Articles by Zhiye Liu, News Editor and Memory Reviewer

Zhiye’s love for PC hardware began when he accidentally set his Pentium P54CS PC on fire, short-circuiting his entire home. From that day on, he has constantly pursued greater hardware knowledge, which ultimately led him from being a power user to a writer at Tom’s Hardware. When Zhiye’s not covering the latest news on CPUs or GPUs, you can find him overclocking RAM to the latest trance hits.

Articles by: Zhiye Liu

Intel unleashes 14th Gen Raptor Lake Refresh HX-series CPUs — refreshed chips with up to 24 cores, 5.8 GHz boost clock, and 192GB DDR5 support

By Zhiye Liu published 8 January 24

Intel launches 14th Generation Raptor Lake Refresh HX-series processors for high-performance mobile devices.

Nvidia launches another sanctions-compliant GPU for China — RTX 5880 Ada debuts with 14,080 CUDA cores, 48GB GDDR6

By Zhiye Liu published 5 January 24

Nvidia releases the RTX 5880 Ada Generation graphics card for the Chinese market.

New mid-range Radeon GPU may not be available in China at launch — AMD reportedly delaying RX 7600 XT in China because of the RX 6750 GRE

By Zhiye Liu published 3 January 24

Rumors claim that AMD is reportedly delaying China's upcoming Radeon RX 7600 XT release.

Unreleased Nvidia budget GPU to rival AMD and Intel emerges overseas — RTX 3050 6GB specifications shared through retailer listing

By Zhiye Liu published 2 January 24

Russian retailer Citilink lists three unreleased GeForce RTX 3050 6GB graphics cards from Nvidia partner Palit.

Klevv Cras V RGB DDR5-6400 C32 2x16GB Review: Median Performance

By Zhiye Liu published 27 December 23

Klevv updates its Cras series to DDR5. Does the DDR5-6400 C32 memory kit have what enthusiasts are looking for?

Predator Hermes RGB DDR5-6800 C32 2x16GB Review: Imposing Looks And Performance

By Zhiye Liu published 23 December 23

The Hermes series Predator Storage's latest DDR5 lineup, so can it compete with the best on the market?

Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DDR5-6400 C38 2x16GB Review: The Bittersweet Spot

By Zhiye Liu published 19 December 23

With so many DDR5-6400 memory kits on the market, can the Dominator Platinum RGB DDR5-6400 C38 prove that it's one of the best?

Chinese chip designer repacks Intel 5th Gen Xeon Emerald Rapids CPUs for the domestic market — 5th Gen Jintide chips feature China-specific security algorithm tech

By Zhiye Liu published 18 December 23

Montage Technology has launched the 5th Gen Jintide processors, based on Intel's recent Xeon Emerald Rapids lineup.

AMD says overclocking blows a hidden fuse on Ryzen Threadripper 7000 to show if you've overclocked the chip, but it doesn't automatically void your CPU's warranty

By Zhiye Liu published 13 December 23

AMD explains the hidden fuses behind Ryzen Threadripper 7000 processors and how it will handle warranty claims.

AMD claims all Radeon RX 7000 RDNA 3 GPUs deliver 100+ FPS with FSR 3 in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

By Zhiye Liu published 8 December 23

AMD shares internal benchmarks of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora on the chipmaker's Radeon RX 7000-series graphics cards.

Walletripper: $1,300 Threadripper 7000 motherboard costs almost as much as the cheapest 12-core Pro chip

By Zhiye Liu published 7 December 23

Asus Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE SE motherboard for AMD's Threadripper Pro 7000 WX-series processors goes up for preorder.

Lenovo's new PCIe 5 SSD hits 12.4 GB/s speeds, starts at $210 for 1TB

By Zhiye Liu published 6 December 23

Lenovo has released the SL7000 50E PCIe 5.0 SSD with capacities between 512GB and 4TB and performance speeds up to 12.4 GB/s.

Intel 5th Gen Xeon 'Emerald Rapids' pushes up to 64 cores, 320MB L3 cache — new CPUs claim up to 1.4X higher performance than Sapphire Rapids

By Zhiye Liu published 5 December 23

Intel's warming up Emerald Rapids to take on AMD's EPYC Turin.

Ryzen 7 7800X3D gets a $100 price cut — beats pricier 7950X3D and 14900K in gaming, now just $349

By Zhiye Liu published 4 December 23

AMD's Ryzen 7 7800X3D is available for $349 for a limited time, $100 down from the chip's regular $449 MSRP.

Asus lists RTX 4070 GPU with a blower design, making it possible to build a budget multi-GPU machine for AI and deep learning

By Zhiye Liu published 4 December 23

Asus has launched the Turbo GeForce RTX 4070 12GB GDDR6X, a GeForce RTX 4070 with a blower-type design.

Orange Pi teams up with Huawei to create a SBC for AI development — Huawei Ascend chip delivers 8/20 TOPS of AI performance

By Zhiye Liu published 2 December 23

Orange Pi has revealed the company’s latest Orange Pi AIpro SBC, developed jointly with Huawei.

10 Gigabit Ethernet slots into your M.2 port, costs only $86

By Zhiye Liu published 1 December 23

M.2 10GbE network card based on Marvell's AQC113 chip is on sale for $86, a significant drop.

AMD RX 7000 GPU scams persist at Amazon, and it's not just Sapphire — be sure to double-check the seller

By Zhiye Liu published 1 December 23

If it's more than a 50% discount, it's almost certainly a scam.

AMD Ryzen 8040HS Hawk Point CPU benchmarks show modest gains — Phoenix reborn to fight Intel Meteor Lake

By Zhiye Liu published 28 November 23

AMD's Ryzen 8040HS (Hawk Point) processors break cover with the first benchmark leaks, showing minor gains over 7040HS (Phoenix Point). The future CPUs are destined to fight Intel's Meteor Lake CPUs.

China begins building underwater data center with performance equal to 6 million PCs — aims to save 122 million KWh of electricity and nearly ten soccer fields of land

By Zhiye Liu published 26 November 23

China Central Television reports that China has added another data module to the country's commercial underwater data center (UDC) off Hainan Island.

AMD 3D V-Cache enables RAM disk to hit 182 GB/s speeds — over 12X faster than the fastest PCIe 5.0 SSDs

By Zhiye Liu last updated 25 November 23

Enthusiast demonstrates that running a RAM disk on AMD's Ryzen 3D V-Cache processors is possible.

Sidestepping GPU ban, Chinese factories dismantle and transform Nvidia RTX 4090 gaming cards into AI accelerators

By Zhiye Liu published 24 November 23

Chinese factories are repurposing custom GeForce RTX 4090 graphics cards into blower-style GPUs for AI workloads.

Adata XPG Lancer RGB Mera Edition DDR5-7200 C34 2x16GB Review: Very Kawaii, Very Limited

By Zhiye Liu published 20 November 23

The Mera Edition of Lancer RGB looks unique, but is the memory as fast as Adata advertises it?

AMD's RX 7900 XTX faces price hikes in China amid RTX 4090 ban — AMD continues to ship highest-end gaming GPU to China

By Zhiye Liu published 17 November 23

Pricing for the Radeon RX 7900 XTX and GeForce RTX 4090 is rising in the Chinese market.

AMD Continues To Sell 14nm Zen CPUs In 2023

By Zhiye Liu published 16 November 23

AMD has refreshed the four-year-old Athlon 3000G packaging to maintain its relevancy in retail.

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