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Leo Says Ep. 61 – Nvidia wants to rule the world

Nvidia made a big splash when they announced their planned CPU named Grace at their recent virtual GTC event. We all know about Nvidia’s GPUs and we are sort-of aware of Bluefield which is described as a DPU. Now Nvidia also has plans for a CPU, so that means they have a Three Chip Strategy… Read more

AMD is ramping up GPU production to fight shortage

João Silva 20 hours ago Featured Tech News, Graphics The current GPU shortage has been quite troublesome – it’s really hard to buy a GPU nowadays, especially if you’re trying to buy it at MSRP. However, AMD wants to change that in the coming months. According to AMD’s Q1 2021 earnings call transcript, AMD CEO,… Read more

AMD Zen 5 ‘Strix Point’ APU to be based on 3nm node and hybrid core architecture

Home / Component / APU / AMD Zen 5 ‘Strix Point’ APU to be based on 3nm node and hybrid core architecture João Silva 2 days ago APU, Featured Tech News We’re still some ways off from seeing AMD launch its Zen 5 architecture, but nonetheless, the rumour mill is churning out some early information…. Read more

CES will return to its in-person event format in 2022

Matthew Wilson 2 days ago General Tech With COVID-19 vaccinations now rolling out in many countries across the world, in-person events are in a better position to finally return in 2022. In the tech world, we’ll be kicking this off with the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which returns to its usual format next year. Today,… Read more

Asus ROG Strix XG349C boasts ultrawide resolution and 180Hz refresh rate

João Silva 2 days ago Featured Tech News, Monitors Asus is on a monitor announcement spree. Following the Strix XG43UQ and the XG27AQM, the company has now announced the Strix XG349C, featuring a curved panel with a 180Hz refresh rate and a UWQHD resolution. The Asus ROG Strix XG349C features a Nano IPS panel with… Read more

HPE to Build Supercomputer with 100K AMD Zen 3 Cores

Home News (Image credit: NSCC) Hewlett Packard Enterprise this week said it had landed an order to build a new supercomputer for the National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) Singapore. The new system is powered by AMD’s Epyc ‘Milan’ processors as well as Nvidia’s A100 compute GPUs; it is eight times more powerful than its predecessor. NSCC’s supercomputer uses… Read more

AMD Vows to Resolve GPU Shortage: We Are Ramping Production

Home News (Image credit: AMD) Last year, AMD finally released a family of graphics processors that can compete against Nvidia’s high-end offerings in terms of performance. Unfortunately, AMD could not meet demand for new GPUs. But apparently there is light at the end of the tunnel as AMD is ramping up production. “We introduced our… Read more

CPU Cooler Test System Update 2021

With new hardware comes the need for test system updates, and we have instituted a massive overhaul of the testing process for CPU coolers. The biggest change is the addition of an AMD test bench alongside Intel so we can provide you with a better look at the performance offered. Not to mention we added… Read more

AMD vs Nvidia: Which GPUs Are Best for Ray Tracing?

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) The best graphics cards should let you play your favorite games with stunning visual effects, including life-like reflections and shadows. Sure, ray tracing may not radically improve the look of some games, but you should be the one to decide whether or not to enable it. Getting locked out… Read more

AMD and Intel Invest in Substrate Production to Fight Shortages

Home News (Image credit: JCET Group) There a numerous causes that have led into the ongoing computer component shortage, one of which is the lack of availability of materials called ABF substrates. The Good news is that companies like AMD and Intel are taking the problem seriously and are investing in packaging facilities and production… Read more

Crucial’s DDR5 RAM Is Ready For Retail

Home News Crucial DDR5 (Image credit: XFastest) It looks like DDR5 RAM is almost ready for purchase. Chinese news outlet XFastest this week shared photographs of the first retail DDR5 memory modules from Crucial, showing the components in retail packaging, just aching to hit shelves. As seen in the images, the publication blocked out the… Read more

Intel’s Eight-Core H45 Tiger Lake CPUs Are Just Weeks Away From Launch

Home News (Image credit: Intel) Intel is finally releasing its full lineup of Tiger Lake CPUs beyond the H35 quad-core parts (via ComputerBase) soon, meaning we’ll finally have Tiger Lake CPUs on mobile with an eight-core configuration instead of four cores. Intel’s H45 series chips will represent all Intel’s Tiger Lake SKUs with eight cores… Read more

CES 2022 Set to Be In-Person Event

Home News (Image credit: CTA) The Consumer Technology Association has announced plans to return CES 2022 to Las Vegas early next year. The trade show will be both digital and in-person (as opposed to digital only for 2021), which will make it more exciting, yet will give access to it to a broader audience. CES 2022 will… Read more

AMD Smashes Records Again, Data Center Revenue up 286%, Consumer Up 46%

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) AMD crushed expectations with its first quarter 2021 financial results today with a record quarterly revenue of $3.45B, an increase of 93% year over year (YoY). AMD grew in every segment of its businesses despite constant product shortages for its consumer CPUs and GPUs at retail, a byproduct of… Read more

AMD 4700S appears to be the Xbox Series X|S CPU but for PC

Home / Component / APU / AMD 4700S appears to be the Xbox Series X|S CPU but for PC João Silva 2 hours ago APU, Featured Tech News An unknown AMD processor has appeared online, known as the ‘4700S’. The specifications of this processor don’t line up with any of AMD’s announced CPUs or APUs,… Read more