Nvidia is challenging 20 years of datacenter CPU design with new Vera chip
Nvidia joins the battle of making the CPU interesting again
The AMD Radeon Settings You Should Actually Be Using
AMD Software is packed with gaming features, but not all are worth using. Here are the Radeon settings we recommend for better image quality, smoother gameplay, and cleaner recordings.
Steam Deck price hike has completely destroyed sales, new data suggests
Has the Steam Deck lost its appeal?
Framework nearly doubles Laptop 13 Pro memory prices overnight after suppliers demand more than twice as much
Pices went far beyond Framework's predictions and threaten its ability to operate
Nvidia reveals Vera CPU details, claims its custom Olympus cores outperform AMD Epyc Turin
The 88-core Arm chip boasts up to 1.8x the performance in select agentic AI workloads
Nvidia's first Windows on Arm GeForce driver confirms RTX Spark configurations
Nvidia has published its first native GeForce driver for Windows on Arm, and buried inside it confirms two RTX Spark configurations: a 6,144-core Blackwell GPU with a 20-core CPU, and a smaller 5,120-core variant with 18 cores, both supporting up to 128GB of unified memory.
The driver targets Microsoft's Surface RTX Spark Dev Box for now, but it lets developers start porting Arm64 apps ahead of Spark's fall launch on laptops and mini PCs from Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and MSI.
TSMC plans up to 10% price increases on advanced and mature nodes starting in 2027
Price hikes could affect 7nm chips as well as older 12nm, 16nm, and 28nm nodes
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D Review: The Budget 3D V-Cache King
AMD's Ryzen 7 7700X3D revives Zen 4 with a lower-clocked take on the 7800X3D. We benchmark 13 games to see how much performance it gives up and whether it still belongs in a modern gaming PC.
Der8auer converts $7,000 RTX 5090 Lightning Z to custom water cooling, drops temps by 11°C
Modder says the setup could handle the card's 1000W mode too – for another $8,000
NAND shortages could finally ease in 2027, but ADATA warns the DRAM crisis may last another 10 years
TrendForce expects supply growth to overtake demand, while AI keeps pressure on DRAM
Crystal ball: Maybe we're worrying too much about the current memory crisis: according to TrendForce, NAND flash supply growth will outpace demand next year, with supply constraints easing in the second half of 2027. Or maybe we're not worrying enough: Adata's chairman says DRAM shortages will last another decade and that memory and electricity will become the world's two scarcest resources.
New Ryzen 7 7700X3D drops to $279, just days after launch
Newegg is knocking $50 off AMD's Ryzen 7 7700X3D with promo code PKC337, bringing it down from its $329 to $279. At that price, it becomes a stronger value proposition against the Ryzen 7 7800X3D while gaming performance stays nearly identical. Our full review is coming this week.
Valve's Steam Machine may be selling between 12,000 and 15,000 units per week despite its high price
Valve's latest hardware could be selling far better than many expected
Nvidia may have RTX 5000 Super GPUs ready, but costly 3GB GDDR7 is holding them back
The new memory chips reportedly cost more than three times as much as standard 2GB modules
India fined HP $14.4 million for rigging government bids and fixing ink and toner prices
WhatsApp messages allegedly show HP India and resellers splitting contracts and coordinating prices
Chinese memory maker CXMT's output has grown from 40,000 to 720,000 wafers in a few years, and it's closing in on Micron
Corsair and other brands are increasingly relying on CXMT-made DRAM chips
Japan's first national AI factory will use 27,500 GPUs across 382 Vera Rubin racks
Japan wants 30% of the global robotics market by 2040
Apple's OLED iPad mini could arrive this October, kicking off a major iPad overhaul
The OLED Air and Pro are expected to follow in spring 2027, alongside a new standard iPad in Q1
This Lenovo laptop is the first to use inkjet-printed OLED, a technology that could make OLED screens cheaper
Inkjet-printing produces cheaper, longer-lasting, and more power-efficient OLED panels
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 10th Anniversary Edition Review
AMD's Ryzen 7 5800X3D is back at $350. It looks overpriced, but for AM4 owners facing costly DDR5 upgrades, this four-year-old CPU may still be the smartest path to modern gaming performance today.
OpenAI's first hardware product is a $230 mini keypad for AI coding
Think of it as a Stream Deck for ChatGPT
TSMC plans include at least four more 2nm fabs in $100 billion Arizona expansion
The investment could eventually bring the Arizona campus to 10 fabs and two advanced packaging plants
Ryzen 7 7700X3D delivers the gaming performance, but not the value
Early reviews of AMD's new Ryzen 7 7700X3D show a capable gaming CPU that performs close to the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. However, its launch price and weaker productivity performance make it difficult to recommend. Our full review is coming soon.
This PC gamer turned old SSDs into gorgeous cartridges for Steam games
DIY cartridge system is a small rebellion against an all-digital future
Enthusiast project turns the Steam Controller into a cross-platform gamepad
OpenPuck firmware adds Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, and Steam Controller modes