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Qualcomm's Arm chip beats Intel in pre-launch Windows performance demo — Snapdragon X Elite X1E80100 takes down Core 7 Ultra 155H
Qualcomm showed early performance results for its upcoming Snapdragon X Elite processor, comparing it with Intel's Core 7 Ultra 155H under Windows and scoring the win.
Intel staves off AMD and China critics to keep exclusive export license to Huawei — Intel sells 90% of CPUs used in the company's laptops
Intel's export license to Huawei won't be revoked, meaning for another year Intel can sell laptop CPUs to the Chinese tech giant.
Geometric Future Eskimo Junior 24 Review: Unique design and quiet noise levels, but mediocre performance
The Eskimo Junior 24 features unique looks and a subtle RGB design with one-of-a-kind fans. But it doesn't it doesn't impress in thermal performance.
Samsung's Snapdragon Elite X-powered Galaxy Book4 Edge will reportedly cost as much as premium Intel and Apple alternatives
Samsung has announced its next ARM-based laptop, known as the Galaxy Book4 Edge, that will arrive with Qualcomm's new Apple M2 destroying Snapdragon Elite X with 12 Oryon performance cores.
AMD's latest Ryzen APUs trounce China's best home-grown gaming cards — Ryzen 8000G easily outperforms Moore Threads MTT S80 and S30
German publication Computerbase compares the Moore Threads MTT S80 and S30 graphics cards against some entry-level products, including AMD's Ryzen 8000G lineup.
Impending Taiwan electricity price hikes to impact TSMC, other chipmakers
Electricity prices are set to jump in Taiwan, and semiconductor-making 'super consumers' will face some of the steepest increases, say reports. This obviously could lead to major chip price increases.
Going 4K is cheaper than ever with this $179 28-inch Acer monitor
You can now upgrade to a 4K monitor for only $179, making enjoying a UHD screen on your desk more accessible.
Acer Predator X27U OLED gaming monitor review: Leveled-up image quality and gaming performance
Gaming monitors level up when they're like Acer's Predator X27U. A 27-inch OLED panel delivers infinite contrast at QHD resolution with 240 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR400 and wide gamut color. Once you see it in action, the price doesn't matter.
Micro Center reveals potential $749 MSRP for Intel's upcoming Core i9-14900KS Special Edition CPU – imminent flagship CPU might be even more expensive than expected
Micro Center has potentially spilled the beans on the i9-14900KS price before launch, unveiling a price of $749 for the flagship CPU.
Argon ONE V3 M.2 NVMe PCIe Case Review: The all-in-one storage and cooling case for the Raspberry Pi 5
The latest case from Agone Forty updates the classic Argon ONE to version three and brings great cooling and NVMe into a sci-fi looking case.
Soaring SSD prices could hobble NAND flash industry with reduced demand, Phison CEO cautions
SSD controller manufacturer Phison is warning the NAND industry that if prices go too high, demand may drop.
Broken Nvidia RTX 3090 rises from the grave – 'death by liquid metal' wasn't permanent
North West Repair has demonstrated that 'death by liquid metal' isn't necessarily permanent. After analyzing and diagnosing a deceased Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090, the repair tech demonstrated dexterous GPU and VRAM chip removal, cleaning, reballing, replacement, and testing.
Prototype 'Steam Machine' dusted off and tested — running Windows on an old AMD APU ten years later
YouTuber Bringus Studios got its hands on an old Steam Machine prototype that used Windows instead of SteamOS.
SSD Benchmarks Hierarchy 2024: We've tested over 100 different SSDs over the past few years, and here's how they stack up.
For our SSD benchmarks hierarchy, we've tested over a hundred different SSDs and ranked them in order of performance, grouped by capacity.
Nvidia Turing graphics cards get Resizable BAR support — if you're willing to flash a modified UEFI
Developer terminatorul has shared a UEFI driver that can be used to enable Resizable BAR (ReBAR) on systems packing Nvidia Turing architecture graphics cards. However, be careful as this needs to write configuration data to your motherboard UEFI.
The CHIPS Act: America's semiconductor industry, reborn?
America's semiconductor industry, reborn?
Jensen Huang says even free AI chips from his competitors can't beat Nvidia's GPUs
Jensen Huang has taken to the stage to claim that Nvidia's GPUs are "so good that even when the competitor's chips are free, it's not cheap enough." Huang explains that Nvidia GPU pricing isn't really significant in terms of the all-important data center TCO.
Samsung 34-inch ultrawide QHD curved gaming monitor drops to $385 at Amazon
The Samsung Viewfinity S65UA is currently marked down to $385 at Amazon, one of the lowest prices for the monitor to date.
Extra NAND chip makes Apple MacBook Air M3 256GB SSD drastically faster than predecessor
Apple fixes SSD performance on the latest M3-based MacBook Air laptops, but it is still not that fast.
Nvidia CEO admits next gen DGX systems necessitate liquid cooling - and the new systems are coming soon
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says its upcoming DGX servers will use liquid cooling and is "soon coming."
Compal Rover Play 2-in-1 PC offers fold-out rear controller grips for gamers - wins an iF Design Award
An innovative new 2-in-1 gaming PC design features rear panels that can be articulated to form hand grips. Compal, a major PC and device ODM in Taiwan, is behind this gamer-focused concept which has recently won an iF Design Award.
The five best Intel CPUs of all time: Chipzilla's rise and fall and rise
We've gone through Intel's decades-long history to find its top five CPUs.
Modding ancient AGP slots is still oddly popular in 2024 to add modern GPUs and boost networking — two adaptors enable GTX 960
That strange in-between of PCI and PCIe slots, AGP, has been repurposed for a modern-day NAS board by YouTuber RECNAS for fun and/or profit. Additionally, a Twitter user @tercio_miranda also came across a GTX 960 elaborately mounted to an AGP slot through 2 adapters.
Gigabyte X670E Aorus Pro X motherboard review: Striking in white, with lots of USB
The Gigabyte X670E Aorus Pro X is an updated AM5 board with Wi-Fi 7 and a unique white/gray appearance. For around $300, you get two PCIe 5.0 x4-capable M.2 sockets (rare at this price), loads of USB storage including front and rear 20 Gbps Type-C, and was a solid performer in our test suite.
Repair shop offers 2TB SSD upgrades for M1, M2 Macbook Air — solders on bigger flash chips
Vancouver Mac Service Centre offers a MacBook M1 SSD upgrade service.
One runaway prison laptop caused 1,200 incarcerated students to lose their devices — jailbroken laptop spurs prison officials to issue a recall of now-unsecured notebooks
Following the Securebook 5 default Linux OS being replaced with Ubuntu MATE by a random Twitter user outside of prison with access to tools and resources unavailable to a prisoner, over a thousand actual prisoners had their Securebook 5s confiscated.
M3 MacBook Air hits eye-popping 114 degrees Celsius in stress test and didn't melt — temperature settles down at 100 degrees after thermal throttling
Apple's latest M3-powered MacBook Air has a little heat problem and can easily hit over 100 degrees Celsius in prolonged, intensive workloads.
Next-gen Nvidia GeForce gaming GPU memory spec leaked — RTX 50 Blackwell series GB20x memory configs shared by leaker
Nvidia's GeForce RTX 50-series 'Blackwell' may retain memory interfaces of respected GeForce RTX 40-series 'Ada Lovelace' graphics cards.
Microsoft's mysterious Z1000 SSD uncovered, points to wider portfolio of drives — M.2 NVMe drive comes with Toshiba NAND, Micron DRAM, and CNEX Labs controller
Microsoft's Z1000 SSD has been pictured, with 1 TB of storage, 1 GB of DRAM cache, and a CNEX Labs controller.
Chip War
The global battle for control over semiconductor manufacturing -- and the world economy
Core i9-14900KS listed with price tags up to 30% higher than Core i9-14900K
Pricing of Intel's upcoming i9-14900KS flagship has appeared though several listings, confirming previous rumors that the chip would cost the same as its 13900KS predecessor.
Samsung rep says High-NA EUV is good for logic fabrication but might have cost issues for memory — Intel, ASML, and others share more bullish views
Samsung shares its views on High-NA EIV costs, while other companies present more bullish views.
The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7700 XT GPU is now just $399 at Newegg
The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7700 XT graphics card is available for $399 at Newegg when using promo code CLBDQ5323.
China to give chipmakers $27 billion to counter U.S. sanctions — Big Fund III will have further funding rounds
China raises tens of billions to fund crucial semiconductor projects amid U.S. sanctions against the sector.
Nvidia becomes the world's third most valuable company — chipmaker is on the way to overtake Apple for the second spot
The world's top three companies by market capitalization are high-tech companies: Microsoft, Apple, and Nvidia.
How to search your favorite site directly from Chrome's address bar in two keystrokes
Using a Chrome extension or some settings, you can assign a hotkey for querying a particular domain.
ID-Cooling FROZN A410 and A610 Review: Budget Coolers, Reasonable Performance
The A410 is A-OK and performs similarly to other coolers of its class, but the A610 is disappointing in comparison.
Password-cracking botnet has taken over WordPress sites to attack using the visitor's browser
Attackers are launching distributed password-guessing attacks across hundreds of WordPress websites using a mere 3 kilobit script.
TSMC will receive $5 billion incentive from U.S. for Arizona fab: Report
U.S. government reportedly preps $5 billion incentive package for TSMC.
AMD video upscaler arrives for RX 7000 GPU owners yearning for Nvidia's RTX Video
AMD has introduced several video-related improvements to its latest Adrenalin 24.1.1 driver update. These include encoding optimizations and a new video upscaler similar to Nvidia RTX VSR.
Raspberry Pi 5-powered cat TV shows bird videos to feline friends
Becky Stern has pampered her cats by creating a Raspberry Pi-powered cat TV that plays cat videos for them automatically on startup.
MSI details how to make your Intel CPU run cooler without losing performance — recommends disabling CEP
MSI launches new firmware for Intel motherboards so users can disable the CEP (Current Excursion Protection) function to maximize CPU performance.
Startup aims to make CPUs 100x more energy efficient with 'reconfigurable' chips - Efficient Computer reveals Monza chip
Efficient Computer startup vows to dramatically increase efficiency of processors with reconfigurable dataflow processor architecture.
MSI Claw handheld PC with Intel Meteor Lake now available -- $699 device targets Steam Deck, ROG Ally
MSI Claw handheld launches with Intel Core Ultra CPUs and onboard Intel Arc Graphics to properly compete with AMD's Ryzen and Radeon-powered PC handhelds.
China wants to rid itself of Western tech by 2027 -- outlines domestic alternatives in 'Document 79'
China is reportedly making huge progress in becoming self-sufficient in the tech industry. China is on a beeline to get all of its state-wide institutions on domestic technology by 2027.
Steam Deck OLED sees burn-in after 1,500-hour stress test — reducing brightness recommended to avoid damage
YouTuber Wulff Den was able to achieve burn-in on his Steam Deck OLED after 1,500 hours in a high-brightness stress test.
Korean researchers power-shame Nvidia with new neural AI chip — claim 625 times less power draw, 41 times smaller
A team of scientists from KAIST detailed a new AI chip during the 2024 ISSCC. The new C-Transformer is claimed to be the world's first ultra-low power AI accelerator chip capable of LLM processing - and does so using 625 times less power than the Nvidia A100.
Gigabyte now offers three-year warranty for its entire QD-OLED monitor range
Gigabyte follows Asus and MSI by providing a three-year warranty for QD-OLED monitors which naturally inherits burn-in issues and provides peace of mind to its users.
Six new Raspberry Pi 5 compatible Pineberry Pi boards announced, including dual NVMe, AI and 2.5G Ethernet
The Raspberry Pi 5 just got six new boards to interface with thanks to the new products designed by Pineberry Pi.
Ray tracing can run without a GPU, if you like slideshows — Quake II RTX demoed at 1 FPS with CPU-based ray-tracing
A Mesa 3D Graphics Library developer has implemented support for CPU-based ray-tracing in Vulkan. In early testing of the driver in Quake II RTX only 1FPS performance was achieved, but it's a start.
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