Palit Releases Fanless Version of NVIDIA's New GeForce RTX 3050 6GB
NVIDIA today is quietly launching a new entry-level graphics card for the retail market, the GeForce RTX 3050 6GB. Based on a cut-down version of their budget Ampere-architecture GA107...
8 by Anton Shilov on 2/2/2024AMD Set to Fix Ryzen 8000G APU STAPM Throttling Issue, Sustained Loads Affected
Earlier this week, we published our review of AMD's latest Zen 4 based APUs, the Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 8600G. While we saw much better gaming performance...
23 by Gavin Bonshor on 2/2/2024AMD: Zen 5-Based CPUs for Client and Server Applications On-Track for 2024
As part of their quarterly earnings call this week, AMD re-emphasized that its Zen 5-architecture processors for both client and datacenter applications will be available this year. While the...
23 by Anton Shilov on 2/2/2024Corsair Launches MP600 Elite: Inexpensive Phison E27T-Based Drives
While enthusiasts are now focused mostly on SSDs with a PCIe 5.0 interface, there are many people who will be just fine with drives featuring a PCIe 4.0 interface...
12 by Anton Shilov on 1/31/2024TeamGroup Reveals 14GB/s Innogrit IG5666-Based T-Force Ge Pro PCIe 5.0 SSD
Virtually all client SSDs with a PCIe 5.0 x4 interface released to date use Phison's PS5026-E26 controller. Apparently, TeamGroup decided to try something different and introduced a drive powered...
11 by Anton Shilov on 1/26/2024Intel Teams Up with UMC for 12nm Fab Node at IFS
Intel and UMC on Thursday said they had entered into an agreement to jointly to develop a 12 nm photolithography process for high-growth markets such as mobile, communication infrastructure...
12 by Anton Shilov on 1/25/2024Intel's First High-Volume Foveros Packaging Facility, Fab 9, Starts Operations
Intel this week has started production at Fab 9, the company's latest and most advanced chip packaging plant. Joining Intel's growing collection of facilities in New Mexico, Fab 9...
2 by Anton Shilov on 1/25/2024MLCommons To Develop PC Client Version of MLPerf AI Benchmark Suite
MLCommons, the consortium behind the MLPerf family of machine learning benchmarks, is announcing this morning that the organization will be developing a new desktop AI benchmarking suite under the...
2 by Ryan Smith on 1/24/2024Asus Launches USB4 Add-In-Card: Two 40 Gbps Ports for Desktops
Asus has introduced a USB4 PCIe add-in-card for the company's desktop motherboards, allowing users to add two USB4 ports to their systems. The card can be used to connect...
22 by Anton Shilov on 1/24/2024Update: Samsung Announces 990 EVO SSD, Energy-Efficiency with Dual-Mode PCIe Gen4 x4 and Gen5 x2
After Samsung's earlier product page snafu, the company is officially launching their next-generation mainstream client SSD today. The 990 EVO will be available in both 1TB and 2TB capacities...
19 by Ganesh T S on 1/23/2024Wi-Fi Alliance Introduces Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 7: 802.11be Prepares for Draft Standard Exit
The final approval of the 802.11be standard may only be scheduled for December 2024, but that has not put a spanner in the works of the Wi-Fi Alliance in...
16 by Ganesh T S on 1/23/2024TSMC 2nm Update: Two Fabs in Construction, One Awaiting Government Approval
When Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is prepping to roll out an all-new process technology, it usually builds a new fab to meet demand of its alpha customers and...
38 by Anton Shilov on 1/19/2024TSMC Posts Q4'23 Earnings: 3nm Revenue Share Jumps to 15%, 5nm Overtakes 7nm For 2023
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. released its Q4'2023 and full year 2023 financial results this week. And along with a look at the financial state of the firm as it...
2 by Anton Shilov on 1/19/2024Apple to Cut Blood Oxygen Feature from Newly-Sold Apple Watches in the U.S.
Following the latest legal defeat in Apple's ongoing patent infringement fight over blood oxygen sensors, the company is set to remove its blood oxygen measurement feature from its Watch...
24 by Anton Shilov on 1/18/2024AMD Rolls Out Radeon RX 7900 XT Promo Pricing Opposite GeForce RTX 40 Super Launch
In response to the launch of NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 40 Super video cards, AMD has announced that they are instituting new promotional pricing on a handful of their...
11 by Anton Shilov on 1/17/2024Seagate Unveils Mozaic 3+ HDD Platform as HAMR Readies for Volume Ramp
Seagate's financial reports have been indicating imminent mass production of HAMR HDDs for a few years now, and it looks like the wait for these drives to appear in...
29 by Ganesh T S on 1/17/2024Synopsys to Acquire Ansys: Set to Offer EDA, Analysis, and Simulation Tools
Synopsys on Tuesday announced that it had reached a definitive agreement to acquire Ansys in a deal valued at $35 billion. Synopsys specializes primarily on electronic design automation (EDA...
0 by Anton Shilov on 1/16/2024Network-Attached Storage Market Update: ASUSTOR, Terramaster, and QNAP Introduce New NAS Units
The network-attached storage (NAS) market had a break-out decade in the 2010s, with a large number of vendors trying to get a slice of the pie. Brands such as...
13 by Ganesh T S on 1/13/2024EK Reveals All-In-One Liquid Cooler for Delidded CPUs
Historically, delidded CPUs have been the prerogative of die-hard enthusiasts who customized their rigs to the last bit. But with emergence of specially-designed delidding tools, removing the integrated heat...
9 by Anton Shilov on 1/12/2024Asus Unveils Dual-Screen Laptop: Zenbook Duo with two 14-inch OLED Displays
Modern higher-end 14 and 16-inch-class notebooks offer performance that is enough for the vast majority of productivity and even content creation workloads. As a result, the main limitation of...
9 by Anton Shilov on 1/12/2024