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Updated 2025-06-29 11:00
Asus ROG NUC has a $1,629 starting price — entry-level SKU comes with Core Ultra 7 155H CPU and RTX 4060 GPU
Asus reveals pricing and maximum performance configurations of its upcoming ROG NUCs, which will include up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 185H CPU and discrete RTX 4070 GPU.
AMD lifts memory overclocking limitations on RX 7900 GRE — new Adrenalin driver increases limit to 3,000 MHz
AMD has provided an overclocking update to its RX 7900 GRE and increased the maximum memory overclocking limit by 22.8%.
EVGA power supply allegedly kills 22TB of customer storage — revised model from RMA had a different pin layout and killed all SATA-powered devices
EVGA accidentally blew up 22TB of customer storage after it failed to ship updated cables with a power supply the customer RMAed.
Chinese smuggler tried to slip 44 tattered RX 580 GPUs through customs
The customs officers of the Shangai Pudong International Airport confiscated 44 graphics cards from a smuggler who tried to pass through the green channel, hoping to evade any charges or laws prohibiting such large imports.
The hexa-core AMD Ryzen 5 7600 5.1 GHz processor has dropped to $189
The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 CPU is available today at Walmart for just $189 instead of its usual $229.
Denuvo DRM maker cracks down on game leakers with new tech — TraceMark for Gaming puts a watermark on games to unmask the source
Irdeto, makers of Denuvo, continue to draw ire as they announce TraceMark for Gaming to eliminate modern game leaks as we know them.
Gen-over-gen performance uplifts are getting smaller with Nvidia's mid-range GPUs — GTX 1060, RTX 2060, RTX 3060, and RTX 4060 retested in 2024
ComputerBase has re-tested Nvidia's GTX 1060, RTX 2060, RTX 3060 12GB, and RTX 4060 to check out the generational performance differences in modern titles.
Broadcom shows a gargantuan AI chip — XPU could be the world's largest chip built for a consumer AI company
Broadcom develops mysterious AI processor of gargantuan dimensions.
Formula 1 management shocked team used Excel for 20,000-part inventory, now replacing 'impossible to navigate' sheet
New management at Williams was shocked after finding this F1 team had been relying on Microsoft Excel for the crucial car build workbook.
MSI Codex R2 desktop PC review: Air-cooled, mainstream gaming
The Codex R2 very audibly aced our gaming benchmarks.
The world's semiconductor industry hinges on a single quartz factory in North Carolina
A mine in North Carolina is 'the sole supplier of the quartz required to make the crucibles needed to refine silicon wafers', and if it closed, the 'catastrophic' disruption to the semiconductor business would be felt for years.
Intel's Germany chip fab site yields discovery of 6,000-year-old burial mounds — no word yet about potential construction delays
Archaeologists working at the site where Intel plans to develop a multi-billion series of chip fabs in Germany have discovered prehistoric burial mounds. The state heritage office press release doesn't mention any potential delays, saying that work will complete next month.
Micron shows massive 256GB DDR5-8800 memory sticks — High-capacity double-height 20-watt MCRDIMM modules come in different flavors
Micron demonstrates 256 GB DDR5-8800 MCRDIMM modules for Intel's Granite Rapids processors.
Samsung details petabyte SSD subscription service, uses custom-built servers
Samsung's PBSSD as a Service will use custom-built servers and will be available to service providers.
China-made RISC-V PCIe 5.0 SSD controller promises competitive performance — up to 14.2 GB/s without a fan
Yingren (aka InnoGrit) has announced the YRS820, a high-end PCIe 5.0 controller for consumer SSDs based on the RISC-V architecture.
Former UPS employee stole $1.3 million in Apple merchandise — used proceeds to buy a home, pay off his Audi
Former UPS employee gets caught stealing $1.3 million worth of Apple merchandise. The perpetrator used most of the money to buy a $630,000 home and pay off his $60,000 car.
US chip toolmakers skip Semicon China conference they sponsored amid ongoing trade war
Several of Semicon China's U.S.-based sponsors skipped the conference, as did companies like Micron and ASML.
Raspberry Pi spins precision movement stage for beautiful up-close microchip videos
Robert Elder is using a Raspberry Pi to operate his precision movement stage used for taking up-close video shots of microchips.
Corsair's RM750x Shift PSU with side-mounted power cables is down to $89, its lowest-ever price
While it won't work in every case, Corsair's RM750x Shift PSU shifts the power connectors to the side, making building and upgrading much easier. Its current Amazon sale price of $89 is the lowest it's ever been.
Procyon AI image generation benchmark uses Stable Diffusion — UL to release new benchmark on March 25
UL Solutions is introducing a Stable Diffusion benchmark to its Procyon software next week.
Unlike Apple's chips, Qualcomm's X Elite Arm CPU will run Windows games just fine using x64 emulation — native ARM64 code will give best performance
Qualcomm, in a victory for Arm CPU architecture and especially itself, point toward competent gaming performance in x86 applications on its upcoming X Elite-based laptops.
24-inch, Dell FreeSync monitor drops to just $99
The Dell S2421HS has dropped to one of its lowest prices ever, just $99 down from its usual rate of around $159.
Inside Micron's most advanced memory fab - we visited the colossal control room and newest A3 fab in Taiwan
We recently got the opportunity to visit Micron's largest and most advanced DRAM manufacturing facility. The visit impressed us on many levels: the scale of the fab, the advanced manufacturing technologies and techniques being used, and getting to look behind the scenes at the cutting-edge Taichung A3.
SK hynix to spend $90 billion to build 'world's largest mega fab complex' — first fab operational in 2027
Termed the Yongin Semiconductor Cluster, SK hynix's upcoming quadruple fab complex will be the largest in the world.
Notepad on Windows 11 gets spellcheck feature 41 years after launch
41 years after its initial launch, the Notepad tool finally gets spellcheck, but only in Windows 11.
AMD debuts China-only Ryzens at AI summit — Ryzen 7 8700F and Ryzen 5 8400F ditch the iGPU
Yesterday at the AMD Beijing AI PC Innovation Summit, the Ryzen 7 8700F and Ryzen 5 8400F iGPU-less processors were quietly revealed.
Lexar Play 1TB SSD review: A high performance M.2 2230 SSD for your gaming handheld
The Lexar Play SSD is an M.2 2230 PCIe 4.0 SSD designed for use in portable devices like the Steam Deck and ASUS ROG Ally. It's fast, efficient, and priced right, but currently only comes in a 1TB capacity.
Great CPU Deals for Budget Builds: Intel Core i7-12700KF is now just $199, Core i5-12600KF a mere $149
These Alder Lake chips are a couple of generations old, but they offer plenty of pop.
New chip flaw hits Apple Silicon and steals cryptographic keys from system cache — 'GoFetch' vulnerability attacks Apple M1, M2, M3 processors, can't be fixed in hardware
Researchers have discovered a serious security vulnerability in all current Apple silicon that puts sensitive cryptographic keys at risk of being stolen while being housed inside the CPU cache.
Gigabyte's new trio of Aorus QD-OLED gaming monitors ship in April — 1440p or 4K at up to 360 Hz
Gigabyte's Aorus FO32U2P is the flagship, offering a 4K panel and support for DisplayPort 2.1.
Nvidia RTX 40-series allegedly getting down-binned GPU updates — certain 4060 and 4070 class cards to use larger, harvested chips
The latest GeForce driver reportedly ushers in support for GeForce RTX 4060, GeForce RTX 4060 Ti, and GeForce RTX 4070 with different dies from the original.
New Intel Arc driver improves frame rates by up to 174%, adds support for 'Horizon Forbidden West'
Intel has provided yet another graphics driver update with substantial performance improvements for its Arc GPUs. Performance has improved by up to 174% depending on the title, and Intel has introduced game support for four new and existing titles.
Micron says high bandwidth memory is sold out for 2024 and most of 2025 — intense demand portends potential AI GPU production bottleneck
Nvidia buys Micron's HBM3E supply for calendar 2024 and 2025.
A new generation of Ryzen processors codenamed 'Strix Point' will be released in 2024 - integrating Zen 5, RDNA 3+, and XDNA 2 architecture
At an event in China earlier today AMD shared its AI PC ecosystem plans confirming 'Strix Point' chips will combine the charms of Zen 5, RDNA 3+, and XDNA 2 processing.
VR 'inception' attacks exploit developer mode loophole and VR's dreamlike unreality to manipulate what you see, steal real personal data
Researchers unveiled and demonstrated "Inception attacks", most likely named for the Nolan thriller themed around infiltrating dreams, on March 8th, 2024.
Microsoft's Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 for Business are all in on office Copilots
Microsoft's business-focused Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6
AMD's Zen 2 CPU for PlayStation 5 is 35% smaller than a Ryzen 7 3800X but sacrifices nothing in terms of gaming performance
It has been discovered that AMD was able to shrink Sony's custom PS5 Zen 2 CPU by 35% compared to normal Ryzen CPUs by chopping off parts of the CPU that aren't needed for gaming.
AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 3.1 shown at GDC 2024: 'Decoupled' Frame Gen can work with other upscalers
AMD unveiled FSR 3.1 at GDC, upgrading the API so that you can use FSR Frame Generation with DLSS or XeSS upscaling, potentially providing for improved image quality on non-AMD GPUs. The first game to support the new version will be Ratchet and Clank.
DongleHider+ is a cunning new Framework laptop Expansion Card for hiding up to three dongles
Developer and maker LeoDJ has shared his design for the DongleHider+, which can fit up to three dongles inside and offers an outer-facing USB Type-A connector.
Lenovo Legion R45w-30 45-inch mega-wide gaming monitor review: Like a window into virtual worlds
The world of extreme gaming monitors grows by one with Lenovo's Legion R45w-30. It's a 45-inch DQHD VA curved panel with 5120x2160 pixels, 170 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR400 and wide gamut color. It's like a window to your favorite games.
Gaming PC sales slipped 13% last year, but analysts predict 2024 will see a return to growth
IDC: Out of 259.5 million PCs sold last year, 44 million units were designed for gaming. And sales of gaming PCs will be growing in the coming years.
HP uses banned made-for-China AI GPU for Z workstations — A800 GPU is given a new purpose
After being banned in China, the A800 is finally seeing new use in the form of HP's upcoming Z workstations for AI.
Samsung's massive 49-inch G9 curved gaming monitor drops to an all-time-low of $799
Today at Amazon, you can pick up the Samsung 49-inch Odyssey G9 curved gaming monitor for one of the lowest prices we've ever seen for the monitor since it first launched.
MediaTek rolls out first processors with built-in Nvidia graphics – aimed at bringing AI-powered entertainment to future vehicles
MediaTek's Dimensity Auto Cockpit CX-1, CY-1, CM-1 and CV-1 pack Armv9-based CPUs and Nvidia's next-generation GPU.
Ultra Ethernet Consortium adds 45 new members in five months – aiming for version 1.0 to connect HPC and AI clusters this year
45 additional members join the Ultra Ethernet Consortium to enable next-generation connectivity for AI and HPC applications.
Video shows world's first Neuralink brain interface patient playing PC games and chess with his mind
Neuralink's first documented human patient uses the brain interface to control a PC, and explains how it works simultaneously in live testing footage.
SK hynix's in-house designed PCIe 5.0 SSD breaks cover — Platinum P51 targets top-notch speed and lower idle power
SK hynix showed off its upcoming PCIe 5.0 Platinum P51 SSD at GTC 2024, which should go on sale later this year. It's a fully in-house design for the NAND and controller, which makes it different from every other Gen5 SSD currently available.
Insulated blue light-emitting diodes could banish OLED burn-in for good
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a new OLED technology that can potentially kill off OLED burn-in for good.
Alibaba claims it will launch a server-grade RISC-V processor this year
Alibaba continues to flex its RISC-V muscle, expects to roll-out datacenter-grade RISC-V CPU this year.
RTX off, AI on: Jensen says we'll see fully AI-generated games in 5-10 years
In a press Q&A at GTC 2024, Jensen discussed AI generated content including Sora and suggested that we could start seeing fully generated games within the next ten years.
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