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"Bots, scalpers, miners" buy a quarter of all video cards

16 June 2021, 11:11

A quarter of the market was approx 700,000 GPUs in Q1 2021, worth US$500 million or more.

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Windows 11 leaks: ISO image, videos, screenshots, sounds

16 June 2021, 10:11

The look of the UI is very similar to what we saw with the ill-fated Windows 10X.

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Don't expect SSDs using PLC until 2026, says WD President

15 June 2021, 13:11

Admits "you're sacrificing a lot," to boost cell capacity by 25 per cent over QLC.

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Rainbow Six Siege gets hearty Nvidia DLSS performance boost

15 June 2021, 12:11

DLSS performance mode enables 120fps+ 4K max settings on all GeForce RTX GPUs.

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Intel unveils its first IPU - Infrastructure Processing Unit

15 June 2021, 11:11

IPUs allow cloud and comms providers to free up their powerful server CPUs for core tasks.

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DDR5 forecast to overtake DDR4 in bit shipments in 2023

15 June 2021, 10:11

Servers will be the driving force, but DDR5 will dominate the whole DRAM market by 2026.

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The biggest PC titles showcased at E3 2021

14 June 2021, 13:11

Lots of game videos and info shared by Microsoft, Ubisoft, EA, Gearbox etc.

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Nvidia to end Windows 7/8 Game Ready Driver support in October

14 June 2021, 12:11

Users of these older OSes will continue to get critical security updates until September 2024.

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Recently published patent hints at AMD hybrid CPU plans

14 June 2021, 11:11

Lays the groundwork for shifting tasks between high performance and efficiency CPU cores.

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Microsoft says support for Windows 10 will end in Oct 2025

14 June 2021, 10:11

And Microsoft has released an out of band patch to fix Xbox Game Pass install issues.

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Microsoft Windows 11 teased with 11 minutes of slo-fi startup audio

11 June 2021, 13:11

And Microsoft has paused Windows 10 preview builds ahead of its 24th June event.

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AMD video focuses on its 3D stacking technology

11 June 2021, 12:11

Provides some further background info on the 3D V-Cache TSV construction process.

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Intel pondering purchase of RISC-V chip designer SiFive

11 June 2021, 11:11

California startup employs several of the creators of RISC-V and is valued at about $2bn.

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Microsoft announces an Xbox TV app and xCloud streaming stick

11 June 2021, 10:11

All part of its mission to "bring the joy and community of gaming to everyone on the planet."

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SK hynix claims its HBM3 is capable of 665GB/s bandwidth

10 June 2021, 13:11

Compares well against HBM2E's max bandwidth of 460GB/s.

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IBM seeks $2.5bn in damages from GlobalFoundries

10 June 2021, 12:11

It says that after fab acquisition GF broke its contract to develop the next generation of chips.

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Microsoft Surface Duo 2 will launch in Sept/Oct says report

10 June 2021, 11:11

Codename Zeta will ship with Android 11 and feature the latest flagship 5G SoC.

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Battlefield 2042 reveal trailer released by EA

10 June 2021, 10:11

This multiplayer only game will feature 10 character specialists at launch, on 22nd Oct.

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Asus lists quartet of passively cooled X570 motherboards

9 June 2021, 13:11

They are coming in Q3 this year, teases the PC components and devices maker.

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Microsoft provides insight into US Army HoloLens IVAS use

9 June 2021, 12:11

Over the last two years Microsoft has been through lots of iterative design with the army.

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Virgin Media O2 spotted running ad-funded free broadband trials

9 June 2021, 11:11

Another recent trial was doubling its 100Mbps tier download speeds from 10 to 20Mbps.

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AMD Radeon Pro W6800 and W6600 graphics cards announced

9 June 2021, 10:11

The W6800 starts at $2,249 but comes with 32GB of GDDR6, and six mini DP ports.

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Covid cluster halts production at key Nvidia supplier

8 June 2021, 13:11

Taiwan's KYEC does testing and packaging of chips for Nvidia, Intel and MediaTek.

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Stadia coming to Google TV and Android TV devices from 23 June

8 June 2021, 12:11

Nvidia Shield TV/Pro and various other STBs become compatible too.

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119 million PC GPUs were sold in Q1 2021, says JPR report

8 June 2021, 11:11

That represents 38.74 per cent growth year-on-year, says the tech market researcher.

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G.Skill Trident Z Royal Elite DDR4 4000 CL14 kits announced

8 June 2021, 10:11

Capacities up to 32GB available. DDR4 3600 CL14 kits in up to 128GB will be available too.

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Use graphene for 10x HDD capacity say Cambridge scientists

7 June 2021, 13:11

New graphene COC tech can boost platter capacities beyond 10TB per square inch.

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Microsoft's consoles to support AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution

7 June 2021, 12:11

Remember, AMD launches this tech in games starting from 22nd June.

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Dell: fix coming for Alienware m15 R5 with fewer CUDA cores issue

7 June 2021, 11:11

The RTX3070 laptop GPU should feature 5,120 CUDA cores but shipped with 4,608.

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Noctua NH-P1 passive CPU cooler hits retail at $100

7 June 2021, 09:18

PC must have "good natural convection" or you should add a fan for semi-passive operation.

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NZXT N7 Z590 ATX motherboard now available

4 June 2021, 13:11

Updates the streamlined N7 design to support Rocket Lake and its modern I/O features.

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Atari VCS hits big tech US retailers on 15th June

4 June 2021, 12:11

Announced over three years ago, machine will finally become available to the masses.

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Rearchitected NVMe 2.0 specification announced

4 June 2021, 11:11

It is aiming for faster and simpler development of NVMe solutions in the diverse tech world.

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