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$25 active memory cooler reduces temperatures of 'naked' RAM by up to 41%
Phoronix benchmarked DDR5 RDIMM memory with active cooling, revealing the need for builders to beware of DDR5 server overheating problems even in server-focused chassis.
Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition GPU listed for $250 at US retailer
Intel seems to be preparing a special "Limited Edition" version of the leaked B580 Battlemage GPU - priced at $250 per leaks.
Intel Arc B580 Battlemage GPU allegedly surfaces on Geekbench
The Battlemage based Arc B580 has allegedly been tested in Geekbench, wielding 20 Xe Cores, 12GB of VRAM and a healthy 2.85 GHz boost clock.
System integrator offers pre-orders for $52,500 AI workstation powered by up to eight RTX 5090s
Lithuanian system integrator Comino has started accepting pre-orders for the Grando Server, which is powered by up to eight RTX 5090 GPUs.
Despite restrictions, Russia allegedly finds new way to produce sanctioned 48-core Baikal-S processors: Report
Baikal-S processors find their way to Russia after a two year hiatus despite restrictions by the U.S. government and Taiwanese authorities.
Chinese x86 eight-core Zhaoxin KX-7000 CPU lags behind AMD and Intel
Zhaoxin's KaiXian KX-7000/8 processor tested in various applications: still cannot compete against modern x86 processors from AMD and Intel.
ROCm 6.3 adds several new features including a Fortran compiler, and SGLang
ROCm 6.3 adds several new features to the open source platform, helping accelerate various workloads on Instinct GPUs such as AI and HPC workloads.
x86 reigns supreme as Snapdragon X Elite chips captured just 0.8% of the market with 720,000 units sold in Q3 2024
Qualcomm is facing a lot of challenges in solidifying its position in the PC market - powering just 0.8% of all PCs sold in Q3 this year.
