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Apple announces AirTag, a new Tile-like item tracker

Apple is officially launching a Tile-like item tracker that will work with the company’s software and services. Dubbed AirTag, the small circular tag will allow you to track items within Apple’s “Find My” app on iOS. Much like Tile, Apple’s AirTags will be useful for tracking items like keys or wallets, and you’ll be provided… Read more

Apple’s ‘Spring Loaded’ iPad Pro event live blog

iPads? AirTags? AirPods? There could be a lot on tap today Apple seemingly has a big backlog of products to announce. We’ve been anticipating new iPad Pros, AirTags, AirPods, an Apple TV, and just maybe a new iMac with Arm-based Apple Silicon. The tagline for today’s event, “Spring Loaded,” seems to be a hint that… Read more

Adafruit QT Py RP2040 Review: A tiny board for great projects

Our Verdict There is so much to love about this board. Small in size, yet great in flexibility the QT Py RP2040 is a board that you need in your projects. For + Small size + Stemma QT Port + USB-C Against – Lack of GPIO pins Adafruit have so far released three RP2040 boards…. Read more

Pre-Binned Rocket Lake CPUs Go On Sale: 5.1 GHz Core i9-11900K at $879

Home News 11th Generation Rocket Lake Processor (Image credit: Intel) As with every generation of Intel processor, Silicon Lottery has started selling pre-binned Intel 11th Generation Rocket Lake chips. These processors are perfect for consumers who don’t want to play the silicon lottery and are willing to pay a small premium to get a guaranteed… Read more

Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Allegedly Heads To U.S. Retailers

Home News GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (Image credit: Lok LOK/Facebook) Facebook user Lok LOK has snapped various photographs of shipping boxes with MSI graphics cards that are reportedly heading to the U.S. One of the boxes seemingly contains MSI’s unreleased GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3X 12G OC, lending credence to the rumors of GeForce… Read more

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core i5-11600K: Mid-Range Rocket Lake and Ryzen 5000 CPU Face Off

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware, Shutterstock) The Intel Core i5-11600K vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X rivalry is a heated battle for supremacy right in the heart of the mid-range CPU market. AMD’s Ryzen 5000 processors took the lead in the desktop PC from Intel’s competing Comet Lake processors last year, upsetting our Best CPU… Read more

VMWare Will Support M1 Macs Soon, Offering More Ways to Run Windows

Home News Mac users should have another way to run Windows 10 on their M1-equipped devices soon. VMWare product line manager Michael Roy tweeted yesterday that, if everything goes well, the company will reveal its plans for Apple’s silicon next week. The not-quite-announcement came shortly after Parallels added support for the M1 chip to version… Read more

MSI Russia Reduces Some GPU Warranties From 3 Years to 6 Months

Home News GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G OC (Image credit: MSI) In a shocking move, MSI Russia has has reduced the warranty period for 18 graphics cards, as reported by PC Gamer. MSI typically offers a 36-month warranty on graphics cards; however, the brand will only back the affected models for six months now…. Read more

What to expect from Apple’s ‘Spring Loaded’ event

Apple has officially announced its “Spring Loaded” event for April 20th, its first major product announcement of 2021. Unlike a lot of Apple’s events, its spring events tend to be a bit more scattershot: one year might see high-end iPads, another a more education-focused event, or a launch of a comprehensive service strategy. This year,… Read more

What Are HBM, HBM2 and HBM2E? A Basic Definition

Home References (Image credit: AMD) HBM stands for high bandwidth memory and is a type of memory interface used in 3D-stacked DRAM (dynamic random access memory) in some AMD GPUs (aka graphics cards), as well as the server, high-performance computing (HPC) and networking and client space. Samsung and SK Hynix make HBM chips. Ultimately, HBM… Read more

Nvidia Reportedly Revamps Ampere Silicon To Stop Ethereum Mining For Good

Home News Ampere Silicon (Image credit: Nvidia) According to HKEPC’s report, Nvidia is ready to redeem itself after the whole anti-mining limiter fiasco with the GeForce RTX 3060. The chipmaker is reportedly preparing a new variant of the GA106 silicon to restore the Ethereum anti-mining limiter back to its not-so-glory days. Citing an unidentified Taiwanese… Read more

Team Group T-Create Expert 2 TB Review – Endurance: 12,000 TBW!

Introduction Team Group is a well-known Taiwanese hardware manufacturer with a long history of catering to the needs of enthusiasts and gamers from all over the globe. Their lineup includes DRAM memory and solid-state drives, and they also offer various memory cards and USB thumb drives. Today, we are reviewing the Team Group T-Create Expert… Read more

Silicon Power Shoots For The Sky With New Xpower Zenith RAM

Home News Xpower Zenith RGB (Image credit: Silicon Power) Silicon Power has launched a new series of DDR4 memory kits under the company’s Xpower gaming brand. Consumers will be happy to know that the Zenith memory kits are available in both RGB and non-RGB flavors. Designed to compete with the best RAM on the market,… Read more

SiFive Tapes Out First 5nm TSMC RISC-V Chip With 7.2 Gbps HBM3

Home News (Image credit: OpenFive) SiFive on Tuesday said that that its OpenFive division has successfully taped out the company’s first system-on-chip (SoC) on TSMC’s N5 process technology. The SoC can be used for AI and HPC applications and can be further customized by SiFive customers to meet their needs. Meanwhile, elements from this SoC can… Read more

Partners Prepping Faster Radeon RX 6900 XT GPUs With Higher-Binned Navi 21 Dies?

Home News Navi 21 Silicon (Image credit: AMD) In its review of PowerColor’s Radeon RX 6900 XT Red Devil Ultimate, French publication Overclocking.com discovered that the graphics card is based on a new variant of the Navi 21 (Big Navi) silicon. The review brought to light the possibility that other vendors may also be preparing… Read more