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Innosilicon Fenghua No.2 GPU Launching August 3

By Mark Tyson published 26 July 22

Innosilicon will reportedly launch its dual-GPU PowerVR-based Fenghua No.2 graphics card, though there haven't been proper third party analysis of the first card launched last November.

Materials from the microfluidic research

Microfluidic Cooling on Overclocked Intel i7-8700K Drops Thermal Resistance 44%

By Francisco Pires published 26 July 22

Testing future cooling solutions for CPUs

The 12GB MSI Ventus RTX 3080 Is Back Down to $729: Real Deals

By Stewart Bendle published 26 July 22

The 12GB MSI Ventus RTX 3080 is back to just $729 at Newegg. This powerful GPU is an attractive option at this discounted price.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition

Nvidia Reportedly Readies 800W RTX 4090 Ti With 18,176 Cores, 48GB GDDR6X

By Anton Shilov published 26 July 22

Possible specifications of the GeForce RTX 4090 Ti have been leaked. Dubbed "The Beast" by Twitter's Kopite7Kimi, the GPU reportedly has 18,176 shader cores, 48GB of GDDR6X memory, and an 800W TBP.

Intel Meteor Lake Boot Log Spotlights 20 Core CPU Sample

By Mark Tyson published 26 July 22

CPU appears to be a 1.2 GHz Engineering Sample, and the multiple Linux Coreboot boot logs probably contain a discrepancy between core counts due to early-stage firmware.

Tiny Touchscreen PC Doubles Crowdfunder Target

By Ian Evenden published 26 July 22

Crowdfunded from China, this tiny touchscreen PC smashed its target.

TeamGroup Launches Vapor Chamber Cooler for M.2 SSDs

By Anton Shilov published 26 July 22

TeamGroup adds vapor chamber to M.2 SSD cooling system.

Micron Takes Lead With 232-Layer NAND Flash, up to 2TB per Chip Package

By Paul Alcorn published 26 July 22

Micron has taken the lead with its 232-Layer NAND, the first to break the 200-Layer barrier.

Xbox Firmware Update Makes Booting Faster

By Francisco Pires published 25 July 22

Reducing the time to game by five whole seconds.

Backblaze Reveals Life Expectancy for HDDs in Its Servers, Going Back to 2013

By Francisco Pires published 25 July 22

Cloud storage provider Backblaze has shared its life expectancy numbers for HDDs as they've experienced them ever since the company opened doors back in 2013.

Sapphire Configures a Radeon RX 6500 XT With 8GB VRAM

By Mark Tyson published 25 July 22

Sapphire's new Radeon RX 6500 XT Pulse 8GB is available now. The GPU boost clock is 1% faster, but the memory bus remains lacking at 64-bit.

AMD's Ryzen 9 5950X Flagship CPU Hits New Low of $499: Real Deals

By Stewart Bendle published 25 July 22

A powerful upgrade for your old AM4 rig.

32-Bit Linux Won't Get Patched for Latest Intel Vulnerabilities

By Ian Evenden published 25 July 22

The amount of work involved in fixes means that the 32-bit Linux kernel won’t be getting the same treatment as the 64-bit version of the OS.

Ampere's Altra Max 80 Core Arm CPU Gets Benchmarked, Delidded, Measured

By Mark Tyson published 25 July 22

We should get our first taste of truly performant Arm cores in PC chips when the Qualcomm Nuvia processors arrive in late 2022 to 23.

Apple Removes Last Remnants of Intel Silicon, AMD Rembrandt Follows Suit

By Mark Tyson published 25 July 22

Apple's refreshed M2 MacBook Air uses a custom U09PY3 USB4 retimer, putting Intel silicon in the rear view mirror.

Unique Raspberry Pi Gaming Rig Uses Complex Shapes and Circular LCD Screens

By Ash Hill published 25 July 22

Developer and woodworker Mw33212 has created another beautiful Pi-powered gaming rig—this time with two round LCD displays in a handmade tridiminished rhombicosidodecahedron-shaped case.

Intel Foundry Services Lands MediaTek, a Leading TSMC Customer

By Paul Alcorn published 25 July 22

Intel has signed MediaTek as a customer for its foundry services, a key win as the company tries to build out its foundry services division.

DDR5 Boosts Raptor Lake CPU Multi-Core Performance By 20 Percent In New Benchmark

By Zhiye Liu published 24 July 22

Intel Core i7-13700K benchmarks show the difference between DDR4 and DDR5 memory performance.

Alien-Themed Raspberry Pi Motion Tracker Monitors for Facehuggers

By Ash Hill published 24 July 22

Bill O’Sullivan uses a Raspberry Pi to drive a custom Alien-themed motion tracking handheld that works using ultrasonic sensors.

AMD Establishes New CPU Design Center in NY

By Anton Shilov published 24 July 22

As AMD's R&D spending increases, the chipmaker has established new CPU design centers.