Alleged Core i9-13900K Raptor Lake CPU Spotted on the Black Market By Aaron Klotz published 28 June 22 A Chinese black market retailer just sold an engineering sample Core i9-13900K on the black market. It's a sign that Intel is finalizing Raptor Lake development.
TSMC to Hike Chip Prices in 2023 By Anton Shilov published 28 June 22 TSMC will reportedly increase chip prices by another 6% in 2023, which is less than earlier rumors indicated. This will help with expanding its foundry locations and capacities.
GeForce GTX 1630 Proves the RX 6400 Is the Hero We Needed By Zhiye Liu published 28 June 22 AMD's Radeon RX 6400 looks far better when sitting alongside the new GeForce GTX 1630. Nvidia and its partners trimmed the specs far too much on this entry-level GPU, without cutting price enough.
Ethereum Miners Likely Lost Money During the Past Two Years By Jarred Walton published 28 June 22 If you didn't sell your currency, you are probably operating at a loss.
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1630 4GB Graphics Card Launched Packing 512 CUDA Cores By Mark Tyson published 28 June 22 A GTX 1630 launch driver has been released by Nvidia today. Leaks regarding the card's 512 CUDA cores, and 4GB of GDDR6 on a 64-bit bus were correct.
Intel to Cut Alder Lake Pricing for Major PC Makers: Report By Mark Tyson published 28 June 22 Intel already cut its Alder Lake CPU pricing by as much as 10% in Q2, and it is unprecedented to cut current-gen pricing so early, says a Taiwanese PC industry sourced report.
MNT Research Unveils Arm Powered Pocket Reform By Ian Evenden published 28 June 22 The Pocket Reform compact laptop from MNT Research is open source, modular, and extremely cute
AMD Investigating Alleged 450Gb Data Theft by RansomHouse Extortionists (Update) By Paul Alcorn published 28 June 22 The RansomHouse extortion group claims to have 450Gb of stolen AMD data and is charging an unknown ransom.
How to Safely Overclock Your CPU By Paul Alcorn published 28 June 22 We cover all of the nitty-gritty details of how to overclock your CPU.
Valve More Than Doubles Steam Deck Production, Q3 Reservations Starting Soon By Aaron Klotz published 27 June 22 Valve says production of the Steam Deck has more than doubled per week, which should hopefully drive down reservation times for future owners.
Asus, Gigabyte Lower Motherboard Projections, Bemoan Lost GPU Bundles: Report By Mark Tyson published 27 June 22 Worldwide motherboard sales are projected to drop from 40m in 2021 to 30m this year.
Intel Arc Alchemist Professional GPUs? Arc Pro A40 and A50 Spotted By Aaron Klotz published 27 June 22 According to a new discovery on SiSoftware, Intel is apparently building prototype Arc Alchemist Pro GPUs aimed at the workstation market. But details related to these GPUs are very scarce.
New Benchmarks Show GTX 1650 and RX 6400 Outperforming Intel's Arc A380 Graphics Card By Aaron Klotz published 27 June 22 A new benchmark suite from Intel showcases its A380 desktop GPU getting beaten out by the 3-year-old GTX 1650 and entry-level Radeon RX 6400 GPU.
Some MacBook Pro SSDs Slower Than Last-Gen, Single Chip to Blame By Ian Evenden published 27 June 22 The use of a single NAND chip in entry-level M2 MacBook Pro SSDs leads to slower transfer rates, YouTubers discover
Raspberry Pi Restores Guitar Amp, Complete With Effects By Ash Hill published 27 June 22 David Silverman has restored an old guitar amp using a Raspberry Pi to power the unit and programmed it to provide special effects.
Sidestep Windows 11's Microsoft Account Requirement With Rufus Beta By Mark Tyson published 27 June 22 As well as offering the option to skip Microsoft Account sign-in, the latest edition of Rufus has options to swerve secure boot and TPM requirements, minimum RAM and storage requirements, and more.
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1630 Briefly Appears on Colorful Website By Mark Tyson published 27 June 22 The disastrous showing of the Intel Arc A380 in Chinese reviews may have inspired enough confidence in Nvidia to release a cheaper trimmed down GTX 1650 relative.
Supermicro 1024US-TRT Server Review: 128 Cores in a 1U Chassis By Paul Alcorn published 27 June 22 Supermicro's 1023US-TR4 platform serves up powerful performance in a slim package, with up to 128 cores packed into a slim 1U footprint.
Steam Deck Designer Warns Against SSD Mod By Aaron Klotz published 26 June 22 A valve employee has taken to Twitter to warn against modding the Steam Deck's M.2 drive with a physically bigger SSD.
Raspberry Pi Zero Prints Giant Pictures with Thermal Receipt Printer By Ash Hill published 26 June 22 Maker -PJFry- uses a Raspberry Pi Zero to print large, poster-sized images using a thermal receipt printer to create them one piece at a time.