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Leaked internal reports allegedly reveal Intel’s instability problems are not over — elevated voltages could be only one of the causes of CPU crashing

Intel announced a few days ago that elevated voltage levels are the root cause of Raptor Lake’s instability issues. The company will address this problem with a microcode update in mid-August. However, German publication Igor’s Lab claims that Intel didn’t share the whole story and is still investigating other root causes of Raptor Lake instability. According to… Read more

Switzerland mandates government agencies use open-source software

Switzerland has recently enacted a law requiring its government to use open-source software (OSS) and disclose the source code of any software developed by or for the public sector. According to ZDNet, this “public body, public code” approach makes government operations more transparent while increasing security and efficiency. Such a move would likely fail in… Read more

SAS storage isn’t dead yet — SAS 24G+ adds new features for next-gen enterprise hard drives and SSDs

While solid-state drives gradually transition to a PCIe physical interface with NVMe protocols, many applications still rely on the Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) technology. SAS is not near extinction as this week, the SNIA SCSI Trade Association Forum (STA) and the INCITS/SCSI standards organization introduced 24G+ SAS specifications explicitly aimed at next-generation HDDs and SSDs for… Read more

Arrow Lake CPU up to 18% faster than Core i9-14900K at 250W — Ryzen 9 9950X still faster

Raptor Lake (Image credit: Intel) Hardware leaker Jaykihn has shared various benchmarks for an Arrow Lake-S processor tested at 250W. According to the leaked results, the Arrow Lake-S chip was up to 18% faster than the Core i9-14900K, currently one of the best CPUs around. The leaker published a benchmark table featuring two Arrow Lake… Read more

AMD dishes more Zen 5 details — Compact core is 25% smaller than the normal core, new SoC and chip architecture with dual CCXs

(Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) AMD recently held its Zen 5 Tech Day, unveiling the details of its soon-to-be-released Ryzen 9000 ‘Granite Ridge’ and Ryzen AI 300 ‘Strix Point’ processors to the world. However, the company followed up this week with even more deep-dive details on its Zen 5 microarchitecture and SoC layout. AMD revealed that… Read more

Asus ROG Azoth Extreme Review: $500

Tom’s Hardware Verdict The ROG Azoth Extreme is a fantastic keyboard, but it’s not worth $500. Pros + Very well built + Sounds great + Good battery life Cons – $500 – External design is pretty basic – $500 Why you can trust Tom’s Hardware Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and… Read more

Raspberry Pi gains Bluetooth assisted Wi-Fi config tool from Remote.It

A new open source tool from Remote.It, the SaaS network connectivity management platfom, aims to make short work of setting up Wi-Fi on the Raspberry Pi 5 and older Raspberry Pi boards. Coming as a pre-built OS image for Arm64 boards (Raspberry Pi 3 onwards) and ArmHF – Arm Hard Float, used in most 32-bit… Read more

Elon Musk reveals photos of Dojo D1 Supercomputer cluster — roughly equivalent to 8,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs for AI training

Fresh off firing up the Memphis Supercluster, claimed to be “the most powerful AI cluster in the world,” Elon Musk has now shared pictures of a supercomputer cluster that uses his own homegrown Dojo AI accelerators. He also announced on the Tesla earnings call that he would double down on Dojo development and deployment due… Read more

US requests proposals for next-gen Discovery supercomputer — will be up to five times faster than the world’s fastest supercomputer, arrive in 2027

Last week, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued a request for proposals (RFP) to develop a new supercomputer named Discovery. This supercomputer will replace the current known fastest supercomputer in the world, Frontier, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Discovery aims to surpass Frontier’s performance, offering three to five times more computational throughput (e.g., 8.5 ExaFLOPS)… Read more

Core Ultra K prototype appears on CPU-Z, uses Intel 4 process node and hits 5 GHz, lacks AVX-512 support

A mysterious Core Ultra K series engineering sample has made an appearance on CPU-Z. Алексей on X (Twitter) a screenshot of the mysterious part, with many of the critical system specifications blanked out to hide its true identity. Among the interesting findings is that the chip is listed with a 7nm node, denoting it uses… Read more

Unreal Engine supervisor blasts 50% failure rate with Intel chips — ModelFarm switching to AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X, praises single-threaded performance

Dylan Browne, an Unreal Engine Supervisor and Feature Film VFX at the ModelFarm visual effects studio, posted on X that his company is experiencing a 50% failure rate for systems powered by Intel’s Core i9-13900K and 14900K processors. As a result, the company is deploying AMD’s Zen 5 Ryzen 9 9950X processors in place of… Read more

Nvidia reportedly preparing a Blackwell-based Titan GPU — maybe that 4-slot prototype cooler will show up again

(Image credit: Nvidia) Nvidia is reportedly prepping a Blackwell-based Titan graphics card that will deliver unbeatable performance, surpassing even the upcoming GeForce RTX 5090, reports Overclock3D.net citing RedGamingTech. The information about Nvidia’s intention to develop its next ‘big’ graphics card has been confirmed by @kopite7kimi, a renowned hardware leaker. But there’s a small catch: Just like the rumored RTX… Read more

TP-Link and Walmart tout first sub-$100 Wi-Fi 7 router, but it lacks speedy 6 GHz band

Wi-Fi 7 is still a new technology that is not yet supported by many client devices. Wi-Fi 7 routers are also still uncommon and relatively expensive. However, if you’re willing to make some critical compromises, TP-Link and Walmart have teamed up to deliver the first Wi-Fi 7 router priced under $100. The new TP-Link Archer… Read more

HighPoint’s new SSD adaptor hits 56 GB/s, stores 2 petabytes of data — the world’s first PCIe Gen 5 x16 add-in card debuts at $1,999

Add-in card manufacturer HighPoint has unveiled the world’s first PCIe Gen 5 x16 NVMe add-in card, which can house up to eight PCIe Gen 5 SSDs at full speed. The card, priced at $1,999.00, can operate at up to 56 GB/s and is compatible with up to 2PB of NVMe drives. The new add-in card,… Read more

Ultra-rare NES Gold Nintendo World Championships cartridge auction sits at $77,000 — one of only 26 ever made

(Image credit: Public domain, Goldin auctions) A highly anticipated auction of an extremely rare piece of console gaming history is underway. Goldin features one of the rarest Nintendo Entertainment System cartridges in existence. Produced in 1990, the auction for one of only 26 copies of the Gold Nintendo World Championships cartridges opened for bidding on… Read more