AMD Zen 5 core architecture could be 40% faster than Zen 4
Zen 5-based CPUs will hit the market later this year
New Battlemage leaks suggest Intel hasn't abandoned plans for a high-powered Arc GPU
Shipping manifests for Battlemage desktop graphics cards have been spotted
Google says running AI locally on phones requires tons of RAM
Gemini Nano is coming to Pixel 8, but only as a developer option
Russia's primary chipmaker is struggling with a defect rate of about 50 percent
Sanctions have crippled Baikal's production and packaging capabilities
Microsoft and OpenAI are planning a massive $100 billion AI supercomputer dubbed "Stargate"
The two tech giants continue to cozy up
8BitDo pivots to PC nostalgia with C64-style mechanical keyboard and external joystick
Imagine if the company honored other classic PC keyboards the way it does retro controllers
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
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