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Fake Samsung 980 Pro SSDs Are Spreading Around

By Zhiye Liu published 18 March 23

Chinese forum user shares his experience with what he thought was a Samsung 980 Pro SSD, but it turned out to be a fake.

Intel Reportedly Cancels Thunder Bay Hybrid SoC

By Anton Shilov published 17 March 23

Intel cancels hybrid SoC with Movidius VPU and general-purpose CPU for edge computing.

M.2 NVMe SSD Support Comes to DSLR Cameras

By Zhiye Liu published 17 March 23

Icy Dock releases M.2 NVMe SSD to CFexpress converter with a removable SSD tray for DSLR cameras.

Intel Rumored to Pull-in 2nm Arrow Lake-S Launch to H1 2024

By Anton Shilov published 17 March 23

Report says Intel's Arrow Lake-S may replace Meteor Lake-S in desktops.

Old Bug Makes AMD's 7950X Appear to Run at 6.3 GHz

By Zhiye Liu published 16 March 23

A user encounters an RTC bug from the Ryzen 3000 (Zen 2) days that occasionally affect AMD's modern Ryzen 7000 Zen 4 processors.

AMD's 6nm Rembrandt, 4nm Phoenix CPUs May Arrive On AM5

By Zhiye Liu published 15 March 23

Leaked information reveals that two more AMD Ryzen processor lineups could be en route to the desktop AM5 socket.

China's Loongson Faces Overwhelming Obstacles Due to U.S. Restrictions

By Anton Shilov published 15 March 23

Loongson is facing massive tailwinds due to its recent inclusion on the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Entity list

New US Sanctions Against China's Chip Sector May Set it Back by a Decade

By Anton Shilov published 14 March 23

SMIC will have problems making chips using sub-40nm nodes if the U.S. imposes new sanctions against China.

AMD Rolls Out EPYC Embedded 9004 CPUs: Up to 96 Cores

By Anton Shilov published 14 March 23

AMD introduces EPYC 9004-series processors for storage, networking, and industrial applications.

Low-End AMD RX 6300 Surfaces on Second-Hand Marketplace

By Zhiye Liu published 13 March 23

The Radeon RX 6300, an unreleased and probably OEM-exclusive graphics card, emerges in the second-hand market.

Intel Arc Graphics Card Prices Dip Again, Up to 18%

By Zhiye Liu published 13 March 23

Intel's Arc A380, A750, and A770 (Alchemist) graphics cards continue to get even cheaper.

Gigabyte Reportedly Launching High-Wattage Radeon 6800 XT

By Anton Shilov published 12 March 23

Gigabyte reportedly readies supersized Radeon RX 6800 XT graphics card, potentially with enhanced overclocking potential

PCIe 4.0 Card Hosts 21 M.2 SSDs: Up To 168TB, 31 GB/s

By Zhiye Liu published 12 March 23

Apex Storage has revealed the X21, an AIC that houses up to 21 PCIe 4.0 SSDs.

Ryzen 9 7945HX Games 10% Faster Than Core i9-13950HX, According to AMD Benchmarks

By Zhiye Liu published 11 March 23

AMD announces the availability of the Ryzen 7045 (Dragon Range) processor and compares Ryzen 9 7945HX to Intel's latest Core i9-13950HX processor.

Micro Center Adding Three New Stores: Indianapolis Opens in June

By Avram Piltch published 9 March 23

In a world where many tech businesses are contracting, Micro Center is expanding.

Upcoming AMD BIOS May Support 24GB, 48GB RAM on AMD Motherboards

By Zhiye Liu published 9 March 23

Hardware leaker claims the forthcoming AGESA ComboAM5PI 1.0.0.7 firmware will support 24GB and 48GB DIMMs.

AMD's Aging OEM Quad-Core CPU Finally Debuts at Retail

By Zhiye Liu published 8 March 23

The Ryzen 3 4300G, which used to be an SKU exclusive to OEM, has started to flood the retail market.

Nvidia Is About to Lose Two Major HPC Partners in China, Is Still Optimistic

By Anton Shilov published 8 March 23

Nvidia vows to find new HPC partners as U.S. government curbs sales of American technologies to Huawei and Inspur.

Intel Seeks Additional $5 Billion in Subsidies for German Fab