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Post-silicon era gets closer as industry giants crack the 2D transistor scaling bottleneck with breakthrough tech
Imec, ASML, and TSMC have integrated both n-type and p-type transistors with atomically thin 2D channels on a single 300mm wafer.
Ditching the cloud for local AI — how I use two mini PCs to process millions of tokens a day and save money on costly API fees
Premium As new data center buildouts hit planning walls and AI inference providers hike costs, is the future of AI to roll your own models?
Intel's fab roadmap examined — Arizona, Ohio, Ireland, and the two deadlines deciding 14A process node
Premium This roadmap provides an in-depth analysis of Intel's current plans for its chip production capacity.
US pulls the 'kill-switch' on Anthropic's Fable 5 AI models, sending global allies scrambling
PREMIUM World leaders are concerned that projects can be cut off by arbitrary U.S. regulations.
Reviews
ViewSonic VX2730D-4K 27-inch 4K dual-refresh gaming monitor review: Delivering speed, color, accuracy, and pixel density
The ViewSonic VX2730D-4K is a 27-inch IPS gaming monitor with 4K 3840x2160 resolution, 144 Hz, 288 Hz at FHD resolution, Adaptive-Sync, wide gamut color and HDR.
Noctua NL-LC1-36 Review: Compromise paves the way
A necessary compromise paves the way to greatness with Noctua’s first AIO cooler.
CyberPowerPC Gaming Desktop (GXi3800BSTV2) review: A showpiece with real muscle
Built to be shown off, CyberPower’s latest gaming desktop expertly combines style and speed while keeping the price reasonable.
Best Picks
Best SSD and Hard Drive Enclosures
You can take any M.2 or SATA storage drive, put it in an enclosure and connect to a computer via USB. We tested more than a dozen enclosures to help you find the best one.
CPUs
Intel and AMD's new ACE CPU extensions bring an efficient AI-oriented instruction set to x86
ACE CPU extensions bring an efficient AI-oriented instruction set to x86 — new design makes matrix multiplication more power- and density-efficient
AMD will reinstate memory encryption on Ryzen 9000 CPUs through a BIOS update in July — TSME is coming back after 'valuable community feedback'
AMD says it will reinstate firmware memory encryption (TSME) on non-PRO Ryzen 9000 desktop CPUs through a BIOS update in July, following the feature's removal through an earlier firmware update.
Graphics Cards
Ingenious modder converts countertop ice machine into an RTX 3060 GPU cooler with a beer fridge thermostat
Turns out, an ice machine can cool a GPU perfectly fine as long as you're willing to modify it to the extreme and are patient enough to deal with the leaks.
Open-source Vulkan driver NVK gains experimental DLSS support
NVK, the community-built open-source Vulkan driver for Nvidia GPUs in Mesa, has gained experimental DLSS support.
Unlucky PC builder sent RTX 5070 from Amazon, gets DVD rewriter and a busted logic board from an early 2000's Kenwood AV receiver instead
Another person has fallen victim to Amazon's generous return policy, as they received a disc drive, a mousepad, and an AV receiver instead of the $700 RTX 5070 they ordered.
Features
Ditching the cloud for local AI — how I use two mini PCs to process millions of tokens a day and save money on costly API fees
Premium As new data center buildouts hit planning walls and AI inference providers hike costs, is the future of AI to roll your own models?
PC Components
Best SSD and Hard Drive Enclosures
You can take any M.2 or SATA storage drive, put it in an enclosure and connect to a computer via USB. We tested more than a dozen enclosures to help you find the best one.
Desktops and PC Building
Commodore announces Linux-based flip phone with ‘no social media, no browser’
After some teasing and a couple of red herrings Commodore today unveiled a retro-styled flip phone dubbed the Callback 8020.
Thermal pads with in-built vapor-chambers claim 50 to 80 times better thermal conductivity than normal thermal pads
A thermal pad with a vapor chamber on top might be the TIM your next phone's SoC will use. Xerendipity's new products are meant to keep your phone cooler without sacrificing thickness or cost.
How to setup an Android smartphone as a webcam — Camo Studio unlocks new uses for old smartphones in Windows 10 or 11 and OBS software
You don’t need to throw out that old Android smartphone; you can recycle it into a backup webcam or create a multi-camera setup for your streaming platform. And we show you how to do that, for free!
Deals
Cooler Master NR2 Pro mini-ITX system packing an RTX 5080 is $400 off in Newegg deal
Deals The Cooler Master NR2 Pro combines a Gigabyte RTX 5080, Intel Core Ultra 7 265F, 2TB Gen 4.0 SSD, and the NR200P Max chassis into a compact gaming machine that can tackle 4K titles with ease.
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