Tom's Hardware

G.Skill launches DDR5-9600 CUDIMM RAM, can hit DDR5-10000 in dual-channel mode on air cooling

G.Skill has launched the Trident Z5 CK series CUDIMM RAM, which is rated for DDR5-9600 straight out of the box. The company made these memory components specifically for the upcoming Intel Core Ultra 200 and Z890 motherboards, allowing users to enjoy faster transfer speeds without needing to tinker with the advanced BIOS settings of their… Read more

San Francisco will spend $212 million to bid 5.25-inch floppy disks goodbye — Muni Metro light rail upgrade represents a $700 million investment

On October 15, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) entered into a $212 million contract with Hitachi Rail to get its Muni Metro light rail control system off of floppy disks and an additional $488 million (for a total of $700 million) will go to other key maintenance tasks like replacing the slow, fragile,… Read more

Nvidia to ship a billion of RISC-V cores in 2024

Although Nvidia’s GPUs rely on proprietary CUDA cores that feature their instruction set architecture and support for various data formats, these cores are controlled by custom cores that rely on the industry-standard RISC-V ISA, albeit with some extensions, the company revealed at the RISC-V Summit this month (via NickBrownHPC). Modern GPUs are highly complex system-on-chips with… Read more

Linus Torvalds slams supporters of delisted Russian driver maintainers as ‘trolls’

Linus Torvalds has dismissed those concerned about the recent dismissal of Russian kernel driver maintainers as trolls. The notoriously candid software engineer was reacting to complaints about the dismissal of a dozen maintainers who, it emerged, all had some kind of Russian connection. Phoronix notes that Torvalds, the creator and lead developer of the Linux… Read more

Ryzen 7 9800X3D reportedly delivers up to 8% higher gaming performance than Ryzen 7 7800X3D — alleged leaked AMD slide also claims up to 15% better multi-threaded performance

An alleged AMD slide containing marketing material for AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor has leaked online. Videocardz shared the slide, which claims the Ryzen 7 9800X3D will offer up to 8% higher gaming performance and up to 15% faster multi-threaded performance compared to its predecessor—and one of the best CPUs, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D…. Read more

Microsoft DirectSR adds support for AMD FSR 3.1 upscaling — Microsoft’s one-stop upscaling API for DX12 games gets an upgrade

Microsoft’s DirectSR upscaling API supports AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) 3.1. Microsoft’s DirectSR tool, an API for game developers to program support for all three significant graphics upscaling techs in games, will make it easier for games to support FSR 3.1 in addition to the other upscaling modes. DirectSR is an API for DirectX12 games… Read more

Intel Core Ultra 7 265K cooling testing: How much does it take to keep Arrow Lake cool in MSI’s MPG Velox 100R PC Case?

Our most recent test bench for cooling utilized Intel’s i7-14700K, and it (along with its i9 sibling) was one of the most difficult-to-cool CPUs in recent history. As a result, I recommended liquid coolers paired with CPU contact frames to prevent potential CPU bending for those looking to sustain the best possible thermal and CPU… Read more

Ayaneo’s futuristic eGPU goes up for preorder at $599 — AG01 Starship Graphics Dock features RX 7600M XT GPU, OCuLinkinterface, Gigabit Ethernet, and M.2 2280 SSD support

(Image credit: Ayaneo) Handhelds and mini PCs specialist Ayaneo has started taking pre-orders for its first eGPU product. The availability of the retro-futuristic Ayaneo AG01 Starship Graphics Dock was announced on the firm’s Discord channel earlier today. Clicking ‘buy’ on the product page directs the browser to an order page where a Nebula Red unit… Read more

Windows 11 Version 24H2 updates are faster and require less CPU usage — Microsoft claims up to 45.6% faster installation times and 25% lower CPU utilization

Microsoft is finally rolling out its long-awaited Windows 11 24H2 update, which includes a number of new AI goodies for Copilot+ PCs, like the infamous Recall feature. Under the hood, Microsoft has also optimized the Windows Update stack, improving installation times by up to 45.6% and reducing CPU usage during installation by 25%. Windows 11… Read more

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and the King of Denmark plug in the country’s first AI supercomputer — Gefion leverages 1,528 Nvidia H100 AI GPUs

(Image credit: Novo Nordisk Foundation) Jensen Huang and King Frederik X of Denmark met on stage in Copenhagen to symbolically plug in the Gefion AI supercomputer. This supercomputer is the first one to be based in Denmark and is designed to drive research in quantum computing, medicine, green energy, and more. It’s built on the… Read more

Intel gets off the hook and won’t have to pay $1.1 billion EU antitrust fine — chipmaker was previously accused of offering incentives to partners to block AMD

The European Court of Justice upheld the General Court’s decision to annul a €1.06 billion ($1.144 billion) fine imposed on Intel by the European Commission. The case revolved around Intel’s use of rebates offered to computer makers to purchase its x86 processors, which regulators claimed were designed to stifle competition. The case has been ongoing since the… Read more

MSI MEG Z890 Ace motherboard review: Arrow Lake S, with lots of USB and M.2

Tom’s Hardware Verdict Priced at $599.99, the MSI MEG Z890 Ace is a full-featured motherboard with plenty of M.2 storage, fast networking, an impressive 15 USB ports on the rear IO, and a premium appearance. THis board should be on your shortlist for Intel’s new platform, but similarly equipped competition lands at the same price… Read more

Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Review: Intel Throws a Lateral with Arrow Lake

Tom’s Hardware Verdict Intel’s Core Ultra 9 285K makes strong gains in productivity workloads, but it struggles to match its prior-gen counterpart in gaming performance. That leaves AMD’s competing chips as a better value for gaming, while low pricing on the previous-gen Core i9-14900K will provide competition from within Intel’s own lineup. Pros + Productivity… Read more

Nvidia reports the latest GeForce drivers are causing issues in Corsair iCUE and Bluestacks — Users need to rollback drivers as a temporary fix

(Image credit: Nvidia) Nvidia says that users may experience high CPU usage in Corsair’s iCUE software and Bluestacks with its newly launched GeForce 566.03 WHQL drivers. A key highlight for these drivers is that they are “Game Ready” for the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Red Dead Redemption, and Dragon Age: The Veilguard,… Read more

Qualcomm accuses Arm of anticompetitive conduct as its license is terminated due to ‘repeated material breaches of Arm’s license agreement’

Shortly after the report about the cancellation of Qualcomm’s Arm architecture license agreement (ALA) was published, the companies involved traded further accusations. Arm has confirmed that it decided to terminate Qualcomm’s ALA to ‘protect the unparalleled ecosystem,’ whereas Qualcomm accused Arm of anticompetitive conduct. “Following Qualcomm’s repeated material breaches of Arm’s license agreement, Arm is… Read more