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Sapphire Rapids Uncovered: 56 Cores, 64GB HBM2E, Multi-Chip Design

Home News (Image credit: Intel) A leaked slide purported to be from Intel’s roadmap summarizes what we know about Intel’s upcoming 4th Generation Xeon Scalable ‘Sapphire Rapids’ processor, with some additional details. (Thanks, VideoCardz.) Intel has always envisioned its Sapphire Rapids processor and the Eagle Stream platform as a revolutionary product. Paired with Intel’s Xe-HPC ‘Ponte Vecchio’… Read more

Study Shows How Fragile Semiconductor Industry Still Is

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) published a report today detailing the, well, semiconductor industry’s weaknesses as the entire world attempts to figure out how to respond to the ongoing chip shortage. Many enthusiasts probably know the biggest issue: The semiconductor industry relies on many companies… Read more

Taiwan Water Rationing Could Hurt GPU, Display Panel Production

Home News (Image credit: TSMC) The ongoing drought in Taiwan has already affected the production of chips such as GPUs and DRAM as well as other components in the country, as we reported several times over the past few weeks. Apparently, the situation is getting worse as local authorities plan to start rationing water supply starting in April. For… Read more

SanDisk Extreme v2 Portable SSD Review: Twice the Speed, Better Security

Our Verdict SanDisk’s Extreme v2 packs double the performance of the original and ups the security with hardware-accelerated full disk encryption. This, along with a durable design and five-year warranty, makes the Extreme v2 one of the best 10 GBps NVMe portable SSD for content creators on the go. For Competitive and consistent performance AES… Read more

Corsair MP600 Pro M.2 NVMe SSD Review: Faster Speed, Less Endurance

Our Verdict Although it’s a pricey drive, Corsair’s MP600 Pro is fast, secure, and keeps its cool with innovative cooling solutions. For + Competitive performance + Innovative and functional thermal solutions + AES 256-bit encryption + 5-year warranty Against – Less endurance than the non-Pro model – Smaller-than-expected SLC cache – Slow-to-recover SLC cache –… Read more

SK Hynix Envisions 600-Layer 3D NAND & EUV-Based DRAM

Home News (Image credit: SK Hynix) On Monday executives at SK Hynix gave a keynote speech to the IEEE International Reliability Physics Symposium (IRPS) where they shared their vision about the company’s mid-term and long-term technological goals. SK Hynix believes it can continue increasing capacity of its 3D NAND chips by increasing the number of layers to… Read more

Micron to Sell 3D XPoint Memory Fab and Cease Further Development (Updated)

Home News (Image credit: Intel) Update: We’ve added responses from both Intel and Micron to the article below:Micron announced today that it is selling its 3D XPoint fab in Lehi, Utah, bringing an end to its production of the radical new memory technology that it developed with Intel. The company plans to sell the fab… Read more

Zadak Spark RGB 1 TB Review

Introduction Zadak is a fairly young manufacturer of computer hardware—they were founded in 2015 in Taiwan. Besides SSDs, they’ve released cases, memory, and closed-loop watercoolers. All their products are targeted at the DIY PC space. The Zadak Spark RGB is an M.2 NVMe SSD that goes all out on RGB bling capability. Thanks to support… Read more

Replacing GeForce RTX 3090 Thermal Pads Improves GDDR6X Temps By 25C

Home News Not satisfied with the temperatures of the memory on his GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition, a determined YouTuber (CryptoAtHome) replaced the factory thermal pads for aftermarket ones. The results are impressive as he managed to improve the temperatures by up to 25 degress Celsius — even while doing Ethereum mining. Even though the… Read more

Doubling Down: RTX 3070 Modded with 16GB of VRAM

Home News (Image credit: YouTube) Modder and YouTuber “VIK-on” completed his project on modifying a Palit RTX 3070 with 16GB of video memory, doubling the card’s VRAM capacity from its original 8GB specification. In his video detailing the mod, VIK-on shows us the installation process of the memory modules, and his experiences using the card…. Read more

Zotac GeForce RTX 3080 AMP Holo Review

Introduction We have with us the Zotac GeForce RTX 3080 AMP Holo, the company’s top custom-design RTX 3080 offering available in the North American market. The AMP Holo is positioned a notch above the RTX 3080 Trinity, which we had a chance to review last year. For the most part, the card retains the design… Read more

Zotac GeForce RTX 3080 AMP Holo Review

Introduction We have with us the Zotac GeForce RTX 3080 AMP Holo, the company’s top custom-design RTX 3080 offering available in the North American market. The AMP Holo is positioned a notch above the RTX 3080 Trinity, which we had a chance to review last year. For the most part, the card retains the design… Read more

Speciality DRAM Prices Expected to Rise Throughout 2021

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) DigiTimes today reported that DRAM prices are expected to rise throughout 2021 as Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron maintain flash memory production levels despite increasing demand. The report claimed that suppliers are cautious about building additional DRAM capacity which could result in limited global bit output growth. Demand for flash memory… Read more

Silicon Power UD70 M.2 SSD Review: Low-Cost PCIe Gen3 Speed

Our Verdict While not the best looking M.2 NVMe SSD we’ve come across, Silicon Power’s UD70 is a responsive PCIe 3.0 SSD with an attractive price point. For Competitive performance Single-sided form factor AES 256-bit hardware encryption 5-year warranty Against Low endurance ratings Slow write speed after write cache fills Go to page: Features and… Read more

You Can Take This Unbreakable SSD Swimming With You

Home News ECLLPSE (Image credit: Indiegogo) The ECLLPSE, touted as an unbreakable storage device, is actually a high-speed SSD the comes in the form of a conventional thumbdrive. Yanko Design claims the drive is both indestructible and waterproof (though there are obviously some caveats to those claims) and has started an Indiegogo campaign to bring… Read more