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China Bans Micron Chips in Wake of Cybersecurity Review

By Mark Tyson published 21 May 23

Micron products will be shunned by Chinese IT infrastructure businesses as they "pose a major security risk," concluded a state review.

Key to Crypto: Memristor Made by Inkjet Printer Unlocks True Random Number Generators

By Francisco Pires published 21 May 23

KAUST engineers have found a way to create a True Random Number Generator (TRNG) in a printable, inkjet form that promises groundbreaking energy efficiency.

RX 7600 Reference Design Seemingly Flaunts Compact Form Factor

By Zhiye Liu published 21 May 23

VideoCardz shares two renders of the alleged Radeon RX 7600 MBA (made by AMD) reference graphics card.

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XT 20G Ultra Platinum L

Sapphire Releases Cheaper, Slower RX 7900 XT Without Vapor Chamber

By Zhiye Liu published 21 May 23

Sapphire China has launched the Radeon RX 7900 XT 20G Ultra Platinum L graphics card.

Intel's Core i5-13400F Gaming Value CPU Hits All-Time Low of $165

By Avram Piltch published 21 May 23

The 13400F sits atop our list of best gaming CPUs for good reason. Today it's more affordable than ever.

3D-Printed Bare-Die Liquid Chip Coolers Smash Barriers, up to 3.5X Improvement

By Paul Alcorn published 21 May 23

Research giant imec showed various 3d-printed liquid cooling prototypes for processors, thus allowing the chips to break the cooling barriers associated with higher power consumption.

ChatGPT's Evil Twin, BratGPT, is Designed for World Domination

By Francisco Pires published 21 May 23

Not all pieces of technology bring with them existential dread or efficiency improvements. Sometimes, tech is meant to be fun; and BratGPT certainly does turn up the grilling heat up to 11.

AMD vs Intel: Which CPUs Are Better in 2023?

By Paul Alcorn published 21 May 23

We wade into the endless debate: Who makes the best CPU, AMD or Intel? Here's the blow-by-blow in ten categories.

What Kind of Microphone Do You Need for Streaming?

By Stewart Bendle published 21 May 23

If you’re thinking about getting into streaming, or want to upgrade your streaming setup, there are various different types of microphones - but what’s the best one for you?

Raspberry Pi Guardian from Legend of Zelda Tracks People with AI

By Ash Hill published 21 May 23

Naomi Pentrel has created a 3D printable Guardian from the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild with a Raspberry Pi inside that can track people using machine learning.

From 8088 to Pentium: How To Emulate an Old PC Using PCem

By Les Pounder published 21 May 23

PCem is a free tool which enables anyone to have a whole museum of retro PCs in one place. Emulating classic hardware (CPU, GPU and Sound Cards) PCem is the full package of PC fun.

Raspberry Pi Moon Calendar Shows Lunar Cycle With e-Ink Display

By Ash Hill published 21 May 23

Maker Billydent is using a Raspberry Pi Zero to power this lunar calendar gift using a Waveshare seven-color e-Ink display.

Ampere Unveils 192-Core CPU, Controversial Benchmarks

By Anton Shilov published 20 May 23

Ampere's AmpereOne CPU features 192 cores at 200W – 350W.

Intel Meteor Lake 16-Core, 14-Core CPUs Surface In New Benchmarks

By Zhiye Liu published 20 May 23

Hardware detective momomo_us finds two alleged Intel 14th Generation Meteor Lake processors for mobile devices in the SiSoftware benchmark database.

Ryzen 7000 I/O Die Cracks Into Five Tiny Chiplets During Experiment

By Zhiye Liu published 20 May 23

Hardware photographer Fritzchens Fritz has an unfortunate experience with the IOD of his Ryzen 5 7600 processor cracking

2TB SK Hynix Gold P31 SSD Drops to 5 Cents per GB at Amazon

By Ash Hill published 20 May 23

The SK Hynix Gold P31 2TB SSD is available today at Amazon for one of its best prices yet.

Here's What A Ryzen 7 7800X3D Looks Like With An Infrared Camera

By Aaron Klotz published 20 May 23

An infrared image was taken of a Ryzen 5 7600 and Ryzen 7 7800X3D, showing the architectural differences between AMD's 3D and non-3D-VCache CPUs.

SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD Suffer Sudden Failures: WD Responds

By Mark Tyson published 20 May 23

WD says that it is readying a firmware fix for a frightening SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD sudden failure issue, but it only mentions updates for 4TB users.

Raspberry Pi Pico Piano Helper Lights Up Keys to Teach Songs

By Ash Hill published 20 May 23

Adrian Cruceru is using a Raspberry Pi Pico to illuminate keyboard keys to help players learn songs by following the lights.

Intel Explores Transition to 64-Bit-Only x86S Architecture

By Mark Tyson published 20 May 23

Intel thinks it might be time to transition to a 64-bit only, simplified, x86S instruction set architecture, and has outlined its proposal in a whitepaper.