Hardware

Diabatix and Asus hit new overclocking records with LN2-optimized heatsink – Intel Core Ultra 9 285K hits 7.448 GHz
Diabatix creates an LN2-optimized heatsink enabling Asus ROG to set new overclocking records on Intel Core Ultra 9 285K.
2024-10-31 19:21
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Nintendo launches Nintendo Music, an Android/iOS streaming app for paid Switch Online members
Nintendo Music arrives for smart devices, though a Nintendo Switch Online membership is required to use it.
2024-10-31 17:49
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Microsoft will charge Windows 10 users $30 per year for security updates
Microsoft offers consumers an option to keep using Windows 10 with security updates after support expires: an Extended Security Updates subscription for $30 per year.
2024-10-31 17:39
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It’s been 30 years since Intel’s infamous Pentium FDIV bug reared its ugly head – a math bug caused Intel’s first CPU recall
2024 marks the 30th anniversary since Intel announced a math glitch on some of its Pentium CPUs.
2024-10-31 16:45
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Meta is using more than 100,000 Nvidia H100 AI GPUs to train Llama-4 — Mark Zuckerberg says that Llama 4 is being trained on a cluster “bigger than anything that I’ve seen”
Mark Zuckerberg says that Meta is training its Llama-4 models on a cluster with over 100,000 Nvidia H100 AI GPUs.
2024-10-31 16:44
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Elon Musk spent roughly $10 billion on AI training hardware in 2024
xAI and Tesla spend billions on AI training hardware.
2024-10-31 16:12
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Raspberry Pi drives daily Calvin and Hobbes comic fun via E-ink display
Doctr_sbaitso has created a Raspberry Pi-powered display that shows a new Calvin and Hobbes comic every day using a Waveshare E-Ink display.
2024-10-31 15:40
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Computer monitors poised for price cuts this year — analyst says falling demand to impact prices until end of 2024
Monitor prices are expected to fall towards the end of the year as demand for new displays drops.
2024-10-31 15:24
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New York State to get new $825 million semiconductor R&D facility
The NSTC is getting a flagship facility in Albany, New York that's dedicated to EUV research and development.
2024-10-31 14:47
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Razer Basilisk V3 Pro 35K review: You've seen this before
Razer's flagship all-purpose wireless gaming mouse gets a super minor update in the Basilisk V3 Pro 35K.
2024-10-31 14:00
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Nvidia's Arm-based PC chips for consumers to launch in September 2025, commercial to follow in 2026: Report
Nvidia will challenge AMD and Intel on the PC platform front from 2025 to 2026, according to the report.
2024-10-31 13:58
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Smuggler packs 200 pounds of meth into PC cases, gets busted — Australian Border Force foil drug smuggling plot
Earlier this month, the Australian Border Force (ABF) found 100kg of methamphetamine hidden inside a consignment of imported PC tower cases. This week, after all the contraband had been removed, the ABF and Australian Federal Police (AFP) arrested a 45...
2024-10-31 13:15
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Analyst firm raises alarm about EUV chipmaking tools — each consumes as much power as a small city, fabs to consume 54,000 Gigawatts by 2030
Leading-edge semiconductor fabs to consume 54,000 Gigawatts a year by 2030, which is more than some countries consume today.
2024-10-31 13:01
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MSI Cyborg 15 Review: An overly budget gaming laptop
MSI’s Cyborg 15 is cheap, but its below-average performance and screen will make you wish you spent more.
2024-10-31 13:00
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SK hynix's superfast 1TB Tube T31 USB flash drive is now $61, hitting its lowest-ever price
SK hynix's Tube T31 is a best-in-class storage drive for just $61.
2024-10-31 12:53
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Steam game listings must now flag any kernel-level anti-cheat software integrations
Valve requires game developers to now explicitly mention if their game features anti-cheat tools that operate in the kernel.
2024-10-31 12:45
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One EUV chipmaking tool consumes as much power as a small city — EUV fabs to consume 54,000 Gigawatts by 2030, more than Singapore
Leading-edge semiconductor fabs to consume 54,000 Gigawatts a year by 2030, which is more than some countries consume today.
2024-10-31 11:58
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SRAM scaling isn't dead after all — TSMC's 2nm process tech claims major improvements
TSMC's N2 fabrication process shrinks SRAM bit cell size, increases SRAM density to ~38 Mb/mm^2.
2024-10-31 11:38
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