'China's Silicon Valley' Locked Down, Could Affect Supply Chains By Mark Tyson published 13 March 22 Shenzhen is a metropolis of 17.5 million people bordering Hong Kong. It is home to SMIC, Huawei, Tencent, OnSemi, and over 14,000 other high-tech companies.
SteamOS Outperforms Windows On the Steam Deck By Aaron Klotz published 13 March 22 New tests revealed that Windows 10's performance falls short compared to Steam Deck's default SteamOS operating system.
Chinese Customs Seize 5,840 Illegally Mislabeled XFX GPUs Worth Over $3 Million By Mark Tyson published 13 March 22 XFX could be in trouble for trying to dodge import duty. However, the rumor is that some mislabeled cards were recycled GPUs from crypto mining customers.
How to Do a Fuzzy File Search in Linux By Shashank Sharma published 13 March 22 Use the fzf utility to find content when you don’t have an exact string.
AMD CPUs See Less Than 10% Performance Drop From Revised Spectre-v2 Mitigations By Zhiye Liu published 12 March 22 Phoronix tests the impact of the latest revised BHI mitigations on various AMD Ryzen processors.
AMD vs Intel: Which CPUs Are Better in 2022? By Paul Alcorn published 12 March 22 We wade into the endless debate: Who makes the best CPU, AMD or Intel? Here's the blow-by-blow in ten categories.
AMD's Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5995WX Tops CPU Benchmark By Anton Shilov published 12 March 22 A CPU with 64 cores at high clocks always wins, or nearly always.
Intel Patch Reveals Three Arc DG2 GPUs, SOC3 With 256 EUs By Aaron Klotz published 12 March 22 New evidence has come out, revealing a third die in Intel's DG2 lineup known as SOC3, featuring 256 EUs.
Intel Finds Bug in AMD's Spectre Mitigation, AMD Issues Fix By Paul Alcorn published 12 March 22 Intel's crack STORM security team unearths issues
Intel Teases Third-Gen Optane Memory, New Tech By Anton Shilov published 12 March 22 Intel's third-gen Optane Persistent Memory is heading for Sapphire Rapids.
Researchers Develop Sidewall Transistor With Atom-Thick Features By Francisco Pires published 11 March 22 "Sidewall" transistors could ultimately prove less complex and more efficient than other options.
Mandalorian-Themed Beskar SSDs Prove Seagate Knows the Way By Mark Tyson published 11 March 22 The surface pattern on these storage products is designed to resemble the texture of Bescar, or Mandalorian steel, a material tough enough to deflect a light saber strike.
Nvidia Preps Mysterious GA102F GPU By Anton Shilov published 11 March 22 Nvidia appears to have a new GA102F chip in the pipeline. Is it a re-spin for higher yields and lower power, something for datacenters, or perhaps a special crypto-focused (or anti-crypto) design?
Save $744 Off an RTX 3080 Powered Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition: Real Deals By Stewart Bendle published 11 March 22 Alienware is back on the menu as the RTX 3080 Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 returns to a low sale price of $2,155.
Ukraine Halts Output of Neon Gas, Chip Production at Risk By Anton Shilov published 11 March 22 Producers of about half of semiconductor-grade neon supply are out of business.
Lenovo Locks Threadripper 5000 Pro CPUs to P620 Workstation Systems By Aaron Klotz published 11 March 22 Lenovo has enabled PSB within its P620 workstation pre-builts, preventing the Threadripper 5000 CPUs used in the systems to work in any other computer.
Raspberry Pi Pico Becomes Commodore 64 Cartridge By Ian Evenden published 11 March 22 A retro computer enthusiast has persuaded a Raspberry Pi Pico to talk to the cartridge slot on the back of a C64
Steam Delivered 33 Exabytes of Data to Gamers in 2021 By Mark Tyson published 11 March 22 At the end of 2021 Steam had an established 132M monthly active players, who put in 21% more play time, and spent 27% more than folks in 2020.
Raspberry Pi Release 3D Printable Astro Pi Case By Ian Evenden published 11 March 22 Raspberry Pi has released a guide to 3D printing your own replica of the Astro Pi cases currently on the ISS
Ukraine Vice PM Asks Asus to Shutter Russia Business By Mark Tyson published 11 March 22 Mykhailo Fedorov's previous requests seem to have spurred tech giants such as Intel, Microsoft, and Apple to act with greater haste.
