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Updated 2024-11-23 05:45
GPUs can now use PCIe-attached memory or SSDs to boost VRAM capacity —Panmnesia's CXL IP claims double-digit nanosecond latency
Panmnesia develops custom low-latency CXL IP for GPUs and other processors that might take advantage of memory expanders.
Noctua's next-gen flagship CPU cooler finally arrives — Noctua NH-D15 G2 released at $150
Noctua has finally released its highly anticipated NH-D15 G2 CPU cooler. We saw the final design at Computex in early June, and today the Austrian PC cooling specialist has made the revamped NH-D15 available via its Amazon outlets.
Intel schedules the end of its 200-series Optane memory DIMMs — shipments to draw to an end in late 2025
Intel will ship the final Optane Persistent Memory 200-series DIMMs in late 2025.
Nvidia could receive French ban hammer — antitrust charges may follow government raids of Nvidia's offices in France
France's Autorite de la concurrence is set to launch antitrust charges against Nvidia for alleged anti-competitive practices, according to sources obtained by Reuters. Concern lies with Nvidia's proprietary software and partnership with CoreWeave.
Chinese competitor to Nvidia charged with financial fraud, loses spot on Shenzhen Stock Exchange
China-based DPU developer delisted from the Shenzhen Stock Exchange this month.
Micron says GDDR7 will provide a 30% improvement in gaming — both ray tracing and rasterization
In a press release, Micron revealed that its GDDR7 will provide 30% greater frame rates than its older GDDR6 memory in ray tracing and rasterized video games.
RISC-V CPU comes to a mini-ITX motherboard — Jupiter features a SpacemiT K1/M1 chip with 2 TOPS of AI performance
Milk-V, a system integrator known for its work with RISC-V, has released the Milk-V Jupiter, a mini-ITX motherboard with a RISC-V processor preinstalled. Orders will open next week.
Simplify your streaming setup and save with Logitech's G Yeti GX microphone — lowest-ever price, limited-time deal
Available on Amazon in a limited-time deal, Logitech's G Yeti GX USB microphone hits an all-time low price of $119.
Company offers unofficial security patches for Windows 10 until 2030 — free, $27 Pro, and $37 enterprise subscriptions
Windows 10 support can be kept alive using essential patches without Microsoft's help.
World's first Thunderbolt 5 cable launched, 120 Gbps and 240W charging for $23 — Cable Matters new cable available now
Cable Matters unleashes the world's first Thunderbolt 5 cable in 1 ft to 3.3 ft lengths. The new cable supports the new standard's features, including its blisteringly fast 120 Gbps bandwidth boost mode, aimed at high-resolution/high refresh rate displays.
Vaio releases the 'world’s lightest portable monitor' — Vision+ 14 screen weighs a mere 0.72 pounds
Vaio Corporation has announced that it has created the world's lightest portable monitor. The Japanese firm says the new Vaio Vision+ 14 weighs just 0.72 pounds (325g).
Missing CryptoQueen bounty hiked to $5 million — woman ran a $4.5 billion crypto-ponzi-scam, says FBI
The FBI has increased the bounty on missing CryptoQueen Dr Ruja Ignatova to $5 million. Bulgaria-born German national Ignatova went missing in 2017 after a federal warrant was issued for her arrest. She is accused of defrauding crypto-investors out of more than $4 billion.
What is GDDR7 memory — everything you need to know about the upcoming graphics VRAM technology
What is GDDR7 memory, and when will we see it? We dig into the details of the upcoming VRAM technology and cover what it is, along with the benefits it provides.
Engineer hacks his Sleep Number bed, reveals potential backdoor and security vulnerability
A skilled computer engineer has provided a tutorial that helps you root your Sleep Number bed and disable the company's backdoor into its controller hub.
Nvidia RTX 3050 vs AMD RX 6600 faceoff: Which GPU dominates the budget-friendly $200 market?
The AMD RX 6600 goes up against Nvidia's RTX 3050 in our budget GPU matchup, with both cards offering 8GB of VRAM on a 128-bit interface. We compare performance, price, features, power consumption, and more in this budget faceoff and declare the overall winner.
Leaked Intel Arrow Lake chipset diagram show more PCIe lanes, no support for DDR4 — new chipset boasts two M.2 SSD ports connected directly to CPU
A diagram reportedly for upcoming Intel events showcasing the Arrow Lake processors and motherboards confirms previous leaks but doesn't offer much new information.
China plans state ownership for all of its rare earth metal resources — regulation comes into effect on Oct 1
New regulation in China prohibits any organization or individual from encroaching upon or destroying rare-earth resources.
Samsung's 990 EVO 2TB SSD is now only $129 — one of its lowest prices to date
The Samsung 990 EVO 2TB SSD is currently available at Amazon for one of its lowest prices to date, according to price tracking data from CamelCamelCamel.
Bitcoin Mt. Gox creditors will soon benefit from $9 billion payback — their BTC is over 10,000% more valuable than when it went missing
Mt. Gox begins paying back users, ten years after it began collapsing in February 2014.
TSMC's overseas expansion will only contribute 10% of the foundry's production capacity: Report
TSMC's fabs in Germany, Japan, and the U.S. will contribute 10% of the company's capacity, so 90% of TSMC's output will remain in Taiwan.
Motherboards and systems with China's Loongson CPUs now shipping to US customers — options start from $373 for a DTX board with processor and cooler
DIY PC builders have another option from AliExpress, with two new motherboards supporting the Loongson 3A6000 System-on-a-Chip from China.
FreeDOS open-source text-based OS turns 30, still in active development and primarily used for retro gaming
Jim Hall built FreeDOS as an answer to Windows 3.1 and Windows 95. 30 years later, the command-line operating system is still alive and kicking and getting a renaissance thanks to retro gaming.
Sony cuts 250 jobs at optical media plant — recordable disc production to be phased out, says report
Sony is cutting 250 jobs at its optical media manufacturing plant in northeast Japan, according to local newspaper reports. It explains that cuts are due to the reduced demand for optical media, and the continued rise of streaming services.
SK hynix plans $74.6 billion investment to strengthen its memory chip business — hopes for AI business boost
SK hynix and its parent company wants to invest billions of dollars to focus on AI and semiconductor technologies.
Akasa Gecko SSD Heatsink Review: A blower cooler for an SSD
Akasa's Gecko is a blower-style cooler for your PCI-e 5 SSD. Can it handle the heat from our stress tests?
Microsoft's Copilot+ PC exclusive features are a bad joke, even for AI fans
Microsoft is trying to get you to buy a Copilot+ PC based on three exclusive Windows features that nobody wants or needs.
Overseas Ryzen 9000 CPU preorders shed light on potential MSRPs — Ryzen 9 9950X for $707, Ryzen 5 9600X for $332
One European retailer has already begun accepting preorders for the AMD Ryzen 9000 CPU lineup, which will have lower launch prices than the previous generation.
Hard drive, SSD puncher puts four holes through your drives — Puncher P30 destroys physical media with 12 tons of pressure
Ohden will soon release its P30 SSD HDD puncher with electric-based hydraulics, providing up to 12 tons of force to impale through any physical media.
Intel Arc Battlemage GPU surfaces — BMG-G31 silicon reportedly wields 32 Xe2 Cores
Intel has confirmed the existence of a third Battlemage die, codenamed BMG-G31. The new die is suspected to be Intel's least-powerful die in the lineup, aimed at entry-level GPU solutions.
Alibaba Cloud ditches Nvidia's interconnect in favor of Ethernet — tech giant uses own High Performance Network to connect 15,000 GPUs inside data center
Alibaba Cloud developed a High Performance Network (HPN) so the 15,000 GPUs inside each data center of the company could communicate using Ethernet.
Laptop mod lets you type in Morse code by slamming the lid shut at the correct rhythm — No parties involved take responsibility for damage to the screen, hinge, or sanity
Morse code comes to laptops in a very unusual form.
Best Buy listings show Ryzen AI 300 laptops coming on July 28 — retailer moves availability date back by two weeks
Retail giant Best Buy moved the availability of several Asus laptops with Ryzen AI 300 chips from July 14 to 28, confirming the rumors that AMD is pushing back the release date of some of its latest processors.
AI becomes leading server workload as shipments of other servers drop
In recent quarters, shipments of inference and training servers and sales of other types of servers have grown.
ASRock B760M Pro RS Review: Affordable, and ample M.2
The B760M Pro RS sports a budget price point but surprises with more storage options than other similarly priced options. There are not many USB ports, nor are they fast. It's a competent gamer, but limited in long-running, heavy CPU tasks.
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite laptops suffer compatibility issues with many games — even Intel's integrated Arc Graphics is up to 3x faster
Snapdragon X Elite advertised 'flawless' Windows gaming on Arm, but the truth lands far from that lofty goal. Some games run quite well, but many have problems and older games ofter refuse to run at all.
Samsung reportedly plans to join UALink Alliance — high-speed interconnect could power its next-gen chips
Samsung reportedly looking forward to joining UALink alliance to better address needs of its foundry customers.
MSI's Titan 18 Pro Ryzen Edition ships with monster specs — Ryzen 9 7945HX3D returns alongside RTX 4090
MSI launches a new super high-end laptop on Chinese e-commerce site JD.com sporting the second-ever sighting of the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D, making it the second-ever laptop with 3D V-Cache. The new model will be in the $3,000 range, with specs to match.
AMD's new consumer CPUs reportedly suffer a slight delay — Ryzen AI 300 Strix Point launch seemingly pushed to July 28
Two reputable hardware leakers claim that AMD has allegedly pushed the Ryzen AI 300 (Strix Point) launch to July 28, a day behind the Ryzen 9000 debut.
Nvidia-backed AI cloud provider increases use of cryptocurrency mining facilities — CoreWeave expands contract as miners pivot to AI
CoreWeave has already expanded a relatively new contract for data center capacity to meet accelerating demand for its AI cloud services.
AMD's superb value Ryzen 7 5700X3D drops to all-time low of $192
The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D drops to its lowest price at Amazon of just $192.
Intel prepping at least five new Battlemage GPU models — new PCI IDs added to Linux 6.11 kernel
Intel has listed five new Battlemage PCI IDs that will be integrated into the next update cycle for the Linux 6.11 kernel. The lack of many IDs hints that Intel's next-gen GPU launch could have far fewer SKUs than its outgoing Arc A-series lineup.
TP-Link Archer GE800 Wi-Fi 7 gaming router promises scorching performance, 10 Gbps ports, and thankfully eschews arachnid-style antennas
TP-Link is taking on the likes of the Asus RT-BE96U and ROG Rapture GT-BE98
Steam gets built-in game recording, instant replay, and clip editing — available in beta on Steam Deck or Steam Overlay
Steam launches Game Recording functionality in beta.
$10,000 AI-generated, 3D-printed liquid nitrogen container tested — supercools CPUs up to 3 times faster than standard pots
Skatterbencher and three industry-leading partners have completed a feasibility study to see if it's possible to build a liquid nitrogen (LN2) container using generative AI and additive manufacturing techniques, also known as 3D printing.
SK hynix jumps on the AI bandwagon with its first PCIe 5.0 SSD
SK hynix has announced the development of its first PCIe Gen 5 M.2 SSD, dubbed the PCB01. The new drive sports up to 14GB/s of bandwidth and is marketed heavily towards AI-based applications.
The coolest stuff at Rapid + TCT 2024, the world's largest 3D printing event — Our first look at new 3D printers, filaments, and more
All the top players in 3D printing manufacturing turned out to showcase their newest wares at this year's Rapid + TCT event held in Los Angeles.
Chinese memory maker gets $2.4 billion to build HBM for AI processors — Shanghai packaging facility to open in 2026
CXMT to invest $2.4 billion to build advanced packaging fab to build HBM memory for AI.
Thunderbird packs up to 6,144 CPU cores into a single AI accelerator and scales up to 360,000 cores — InspireSemi's RISC-V 'supercomputer-cluster-on-a-chip' touts higher performance than Nvidia
InspireSemi's Thunderbird processor with 1,536 64-bit RISC-V cores promises CPU versatility and GPU-level parallelism.
Sam Altman-backed AI processor venture hires ex-Apple engineer to lead hardware development
Sam Altman-backed Rain AI hires ex-Apple senior director of SoC engineering to lead hardware engineering.
Lian Li Hydroshift LCD 360S Review: An innovative approach to tubing
Lian Li continues to innovate with a unique approach to dealing with AIO cable management with its Hydroshift LCD 360S.
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