Hardware
- New smartphone SIM card has faster embedded CPU core — single RISC-V core claimed to help deliver 10x storage, 10x faster transfers, improved securitywww.tomshardware.com New smartphone SIM card has faster embedded CPU core — single RISC-V core claimed to help deliver 10x storage, 10x faster transfers, improved security
This is China Mobile's new 'super SIM card.'
- Testing AMD’s Giant MI300Xchipsandcheese.com Testing AMD’s Giant MI300X
Editor Note (6/26/2024): We have rephrased the acknowledgment section to make more clear that we got no direct support from AMD on this article. Our testing is fully independent, and AMD did not ha…
- Blacklisted Huawei intros first consumer SSDs — KitStore Xtreme 200 lineup stretches up to 4TBwww.tomshardware.com Blacklisted Huawei intros first consumer SSDs — KitStore Xtreme 200 lineup stretches up to 4TB
A modest DRAM-less PCIe Gen4 x4 drive, but this is just the start.
- Canalys Newsroom - US PC market set for 5% growth in 2024 amid a healthy recovery trajectorywww.canalys.com Canalys Newsroom - US PC market set for 5% growth in 2024 amid a healthy recovery trajectory
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- Windows 1.0 goes back to the future with the help of Raspberry Pi – PicoVision and emulation let you GUI like it's 1985www.tomshardware.com Windows 1.0 goes back to the future with the help of Raspberry Pi – PicoVision and emulation let you GUI like it's 1985
I guess it's like Mount Everest, finding a way to load Windows 1.0 just because it's there
- Pine64 Oz64 is a single-board PC with ARM and RISC-V CPU cores - Liliputingliliputing.com Pine64 Oz64 is a single-board PC with ARM and RISC-V CPU cores - Liliputing
Pine64 Oz64 is a single-board PC with ARM and RISC-V CPU cores
- AMD to Revise Specs of Ryzen 7 9700X to Increase TDP to 120W, Beat 7800X3Dwww.techpowerup.com AMD to Revise Specs of Ryzen 7 9700X to Increase TDP to 120W, Beat 7800X3D
AMD's Ryzen 9000 "Granite Ridge" family of Socket AM5 desktop processors based on the "Zen 5" microarchitecture arrive in July, with four processor models in the lead—the 9950X 16-core, the 9900X 12-core, the 9700X 8-core, and the 9600X 6-core. AMD is building the CCDs (CPU core dies) of these proce...
- Leaked Lunar Lake's Ultra 7 chip debuts in Geekbench database — impressive performance from low-power chipswww.tomshardware.com Leaked Lunar Lake's Ultra 7 chip debuts in Geekbench database — impressive performance from low-power chips
Two Lunar Lake laptop benchmark runs have leaked online.
- The Xbox that never was: Our first detailed look at the 'Keystone' cloud streaming console designwww.windowscentral.com The Xbox that never was: Our first detailed look at the 'Keystone' cloud streaming console design
Ever wondered what Xbox Keystone was going to look like? A new patent gives us an idea!
- Pocket Z project hopes to rekindle pocket PC form factor — with a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W insidewww.tomshardware.com Pocket Z project hopes to rekindle pocket PC form factor — with a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W inside
Reviving the 'glory days' of PDAs and Ultra-Mobile PCs.
- Qualcomm's flagship Snapdragon X Elite in PassMark: Fails to Beat Apple's M3www.tomshardware.com Qualcomm's flagship Snapdragon X Elite in PassMark: Fails to Beat Apple's M3
But nonetheless, it demonstrates decent results.
- Alibaba Cloud reveals datacenter design and homebrew networkwww.theregister.com Alibaba Cloud reveals datacenter design and homebrew network
15,000 GPUs per DC, in hosts packing eight apiece, plus nine NICs – helped by switches with custom heat sinks
- Taking a closer look at AI’s supposed energy apocalypsearstechnica.com Taking a closer look at AI’s supposed energy apocalypse
AI is just one small part of data centers’ soaring energy use.
- Huawei struggles to ramp GPU production as US sanctions bitewww.theregister.com Huawei struggles to ramp GPU production as US sanctions bite
President Xi tells nation that battle for tech dominance, game between 'international powers' are 'intertwined'
- AMD's upcoming Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 beats the company's current best mobile chip – Strix Point ES Geekbench results show big improvementswww.tomshardware.com AMD's upcoming Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 beats the company's current best mobile chip – Strix Point ES Geekbench results show big improvements
AMD's upcoming mobile APUs continue to show promise
- Lawsuit claims execs misled investors about Intel Foundrywww.theregister.com Lawsuit claims execs misled investors about Intel Foundry
Lawsuit demands big changes and a little transparency in reporting
- Organized crime and domestic violence perps buy trackers [Australian Police Research Findings]www.theregister.com Organized crime and domestic violence perps buy trackers
Australian study finds GPS trackers – and sometimes AirTags – are in demand for the wrong reasons
[Project Hakea - Direct PDF Link](file:///C:/Users/vmukh_000/Downloads/HAKEA%20Final%20Report%2025%20June%202024.pdf)
- The Appetite For Datacenter Compute Is Ravenous [Interview with AMD GM for Datacentre, Forrest Norrod]www.nextplatform.com The Appetite For Datacenter Compute Is Ravenous
It has been an invaluable asset for AMD as it re-engaged in the datacenter in the past decade to have Forrest Norrod as the general manager of its
- Loongson To Launch Its Cutting-Edge "3C6000" Server CPU By Next Quarter, Up To 128 Core Chiplet Designwccftech.com Loongson To Launch Its Cutting-Edge "3C6000" Server CPU By Next Quarter, Up To 128 Core Chiplet Design
Loongson, the Chinese CPU manufacturer, has revealed that its next-gen server processor, the 3C6000, will be launched by next quarter
Source article is unfortunately only in Chinese.
- Huawei building vast chip equipment R&D center in Shanghai [article archive in body]asia.nikkei.com Huawei building vast chip equipment R&D center in Shanghai
China tech company spending billions, snapping up talent in battle against U.S. crackdown
https://archive.fo/vWHOs
- Sony no longer cares about the PSVR 2, and neither should youwww.androidcentral.com Sony no longer cares about the PSVR 2, and neither should you
It's a sad, disappointing story that could have been so much better.
- Lenovo ThinkPad L14 Gen 4 Intel Review: Not up to par anymorewww.notebookcheck.net Lenovo ThinkPad L14 Gen 4 Intel Review: Not up to par anymore
Notebookcheck reviews the Lenovo ThinkPad L14 G4: This compact office laptop has great input devices, but buyers have to accept a below par screen.
- LG's new Tandem OLED will be in Dell's new XPS 13 2024 first, not Apple's new MacBook Pro M4www.tweaktown.com LG's new Tandem OLED will be in Dell's new XPS 13 2024 first, not Apple's new MacBook Pro M4
LG Display announces mass production of the industry's first 13-inch Tandem OLED panel for laptops: debuts in the new Dell XPS 13 2024 laptop.
- iFixit says new Arm Surface hardware “puts repair front and center”arstechnica.com iFixit says new Arm Surface hardware “puts repair front and center”
Both devices make it relatively easy to get at the battery and SSD.
- Intel Core Ultra 200V "Lunar Lake" lineup allegedly leaks out, features one Core Ultra 9 SKU - VideoCardz.comvideocardz.com Intel Core Ultra 200V "Lunar Lake" lineup allegedly leaks out, features one Core Ultra 9 SKU - VideoCardz.com
Intel Core Ultra 9 288V could be Lunar Lake flagship SKU Launch could feature more SKUs than previously expected. In the coming weeks, expect to hear more about Intel’s upcoming Core Ultra 200V series, codenamed Lunar Lake. Intel’s announcements at Computex focused heavily on this series, which wil...
- U.S. Proposes Restrictions On Tech Investments In Chinasemiengineering.com U.S. Proposes Restrictions On Tech Investments In China
Chips, quantum, AI, and EDA would be sharply limited under Treasury Department plan.
- When To Expect Domain-Specific AI Chipssemiengineering.com When To Expect Domain-Specific AI Chips
With the intended application evolving faster than silicon can be developed, optimizing hardware becomes a delicate balance.
- Samsung teases investment to get into the GPU gamewww.theregister.com Samsung teases investment to get into the GPU game
A head-on assault on Nvidia seems unlikely – but dumping AMD from Exynos has merit
- Brazilian TecToy intros Zeenix Lite gaming handheld with dual-core Athlon and Zeenix Pro with Ryzen 7 6800U - VideoCardz.comvideocardz.com Brazilian TecToy intros Zeenix Lite gaming handheld with dual-core Athlon and Zeenix Pro with Ryzen 7 6800U - VideoCardz.com
TecToy Zeenix gaming handheld features Athlon and Ryzen APUs Brazilian company TecToy is relaunching its gaming division and has announced new gaming hardware. The company announced two gaming handhelds running Windows 11. These are primarily advertised as gaming devices, but they are also intended ...
- Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron Compete for GDDR7 Dominancewww.techpowerup.com Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron Compete for GDDR7 Dominance
Competition among Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron is intensifying, with a focus on enhancing processing speed and efficiency in graphics DRAM (GDDR) for AI accelerators and cryptocurrency mining. Compared with High Bandwidth Memory (HBM), the GDDR7 has a faster data processing speed and a relatively l...
- Tentative Intel Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake launch window outed by new leakwww.notebookcheck.net Tentative Intel Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake launch window outed by new leak
Intel's Arrow Lake laptops are rumoured for a mid-to-late September launch. Some Arrow Lake chips and high-end Z890 motherboards are expected to follow suit in October.
- Smuggler busted with 596 Intel Xeon CPUs valued at $1.5 million — trafficker faces seven-year jailtime and over $256K finewww.tomshardware.com Smuggler busted with 596 Intel Xeon CPUs valued at $1.5 million — trafficker faces seven-year jailtime and over $256K fine
It's shocking but not totally surprising, considering GPU shortage heisting shenanigans
- Microsoft shelves its underwater data center — Project Natick had fewer server failures compared to servers on landwww.tomshardware.com Microsoft shelves its underwater data center — Project Natick had fewer server failures compared to servers on land
“My team worked on it, and it worked,” says CO+I Head Noelle Walsh.
- AMD Readies Ryzen AI PRO 300 "Strix Point" APUs: 12-Core Ryzen AI 9 HX & Ryzen AI 7 SKUs Spottedwccftech.com AMD Readies Ryzen AI PRO 300 "Strix Point" APUs: 12-Core Ryzen AI 9 HX & Ryzen AI 7 SKUs Spotted
AMD is working on "PRO" variants of its Strix Point APUs under the Ryzen AI 9 HX and Ryzen AI 7 series featuring up to 12 cores.