Francisco Pires

Francisco's first interaction with a computer saw him diligently copying children's books into Word on a Windows 95-based PC. He built his first tower PC following magazine assembly guides, and the upgrade bug stuck - leading him to cover the latest in tech industry news since 2016. He believes curiosity is one of humanity's greatest drivers; when he isn't devoting himself to the written word, he's either photographing, gaming, or attempting to make sense of the world - something he still often fails at.

Articles by: Francisco Pires

A fingerprint glowing on a computer chip.

GPU Fingerprinting Can Be Used to Track You Online: Researchers

By Francisco Pires published 31 January 22

An international team of researchers has leveraged WebGL to develop a new GPU hardware identification technique that allows for the recognition of individual users and their web browsing habits.

Microsoft Flight Simulator Will Receive DLSS Support This Year

By Francisco Pires published 29 January 22

Taking framerates above 1,000 feet?

Minecraft NFT Game "Blockverse" Evaporates With $1 Million

By Francisco Pires published 29 January 22

The unofficial Minecraft-inspired game "Blockverse" that has successfully raised more than $1 million by selling 10,000 NFTs has disappeared.

A triple-qubit entanglement system visualization

Silicon-based Quantum Computing Reaches Accuracy Milestone

By Francisco Pires published 26 January 22

Three separate teams worldwide published the feat on Nature - all on the same day.

Intel May Bet on Stacked Forksheet Transistor Tech for Sub-2nm Chips

By Francisco Pires published 23 January 22

An Intel patent for stacked forksheet transistors may point the way for increased performance, power efficiency, and density beyond 2 nm - or perhaps even sooner.

AMD RSR Claims Up to 70% Higher Performance, Coming Q1'2022

By Francisco Pires published 11 January 22

AMD has shared a video on its YouTube channel that showcases its upcoming Radeon Super Resolution (RSR) feature working to improve frame rates while narrowing down its release date.

MSI Geforce RTX 3080 12 GB GPUs Briefly Listed for Sale in Europe

By Francisco Pires published 11 January 22

The latest revision of the Nvidia RTX 3080 GPU was briefly listed by two European retailers

Avira Adds Crypto Mining Software to Cybersecurity Solution

By Francisco Pires published 11 January 22

Two NortonLifeLock antivirus products now include cryptocurrency mining software that skims 15% off the top.

Stock image of Chinese flag on microchip

Arm Investigates Chinese Division on Allegations of Suspicious Financial Activity

By Francisco Pires published 11 January 22

As Arm wrestles to regain control of its venture and state-funded division in China, trouble may be on the horizon for the $40 billion acquisition attempt by Nvidia.

Asus Reveals Official RX 6500 XT European €299 MSRP

By Francisco Pires published 10 January 22

Asus, via its German division, has confirmed the official MSRP for the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT in European markets.

Nvidia Exploring Various Multi-Chip GPU Designs

By Francisco Pires published 7 January 22

Divide and conquer

AMD's $199 RX 6500 XT Restricted to PCIe 4.0 x4

By Francisco Pires published 7 January 22

Revelations on the RX 6500 XT's PCIe 4.0 subsystem and its limited media engine compared to other RDNA2 cards may be tangling with 6nm manufacturing woes.

Intel Poaches Apple Engineer Responsible for Arm Transition and M1 Chips

By Francisco Pires published 6 January 22

Another heavy-hitting acquisition for Intel Corp.

Gigabyte Announces New Alder Lake Aorus Laptops

By Francisco Pires published 6 January 22

Gigabyte has introduced three new Alder Lake powered Aorus laptop models for 2022.

Zotac Announces ZBOX Magnus Mini PC With RTX 3080

By Francisco Pires published 4 January 22

Packing Nvidia RTX 3080 and 11th Gen Core i7 tech.

Samsung Teases AMD RDNA2-Powered Exynos Chip, Announcement January 11

By Francisco Pires published 30 December 21

Samsung's collaboration with AMD on bringing its RDNA2 high-performance graphics architecture to the mobile marketplace is about to hit the road running - come January 11th.

Research Opens the Door to Fully Light-Based Quantum Computing

By Francisco Pires published 29 December 21

Hailed as the fastest road towards deployable quantum computing systems.

CPUs Could Use 85 Percent Fewer Transistors With New Adaptive Tech

By Francisco Pires published 27 December 21

Reduces the number of transistors required by a staggering 85%.

Hacker Hijacks HP AMD EPYC Servers For Raptoreum Crypto Mining

By Francisco Pires published 24 December 21

Hacker turns critical Java exploit Log4J into profit to mine Raptoreum using HP's AMD-based 9000 EPYC server hardware.

EU Announces World's First Integration of a Photonic Co-Processor in HPC

By Francisco Pires published 23 December 21

Photonics enters the Top500 listing.

Intel: Unvaccinated Workers May Be Put on Unpaid Leave

By Francisco Pires published 22 December 21

Will still keep their health benefits.

Colorful's New RTX 2060 12GB Models Listed in China

By Francisco Pires published 22 December 21

The tech of 2019 at 2021 prices

The Qubit Supercharged: Researchers Introduce the Qutrit

By Francisco Pires published 21 December 21

Three is better than two

AMD Leads Growth in IC Industry for 2021, Intel Shrinks Alone

By Francisco Pires published 21 December 21

More IC manufacturers pass the $10 billion yearly sales mark.

Hacker doing nefarious stuff with multiple monitors

Intel, Nvidia, Microsoft Vulnerable to Critical Java Exploit, AMD Unaffected

By Francisco Pires published 20 December 21

Spectre and Meltdown days dejá-vu?

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