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Banana Pi’s BPI-M2 Pro With HDMI 2.1 Now Available for $61

Home News (Image credit: Banana Pi) The BPI-M2 Pro single-board computer Banana Pi announced in March is now available worldwide for $61. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean the board is fully ripe, with CNX Software noting that Banana Pi still hasn’t released its firmware. Banana Pi said the BPI-M2 Pro features an Amlogic S905X3 equipped… Read more

The Atari VCS retro console gets its long-awaited retail release

The Atari VCS — a part-desktop PC, part-retro console modeled after the Atari 2600 — is finally available to buy at retail. Atari is selling the console via its own site while Best Buy and Micro Center also have their listings. This isn’t the first time the console has been available to the public (VGC… Read more

HP Elite Dragonfly Max Review: A Pricey 5G Follow-Up

Our Verdict The HP Elite Dragonfly Max has a bright display and long battery life, but its performance could be stronger, and it has a very high price, even for a business-class laptop. For + 5G option + Bright Display + Long Battery Life Against – Middling Performance – Expensive even for a business-class computer… Read more

Raspberry Pi 400 Support Added to Linux Kernel

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) We were big fans of the Raspberry Pi 400 when it launched at the end of last year, so it’s good to see that support will be added into the mainline Linux kernel with the upcoming release 5.14, as spotted by Phoronix. (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Although effectively a… Read more

Intel Infuses CPUs With HBM2E, Sapphire Rapids Incoming

Home News (Image credit: Intel) Intel has begun enabling Linux support for on-package HBM2E memory for its CPUs, marking a shift to infusing processors with fast memory onboard. This new development comes on the heels of previous Linux patch submissions to enable support for HBM with its upcoming fourth-gen Xeon Scalable ‘Sapphire Rapids’ processors, meaning… Read more

Playdate Handheld Cranks up the Fun

Home News (Image credit: Panic, Inc) It may look like the unlikely outcome of teleportation experiment involving a Sega Bass Fishing controller and a Game Boy Micro, but Playdate is a tiny, handheld games console with a novel form of input. Image 1 of 3 (Image credit: Panic) Image 2 of 3 (Image credit: Panic)… Read more

AMD’s Instinct MI200 GPU Uses Multi-Chip Design for Exascale Supercomputer

Home News (Image credit: AMD) A recent Linux patch posted by AMD reveals that the company’s Instinct MI200 next-generation compute GPU, codenamed ‘Aldebaran,’ will use a multi-chip module (MCM) design. That means the GPU will come with two dies in a single chip package instead of the single die we’re accustomed to with standard GPUs…. Read more

Apple’s New MacOS Update Reportedly Fixes SSD Wear Issue on M1 Macs

Home News (Image credit: Apple) The researcher who brought to attention an abnormal SSD wearout indicator on Apple M1-based Macs earlier this year believes that the company has resolved the issue with the release of its macOS 11.4 operating system. Apple has never acknowledged the problem, so the company hasn’t provided any official information on the… Read more

Nvidia and Valve are bringing DLSS to Linux

Linux gamers using Valve’s Proton compatibility tool to run Windows games will be getting a performance upgrade in the future: Nvidia has announced that it’s working with Valve to bring FPS boosts using its DLSS technology featured on its RTX cards. It’s almost enough to make me want to revisit Linux gaming. DLSS, or Deep… Read more

Balking AMD’s Claims, Nvidia Says Smartphones Aren’t Ready for Ray Tracing

Home News (Image credit: Nvidia) Nvidia does not have plans to bring its ray tracing-enabled GPU architectures to smartphones or other ultra-mobile devices right now, CEO Jensen Huang told journalists at a Computex meeting this week. The statements come just days after AMD confirmed that upcoming Samsung smartphones using AMD RDNA2 GPU architecture will support… Read more

AMD’s Yellow Carp GPUs Swim Into Linux Drivers

Home News (Image credit: AMD) AMD has begun to enable driver support for what could possibly be its new GPU based on the RDNA-series architecture and equipped with the company’s next-generation DCN 3.1 display controller. At present, it is unclear whether the new “Yellow Carp” GPUs are high-end, midrange, or low-end graphics solutions, but we… Read more

AMD Is Expanding Power-Sharing SmartShift Support to Linux

Home News (Image credit: AMD) As reported by Phoronix, AMD is focusing on expanding its SmartShift ecosystem to support operating systems beyond Windows 10. AMD has released two patches this week that continue adding support of SmartShift’s features to the Linux ecosystem. That’s excellent news for Linux buyers who want to use AMD’s shiny new… Read more

Nvidia and Valve Bringing DLSS to Linux via Steam Proton

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) Nvidia today announced at Computex 2021 that it’s partnered with Valve to bring its Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) graphics tech to Linux via Steam Proton. Now people who game on Linux systems should be able to put their Nvidia graphics cards—including the new GeForce RTX 3080 Ti and RTX… Read more

AMD confirms it’s powering the gaming rig inside Tesla’s Model S and Model X

Remember when Elon Musk claimed you’d be able to play The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 on a 10 teraflop gaming rig he’s stuffing into the new Tesla Model S and X? AMD is officially providing the guts — during its Computex 2021 keynote, the chipmaker just revealed that the new Tesla infotainment system consists… Read more

Despite Low-Power Cores, Intel’s Alder Lake Mobile Could Push Up to 115W TDP

Home News (Image credit: Photoshop) Respected Linux patch detective Coelacanth’s Dream has penned a new blog post decoding the latest Intel patches, giving us some insight into unreleased information about the upcoming Alder Lake-P laptop processors. The information indicates some of Intel’s Alder Lake CPUs could have a configurable TDP as high as 115W, making… Read more