVIDIA and OCI Buck said OCI is among the first cloud platforms to deploy NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 systems The company plans to build one of the largest Blackwell clusters which will scale beyond 100,000 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs “OCI’s installation is the latest example of NVIDIA Grace Blackwell systems going online worldwide transforming cloud data centers into AI factories that manufacture intelligence at scale,” Buck stated “These new AI factories leverage the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 platform delivering exceptional performance and energy efficiency for agentic AI powered by advanced AI reasoning models.” OCI offers deployment options to bring Blackwell to customers usingpublic as well as customer-owned data centers through OCI Dedicated Region and OCI Alloy These new racks are the first systems available from NVIDIA DGX Cloud services and technical support to develop and deploy AI workloads on clouds NVIDIA will use the racks for a variety of projects including training reasoning models accelerating chip design and manufacturing GB200 NVL72 racks are live and available now from DGX Cloud and OCI [SPONSORED POST] In this sponsored article suggests that as part of a transformative effort to bring one’s company into the AI-enhanced future it’s an opportunity to leverage intelligent automation with RAG to create better … organizations are increasingly turning to private AI solutions to maintain control over their data and customize AI models to meet specific needs According to IDC’s Spotlight report Powering Innovation: Private AI Infrastructure in the Enterprise Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here For the first time in several years, Wisconsin basketball fans should lend a watchful eye to the NBA draft process. Stars John Tonje and John Blackwell are declared, though the latter maintained his college eligibility Tonje's place on draft boards will be interesting to monitor after he delivered an All-American season in 2024-25 leading the Badgers with per-game averages of 19.6 points and 5.3 rebounds The sixth-year senior was far from draft boards when he broke out as a senior at Colorado State in 2022-23 An injury cost him most of the 2023-24 season at Missouri and tempered expectations for his Wisconsin tenure No one expected the level of play he delivered as the Badgers' top option That performance put him in position to be selected during the NBA draft Blackwell, meanwhile, could decide the fate of the Badgers' 2025-26 season in the coming weeks. He entered the draft while maintaining his eligibility. He also said that if he returned to college, it would be to Wisconsin The 2025 NBA draft will take place on Wednesday CT to withdraw from the draft and return to the Badgers Mock drafts and power rankings should give a hint of Blackwell's stock which could be a deciding factor in his potential return If he rises in draft projections over the next month-plus the likelihood of him finalizing his professional status will increase With that in mind, as both Tonje and Blackwell participate in the predraft process, here are the results from The Athletic's latest two-round mock draft projection Tonje appears to be a consensus second-round pick With that range mostly occupied by international prospects and developmental players a team is likely to take a shot on Tonje's top-end college production translating to the professional level John Blackwell: Not listed (undrafted)Blackwell's standing in The Athletic's projection is great news for Badger fans His return is dependent on not rocketing up draft boards This latest mock indicates such a rise has not happened although six weeks remain before his decision deadline NBA mock drafts will be an important follow throughout May and early June. It isn't hyperbole to note the Badgers' chances this season depend greatly on Blackwell returning to lead the lineup Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application affectionately known to many as Bonnie Rose embarked on her eternal journey on January 13 Her legacy of love and light commenced on October 19 Bonnie’s life came full circle as she passed away at Spartanburg Regional Hospice House surrounded by the memories of the town she held dear.  Bonnie was preceded in passing by her adoring husband Gaither W Her spirit is celebrated by her loving family as well as her eleven cherished great-grandchildren.  Bonnie’s educational pursuits culminated in a successful career she excelled as a Certified Public Accountant Bonnie's influence reached beyond her professional successes; she flourished as a fantastic mom Treasured memories of her envelop nieces Patti Mitchell and Cynthia Smith who considered Bonnie a maternal figure.  Bonnie Rose's passion for life extended to her culinary skills with a love for recipes and cooking that brought people together often found feeding and caring for the many feral cats in her community including her beloved pets Minnie and Pepper each outing was an adventure that she reveled in.  Friends and family will remember Bonnie for her loving Her remarkable presence was a compass of compassion guiding those she loved with an open heart and open arms Bonnie's warm spirit echoed in the laughter of her grandchildren and in the stories that will be passed down through generations.  Blackwell— a loving sister whose radiant soul inspired with grace and boundless love—will forever be etched in the hearts of all who had the pleasure of knowing her This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors BENTONVILLE -- The opening of the new 85,000-square-foot Heartland Whole Health Institute building Thursday marked the first day art and wellness officially merged on the Crystal Bridges campus The institute was founded in 2019 by Walton daughter of the late Walmart founder Sam Walton to work with the health care industry "in developing a whole-health approach that considers the needs of the whole person with the goal of preventing disease and sustaining wellness," according to a news release from the institute said the institute is in the business of broadening access to whole-health care by developing care models and programs that incorporate a blend of art and wellness for hospitals The three-story facility was designed by Marlon Blackwell Architects with the first floor open to the public and the second and third floors dedicated to office space for the institute and other nonprofit organizations founded by Walton including the Art Bridges Foundation and the Alice L founding partner of Marlon Blackwell Architects said the building was designed to be the gateway to the Crystal Bridges campus which will include the Alice Walton School of Medicine come July 14 The institute's building is meant to marry art bringing cohesion and harmony to the campus Part of bringing whole health to the region is providing a space for people to experience whole health for themselves and the institute's new building does that by inspiring calmness and connection to nature The building's features that are open to the public include art galleries the institute features curved structures and building materials including stone textured material and views to the campus trails connect visitors to the environment while the building exposes them to art and artistry Many who attended the institute's ribbon cutting and first tour Thursday expressed feeling calmed by the building's interior and comforting A college student at the University of Arkansas said the amount of structural curves inside as well as the minimal artificial light made for a nice with wool felt on the walls flanking the staircase drawn from the site's topography and Ozark forests enhance the connection to nature and place and create an atmosphere to nurture the whole self," Blackwell said Inspired by a painting in the Crystal Bridges art collection "Kindred Spirits," the design team selected textiles in a comparable natural color palette "With felt acoustic wall panels in a variety of greens and grays and wool broadloom carpeting that emulate moss and rock the interiors evoke spending time in nature surrounded by textures and colors," said Ati Blackwell another founding partner of Marlon Blackwell Architects In addition to the architectural and interior artistry "The Art of Whole Health," is just past the lobby and curated by the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art featuring more than 25 works of art ranging from sculpture to paintings and photographs "With the institute opening on the campus of a world-class museum of art we have the opportunity to help visitors experience art and wellness offerings and how they can aid whole health -- our physical emotional and social well-being," Pirtle said "We're inspired by Marlon Blackwell Architects' welcoming design for this building and look forward to providing a new destination for visitors on Crystal Bridges Campus." the institute and Crystal Bridges will welcome visitors with free programming held at the facility featuring plaster walls and a conical skylight Gael Langdon earned her degree in journalism from Harding University She spent the early years after graduation working for a digital news startup and as a freelance writer and editor Gael enjoys investigative work and has passions for traveling learning and seeing the world through the eyes of others This document may not be reprinted without the express written permission of Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Troy and Temple at different times throughout her life Chasity was a graduate of Temple High School and a graduate of UMHB receiving a bachelor's degree She had a love of photography and made it her profession and the feeling of her spirit riding free on her Harley Davidson motorcycle.  She loved her family and friends fiercely and was a loving mother to her two children She attended Fountains Fellowship Church in Crowley and enjoyed taking part in toy drives during the holidays She was a proud member of FFA and participated in showing animals in the stock show Chasity is survived by husband Adam Blackwell; children Gavin Blackwell (and wife Madeline) and Julian Blackwell; grandchildren Wylie and Blayze Blackwell Shannon Jistel; parents Ila Breedlove Jistel and husband Clyde of Troy Texas; and mother-in-law Iris Elaine Cosper and husband Rusty She was preceded in death by Ila Breedlove Odom Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text CoreWeave today became one of the first cloud providers to bring NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 systems online for customers at scale IBM and Mistral AI are already using them to train and deploy next-generation AI models and applications “We work closely with NVIDIA to quickly deliver to customers the latest and most powerful solutions for training AI models and serving inference,” said Mike Intrator “With new Grace Blackwell rack-scale systems in hand many of our customers will be the first to see the benefits and performance of AI innovators operating at scale.” The ramp-up for customers of cloud providers like CoreWeave is underway. Systems built on NVIDIA Grace Blackwell are in full production, transforming cloud data centers into AI factories that manufacture intelligence at scale and convert raw data into real-time insights with speed Leading AI companies around the world are now putting GB200 NVL72’s capabilities to work for AI applications, agentic AI and cutting-edge model development Cohere is using its Grace Blackwell Superchips to help develop secure enterprise AI applications powered by leading-edge research and model development techniques. Its enterprise AI platform, North enables teams to build personalized AI agents to securely automate enterprise workflows Cohere is already experiencing up to 3x more performance in training for 100 billion-parameter models compared with previous-generation NVIDIA Hopper GPUs — even without Blackwell-specific optimizations With further optimizations taking advantage of GB200 NVL72’s large unified memory FP4 precision and a 72-GPU NVIDIA NVLink domain — where every GPU is connected to operate in concert — Cohere is getting dramatically higher throughput with shorter time to first and subsequent tokens for more performant “With access to some of the first NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 systems in the cloud we are pleased with how easily our workloads port to the NVIDIA Grace Blackwell architecture,” said Autumn Moulder “This unlocks incredible performance efficiency across our stack — from our vertically integrated North application running on a single Blackwell GPU to scaling training jobs across thousands of them We’re looking forward to achieving even greater performance with additional optimizations soon.” IBM is using one of the first deployments of NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 systems, scaling to thousands of Blackwell GPUs on CoreWeave, to train its next-generation Granite models Granite models deliver state-of-the-art performance while maximizing safety The Granite model family is supported by a robust partner ecosystem that includes leading software companies embedding large language models into their technologies Granite models provide the foundation for solutions like IBM watsonx Orchestrate which enables enterprises to build and deploy powerful AI agents that automate and accelerate workflows across the enterprise CoreWeave’s NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 deployment for IBM also harnesses the IBM Storage Scale System which delivers exceptional high-performance storage for AI CoreWeave customers can access the IBM Storage platform within CoreWeave’s dedicated environments and AI cloud platform “We are excited to see the acceleration that NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 can bring to training our Granite family of models,” said Sriram Raghavan “This collaboration with CoreWeave will augment IBM’s capabilities to help build advanced high-performance and cost-efficient models for powering enterprise and agentic AI applications with IBM watsonx.” Mistral AI is now getting its first thousand Blackwell GPUs to build the next generation of open-source AI models to speed up the development of its language models With models like Mistral Large delivering strong reasoning capabilities Mistral needs fast computing resources at scale To train and deploy these models effectively, Mistral AI requires a cloud provider that offers large, high-performance GPU clusters with NVIDIA Quantum InfiniBand networking and reliable infrastructure management. CoreWeave’s experience standing up NVIDIA GPUs at scale with industry-leading reliability and resiliency through tools such as CoreWeave Mission Control met these requirements “Right out of the box and without any further optimizations we saw a 2x improvement in performance for dense model training,” said Thimothee Lacroix cofounder and chief technology officer at Mistral AI “What’s exciting about NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 is the new possibilities it opens up for model development and inference.” In addition to long-term customer solutions CoreWeave offers instances with rack-scale NVIDIA NVLink across 72 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs and 36 NVIDIA Grace CPUs scaling to up to 110,000 GPUs with NVIDIA Quantum-2 InfiniBand networking accelerated by the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 rack-scale accelerated computing platform provide the scale and performance needed to build and deploy the next generation of AI reasoning models and agents Reporting by Deborah Sophia in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi Majumdar Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab , opens new tab Browse an unrivalled portfolio of real-time and historical market data and insights from worldwide sources and experts. , opens new tabScreen for heightened risk individual and entities globally to help uncover hidden risks in business relationships and human networks. © 2025 Reuters. All rights reserved It will need a lot more chips and power to do so Nvidia's CEO says China is not far behind the U.S Nvidia asks US government to ease AI GPU export rules but Trump administration plans tighter controls Born to sharecroppers in the Mississippi Delta Blackwell rose from humble beginnings to become one of many unsung Black female heroines of the modern Civil Rights Movement Forced to leave school when she was 12 to earn a living Blackwell would later become an outspoken critic of racial and economic inequality and the first Black female mayor elected in the state of Mississippi We honor her as an ancestor for reminding us of the power to change the circumstances we were born into Blackwell’s entrance into political activism seemingly happened overnight  A few months after starting to work in the cotton fields activists from the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) came to Mayersville The two activists held meetings in the church she belonged to about the rights of Black Americans to vote They wanted to recruit residents to organize a voter registration campaign Despite being in one of the South’s most repressive states the following week Blackwell and seven others went to the courthouse to take a voter registration test registering to vote could result in death for Black people a group of white farmers attempted to intimidate them into leaving Only two of them could enter the courthouse and neither was told whether they passed the test or not lost their jobs the following day after their employer found out that they attempted to register to vote Blackwell and her family were left without a steady income and were denied welfare payments SNCC sent them $11 every two weeks and members of the community would give the family food “…what happened outside the courthouse that day was the turning point in my life.”[i]  Over the next few months Blackwell attempted to pass the discriminatory test three times she testified in front of the United States Commission on Civil Rights about her experiences Blackwell joined SNCC after meeting Fannie Lou Hamer in summer 1964 Hamer would become lifelong friends with Blackwell and serve as her mentor for community organizing and freedom fighting Blackwell founded the Mississippi Democratic Freedom Party in 1964 Founded as a challenge to the whites-only Democratic Party to establish laws preventing Black children’s employment as sharecroppers; second to establish black schools that would teach mathematics and science Though they failed in unseating the Democratic Party at the national convention they gave Black Americans the first ever opportunity to participate in political action Blackwell co-founded the Mississippi Action Community Education a community organization which helped districts incorporate as towns this legal identity aided districts in securing government funding Blackwell was elected mayor of Mayersville She was the first Black woman elected as a mayor in the state of Mississippi Blackwell was able to initiate programs to assist the poor as she had while working with the National Council of Negro Women Blackwell worked with the NCMW in the early 1970s to provide food and housing for rural families through programs like the Pig and Garden campaign These efforts led to home ownership and improved social services for residents she was able to obtain federal grant money to get Mayersville a police and fire department She was elected to chair the National Conference of Black Mayors in 1989 and as president from 1990-1992 Blackwell continued to be a voice for working rural families President Jimmy Carter selected her to participate in the national Energy Summit held at Camp David Recognizing the need to have educational credentials to continue her rural community development work she applied for the National Rural Fellows Program and at 50 years old Blackwell began studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1982 She graduated the following year with a master’s degree in regional planning Blackwell was awarded a $350,000 MacArthur fellowship for her efforts to create the Deer River housing development As a result of her participation in the Civil Rights Movement her commitment to racial uplift remained unwavering Reflecting on her own humble beginnings and activism “I’m proof that things can change.”[ii] Unita Blackwell epitomizes the power of community-based efforts and of Black women in the Civil Rights Movement to enact change at the local and regional level This essay on Unita Blackwell is the fifth installment of the “Exploring the Meaning of Black Womanhood in America: Hidden Figures in NPS Places” series She is associated with the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site in Washington This article is part of the "Exploring the Meaning of Black Womanhood Series: Hidden Figures in NPS Places" written by Dr Barefootin’: Life Lessons from the Road to Freedom Kilburn, Peter T. 1992. A Mayor and Town Rise Jointly. https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/17/us/a-mayor-and-town-rise-jointly.html Download the NPS app to navigate the parks on the go Wisconsin basketball star John Tonje was officially invited to the 2025 NBA draft combine on Friday a standing that could prompt his return to the Badgers in 2025-26 Tonje is slotted at No. 41 (No. 11 in the second round) in The Athletic's projection The 6-foot-5 wing is off to the NBA after an All-American season leading the Badgers He finished with per-game averages of 31.1 minutes 38.8% from 3 and 91% from the free-throw line His 724 total points over 37 games ranks second on Wisconsin's all-time single-season scoring list trialing only program legend Frank Kaminsky who tallied 732 during the team's Final Four run in 2014-15 While the veteran wing is not a home-run NBA prospect teams are likely to take a second-round flier on his top-end college production translating to the professional level His combine performance will be key in displaying the requisite athleticism to succeed in the NBA Blackwell will likely be a preseason All-Conference selection plus a popular prospect for the 2026 draft cycle Wisconsin fans should monitor this news closely over the next six weeks Blackwell has until June 15 to withdraw from the draft and return to the Badgers Contact/Follow @TheBadgersWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Wisconsin Badgers news, notes and opinion The name John Blackwell doesn't appear and it's one more sign that the NBA can wait for another year The NBA announced yesterday that 75 players are invited to the 2025 NBA Draft Combine, which will take place from May 11-18 in preparation for the NBA draft that will be held at the end of June. The 75 players are about 15 more players than will be selected, thus allowing plenty to showcase their skills. There's a notable absence on that list that should excite Wisconsin fans The NBA announced today that 75 players have been invited to the 2025 NBA Draft Combine, which will take place from May 11-18 at Wintrust Arena and the Marriott Marquis in Chicago.Additionally, a select number of standout players from the 2025 NBA G League Elite Camp, which… pic.twitter.com/KlCy4tcvW8 After the season, John Blackwell decided to put his name in the NBA Draft but with all indications that he would return if the news was not amazing He would get the feedback he needed from the NBA scouts That plan seems to be more and more likely as the NBA Draft draws nearer He's not seeing his name on Mock Drafts and now he's not being invited to the NBA Combine It's rare for a player to be drafted but not invited to the NBA Combine The combine invite list is also compiled from NBA personnel the same type of people who will be providing feedback to Blackwell This may be a bit of a bittersweet thing for Blackwell himself one more year would do both Wisconsin wonders and John Blackwell wonders as he has another year to rise up the draft boards and potentially get selected in the first round of next year's NBA Draft There is a player listed that will make Wisconsin fans proud He's going to be participating on behalf of the Badgers at the NBA Combine The NBA announced today that 75 players have been invited to the 2025 NBA Draft Combine, which will take place from May 11-18 at Wintrust Arena and the Marriott Marquis in Chicago.Additionally, a select number of standout players from the 2025 NBA G League Elite Camp, which… pic.twitter.com/KlCy4tcvW8 After the season, John Blackwell decided to put his name in the NBA Draft but with all indications that he would return if the news was not amazing This may be a bit of a bittersweet thing for Blackwell himself An official website of the United States government Open Search  Mobile Menu Idaho – Boating season on Lake Coeur d’Alene is on the horizon and on May 22 the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) popular Blackwell Island Recreation Site will reopen for the season The four boat launch lanes at Blackwell Island provide public access to the Spokane River and Lake Coeur d’Alene for boating The recreation site is open daily from 5 a.m BLM’s Blackwell Island Recreation Site offers users over 130 truck and trailer parking spaces a native plant garden and wildlife viewing along the boardwalk nature trail.  Season pass vouchers are then redeemable within five days for a vehicle tag by visiting the BLM’s Coeur d’Alene District Office located at 3232 W Proceeds from recreation fees collected at the site directly support maintenance and other improvements at Blackwell improvements include repairing the docks and gangplanks re-sealing and striping the parking lot and more Some of these maintenance activities may take place while the site is open Visitors may experience delays due to construction activities at the site Please be aware of your surroundings as construction crews could be in the area The maintenance and upgrades taking place will ensure continued enjoyment of the Blackwell Island Recreation Site by public recreators for many years to come.  For additional information about BLM’s Blackwell Island Recreation Site please visit https://www.blm.gov/visit/blackwell-island-recreation-site-0 or call the Coeur d’Alene District Office at 208-769-5000 The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 western states The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations An official website of the Department of the Interior NVIDIA is working with its manufacturing partners to design and build factories that will produce NVIDIA AI supercomputers entirely in the U.S Together with leading manufacturing partners the company has commissioned more than a million square feet of manufacturing space to build and test NVIDIA Blackwell chips in Arizona and AI supercomputers in Texas NVIDIA Blackwell chips have started production at TSMC’s chip plants in Phoenix NVIDIA is building supercomputer manufacturing plants in Texas with Foxconn in Houston and with Wistron in Dallas Mass production at both plants is expected to ramp up in the next 12-15 months The AI chip and supercomputer supply chain is complex and demands the most advanced manufacturing NVIDIA is partnering with Amkor and SPIL for packaging and testing operations in Arizona NVIDIA plans to produce up to half a trillion dollars of AI infrastructure in the United States through partnerships with TSMC These world-leading companies are deepening their partnership with NVIDIA growing their businesses while expanding their global footprint and hardening supply chain resilience NVIDIA AI supercomputers are the engines of a new type of data center created for the sole purpose of processing artificial intelligence — AI factories that are the infrastructure powering a new AI industry Tens of “gigawatt AI factories” are expected to be built in the coming years Manufacturing NVIDIA AI chips and supercomputers for American AI factories is expected to create hundreds of thousands of jobs and drive trillions of dollars in economic security over the coming decades “The engines of the world’s AI infrastructure are being built in the United States for the first time,” said Jensen Huang “Adding American manufacturing helps us better meet the incredible and growing demand for AI chips and supercomputers strengthens our supply chain and boosts our resiliency.” robotics and digital twin technologies to design and operate the facilities including NVIDIA Omniverse to create digital twins of factories and NVIDIA Isaac GR00T to build robots to automate manufacturing CST at Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home.  Funeral Services to follow at Seawright Funeral Home in Inman Burial to be held at North Pacolet Baptist Church Cemetery.  He loved his grandchildren and great-grandchildren with his whole heart He was a man of few words but had his way of showing you that he loved you He built a business from the ground up and was very successful He loved watching his animals and they loved him He would always smile BIG when all the grands were on the farm running around feeding and playing with the animals He also had a hobby of restoring old cars and car shows We will miss the golf cart and Gator rides around the farm with him Aaron Blackwell (Tracy) and Rebekah Blackwell Bradley Blackwell (Morgan) and Kimberly Parsons (Taylor) Emersyn Parsons and Elaine Blackwell.  memorial contributions may be made to Overton Church The North Carolina transfer wide receiver has landed at Florida State to continue his college football career A versatile, experienced receiver is in #Tribe25 – welcome to the #NoleFamily, @Gavo2times!https://t.co/zdh624QXWf pic.twitter.com/zX75zzIDtD “I’m excited to welcome Gavin to the Nole Family,” Mike Norvell said in a released statement “He brings experience and versatility and has played in big games He will bring a veteran presence to our talented wide receivers room.” Blackwell heads to Tallahassee after 4 seasons in Chapel Hill The 2022 and ’23 seasons were most productive for Blackwell recording 18 catches for 239 yards and 1 touchdown He played in only 4 games for the Tar Heels finishing the season with 4 catches for 43 yards Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones MU is an equal opportunity employer © 2025 — The Curators of the University of Missouri. 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Privacy Policy An equal opportunity/access/affirmative action/pro-disabled and veteran employer. | Disability Resources Thanks for visiting a cherished individual known for his kindness independence and determination left this life on October 6 Cameron followed in his father's footsteps and became a certified pipe welder He enjoyed spending time with his motorcycle family South Shore Sport Bikes and had a passion for motorcycles His hard work and dedication lead him to proudly purchase his own home at a young age we will speak your name everyday with love.  Rest in power and rest in paradise Tod Fredrick Blackwell and Christa Hebert Blackwell Lovingly remembered by his Mimi and Poppy (Susan and Wayne Broussard) Pawpaw Pookie (Kerry "Ringo" Hebert Grandmaw and Grandpaw Blackwell (Thurman and Lona Blackwell Brooklyn and Jaxon Lasseigne and numerous cousins and friends Relatives and Friends of the Family are invited to attend the Funeral Mass in the Chapel of MOTHE FUNERAL HOME Interment Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cemetery Visitation will be held from 9 AM until mass time.  The first NVIDIA Blackwell-powered data center GPU built for both enterprise AI and visual computing — the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition — is designed to accelerate the most demanding AI and graphics applications for every industry Compared to the previous-generation NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture L40S GPU, the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPU will deliver a multifold increase in performance across a wide array of enterprise workloads — up to 5x higher large language model (LLM) inference throughput for agentic AI applications 3.3x speedups for text-to-video generation nearly 2x faster inference for recommender systems and over 2x speedups for rendering It’s part of the NVIDIA RTX PRO Blackwell series of workstation and server GPUs announced today at NVIDIA GTC the global AI conference taking place through Friday laptop and data center GPUs that support AI and creative workloads across industries With the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition enterprises across various sectors — including architecture media and entertainment and retail — can enable breakthrough performance for workloads such as multimodal generative AI semiconductor manufacturing and genomics analysis companies are already set to harness its capabilities to accelerate compute-intensive The RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition packages powerful RTX AI and graphics capabilities in a passively cooled form factor designed to run 24/7 in data center environments. With 96GB of ultrafast GDDR7 memory and support for Multi-Instance GPU, or MIG each RTX PRO 6000 can be partitioned into as many as four fully isolated instances with 24GB each to run simultaneous AI and graphics workloads RTX PRO 6000 is the first universal GPU to enable secure AI with NVIDIA Confidential Computing which protects AI models and sensitive data from unauthorized access with strong hardware-based security — providing a physically isolated trusted execution environment to secure the entire workload while data is in use To support enterprise-scale deployments, the RTX PRO 6000 can be configured in high-density accelerated computing platforms for distributed inference workloads — or used to deliver virtual workstations with NVIDIA vGPU software to power AI development and graphics-intensive applications The RTX PRO 6000 GPU delivers supercharged inferencing performance across a broad range of AI models and accelerates real-time photorealistic ray tracing of complex virtual environments It includes the latest Blackwell hardware and software innovations like fifth-generation Tensor Cores a fully integrated media pipeline and second-generation Transformer Engine with support for FP4 precision creator of the popular FLUX image generation AI aims to develop and optimize state-of-the-art text-to-image models using RTX PRO 6000 Server Edition GPUs “With the powerful multimodal inference capabilities of the RTX PRO 6000 Server Edition our customers will be able to significantly reduce latency for image generation workflows,” said Robin Rombach with the server edition GPUs’ support for FP4 precision Cloud graphics company OTOY will optimize its OctaneRender real-time rendering application for NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs “The new NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs unlock brand-new workflows that were previously out of reach for 3D content creators,” said Jules Urbach CEO of OTOY and founder of the Render Network the new server-edition GPUs can run complex neural rendering models within OctaneRender’s GPU path-tracer enabling artists to tap into incredible new features and tools that blend the precision of traditional CGI augmented with frontier generative AI technology.” Semiconductor equipment manufacturer KLA plans to use the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition to accelerate inference workloads powering the wafer manufacturing process — the creation of thin discs of semiconductor materials that are core to integrated circuits KLA and NVIDIA have worked together since 2008 to advance KLA’s physics-based AI with optimized high-performance computing solutions KLA’s industry-leading inspection and metrology systems capture and process images by running complex AI algorithms at lightning-fast speeds to find the most critical semiconductor defects we expect great performance from the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition,” said Kris Bhaskar senior fellow and vice president of AI initiatives at KLA FP4 reduced precision and new computational capabilities of NVIDIA Blackwell are going to be particularly helpful to KLA and its customers.” The RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition also demonstrates game-changing acceleration for genomic analysis and drug discovery inference workloads enabled by a new class of dynamic programming instructions On a single RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPU Fastq2bam and DeepVariant — elements of the NVIDIA Parabricks pipeline for germline analysis — run up to 1.5x faster compared with using an L40S GPU and 1.75x faster compared with using an NVIDIA H100 GPU a core algorithm used in many sequence alignment and variant calling applications RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs accelerate throughput up to 6.8x compared with L40S GPUs an AI model that predicts protein structures for drug discovery research RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs boost inference performance by up to 4.8x compared with L40S GPUs Genomics company Oxford Nanopore Technologies is collaborating with NVIDIA to bring the latest AI and accelerated computing technologies to its sequencing systems “The NVIDIA Blackwell architecture will help us drive the real-time sequencing analysis of anything vice president of advanced platform development at Oxford Nanopore Technologies “With the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition we have seen up to a 2x improvement in basecalling speed across our Dorado platform.” Platforms featuring the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition will be available from a global ecosystem of partners starting in May Nebius and Vultr will be among the first cloud service providers and GPU cloud providers to offer instances featuring the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition To learn more about the NVIDIA RTX PRO Blackwell series and other advancements in AI watch the GTC keynote by NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang: Phoronix Premium allows ad-free access to the site and other features while supporting this site's continued 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You can also contribute to Phoronix through a PayPal tip or tip via Stripe Legal Disclaimer, Privacy Policy, Cookies | Privacy Manager | Contact Copyright © 2004 - 2025 by Phoronix Media All trademarks used are properties of their respective owners Florida State had North Carolina wide receiver Gavin Blackwell earlier this week for a multi-day visit with the program 185-pounder made his pledge to the Seminoles on Sunday 171 overall recruit per On3's industry rankings According to their transfer portal rankings Blackwell took a redshirt in his first season with the Tar Heels Blackwell played in 30 games for North Carolina and amassed 31 receptions for 448 yards and one touchdown while averaging 14.5 yards per catch FSU needed more experience and depth in the receiver room Whether he'll do enough to have a big impact on Florida State's offense remains to be seen and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Florida State news You can also follow Matthew on Twitter @StarConscience A Century of Impact is a 192-page hardbound treasure celebrating NPCA’s first 100 years of protecting America’s national parks Our country is forever indebted to the Blackwell School Alliance for trusting the National Park Service with their story and sharing it with the world accept the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Award on behalf of the Blackwell School Alliance in 2025 From left: Chair of NPCA Board of Trustees Elizabeth Waddill NPCA Texas Field Representative Cristobal Lopez and NPCA President and CEO Theresa Pierno the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) presented the Blackwell School Alliance with the 2025 Marjory Stoneman Douglas Award during a special National Parks Advocacy Week luncheon at the Kimpton Monaco Hotel The Blackwell School Alliance was instrumental in establishing one of the newest national park sites in the country the Blackwell School National Historic Site in Marfa The Alliance was born in 2006 when a group of former students learned the local school board was planning to demolish the formerly segregated Blackwell School that generations of Mexican American children had attended Established in 1986, NPCA’s annual Marjory Stoneman Douglas Award honors individuals who go to great lengths to advocate and fight for the protection of our national parks a lifelong advocate for Everglades National Park the award recognizes the outstanding efforts of an individual or group that result in the protection of a national park or proposed site in the National Park System “Latinos have contributed tremendously to America’s history and culture for countless generations yet only two national park sites exist to tell modern Latino stories Without the Blackwell School Alliance’s courage the Blackwell School National Historic Site would not exist As we face down the Trump administration’s efforts to rewrite and erase diverse history at our national parks parks like the Blackwell School National Historic Site matter more than ever.” said Theresa Pierno President and CEO of the National Parks Conservation Association “We are honored to work alongside the Blackwell School Alliance and proud to present them with the 2025 Marjory Stoneman Douglas Award They are true national park champions cut from the same cloth as Marjory herself,” Pierno said From 1909 to 1965, the Blackwell School served as the segregated school for children of Mexican descent Throughout the late 19th and early 20th century Americans of Mexican descent experienced a culture of de facto segregation were prohibited from fully enjoying the same and equal freedoms as their white counterparts and were routinely denied full access to public spaces Students at these segregated schools were often prohibited from speaking Spanish a language central to their family and cultural heritage Despite this segregation and the challenges that it brought for the students their families prioritized quality education and many students at the Blackwell School excelled in spite of unjust conditions Many alumni treasure their memories of the teachers who believed in them and the classmates with whom they forged lifetime bonds arranging to lease the Blackwell School property from the school district for a dollar a year turning it into a local museum and landmark The Alliance held bake sales and bailes in the local community to raise money for the museum the Alliance partnered with the National Parks Conservation Association for a public grassroots campaign to obtain National Park Service protection and recognition for the school Alliance members worked to obtain local letters of support from the community advocating that Congressional leaders introduce legislation to protect Blackwell as a national park site Following extensive advocacy by the Blackwell School Alliance and park advocates in Texas and around the country President Biden signed the Blackwell School National Historic Site Act into law in 2022 This bipartisan bill was originally introduced by former Congressmen Will Hurd and Filemón Vela of Texas Senator John Cornyn of Texas and Senator Alex Padilla of California brought the bill across the finish line The park was formally dedicated in 2024 with a special ribbon cutting presided over by then-Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland “The Alliance has pulled off an incredible feat in preserving Blackwell School and we couldn’t be more honored to accept this award that recognizes our efforts,” said Daniel Hernandez President of the Blackwell School Alliance “To go from a segregated school to a National Historic Site championed by the alumni who attended it is a remarkable testament to the power of community whose struggles and triumphs are now enshrined at this monument of living history Hernandez and Blackwell School Alliance Vice President John Lujan who are each descendants of Blackwell School alumni accepted this award on behalf of the Alliance I have listened to Blackwell Alliance members tell stories of hardship But they have also taught me about their community’s resilience and their resolve to leave a better world for future generations They never gave up hope that the country would protect those stories and they never stopped working for a park that honors their communities.” Said Cristóbal López Texas Field Representative for the National Parks Conservation Association Blackwell School alumni had every right to let the school be demolished they fought to reclaim their heritage and save their school so our country could bear witness to its complex legacy and learn from alumni experiences About the National Parks Conservation Association: Since 1919, the nonpartisan National Parks Conservation Association has been the leading voice in safeguarding our national parks. NPCA and its more than 1.6 million members and supporters work together to protect and preserve our nation’s most iconic and inspirational places for future generations. For more information, visit www.npca.org “We're ready to work with Congress to keep this funding going tackle more repairs and leave a legacy worthy of these treasured places." - Theresa Pierno These women became part of public lands history as they demonstrated the principles of equality and justice celebrated each May during Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month threatened conservation rules and censored our nation’s history But we think there’s still time to reverse course BREAKING: North Carolina transfer WR Gavin Blackwell has Committed to Florida State, he tells @on3sportsThe 6’0 185 WR will have 1 year of eligibility remaining https://t.co/RlUbB6EMhS pic.twitter.com/SuULNQ89hS Blackwell took a two-day visit to see Mike Norvell, Gus Malzahn and the FSU coaching staff this weekend the rising senior heard what he was looking to hear Blackwell has one year of eligibility remaining FSU then announced that fhs signing was official In his three years in Chapel Hill, the 6-foot, 185-pound Blackwell amassed over 400 receiving yards and one touchdown. As a recruit, Blackwell was a four-star prospect and was recruited by LSU, Penn State and Florida among others. Blackwell now becomes the third receiver that FSU has landed in the 2025 transfer portal cycle; he joins Squirrel White (Tennessee) and Duce Robinson (USC) both of whom were spring semester enrollees it’s not the sexy pick that we envisioned when the portal first opened up for FSU as the ‘Noles weren’t able to secure some highly productive receivers But the talent is certainly there with his speed his ability to make plays in traffic and be a potential deep threat for this FSU offense The production or lack thereof makes this take a little bit of a risk because of the injuries he’s gone through but the skill is there to leave a mark in some capacity I also have been told that FSU is keeping a close eye on adding another option in the portal that they could eventually target during this window they add a player that has experience and skill but is unproven So now we wait to see if FSU explores more talent to finish off the position Warchant Subscribers! Upgrade to the AD-FREE Gold membership and receive a $20 gift code to Garnet & Gold. Click here to take advantage of this offer while supplies last ***Discuss this article with Florida State football fans on the Premium Recruiting Board.*** The Florida State football team has landed an important addition to the running back room as former Oklahoma starting running back Gavin Sawchuk has... While the FSU football staff is still putting the finishing touches on its transfer portal class, the month of May also opens the door for college... Florida State got one of the top available running backs in the transfer portal, Gavin Sawchuk, on campus Friday, and the former Oklahoma starter had... When he spoke with the media earlier this week, Florida State coach Mike Norvell said he is keeping an open mind about adding another running back to... 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It has been slow going so far for FSU Football when it comes to pursuing prospects out of the transfer portal this window, but it looks like that... The new On300 recruiting rankings were released on Monday, and our Matt LaSerre broke down which FSU commitments and targets saw the biggest moves.... With campus shut down for three days last weekend due to the campus shooting tragedy, things have understandably been a little quiet on the... Recruiting visits are back under way for Florida State, and the Seminoles hosted a big one Monday as four-star offensive tackle Kamari Blair made his... The latest On3 recruiting rankings for the 2026 class were released Monday morning, and FSU had one commit who was able to shoot up the board while... After all Florida State recruiting visits were canceled on Friday and Saturday following the tragic campus shooting, the Seminoles will open things... Florida State has seen three of its wide receivers -- Jordan Scott, Hykeem Williams and Jalen Brown -- leave the program in the last week. While the... Just a few days ago, the FSU football staff landed its ninth commitment of the 2026 class as three-star defensive back Sean Johnson announced his... The NCAA spring transfer portal window for football opened this morning for 10 days, and Florida State undoubtedly will be looking to add a few new... On3 is a registered trademark of On3 Media As the firm’s Senior Director of AI Advisory Services Mike serves as a subject matter authority on artificial intelligence and the law for both firm attorneys and clients Mike brings a quarter century of experience as a technology-focused attorney to his role at Husch Blackwell After starting his career in private practice with a focus on intellectual property and technology licensing he went in-house with Micro Focus in 2010 after which he joined Adobe in 2013. At Adobe he served as lead product attorney for a number of Adobe’s digital media products and technical teams where he regularly handled legal matters involving artificial intelligence and became particularly involved with all aspects of AI and generative AI due to his longstanding work with Adobe’s research organization Mike was a cornerstone of AI legal support at Adobe he joined Husch Blackwell with the aim of leveraging both his legal background and his AI experience to benefit both the firm and its clients His role includes contributing to the development of the firm’s internal AI technologies as well as serving as a resource for attorneys presented with AI legal issues consulting on their questions about the deployment of AI technologies Mike has been fascinated to have witnessed the rapid advances in AI over the past decade and is enthusiastic about AI’s role as an accelerant and its ability to transform and revolutionize businesses. One of the reasons he was drawn to Husch Blackwell is the way the firm has embraced the application of AI in the practice of law using it to benefit both the firm and its clients while demonstrating its commitment to staying ahead of the curve when it comes to AI Mike and his two daughters love sports and enjoy bonding over local sports teams They can often be found cheering on the Minnesota Vikings and Minnesota Timberwolves He’s also deeply interested in art and collects artwork and illustrations Unsurprisingly for a tech-focused attorney Mike is equally fascinated by technology outside of work For many years he attended the annual Consumer Electronic Show and tries to stay on top of the latest technologies and learn as much as he can about new advancements Mike enjoyed volunteering through Maryland Lawyers for the Arts previously serving on the board and as president He has also served as adjunct faculty at the University of Baltimore School of Law and greatly values opportunities to offer mentorship to younger attorneys.