Samsung Demonstrates 256 Gb 3 nm MBCFET Chip at ISSCC 2021
During the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Samsung Foundry has presented a new step towards smaller and more efficient nodes. The new chip that was presented is a 256 Gb memory chip, based on SRAM technology. However, all of that doesn’t sound interesting, until we mention the technology that...
AMD Fixes Intermittent USB Connectivity Issues on 500 Series Chipsets, BIOS Update Arrives in April
AMD has four weeks ago acknowledged that there was a problem with 500 series motherboard chipsets. The problem has occurred with a few chipset functions like USB connectivity, USB 2.0 audio crackling (e.g. DAC/AMP combos), and USB/PCIe Gen 4 exclusion. To fix these problems, consumers were forced to either put up with...
BIOSTAR Z490 Motherboards Support the Latest Intel 11th Generation Rocket Lake Processors
BIOSTAR, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards, and storage devices today, announces that their Z490 series motherboards are ready to support the latest Intel 11th gen Rocket Lake processors. In anticipation of the imminent launch of Intel’s 11th gen processors, BIOSTAR has wasted no time in preparing their products...
Intel Core i9 and Core i7 “Rocket Lake” Lineup Leaked, Claims Beating Ryzen 9 5900X
Intel is planning to debut its 11th Generation Core “Rocket Lake-S” desktop processor family with a fairly large selection of SKUs, according to leaked company slides shared by VideoCardz, which appear to be coming from the same source as an earlier report from today that talk about double-digit percent gaming performance...
Apple Mac Pro 2022 Rumored to Feature Custom 64-Core Processor & Sell For 19,000 USD
Apple relaunched the Mac Pro in 2019 with a return to the original tower form factor and packing 24-core Intel Xeon-W processors paired with AMD Radeon Pro Vega GPUs. Apple is reportedly planning to release a fourth-generation Mac Pro in 2022 with the most powerful Apple silicon yet. The 2022...
Intel Core i9-11900K “Rocket Lake” Gaming Performance Leaked
An alleged Intel marketing slide highlighting the gaming performance advances of the company’s upcoming Core i9-11900K “Rocket Lake” processor was leaked to the web. The slide compares the i9-11900K to the previous generation i9-10900K “Comet Lake-S,” showing that despite two fewer CPU cores, the new chip is able to post...
Samsung Announces 980 NVMe PCIe 3.0 DRAM-less SSD
Samsung Electronics, the world leader in advanced memory technology, today announced the 980 NVMe SSD, the company’s first consumer drive without DRAM. Delivering the highest performance among DRAM-less SSDs, the new 980 makes blazing NVMe speeds more accessible to a wider range of users. Previously, DRAM-less designs have presented a...
MSI Released AGESA COMBO PI V2 1.2.0.1 Beta BIOS for AMD 500 Series Motherboards
MSI, a world-leading motherboard manufacturer, announces the release of AGESA COMBO PI V2 1.2.0.1 beta BIOS for its AMD 500 series motherboards to add SMART ACCESS MEMORY support to AMD RYZEN 3000 desktop processors. Now both RYZEN 5000 and RYZEN 3000* desktop processors support SMART ACCESS MEMORY. AGESA COMBO PI...
NVIDIA Unveils AI Enterprise Software Suite to Help Every Industry Unlock the Power of AI
NVIDIA today announced NVIDIA AI Enterprise, a comprehensive software suite of enterprise-grade AI tools and frameworks optimized, certified and supported by NVIDIA, exclusively with VMware vSphere 7 Update 2, separately announced today. Through a first-of-its-kind industry collaboration to develop an AI-Ready Enterprise platform, NVIDIA teamed with VMware to virtualize AI...
be quiet! Announces Pure Rock Slim 2 CPU Cooler and MC1 Series M.2 SSD Heatsinks
be quiet!, market leader for PC power supplies in Germany since 2007, is expanding its portfolio with the revised Pure Rock Slim 2 CPU cooler and the MC1 and MC1 Pro SSD coolers suitable for M.2 2280 modules. With its reliable and quiet 92-millimeter Pure Wings 2 PWM fan and...