Category: Hardware

October 13, 2023

Enjoying Starfield on GeForce Now, where the cloud gaming service is one of the best ways to play? Starting November 1st, it’ll cost you $6 more in Canada, £2 more in the UK, or an additional €2 in Europe per […]

October 11, 2023

Canalys posted its quarterly report on the global PC market, and the results are bringing a glimpse of hope after a rough start of the year. According to the data, PCs shipped between July and September 2023 were 65.5 million, […]

October 2, 2023

Japanese publication ITmedia PC User writes that several PC hardware stores in Tokyo’s famous Akihabara Electric Town district as well as other locations are experiencing shortages of Nvidia’s high-end Lovelace cards. “The stock of cards equipped with GeForce RTX 4090/4080 […]

October 2, 2023

The introduction of minimum system requirements for a Chromebook to qualify for the new badge is expected to enhance their appeal relative to most entry-level Chromebooks currently available. As outlined in Google’s official blog post, these minimum requirements are as […]

September 28, 2023

Semiconductors are the heart of almost every electronic device. Without semiconductors, our computers would not be able to process and retain data; and LED (light-emitting diode) lightbulbs would lose their ability to shine. But semiconductor manufacturing requires a lot of […]

September 22, 2023

Intel’s inbound Core i9-14900KF flagship has been spotted in a leaked benchmark which shows some impressive single-core performance, though the multi-threaded result isn’t quite such an eye-opener. As VideoCardz noticed, we’ve had some PassMark results pop up for the 14900KF […]

September 21, 2023

In response to growing demand for generative AI applications and large language models (LLM), Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) has made Nvidia H100 Tensor Core GPUs available on the OCI Compute platform. Nvidia L40S GPUs also will be coming to the […]

September 11, 2023

Nvidia says its new TensorRT-LL open-source software can dramatically boost performance of large language models (LLMs) on its GPUs. According to the company, the capabilities of Nvidia’s TensorRT-LL let it boost performance of its H100 compute GPU by two times […]

September 8, 2023

Intel accidentally shared a sneak peek of a next-generation Xeon chip in a promotional video, flaunting the company’s advanced packaging technologies. While the chipmaker quickly removed it from the video, we saved a screenshot of the mysterious processor, which poses […]

August 29, 2023

Not everyone buys the best SSDs or the best HDDs for their systems. EaseUS, a software company specializing in data backup, recovery, and disk management, has shared the results from two storage surveys that reveal the hottest brands and capacities […]

August 17, 2023

Organizations transitioning cold data storage from hard disks to tape could save a lot of money and cut carbon emissions, according to analysis of various bodies of research by the IEEE Spectrum. The report also cites statements and guidance provided […]

August 17, 2023

Even the best graphics cards are prone to crashes. It doesn’t matter if it’s a Nvidia or AMD graphics card. For that same reason, AMD has launched a helpful tool called Radeon GPU Detective (RGD) to aid developers in diagnosing […]

August 16, 2023

If you’re a Steam Deck owner, you have undoubtedly heard of the Sabrent Rocket 2230, an early retail M.2 2230 NVMe SSD that helped DIYers upgrade once-space-limited Steam Decks. However, even the original Rocket 2230’s 1TB maximum could be tight […]

August 16, 2023

Foxconn is producing over half of Nvidia-based AI hardware and is benefiting from the brand’s dominance in the artificial intelligence field, according to Economic Daily, citing sources in the supply chain (via TrendForce). Liu Yangwei, the chairman of Foxconn, recently […]

August 10, 2023

The worst rivals for any chip designer and PC maker are not its direct competitors, but rather devices that their potential customers already own. Therefore, to make those customers buy something new, they need to advance their products at a […]

August 10, 2023

President Joe Biden this week signed an executive order restricting U.S. investments in Chinese tech sectors, including AI, semiconductors, and quantum computing, reports Reuters. The move aims to prevent American resources from aiding China’s technological and military growth. China has […]

August 7, 2023

The RTX 4060 Ti 16GB might be one of the least attractive GPUs due to its $500 price point, but according to a review by Daniel Owen, the GPU is substantially quicker than the $100 cheaper 8GB model in several […]

August 3, 2023

The Indian government issued a new restriction on the import of laptops, tablets and all personal computers part of the HSN 8741 category which will now have to hold a special licensing requirement with immediate effect. The reasoning behind the […]

July 31, 2023

With two new additions, Intel has expanded the company’s discrete mobile Arc Alchemist lineup. While Arc A570M and A530M are unlikely to rival the best graphics cards, we’ll still see the Arc A-series duo inside many upcoming gaming laptops. Intel […]

July 28, 2023

AMD has announced the new Ryzen 9 7945HX3D, the world’s first notebook CPU with the company’s 3D V-Cache technology. The 7945HX3D is essentially the 7945HX but with double the L3 cache. While the L1 and L2 cache remain at 1MB […]