Take a look at the world's first liquid AIO coolers to feature a curved AMOLED display
Now that is pretty cool
New WD Red Pro NAS hard drives offer up to 24TB of storage
Enterprise-class, CMR magnetic drives for professionals and businesses
Game patch notes recommend downclocking high-end Intel CPUs for the sake of stability
Another game affected by Intel CPU power draw crashes
AMD Ryzen 7800X3D vs. 7900X3D vs. 7950X3D: Gaming Benchmark
With recent price changes, the Ryzen 7800X3D can now be had for as little as $370, the 7900X3D is just $20 more, and the 7950X3D is down to $580, a hefty discount since launch.
FuryGPU is an open source hardware GPU built from scratch
In a nutshell: Can someone build a 3D graphics card from scratch? Dylan Barrie wanted to find out and spent four years trying. The result was a complete GPU that can theoretically run older gaming software on Windows.
Intel Xeon "Granite Rapids-SP" CPUs could have up to 160 cores, 320 threads
The Granite Rapids lineup is expected to hit the market later this year
China is determined to advance its technology despite US-led restrictions, Xi Jinping tells Dutch Prime Minister
China thinks it doesn't need ASML
50 Years Later: The Revolutionary 8008 Microprocessor
#TBT Intel's groundbreaking 8008 microprocessor was produced over 50 years ago, the ancestor of the x86 processor family that you may be using right now. While the 8008 wasn't the first microprocessor, it was truly revolutionary, triggering a revolution and leading to the x86 architecture that dominated personal computers for decades to come.
Microsoft and Intel nail down what an "AI PC" is
AI PCs should include an NPU, Copilot, and the Copilot key
Why it matters: Microsoft and multiple chipmakers have spent months heralding the arrival of the "AI PC," which utilizes generative AI and large language models to facilitate various tasks in new ways. However, the definition of an AI PC remains somewhat unclear. At a recent event in Taipei, Intel began defining the specifics that it agreed upon with Microsoft.
Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite Arm SoC is capable of running Baldur's Gate 3 at 30 frames per second
Is 30 FPS a "perfectly playable" rate for the PC gaming crowd?
RISC-V SSD controller provides 14GB/s transfers without a cooling solution
Reaching peak performance with no need for a heatsink?
AMD readies Ryzen 5000XT series CPUs, further prolonging socket AM4
New iGPU-free CPUs are also on the horizon
Broadcom showcases huge XPU AI accelerator for mystery client
A network-centric platform designed to scale at the lowest power
Micron sells out its entire supply of high-bandwidth HBM3E memory for AI accelerators
Sold out for all of 2024 and most of 2025
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Review: Quiet Release, Dodgy Name
The GeForce RTX 3050 6GB is an interesting new release from Nvidia targeting the sub-$200 market. Now, the interesting part is not so much for its performance as it is for other angles.
China bans purchase of Intel and AMD processors, Microsoft Windows for government computers
China wants "safe and reliable" processors and operating systems
Two mines in North Carolina are the world's only producer of the quartz necessary for semiconductor manufacturing
If they were to stop operating, it would mean a few years of catastrophic disruption, says Wharton professor Ethan Mollick
Ultra Ethernet gains momentum as tech giants join for AI and HPC network innovation
Newcomers to the group include IBM, Nokia, Dell, Baidu, Huawei, Lenovo, Supermicro, and Tencent
AMD reveals Strix Point details: Zen 5 cores, RDNA 3+ and tripled NPU performance
It's official: the Strix Point chips will include XDNA 2 processing
Down-binned RTX 40 series graphics cards are reportedly on the way
RTX 4070, 4060 Ti, and 4060 to receive partially-deactivated AD103, AD104, and AD106 GPUs
Can Snapdragon X Elite finally make Windows on Arm a gaming champ? Qualcomm thinks so
Qualcomm may be about to pull an Apple
Microsoft's new Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 arrive with dedicated Copilot buttons
Redmond really wants businesses to adopt its Copilot AI
The OLED Burn-In Test: One Month Update
We have purposefully been using a 4K OLED monitor in ways that will cause permanent burn-in. This is not how you should be using an OLED monitor, but we're taking one for the team.
Intel plans to spend $100 billion on US chip manufacturing plants
Chipzilla's ambitions go way beyond the US CHIPS Act