Hardware

Which of these materials is the best conductor of heat?

The tiny Next SBC is an affordable gaming PC with decent performance that fits in the palm of your hand

LG UltraGear GX7 480Hz OLED gaming monitor now available to pre-order

What just happened? LG has officially unveiled the 480Hz OLED monitor it teased back at CES. The $999 LG UltraGear GX7 model packs a QHD (2,560 x 1,440) WOLED display, DisplayPort 2.1 connectivity, and several other features that should please gamers who want the best of both worlds: the picture quality of OLED and the blistering speeds of a 480Hz refresh rate.

Intel could unveil its Xe2 Battlemage GPUs in December

Nvidia Blackwell data center GPUs could face further delays due to overheating problems

Toshiba's all-in-one desktop crams a dot matrix printer and 3-minute power backup into a 50-pound unit

Amazon's top 12 best-selling CPUs all come from AMD as Team Red adds to Intel's woes

The x86 wish list: Complexities of an imaginary Intel takeover

Editor's take: We are frequently asked some version of the question, "Will someone acquire Intel?" At this point, we think it is highly unlikely, but these are unpredictable times. Setting aside all the principal considerations – like money, strategy, and regulatory approval – there are a few other hurdles. Chief among these is Intel's license for x86.

Corsair hints next-gen GPUs may be significantly more power-hungry

TSMC prepares for next-gen chip manufacturing with high-NA EUV investments

Intel will respond to AMD's 3D V-Cache with server-bound Clearwater Forest, not desktop CPUs

DeepComputing unveils limited-edition RISC-V motherboard, it can be used to make cheap modular computers

Nvidia is giving away a custom GeForce RTX 4080 Super to celebrate Half-Life 2's 20th anniversary

Ryzen 7 5700X hits record-low of $130 in early Black Friday deal

Next-gen synthetic diamond cooling tech for chips could secure CHIPS Act backing

What just happened? Akash Systems, an Oakland-based startup, has landed a preliminary deal with the US government for major funding under the CHIPS Act. The company, which is developing diamond-based cooling technology for semiconductors, has signed a non-binding memorandum with the Department of Commerce. If finalized, it would net Akash $18.2 million in direct funds and $50 million in federal and state tax credits.

Phison steals Micron's PCIe 5 SSD crown after just one day with a 122TB drive

AMD claims Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 is 75% faster than Intel's Core Ultra 7 258V in gaming

Nvidia's upcoming CPU could offer RTX 4070 mobile levels of performance

NEC's 40.4-petaflop supercomputer unites Intel Xeon CPUs and AMD Instinct accelerators

Micron unveils world's first PCIe 5.0 60TB SSD for AI workloads and cloud storage

PyPIM is a new method to execute Python code directly in RAM

The bleeding edge: In-memory processing is a fascinating concept for a new computer architecture that can compute operations within the system's memory. While hardware accommodating this type of processing is still in early development, researchers have already proposed a software approach that can effectively leverage the hardware.

A "platform upgrade" involves swapping which core PC components?

Stalker 2 PC requirements finalized; benchmarks show even RTX 4090 struggles to hit 60fps@4K without DLSS 3

Liquid metal still voids warranty for Intel's crash-prone Raptor Lake CPUs

The big picture: Enthusiasts looking to push their high-end Raptor Lake or Raptor Lake Refresh Intel processors to the limits might want to think twice before using liquid metal thermal paste. According to a recent report, Intel is voiding warranties for CPUs cooled with this favorite material of overclockers, even if the processors are suffering from crashing issues.