Cheap vs. Premium DDR5: Stock vs. EXPO/XMP Memory
When building a new PC, should you play it safe with official memory specs, or aim for maximum performance with XMP and EXPO DDR5 kits? Let's find out the answer with a few gaming benchmarks.
New headset technology adjusts brightness by tracking pupil dilation
It could significantly reduce eye fatigue
Denser QLC NAND storage could pave the way for 2TB iPhones
Performance and endurance could suffer, however
AMD delays Zen 5 launch for further testing after quality issues emerge
The new launch is set for two dates in August
AMD claims Epyc Genoa is twice as fast as Nvidia's Grace Superchip, Team Green counters with own benchmarks
The battle for data center supremacy
Does Razer's new keyboard feature give gamers an unfair advantage?
Instant switching between opposing directional inputs at the hardware level
Nvidia's upcoming Blackwell RTX GPUs might feature a Titan AI model
63% more performance than the RTX 4090?
Rumor mill: Will Nvidia resurrect the mighty Titan brand with its next-generation Blackwell GPUs? It's been years since we last saw a new model, but according to several rumors, including one from what is a typically reliable source, there will be a new Titan graphics card, but you might never be able to buy one.
JEDEC unveils multiplexed DDR5 modules and LPDDR6 CAMM for massive memory bandwidth boost
Hugely benefitting data-hungry workloads
Nintendo Wii: The Non-Gamer's Game Console
The Nintendo Wii redefined casual gaming by introducing motion controls and capturing a wide demographic, setting it apart from traditional consoles of the era while beating Sony and Microsoft at the home console game.
OneXPlayer M1 mini PC debuts with Core Ultra 9 185H CPU, 32GB of RAM and OCuLink port
Only in Japan for now, but expect a global realease down the road
Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, and Asrock set to deliver 38.8 million motherboards in 2024
The motherboard market is poised for a sharp recovery this year
Intel identifies cause behind Raptor Lake crashes, says mobile CPUs aren't affected
A patch is coming in mid-August
AMD RDNA 4 leaks tease massive ray tracing upgrades for PC and PlayStation 5 Pro
Playing catch up with Nvidia's RT lead
Something to look forward to: A partial data sheet has revealed some new details about the ray tracing capabilities coming to AMD's next-gen RDNA 4 GPU architecture. Headlining the list is something called a "Double Ray Tracing Intersect Engine." The data sheet doesn't delve into any details beyond listing the features, so we can only guess what it means.
SK chief says Nvidia's dominant position depends on the profitability of AI industry (Updated)
Comparing the AI boom to the California gold rush
Testing reveals that some Nvidia AIB partners are using cheap thermal paste resulting in high GPU temperatures
Too hot to handle Igor's Lab investigated community feedback that some owners of GeForce RTX 40 series AIB cards are hitting hotspot temperatures of 100° C after a few months of operating within acceptable ranges. GPU hotspot temperature refers to the maximum temperature recorded in a specific area of a GPU, usually either on the GPU die itself or the voltage regulators (VRM).
Amazon Graviton4 server CPU shown beating AMD and Intel processors in multiple benchmarks
Performance was particularly impressive in HPC tests
OpenAI is in talks with Broadcom about developing AI chip
Sam Altman is determined to lessen OpenAI's dependence on Nvidia
The $75 Orange Pi 5 Max is a Raspberry Pi alternative with 6 TOPS NPU and up to 16GB RAM
A minor upgrade over the Orange Pi 5 Pro
Micron launches "industry's fastest" 2230 consumer SSD, targets gaming handhelds and mini PCs
The Crucial P310 is here
What just happened? Micron's latest storage offering is here for gaming handhelds, mini PCs, and ultraportables. The company just unleashed the Crucial P310 2230 Gen4 NVMe SSD, and they're making some bold claims about its speed and capacities in that tight little M.2 package.
This $45 dock adds six ports to the Steam Deck, Asus ROG Ally, or Legion Go
Other 4K 120Hz-capable docks cost almost twice as much
Intel laptop CPUs are crashing, too, as the company remains silent
The problem might affect all LGA 1700 products
Gigabyte stuffs 48 DDR5 memory slots onto a standard server board
You can never have too much memory