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Ubuntu Announces Compatibility With Second RISC-V System
Ubuntu has a new home: the VisionFive RISC-V board from StarFive.
Desktop CPU Sales Lowest in 30 Years, AMD Gains Market Share Anyway (Updated)
AMD makes big gains in desktop, mobile and server CPU markets.
Pinball Fantastic: ESP32 Runs DOS Emulator, Hits Jackpot
An amazing DIY project sees the tiny ESP32-S3 emulate a 286 to run Pinball Fantasies
AIDA64 Adds Support for Zen 4 AVX-512, Nvidia RTX 4090
The biggest hardware releases of the year loom closer.
World's First RISC-V Laptop Goes Up For Preorder
Chinese organizations have announced the world's first RISC-V laptop called the ROMA, featuring a quad-core RISC-V CPU and up to 16GB of RAM.
Intel Core i9-12900KS Review: The Fastest Gaming Chip Ever
We put Intel's new Core i9-12900KS through the testing wringer to see if it earns its $739 price tag.
Intel Core i9-12900K and Core i5-12600K Review: Retaking the Gaming Crown
We put Intel's new Core i9-12900K and Core i5-12600K through the wringer in Windows 10 and 11 testing with DDR4 and DDR5 memory.
Intel 12th-Gen Alder Lake Pricing, Benchmarks, Specs and All We Know
Here's everything we know about Intel's disruptive 12th-gen Alder Lake chips that come with the first hybrid x86 architecture for the desktop PC.
