Intel Xeon 7 ‘Diamond Rapids’ CPUs Officially Launching in 2027 on Intel 18A-P — Next-Gen P-Core Xeon Features PCIe 6.0,...
Intel officially announced its Xeon 7 "Diamond Rapids" CPUs for a 2027 launch, built on the refined 18A‑P process. The chips will support PCIe 6.0, offer up to 192 cores—a 50% increase over Xeon 6—and double memory bandwidth to as much as 1.6 TB/s. Intel claims 18A‑P delivers 9% higher performance at the same power or an 18% power reduction versus the original 18A node. The company will reveal more details at the Hot Chips conference, while AMD’s EPYC Venice is slated to arrive earlier in 2026.
Intel Details Long-Awaited Crescent Island AI GPU at Computex, Boasts up to 480 GB of LPDDR5X to Combat Memory Shortages...
Intel unveiled details of its upcoming Crescent Island GPU at Computex 2026, a PCIe add‑in card built on the Xe3P architecture aimed at agentic AI inference. The accelerator will forgo traditional GDDR or HBM in favor of up to 480 GB...
AMD Confirms AM5 Support Through 2029 — Zen 4 and 5 Platform Will Likely See Two More Generations, at Least
AMD announced at Computex 2026 that its AM5 socket will be supported through 2029, extending the original 2027 commitment. The extension implies at least two additional CPU generations, likely Zen 6 and Zen 7, will run on the same platform. AMD also previewed...
Nvidia and Microsoft Tease "a New Era of PC" Ahead of Computex 2026 — Coordinated Social Media Posts Could Indicate...
Nvidia and Microsoft are teasing the debut of the N1X AI laptop platform at Computex 2026, hinting it will run Windows on Arm. The device is expected to be powered by Nvidia’s GB10 Superchip, which combines an RTX 5070‑class GPU, a...
Acer Cranks Its Latest Predator Gaming Monitor up to 1,000 Hz — Model Joins Lineup with QD-OLED Panels and an...
Acer unveiled five new gaming monitors at Computex, spanning its Nitro and Predator families. The Nitro line features a 27‑inch QHD panel capable of 1,000 Hz refresh when resolution drops to 720p, a 34‑inch 5K Mini‑LED model with 180 Hz native, and...
'Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4' Developer Promises PC Focus — Infinity Ward Promises Extensive Optimization and Is Dropping Older...
Infinity Ward announced that Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 will be built with a "focus on PC," delivering extensive performance optimizations, multiple upscaling options and support for Nvidia DLSS 4.5. The studio also dropped legacy console support, limiting the launch to PlayStation 5/Pro,...
Get Your Hands on a 2TB Samsung 990 Pro SSD for Under $390 — $250 Savings Brings One of the...
The 2TB Samsung 990 Pro SSD is now on sale for $389.99 on Newegg, a $250 (39 %) discount from its $639.99 launch price. It features Samsung’s Pascal controller, 176‑layer V7 TLC NAND, 2 GB LPDDR4 DRAM, and delivers up to 7,450 MB/s sequential...
China Adds Homegrown AI Chips to 'Secure and Reliable' Procurement List for the First Time — Nine Options Added as...
China’s technology security bodies have certified nine domestically designed AI processors for state procurement, establishing a new “AI training and inference chips” category under the Anke framework. The approved lineup includes Huawei’s Ascend 310/910, Alibaba’s T‑Head Zhenwu M530 and M890,...
Veteran Programmer Finishes Retro Game Sequel and Publishes It After 37 Years — Colin Porch Started Head Over Heels Home...
Colin Porch, the original programmer of the 1987 isometric puzzler Head Over Heels, has finally completed its long‑shelved sequel, Return to Blacktooth, and released it for Atari ST and Commodore Amiga 37 years after development stopped. The game, featuring the original duo...
SpaceX Admits It Can't Find Enough Chips for Orbital AI yet, Requires 'Significantly More than Are Currently Available to Us'...
SpaceX disclosed in its Form S‑1 filing that its orbital AI projects require far more AI chips than are currently available, and the company has no long‑term supply contracts with GPU makers. The filing flags the risk that its ambitious...
Tryx Launches New Liquid AIO Cooler with Holographic Display — Uses Beam Splitters to Create a Hologram-Like Display Effect Inside...
Chinese PC‑hardware maker Tryx unveiled the Holo 360 AIO liquid cooler, which embeds a holographic‑style display directly into the pump block using professional‑grade beam splitters. The system projects a 640 × 480 virtual image that can be customized through Kanali software with...
Drone Breaks World Speed Record with 453 Mph in Test Run — Exotic Sawtooth Carbon Fiber Propeller Blades One of...
A duo of drone builders reclaimed the unofficial speed record by pushing their Blackbird platform to a peak of 453 mph (730 kph) in a test run, outpacing the previous 408 mph benchmark. The breakthrough hinged on hand‑crafted carbon‑fiber propeller blades featuring a...
Steam Machine Appears in Vulkan’s Conformant Product Database — Upcoming Valve Console Is Certified Compliant with the Graphics API
Valve’s upcoming Steam Machine has been added to the Khronos Group’s list of Vulkan‑conformant products, confirming that its hardware, operating system and drivers meet the API’s standards. The certification does not guarantee game performance or compatibility, but it signals that...
We Tested Advanced Shader Delivery on the RX 9070 XT in Six Games — up to 95% Improvement in Load...
Advanced Shader Delivery (ASD) is Microsoft’s new system that ships pre‑compiled shaders with games, aiming to eliminate shader‑compilation stalls. Testing on a Radeon RX 9070 XT across six titles showed load‑time reductions as high as 95 % and 1 % low FPS gains up to...
Ubisoft Reportedly Testing Generative AI in Far Cry 7, Insider Says It 'Looks Like Sh*t' — Company Recently Posted a...
Ubisoft is using an early build of the unannounced Far Cry 7 as a testbed for generative AI, with insiders describing the results as sub‑par. The studio also highlighted its AI‑driven "Teammates" project, built on Google Gemini and backed by Nvidia...