AMD confirms that Threadripper overclocking blows a hidden fuse, but the warranty is unaffected.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series processors, codenamed Storm Peak, both Pro and non-Pro SKUs, blow a fuse on the chip when overclocking is enabled, according to Tom’s Hardware. Dozens of fuses are used in modern microprocessors to store data inside the chip. For instance, the fuses are where the factory...
Intel asserts that Ryzen 7040 Phoenix is beaten by Meteor Lake in terms of both graphics and CPU performance.
At a pre-launch roundtable with HotHardware on Wednesday, Intel revealed various performance details about its upcoming Core “Meteor Lake” mobile processor. It compared it to the current U-segment chips, which are based on the 13th Gen Core “Raptor Lake,” and the AMD Ryzen 7040 “Phoenix,” which is in competition. In...
Next Month Will See Intel Release Non-K (65 W) 14th Generation Core “Raptor Lake Refresh” Desktop Processors
The placeholder listings for Intel’s upcoming 14th Gen Core (65 W), non-K desktop processor models are starting to appear at retailers. These chips, which are based on the “Raptor Lake Refresh” silicon, provide generational clock speed improvements over the 13th Gen Core series, while keeping a feature set that is...
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS and Intel Core Ultra 5 125H Face Off in a Benchmark Leak
From Intel’s upcoming “Meteor Lake” processor family, the Core Ultra 5 125H is intended to be a middle-of-the-road processor SKU. It has a 14-core, 18-thread CPU configuration out of the box. With a fully functional Xe-LPG iGPU that has all 8 Xe cores (128 EU) enabled, that’s 4P+8E+2L (four performance...
This Week, NVIDIA DLSS Is Available for Eight New Games
In honor of RTX 500, the company has announced that up to eight new games will receive support for their DLSS performance enhancement this week. This marks the milestone of having over 500 games and software included in the RTX ecosystem. This week, NVIDIA announced that DLSS 3 Frame Generation...
Microsoft announced the end of support date for Windows 10 in October 2025.
The most widely used PC operating system in the world, Windows 10, will reach EOS (end of support) on October 14, 2025, according to a Microsoft announcement. The company will no longer release the so-called “patch-Tuesday” updates for Windows 10 or regular security updates for the operating system after that...
AMD Releases Details of XDNA 2 NPU Architecture for 2024 Release of Next Generation “Strix Point” Mobile Processors
The next-generation on-chip neural processing unit (NPU) architecture, called XDNA 2, was first mentioned by AMD in its announcement of mobile processors for the Ryzen 8040 series “Hawk Point” series. Above all, compared to the first generation XDNA NPU powering the Ryzen 7040 series “Phoenix” processor, the XDNA 2 NPU...
Beyond Cyberpunk 2077 and Call of Duty: More Love for NVIDIA RTX
Activision has made a number of feature announcements for the RTX ecosystem, and NVIDIA is commemorating 500 games and apps that are a part of the ecosystem. First off, on December 6th, Call of Duty: Warzone Season 1: Urzikstan will launch with support for DLSS 3 Frame Generation. Starting on...
NVIDIA Prepares the GeForce RTX 4090 D for China in Order to Adhere to US Export Regulations
The new GeForce RTX 4090 D, a graphics card SKU designed specifically for the Chinese market and targeted primarily at gamers, is nearing completion according to NVIDIA. Since Chinese companies have purchased all of the stock of the regular RTX 4090 to speed up AI, and because of regulations, NVIDIA...
China Sees Growth in Sales of AMD’s RX 7900 Series After NVIDIA Export Limitations
The export ban on RTX 4090 GPUs to China on November 17th has had the somewhat expected effect of causing AMD’s top products to sell out faster than AMD or its partners can produce them. It has also been rumored that AMD’s top offerings will soon face the same fate....
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