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AV Access, a leading provider of Pro AV and AV over IP solutions, is proud to present its latest innovation, the iDock C10 KVM switch docking station. This versatile device combines a dual monitor KVM switch and a 12-in-1 USB-C docking station, enabling users to control their desktop and laptop with two monitors and multiple peripherals, and switch between them seamlessly.

The iDock C10 4K KVM switch is designed to meet the needs of both home office and gaming enthusiasts. It features a USB-C (MST) input port for a laptop and an integrated HDMI + DisplayPort input port for a desktop computer. It also provides shared peripheral ports including 3x USB 3.0, 2x USB 2.0, 1x USB-C, 1x SD card, 1x LAN, 1x Toslink out, 1x 3.5 mm headset, and two HDMI outputs.https://tpucdn.com/img/4FdOK31HCY7vlpSo_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/4FdOK31HCY7vlpSo.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/2bd4CDC1aFFhfrao_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/2bd4CDC1aFFhfrao.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/3mH0fKQVnWu5kITD_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/3mH0fKQVnWu5kITD.jpg)
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(PR) QCY Unveils the H3 Wireless Noise-Canceling Headphones for $40
QCY, a pioneering force in wireless audio and smart electronics, is thrilled to introduce its latest marvel, the ultimate all-in-one over-ear headphones - QCY H3 Wireless Noise-Canceling Headphones. This groundbreaking device sets a new pinnacle in audio technology, offering an unparalleled fusion of features and performance that redefines the auditory experience at an exceptionally accessible price.

Immersive Audio Tailored for Every Moment
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ETaker M2000: The All-Round Power Station King for Your Needs
In today's fast-paced world, where our reliance on electronic devices continues to grow, having a reliable and versatile power source is more important than ever. Whether you're an outdoor enthusiast seeking off-grid energy solutions, a homeowner facing unexpected power outages, or a digital nomad constantly on the move, the ETaker M2000 (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/etakerpower-m2000/for-all-your-power-needs) is here to revolutionize the way you power your life. With its cutting-edge technology, impressive performance, enhanced user experience, and unwavering reliability, the ETaker M2000 (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/etakerpower-m2000/for-all-your-power-needs) stands as the all-round power station king that will meet your every power need.https://tpucdn.com/img/FuDxmfynrp2Wrtok_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/FuDxmfynrp2Wrtok.jpg)
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(PR) Team Group Launches T-Force Siren GD120S AIO SSD Cooler
T-FORCE, the gaming brand under Team Group Inc., today launched the T-FORCE SIREN GD120S AIO Cooler, a unique all-in-one liquid cooling solution for PCIe 2280 SSDs that uses exclusive patented technology (Taiwan Invention Patent No.: I778726). The SSD water block fits perfectly with M.2 2280 SSDs and provides superb cooling performance, enabling SSDs to maintain optimal low-temperatures and stable operation. Based on tests, the SIREN GD120 allows PCIe 5.0 SSDs to stay under 54°C even during heavy load, providing global players with more diverse cooling solutions for M.2 SSD high temperatures.

The T-FORCE SIREN GD120S AIO SSD Cooler boasts excellent cooling performance by equipping the precision aluminium alloy dual-tube water blocks with double-layered thermal pads, which allow the SSD controller chip and IC to be tightly affixed to the copper base of the cooler. The pump utilizes a ceramic shaft design and three silent motors to achieve silent, highly efficient, and stable liquid cooling. Furthermore, the T-FORCE SIREN GD120S AIO SSD Cooler uses a 120 mm radiator with 13 high-density aluminium fins to increase the cooling area, effectively removing the high temperatures generated by M.2 PCIe 5.0 SSDs. Its 12 cm ARGB PWM fan can also accurately adjust speeds based on system temperature to achieve optimal heat dissipation while saving energy and providing a customized lighting effect.https://tpucdn.com/img/3AATl4LUX3scecf9_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/3AATl4LUX3scecf9.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/Qpv67WWU2F3oPSGa_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/Qpv67WWU2F3oPSGa.jpg)
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(PR) NVIDIA GeForce NOW Getting 18 New Games
GeForce NOW is bringing 18 new games to the cloud this week, part of a gratitude-filled GFN Thursday. A collaboration between Chromebook Plus, CD PROJEKT RED and GeForce NOW brought an immersive 3D activation to Times Square over the weekend, containing a hidden Easter egg for Cyberpunk 2077 players. Plus, this holiday season, give the gift of high-performance cloud gaming with a free, three-month PC Game Pass subscription included with a six-month GeForce NOW Ultimate membership.

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Times Square was transformed into a futuristic dystopia last weekend by a stunning 3D Cyberpunk 2077 activation. The immersive display showcased the power of GeForce NOW on a Chromebook Plus, enabling gamers to stream thousands of titles from popular digital gaming stores from the cloud, right out of the box. Long-time Cyberpunk 2077 fans were also challenged to try their hand at spotting a code hidden in the activation - the latest hint in a long line of clues needed to solve a riddle that has had players guessing for the past three years.https://tpucdn.com/img/QzynrPvyeexiDLen_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/QzynrPvyeexiDLen.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/kI31dsH0XJOq344w_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/kI31dsH0XJOq344w.jpg)
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(PR) COUGAR Introduces the Hotrod, Motorsports-Inspired Gaming Chair
Precision. Focus. Endurance: qualities of every high-performance endeavor, from athletics to gaming. With the demand it places on equipment designed for maximum comfort and support, COUGAR looked to motorsports for inspiration, resulting in our latest gaming chair: the Hotrod.

Performance under pressure is king when it comes to the driver's seat, in motorsports as well as in gaming. A driver relies on their seat to keep them comfortable and supported during high-stress maneuvers, just as a gamer needs a chair that can provide the same level of support during intense gaming sessions. Drawing inspiration from the sleek, lightweight design and high-performance features of motorsports, the COUGAR Hotrod gaming chair is engineered to fit the body precisely for maximum comfort and control, delivering a fusion of style, comfort, and performance.https://tpucdn.com/img/dVdszLPi5gCPwOzL_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/dVdszLPi5gCPwOzL.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/sqH7C2wrTlPpGojM_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/sqH7C2wrTlPpGojM.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/9wIIARGOVnaFKwkF_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/9wIIARGOVnaFKwkF.jpg)
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(PR) Belkin Launches Universal USB-C 11-in-1 Pro Dock for Increased Productivity
Belkin, a leading consumer electronics brand for 40 years, today announced a new 11-in-1 dock featuring the latest Silicon Motion technology to add more power and productivity to any desk setup. This universal dock offers additional key ports that newer laptop models no longer support and can expand to three monitors with resolution of up to 4K at 60 Hz for one monitor.

With universal capabilities, devices stay charged with up to 100 W of pass-through power and fast transfer speeds of up to 10 Gbps. This dock also doubles as a laptop stand and includes a 350 mm centered connection cable for easy connection to a laptop in any space.https://tpucdn.com/img/X0eyh0GvezM2JwkB_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/X0eyh0GvezM2JwkB.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/1WyZQzzbTBmzNEVg_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/1WyZQzzbTBmzNEVg.jpg)
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(PR) NVIDIA Experiences Strong Cloud AI Demand but Faces Challenges in China, with High-End AI Server Shipments Expected to Be Below 4% in 2024
NVIDIA's most recent FY3Q24 financial reports reveal record-high revenue coming from its data center segment, driven by escalating demand for AI servers from major North American CSPs. However, TrendForce points out that recent US government sanctions targeting China have impacted NVIDIA's business in the region. Despite strong shipments of NVIDIA's high-end GPUs—and the rapid introduction of compliant products such as the H20, L20, and L2—Chinese cloud operators are still in the testing phase, making substantial revenue contributions to NVIDIA unlikely in Q4. Gradual shipments increases are expected from the first quarter of 2024.

The US ban continues to influence China's foundry market as Chinese CSPs' high-end AI server shipments potentially drop below 4% next year
TrendForce reports that North American CSPs like Microsoft, Google, and AWS will remain key drivers of high-end AI servers (including those with NVIDIA, AMD, or other high-end ASIC chips) from 2023 to 2024. Their estimated shipments are expected to be 24%, 18.6%, and 16.3%, respectively, for 2024. Chinese CSPs such as ByteDance, Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent (BBAT) are projected to have a combined shipment share of approximately 6.3% in 2023. However, this could decrease to less than 4% in 2024, considering the current and potential future impacts of the ban.https://tpucdn.com/img/gRTIvXJdZaIsWxJU_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/gRTIvXJdZaIsWxJU.jpg)
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Dell Allegedly Prohibits Sales of High-End Radeon and Instinct MI GPUs in China
AMD's lineup of Radeon and Instinct GPUs, including the flagship RX 7900 XTX/XT, the professional-grade PRO W7900, and the upcoming Instinct MI300, are facing sales prohibitions in China, according to an alleged sales advisory guide from Dell. This restriction mirrors the earlier ban on NVIDIA's RTX 4090, underscoring the increasing export limitations U.S.-based companies face for high-end semiconductor products that could be repurposed for military and strategic applications. Notably, Dell's report lists several AMD Instinct accelerators, which are integral to data center infrastructure, and Radeon GPUs, which are widely used in PCs, indicating the broad impact of the advisory.

The ban includes discrete GPUs like AMD's Radeon RX 7900 XTX and 7900 XT, which, despite their data-center potential, may still be sold under specific "NEC" eligibility. This status allows for continued sales in restricted regions like sales of NVIDIA's RTX 4090. However, the process to secure NEC eligibility is lengthy, potentially leading to supply shortages and increased GPU prices—a trend already observed with the RX 7900 XTX in China, where it's become a high-end alternative in light of the RTX 4090's scarcity and inflated pricing. The Dell sales advisory also lists that sales of the aforementioned products are banned in 22 countries, including Russia, Iran, Iraq, and others listed below.https://tpucdn.com/img/5Olhdnz2WNodWPcv_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/5Olhdnz2WNodWPcv.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/QAnhDY84owlfTFYa_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/QAnhDY84owlfTFYa.jpg)

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AMD is working hard on delivering next-generation products, and today, its Linux team has submitted a few interesting patches that made a subtle appearance through recent GitHub patches for GFX12 targets (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/73133), as reported by Phoronix. These patches have introduced two new discrete GPUs into the LLVM compiler for Linux, fueling speculation that these will be the first iterations of the RDNA4 graphics architecture, potentially being a part of the Radeon RX 8000 series of desktop graphics cards. The naming scheme for these new targets, GFX1200 and GFX1201, suggests a continuation of AMD's logical progression through graphics architectures, considering the company's history of associating RDNA1 with GFX10 and following suit with subsequent generations, like RDNA2 was GFX10.2 and RDNA3 was GFX11.

The development of these new GPUs is still in the early stages, indicated by the lack of detailed information about the upcoming graphics ISA or its features within the patches. Currently, the new GFX12 targets are set to be treated akin to GFX11 as the patch notes that "For now they behave identically to GFX11," implying that AMD is keeping the specifics under wraps until closer to release. The patch that defines target names and ELF numbers for new GFX12 targets GFX1200 and GFX1201 is needed in order to enable timely support for AMD ROCm compute stack, the AMDVLK Vulkan driver, and the RadeonSI Gallium3D driver.https://tpucdn.com/img/IzRUr090mtIusPv0_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/IzRUr090mtIusPv0.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/lPeUJigDXKNSS8RD_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/lPeUJigDXKNSS8RD.jpg)

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(PR) QNAP Releases New PCIe Interface SATA HDD JBOD Storage Enclosure Series to Obtain Petabyte-class Storage
QNAP Systems, Inc. today launched the new PCIe JBOD storage enclosures TL-Rx00PES-RP series, featuring PCIe Gen 3 x8, and providing up to 64 Gb/s data transfer speed. Users can expand existing NAS storage volumes to petabyte-class by connecting multiple TL-Rx00PES-RP series, without requiring RAID-rebuilding on the host NAS. The TL-Rx00PES-RP series supports SATA drives, allowing businesses to choose from a wide range of enterprise hard drives. This series is ideal for businesses who want to archive/back up virtualization applications, surveillance recordings, large data, and multimedia.

"Technological advancement usually comes at the cost of increased storage requirements. Organizations which handle particularly large data sets, such as research institutions and media production companies, require easy-to-scale solutions. QNAP presents the TL-Rx00PES-RP series as a petabyte-class storage solution for them. The TL-Rx00PES-RP series supports SATA drives, which are budget-friendly and available with large capacities," said Jerry Deng, Product Manager of QNAP.https://tpucdn.com/img/7WAa1dub8UvjcNwL_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/7WAa1dub8UvjcNwL.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/KwyNkWJhjUVPXaKs_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/KwyNkWJhjUVPXaKs.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/efevJLfNI5D0nrWZ_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/efevJLfNI5D0nrWZ.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/33TNt7kcYDOg5V84_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/33TNt7kcYDOg5V84.jpg)
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(PR) Patriot Introduces the VP4000 Mini M.2 2230 SSD
Patriot Memory, a leading manufacturer of high-performance enthusiast memory modules, SSDs, flash storage and gaming peripherals, has announced the upcoming release of their newest internal solid state drive: the VP4000 Mini M.2 2230 PCIe Gen 4 x4 SSD.

The VP4000 Mini marks the first-ever M.2 2230 SSD set to be released by Patriot Memory's gaming division, Viper Gaming. The VP4000 Mini features strong sequential read speeds of up to 5,000 MB/s, sequential write speeds of up to 3,500 MB/s and a special edition ultra-thin heatspreader. With high storage capabilities of up to 2 TB and a compact body design, the VP4000 Mini will be fully compatible with handheld gaming consoles, such as the ROG Ally and Steam Deck. The VP4000 Mini is also compatible with other slim PCs, laptops and tablets, including the Microsoft Surface, making for a versatile storage solution built for gamers, tech enthusiasts and content creators alike.https://tpucdn.com/img/Tth687n2xXzeAu6G_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/Tth687n2xXzeAu6G.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/FTf2lCjZcRxmB3Yp_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/FTf2lCjZcRxmB3Yp.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/3tnqMIScr4IB2RTS_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/3tnqMIScr4IB2RTS.jpg)
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(PR) AQIRYS Introduces the Alnair ANC Gaming Headset
AQIRYS is proud to introduce the Alnair gaming headset. Available in classic shades of black and white, Alnair borrows its name from a star known for its brightness, hinting at the consistent quality and sound clarity that these headphones promise to bring to every gaming session. The Alnair headset is designed to be a gamer's steadfast companion. With Hybrid Active Noise Cancellation technology, it delivers a distraction-free audio experience, allowing players to concentrate on their games. The ANC feature is a simple switch away, offering the flexibility to engage fully with the game or to stay connected to the surrounding environment.

AQIRYS provides the Alnair headphones with three connectivity options—2.4 GHz wireless, Bluetooth, and a 3.5 mm cable. The wireless receiver, which is included in the box, comes with a built-in USB Type-C connector, enabling users to connect the headsets to mobile devices in the 2.4 GHz mode as well. This versatile functionality ensures that whether you're playing on a PC, Mac, console, or mobile device, Alnair connects easily and enhances your gaming experience.https://tpucdn.com/img/5GHbtlynfL4faL1x_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/5GHbtlynfL4faL1x.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/e0Ahx2ACKw3wkz26_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/e0Ahx2ACKw3wkz26.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/wtnKB3cDdZAucvJK_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/wtnKB3cDdZAucvJK.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/jwLi9aLthuIQJryL_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/jwLi9aLthuIQJryL.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/L6M9nVeAZcARn0SD_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/L6M9nVeAZcARn0SD.jpg)
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(PR) V-Color Announces DDR5 RDIMMs for AMD Threadripper TRX50 Platform
V-Color Technology Inc., Announces the launch of their DDR5 overclocking R-DIMM tailored for the new TRX50 Motherboards powered by AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series processors. Available in capacities ranging from 64 GB (16 GB x4) to 128 GB (32 GB x4) and speeds up to DDR5-7200. The V-Color DDR5 OC R-DIMM memory is primed to unleash its full potential with AMD EXPO ready technology, designed for a diverse user base encompassing both non-overclocking users and enthusiasts who engage in overclocking, with a specific focus on content creators, intensive 3D modelers, and AI programmers.

Designed with meticulous precision, offering uncompromised compatibility and enhanced performance, ensuring seamless integration with AMD TRX50 Motherboards, including the ASUS Pro WS TRX50-SAGE WIFI, Gigabyte TRX50 AERO D, and ASRock TRX50 WS.https://tpucdn.com/img/66bHRMpyknHV9MBS_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/66bHRMpyknHV9MBS.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/m4FmF6jTtWhuN0bu_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/m4FmF6jTtWhuN0bu.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/NZP2eTan2odsCgTx_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/NZP2eTan2odsCgTx.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/YLm49ETKBdMODKci_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/YLm49ETKBdMODKci.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/VeK9a4Dy7bWFkVqB_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/VeK9a4Dy7bWFkVqB.jpg)
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(PR) Broadcom Announces Successful Acquisition of VMware
Broadcom is thrilled to announce Broadcom's successful acquisition of VMware, and the start of a new and exciting era for all of us at the company. VMware joins our engineering-first, innovation-centric team, which is another important step forward in building the world's leading infrastructure technology company.

While an important moment for Broadcom, it's also an exciting milestone for our customers around the world. And as I said when we first announced the acquisition, we can now come together and have the scale to help global enterprises address their complex IT infrastructure challenges by enabling private and hybrid cloud environments and helping them deploy an "apps anywhere" strategy. Our goal is to help customers optimize their private, hybrid and multi-cloud environments, allowing them to run applications and services anywhere.https://tpucdn.com/img/N0Wx3C42XVLuTAhJ_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/N0Wx3C42XVLuTAhJ.jpg)
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EK, the premium liquid cooling gear manufacturer, is expanding the EK-Pro Line with a radiator portfolio. The EK-Pro Radiator P360 Multiport - Black and EK-Pro Radiator P480 Multiport - Black feature a multiport design for ease of use and convenience in tube routing tubes. They come with a medium, 45 mm thickness, and 18 FPI fin density.

The EK-Pro P Series Radiators
The new EK-Pro Radiator P Series comes in two sizes - 360 mm and 480 mm. With a thickness of 45 mm, the EK-Pro P Series radiators are the absolute all-rounders for low noise and high performance across the entire fan operational range. These radiators are 120 mm wide, ensuring compatibility with the widest portfolio of PC cases. They are equipped with four G1/4" threaded connection ports to ensure easier tube routing in most scenarios. The fourteen 2 mm-wide copper tubes across the entire radiator length assure optimal coolant flow, putting no stress on your cooling loop. High-grade non-louvered copper fins with 18 FPI density provide the best balance between thermal transfer and air resistance, enabling optimal performance even at low-speed fan operation. To maximize cooling performance, the radiators can be used in a Push/Pull setup.https://tpucdn.com/img/TeaeXpVDOnEy2UFy_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/TeaeXpVDOnEy2UFy.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/PTdeea14v1YfSDsT_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/PTdeea14v1YfSDsT.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/34XA1TMWgOX9WfpA_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/34XA1TMWgOX9WfpA.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/EiMXczXVfUfIziku_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/EiMXczXVfUfIziku.jpg)
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GAMDIAS Technology, a leading brand for high-performance PC gaming hardware and peripherals, launched its innovative and customizable CHIONE M4 LCD display liquid cooler. The CHIONE M4 delivers powerful cooling for your CPU through its patented in-line PWM pump, a 32 mm thick radiator, and hydraulic ARGB fans to reach an advanced level of coolness. It also features a 2.1" LCD screen on the water block that displays CPU temperature, fan speed, and pump speed stats in real-time.

CHIONE M4 AIO comes with a 2.1" LCD screen on the water block that displays the CPU temperature, fan speed and pump speed scales to enable users to monitor essential system status in real time. The CHIONE CAST LITE software allows full customization of charts and temperature unit displays (°C/°F). The patented in-line pump is designed with PWM control, stable and powerful liquid circulation which can cool down the CPU temperature efficiently while minimizing the vibrations to ensure a silent and steady operation. The 32 mm thick radiator features much denser radiator fins for improved cooling performance, the increase in dissipation surface allows the radiator to provide excellent performance.https://tpucdn.com/img/a2vYoho77EAX9WrH_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/a2vYoho77EAX9WrH.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/oGqzCASkCexTa3AP_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/oGqzCASkCexTa3AP.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/E0Z7k03dqlgdXZmZ_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/E0Z7k03dqlgdXZmZ.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/apsThsePjhB89rIC_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/apsThsePjhB89rIC.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/M2V6f7BDmmT3BWV3_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/M2V6f7BDmmT3BWV3.jpg)
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GEEKOM Teases Upcoming AMD Phoenix Mini PC With a Familiar Design
The market for mini PCs has been blooming recently, and GEEKOM has been working to put themselves at the forefront with exceptionally well priced and decently performing machines mainly benefiting from their partnership with ASUS. We don't have much info about this upcoming mini PC except that it will offer configurations based on either the Ryzen 7 7840HS or Ryzen 9 7940HS and departs from the ASUS PN series styling for an aluminium chassis that takes clear inspiration from Apple's Mac Mini. Whether this is due to a vendor change or the efforts of internal R&D we'll likely learn when it launches. Aside from the rounded corners, bead blasted aluminium finish, and rear I/O laid out on a black accent fascia plate little else about the machine compares to the Mini except the tiny size at a mere 112.4 x 112.4 mm (4.43 in). Despite this tiny frame the I/O compliment is decent; three 10 Gbps USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type A ports, a 5 Gbps USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type A, a 40 Gbps and a 10 Gbps Type C that can each handle DisplayPort out, two HDMI ports, a 2.5G Ethernet jack, SD Card reader on the side, and one 3.5 mm combo audio jack at the front.

GEEKOM is expected to launch this new mini PC model in Asia within the next month. Worldwide availability should follow soon after. Competitor offerings with similar hardware configurations have been available for a few months by now and have been seen discounted down to around $600 USD in recent weeks, with barebone unit prices going even lower. GEEKOM has quite the challenge ahead of them to offer competitive value.https://tpucdn.com/img/VGJ0Lt1B4VoETJuE_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/VGJ0Lt1B4VoETJuE.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/J6ePbfJmpwru1f41_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/J6ePbfJmpwru1f41.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/jLY2Z0vW68oSVKO7_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/jLY2Z0vW68oSVKO7.jpg)

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FinalWire AIDA64 Extreme Now 50% Off in Cyber Monday Sale
FinalWire AIDA64 is possibly the most feature-packed system diagnostics and benchmarking utility, which has been a staple at TechPowerUp labs since way back when it was called AIDA32 and later Lavalys Everest, and have built great working ties with its author. We'd like to share with you a great sale they have going on. As part of Cyber Monday, FinalWire has AIDA64 Extreme listed for a 50% discount. This is the edition most PC enthusiasts, overclockers, and gamers would want; but there are more editions for those of you with white collars, such as the AIDA64 Engineer, and AIDA64 Network Audit for large enterprises. The utility provides an all-encompassing overview of your machine's hardware and operating environment, along with a nice suite of performance benchmarks. Normally priced at $59.95 for a year's updates, or about the price of a game, AIDA64 Extreme can be yours for just $29.97!

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ETaker M2000: The All-Round Power Station King for Your Needs
In today's fast-paced world, where our reliance on electronic devices continues to grow, having a reliable and versatile power source is more important than ever. Whether you're an outdoor enthusiast seeking off-grid energy solutions, a homeowner facing unexpected power outages, or a digital nomad constantly on the move, the ETaker M2000 (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/etakerpower-m2000/for-all-your-power-needs) is here to revolutionize the way you power your life. With its cutting-edge technology, impressive performance, enhanced user experience, and unwavering reliability, the ETaker M2000 (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/etakerpower-m2000/for-all-your-power-needs) stands as the all-round power station king that will meet your every power need.https://tpucdn.com/img/FuDxmfynrp2Wrtok_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/FuDxmfynrp2Wrtok.jpg)
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AMD 3D V-Cache RAM Disk Delivers Over 182 GB/s and 175 GB/s Read and Write Speeds
AMD's 3D V-Cache technology utilizes blocks of SRAM stacked on top of the CPU logic die, where CPU cores reside, and allows the processor to access massive pools of cache for applications. However, using this extra level 3 (L3) cache as a RAM disk appears possible, where the L3 SRAM behaves similarly to a storage drive. A big disclaimer here is that this is only possible by exposing the L3 to the CrystalDiskMark benchmark, and no real-world applications can do it in a way that CrystalDiskMark. According to X/Twitter user Nemez (@GPUsAreMagic) (https://x.com/GPUsAreMagic/status/1625189810934583297?s=20), the steps to replicate this procedure are: Obtaining an AMD Ryzen CPU with 3D V-Cache, installing OSFMount and creating a FAT32 formatted RAM disk, and running CrystalDiskMark, with values set to values to SEQ 256 KB, Queue Depth 1, Threads 16, and data fill to 0s instead of random.

The results of this experiment? Well, they appear to be rather stunning as the nature of L3 SRAM is that the memory is tiny but very fast and accessible to the CPU, so it can help load data locally before going to the system RAM. With AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, the speeds of this RAM disk are over 182 GB/s for reading and over 175 GB/s for writing. In another test, shared by Albert Thomas (@ultrawide219) (https://twitter.com/ultrawide219/status/1727919636661117238?s=20), we managed to see RAM disk based on AMD Ryzen 7800X3D V-Cache, which scores a little less with over 178 GB/s read and over 163 GB/s write speeds. Again, CrystalDiskMark only performed these tests on small allocations varying between 16 MiB and 32 MiB, so no real-world workloads are yet able to utilize this.https://tpucdn.com/img/ZIGLeF06tKyDoCOC_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/ZIGLeF06tKyDoCOC.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/2njQQaU5U3OEjNiO_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/2njQQaU5U3OEjNiO.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/JaELozS1OPBZoiu5_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/JaELozS1OPBZoiu5.jpg)

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(PR) Manufacturers Anticipate Completion of NVIDIA's HBM3e Verification by 1Q24; HBM4 Expected to Launch in 2026
TrendForce's latest research into the HBM market indicates that NVIDIA plans to diversify its HBM suppliers for more robust and efficient supply chain management. Samsung's HBM3 (24 GB) is anticipated to complete verification with NVIDIA by December this year. The progress of HBM3e, as outlined in the timeline below, shows that Micron provided its 8hi (24 GB) samples to NVIDIA by the end of July, SK hynix in mid-August, and Samsung in early October.

Given the intricacy of the HBM verification process—estimated to take two quarters—TrendForce expects that some manufacturers might learn preliminary HBM3e results by the end of 2023. However, it's generally anticipated that major manufacturers will have definite results by 1Q24. Notably, the outcomes will influence NVIDIA's procurement decisions for 2024, as final evaluations are still underway.https://tpucdn.com/img/62gzBZ4XgLIM38UB_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/62gzBZ4XgLIM38UB.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/hrqhhbyPpjgdOsww_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/hrqhhbyPpjgdOsww.jpg)
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AMD Phoenix AM5 APUs to Get Ryzen 8000 Series Branding, Company Readies 5000GT Series for AM4
AMD is giving final touches to its first APUs for the Socket AM5 desktop platform. A report by Sakhtafzar Magazine suggests that the company could give processor models in the series Ryzen 8000G numbering, instead of the previously thought 7000G series. The company is preparing as many as 14 processor models spanning the 4 nm "Phoenix" and "Phoenix 2" monolithic dies. Both chips combine "Zen 4" CPU cores with an iGPU based on the RDNA 3 graphics architecture. While the current Ryzen 7000 series "Raphael" desktop processors feature integrated graphics, AMD doesn't consider them APUs, as their iGPU are just about enough for non-gaming desktop use cases. APUs are designed for entry-level gaming.

The "Phoenix" silicon has up to 8 "Zen 4" CPU cores, and an iGPU with up to 12 RDNA3 compute units. This chip is powering the Ryzen 5 8600G, Ryzen 7 8700G, their PRO variants, and their respective "GE" (energy efficient) sub-variants. The "Phoenix 2" silicon barely qualifies as an APU, as its iGPU only has 4 RDNA3 compute units (compared to the 2 RDNA2 CUs on the "Raphael" iGPU. It also has a maximum CPU core count of 6, from which two are "Zen 4" cores that can sustain higher boost frequency bins, and four are "Zen 4c" cores which run at lower clock speeds (albeit with an identical IPC and ISA). AMD is using "Phoenix 2" on the desktop platform to carve out several sub-$150 class processor models across the Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 3 brands; a package with a monolithic "Phoenix 2" die probably has a lower bill of materials (BOM) than a "Raphael" multi-chip module.https://tpucdn.com/img/8QUozTDwb89vNaZ5_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/8QUozTDwb89vNaZ5.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/4SGZErt7lwWYtYIV_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/4SGZErt7lwWYtYIV.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/wQ9vzi42nC7JfHeO_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/wQ9vzi42nC7JfHeO.jpg)
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The Geekbench database of benchmark submissions is yielding more leaks about Intel's upcoming 5th generation Xeon Scalable processors codenamed Emerald Rapids. Previously, we have covered the leak of the possibly top-end 64-core Xeon 8592+ Platinum and a 48-core Xeon 8558U processor (https://www.techpowerup.com/315494/intel-emerald-rapids-8592-and-8558u-xeon-cpus-with-64c-and-48c-configurations-spotted). However, today, we are seeing information about lower-stack SKUs carrying up to 48 cores each. The first in line is the Xeon Platinum 8558P, a 48-core, 96-threaded CPU that runs at 2.7 GHz base frequency and 4.0 GHz boost frequency. It is equipped with 16 MB of L3 cache in addition to 192 MB of L2, making the total cache memory 260 MB. The integrated memory controller (IMC) of the Xeon Platinum 8558P supports eight-channel DDR5 running at 4800 MT/s, and the CPU has a TDP of 350 Watts.

The other SKU that was also listed was the Xeon Platinum 8551C, also a 48-core, 96-thread model with the same 260 MB cache configuration. However, this SKU has a higher base frequency of 2.9 GHz, with an unknown boost speed and unknown IMC configuration. An interesting thing to note about these 48C/96T SKUs is that they feature less cache compared to the previously leaked 48-core Xeon 8558U processor, which had 96 MB of L2 cache and 260 MB of L3 cache, making for a total of 356 MB of cache (which includes L1D and L1I as well). The segmentation that Intel is doing for its Xeon processors will be based not only on core count, frequency, and TDP but also on CPU cache sizes.https://tpucdn.com/img/bjpRdMRvbsVkdEMg_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/bjpRdMRvbsVkdEMg.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/969BnntOwC7RaTJw_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/969BnntOwC7RaTJw.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/L3xnNJG4iFiVrwc8_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/L3xnNJG4iFiVrwc8.jpg)

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(PR) BIOSTAR Announces the BIRPL-PAT Industrial Motherboard
BIOSTAR, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards, and storage devices, today is excited to introduce the BIRPL-PAT industrial motherboard designed to address the complex needs of various industries, offering a versatile and comprehensive solution for system integration, AIOT machine development, automation, edge computing, digital signage, Food & Beverage Processing, and HMI machine construction.

BIRPL-PAT motherboard is a versatile solution that caters to a wide range of industries, serving as the go-to choice for professionals across various sectors. For System Integration (SI) Businesses, it simplifies customer management, transaction tracking, and communication, streamlining business processes. AIOT Machine Developers benefit from its essential slots and connectors, enabling seamless integration of communication modules and support for accelerators or GPUs, facilitating smooth communication with AI processors. Automation Machine Enthusiasts find compatibility with diverse processors, allowing for real-time control tasks, data processing, and device communication. Moreover, Edge Computing Enthusiasts appreciate its reliable and high-speed communication through network interfaces and support for various storage interfaces, meeting the unique demands of edge computing devices engaged in local data processing and caching. HMI Machine Builders benefit from a wide range of interfaces, enabling easy connectivity for peripherals like barcode scanners, receipt printers, and card readers, commonly used in POS and kiosk systems.https://tpucdn.com/img/Dtrft6qn6WdLKx7m_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/Dtrft6qn6WdLKx7m.jpg)
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TUXEDO Computers Launches Sirius 16 - First all-AMD Linux Gaming Laptop
Uptake on AMD's latest generation mobile offerings has been slow and steady to put it mildly, but today TUXEDO Computers, a specialist in Linux notebooks at a range of performance and pricing tiers, has announced pre-orders for their new Sirius 16 gaming laptop. This machine combines AMD's latest generation Ryzen 7 7840HS "Phoenix" APU with a Radeon RX 7600M XT RDNA3 GPU inside a sleek all aluminium chassis design that strives to remain understated while still providing a "sleek gamer look" via programmable RGB keys. The Sirius 16 is TUXEDO's first go at an all-AMD configuration and they've held very little back, choosing to allow the full TDP rating of the Phoenix APU at 54 W sustained (or 80 W CPU-only turbo) as well as keeping the RDNA3 GPU at its rated 120 W TGP under full CPU+GPU loads. The Sirius 16 features venting out of both sides as well as the rear of the chassis, and roughly half of the bottom panel is open intake for the dual-fan cooling system.

Powering everything is a 230 W power brick and an 80 Wh replaceable battery bolted inside the chassis. TUXEDO claims up to 10 hours of battery life at minimum display brightness with wireless disabled and without any programmable lighting enabled, or a more realistic 6 hours at medium brightness with wireless enabled and under minimal "office work" load.https://tpucdn.com/img/eUEnblLPu99RVjgs_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/eUEnblLPu99RVjgs.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/3DdlVaSYRPk3KYRf_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/3DdlVaSYRPk3KYRf.jpg)
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This Week in Gaming (Week 48)
As we enter the last week of November and the first day of December, we might not have any AAA releases, but this week's major release does nonetheless hold a high production value and promises something a bit different when it comes to WWII RTS games. This week's other releases involve shapes, a JRPG, a retro FPS, something to do with the Sheriff of Nottingham and finally a world of steam.

Last Train Home (https://lasttrainhome.thqnordic.com/) / This week's major release / Tuesday 28 November
Embark on a desperate mission through the depths of a war-torn wasteland. Your goal is to guide Czechoslovak soldiers back home onboard an armored train, but the path ahead is fraught with peril. Caught in the middle of a brutal civil war between Russia's Red and White Armies, your unit must remain in fighting shape, managing what little resources you have and maintaining morale at all costs. Venture through the bleak and unforgiving landscape of Siberia, where the freezing cold and the merciless environment will push you to your very limit. Resources are scarce and your crew is exhausted, but you must keep pushing forward.https://tpucdn.com/img/lNXwevnvgGbU243h_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/lNXwevnvgGbU243h.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/5pPVzciIfkKJPt2n_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/5pPVzciIfkKJPt2n.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/CTQQ7gJJ2nGtENsu_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/CTQQ7gJJ2nGtENsu.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/nkv2jRmwPy0EF1oL_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/nkv2jRmwPy0EF1oL.jpg)
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(PR) QCY Unveils the H3 Wireless Noise-Canceling Headphones for $40
QCY, a pioneering force in wireless audio and smart electronics, is thrilled to introduce its latest marvel, the ultimate all-in-one over-ear headphones - QCY H3 Wireless Noise-Canceling Headphones. This groundbreaking device sets a new pinnacle in audio technology, offering an unparalleled fusion of features and performance that redefines the auditory experience at an exceptionally accessible price.

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(PR) Team Group Launches T-Force Siren GD120S AIO SSD Cooler
T-FORCE, the gaming brand under Team Group Inc., today launched the T-FORCE SIREN GD120S AIO Cooler, a unique all-in-one liquid cooling solution for PCIe 2280 SSDs that uses exclusive patented technology (Taiwan Invention Patent No.: I778726). The SSD water block fits perfectly with M.2 2280 SSDs and provides superb cooling performance, enabling SSDs to maintain optimal low-temperatures and stable operation. Based on tests, the SIREN GD120 allows PCIe 5.0 SSDs to stay under 54°C even during heavy load, providing global players with more diverse cooling solutions for M.2 SSD high temperatures.

The T-FORCE SIREN GD120S AIO SSD Cooler boasts excellent cooling performance by equipping the precision aluminium alloy dual-tube water blocks with double-layered thermal pads, which allow the SSD controller chip and IC to be tightly affixed to the copper base of the cooler. The pump utilizes a ceramic shaft design and three silent motors to achieve silent, highly efficient, and stable liquid cooling. Furthermore, the T-FORCE SIREN GD120S AIO SSD Cooler uses a 120 mm radiator with 13 high-density aluminium fins to increase the cooling area, effectively removing the high temperatures generated by M.2 PCIe 5.0 SSDs. Its 12 cm ARGB PWM fan can also accurately adjust speeds based on system temperature to achieve optimal heat dissipation while saving energy and providing a customized lighting effect.https://tpucdn.com/img/3AATl4LUX3scecf9_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/3AATl4LUX3scecf9.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/Qpv67WWU2F3oPSGa_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/Qpv67WWU2F3oPSGa.jpg)
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(PR) NVIDIA GeForce NOW Getting 18 New Games
GeForce NOW is bringing 18 new games to the cloud this week, part of a gratitude-filled GFN Thursday. A collaboration between Chromebook Plus, CD PROJEKT RED and GeForce NOW brought an immersive 3D activation to Times Square over the weekend, containing a hidden Easter egg for Cyberpunk 2077 players. Plus, this holiday season, give the gift of high-performance cloud gaming with a free, three-month PC Game Pass subscription included with a six-month GeForce NOW Ultimate membership.

Eye Spy
Times Square was transformed into a futuristic dystopia last weekend by a stunning 3D Cyberpunk 2077 activation. The immersive display showcased the power of GeForce NOW on a Chromebook Plus, enabling gamers to stream thousands of titles from popular digital gaming stores from the cloud, right out of the box. Long-time Cyberpunk 2077 fans were also challenged to try their hand at spotting a code hidden in the activation - the latest hint in a long line of clues needed to solve a riddle that has had players guessing for the past three years.https://tpucdn.com/img/QzynrPvyeexiDLen_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/QzynrPvyeexiDLen.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/kI31dsH0XJOq344w_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/kI31dsH0XJOq344w.jpg)
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Precision. Focus. Endurance: qualities of every high-performance endeavor, from athletics to gaming. With the demand it places on equipment designed for maximum comfort and support, COUGAR looked to motorsports for inspiration, resulting in our latest gaming chair: the Hotrod.

Performance under pressure is king when it comes to the driver's seat, in motorsports as well as in gaming. A driver relies on their seat to keep them comfortable and supported during high-stress maneuvers, just as a gamer needs a chair that can provide the same level of support during intense gaming sessions. Drawing inspiration from the sleek, lightweight design and high-performance features of motorsports, the COUGAR Hotrod gaming chair is engineered to fit the body precisely for maximum comfort and control, delivering a fusion of style, comfort, and performance.https://tpucdn.com/img/dVdszLPi5gCPwOzL_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/dVdszLPi5gCPwOzL.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/sqH7C2wrTlPpGojM_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/sqH7C2wrTlPpGojM.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/9wIIARGOVnaFKwkF_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/9wIIARGOVnaFKwkF.jpg)
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(PR) Belkin Launches Universal USB-C 11-in-1 Pro Dock for Increased Productivity
Belkin, a leading consumer electronics brand for 40 years, today announced a new 11-in-1 dock featuring the latest Silicon Motion technology to add more power and productivity to any desk setup. This universal dock offers additional key ports that newer laptop models no longer support and can expand to three monitors with resolution of up to 4K at 60 Hz for one monitor.

With universal capabilities, devices stay charged with up to 100 W of pass-through power and fast transfer speeds of up to 10 Gbps. This dock also doubles as a laptop stand and includes a 350 mm centered connection cable for easy connection to a laptop in any space.https://tpucdn.com/img/X0eyh0GvezM2JwkB_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/X0eyh0GvezM2JwkB.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/1WyZQzzbTBmzNEVg_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/1WyZQzzbTBmzNEVg.jpg)
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(PR) NVIDIA Experiences Strong Cloud AI Demand but Faces Challenges in China, with High-End AI Server Shipments Expected to Be Below 4% in 2024
NVIDIA's most recent FY3Q24 financial reports reveal record-high revenue coming from its data center segment, driven by escalating demand for AI servers from major North American CSPs. However, TrendForce points out that recent US government sanctions targeting China have impacted NVIDIA's business in the region. Despite strong shipments of NVIDIA's high-end GPUs—and the rapid introduction of compliant products such as the H20, L20, and L2—Chinese cloud operators are still in the testing phase, making substantial revenue contributions to NVIDIA unlikely in Q4. Gradual shipments increases are expected from the first quarter of 2024.

The US ban continues to influence China's foundry market as Chinese CSPs' high-end AI server shipments potentially drop below 4% next year
TrendForce reports that North American CSPs like Microsoft, Google, and AWS will remain key drivers of high-end AI servers (including those with NVIDIA, AMD, or other high-end ASIC chips) from 2023 to 2024. Their estimated shipments are expected to be 24%, 18.6%, and 16.3%, respectively, for 2024. Chinese CSPs such as ByteDance, Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent (BBAT) are projected to have a combined shipment share of approximately 6.3% in 2023. However, this could decrease to less than 4% in 2024, considering the current and potential future impacts of the ban.https://tpucdn.com/img/gRTIvXJdZaIsWxJU_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/gRTIvXJdZaIsWxJU.jpg)
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BIOSTAR, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards, and storage devices today showcases the B650MT motherboard, featuring the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645 processor, the best workstation setup ideal for office users and businesses. The BIOSTAR B650MT motherboard delivers exceptional performance, efficiency, and security to meet the demands of the modern workplace; with support for up to 96 GB of DDR5 memory, it ensures seamless multitasking and exceptional system responsiveness. Offering a versatile storage solution with an M.2 slot and four SATA III ports, this motherboard provides lightning-fast data access and ample storage capacity. BIOSTAR's signature features, including Super Durable Solid Caps, Super Durable Inductor, and Super Hyper PWM, guarantee a dependable and long-lasting system.

With the latest AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645 processor, BIOSTAR's B650MT motherboard sets up an ideal platform for business and casual use. The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645 processor offers a compelling blend of top-notch performance, cutting-edge security features, and energy efficiency, making it an excellent fit for the modern-day business sector. Powered by the groundbreaking AMD Zen 4 architecture, this desktop processor comes equipped with integrated AMD Radeon Graphics, simplifying integration, management, and administration tasks. With six cores and twelve threads, fast clock speeds reach up to 5.10 GHz, making it ideal for multitasking and demanding tasks.https://tpucdn.com/img/cve3Yst1EXi66mn7_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/cve3Yst1EXi66mn7.jpg)
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(PR) ASML Supervisory Board Intends to Appoint Christophe Fouquet as President and CEO
Today the Supervisory Board of ASML Holding NV (ASML) announces that it intends to appoint Christophe Fouquet, currently ASML's Chief Business Officer and member of the Board of Management, as the company's next President and Chief Executive Officer. The appointment is subject to notification of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on April 24, 2024. On the same date, ASML's Co-Presidents Peter Wennink and Martin van den Brink will retire from ASML upon completion of their current appointment terms.

Nils Andersen, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, said: "The Supervisory Board, together with the management team, has gone through a comprehensive succession planning process. With Christophe, we have identified a very experienced leader with deep understanding of ASML's technology and the semiconductor industry ecosystem - acquired through different roles at ASML and other companies - and the right leadership qualities and culture fit. We are grateful and full of admiration for the immense contributions that Peter and Martin have made over decades, helping to shape ASML into the successful company that it is today. Peter and Martin have been preparing ASML for the future, and we know they will be fully engaged in securing a smooth transition for the company and all of ASML's stakeholders."https://tpucdn.com/img/R0aUFKky0EFrJlul_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/R0aUFKky0EFrJlul.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/xkf9SxPJcK3VPXbd_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/xkf9SxPJcK3VPXbd.jpg)
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NVIDIA Readies GeForce RTX 4090 D for China to Comply with U.S. Export Controls
NVIDIA is giving final touches to the new GeForce RTX 4090 D, a graphics card SKU specific to the Chinese market, aimed squarely at gamers. The card fills the void for gamers shopping in the enthusiast segment, as all inventory of the regular RTX 4090 has been bought up by Chinese companies to accelerate AI, and controls are in place that prevent NVIDIA from selling the card in its current form in the Chinese market.

What sets this SKU apart is that it is designed to comply with U.S. export controls of GPUs that have the dual use as a high compute-density AI accelerator. In other words, its performance with AI will be artificially limited. This is being done by lowering the card's TPP (total processing performance), which could mean that it ends up slower than the regular RTX 4090. This is somewhat similar in concept to LHR (lite hash rate) GPUs NVIDIA designed for gamers as their regular GPUs were being heaped up by crypto currency miners, although LHR wasn't created due to government policy, but in response to market demand. The RTX 4090 D is expected to retail for RMB 13,000, which is similar to the baseline price of the RTX 4090.https://tpucdn.com/img/AFdSLAyYbHtMrEFp_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/AFdSLAyYbHtMrEFp.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/oGR1986OxEcPkgkG_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/oGR1986OxEcPkgkG.jpg)

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(PR) V-COLOR Achieves DDR5-8000 RDIMM Overclocking on TRX50 AERO D
V-COLOR Technology Inc, announced that they have achieved a new overclocking record of 8000 MHz for their DDR5 R-DIMM of 64 GB (4x 16 GB) with CL40 timings. This feat was accomplished on the AMD 7000 series processors and new GIGABYTE TRX50 AERO D motherboard. V-COLOR successfully achieved the overclocking feat on the high-performance AMD 7000 series processors, showcasing the remarkable compatibility and superior performance of v-color memory products with the latest innovations from AMD.

The overclocking feat of achieving 8000 MHz was realized on the GIGABYTE TRX50 AERO D motherboard, utilizing the DDR5 OC R-DIMM 64 GB (4x 16 GB) configuration with CL40-52-52-126 timings. This accomplishment sets a new benchmark for high-capacity memory modules.https://tpucdn.com/img/k9J80QzB3oLl0MOy_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/k9J80QzB3oLl0MOy.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/9XuBKqLne9kP6JKF_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/9XuBKqLne9kP6JKF.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/8QqV5zXGTukhUBa2_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/8QqV5zXGTukhUBa2.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/BDJBtqUFjxlhciHb_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/BDJBtqUFjxlhciHb.jpg)

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(PR) Dell Partners with Imbue on New AI Compute Cluster Using Nearly 10,000 NVIDIA H100 GPUs
Dell Technologies and Imbue, an independent AI research company, have entered into a $150 million agreement to build a new high-performance computing cluster for training foundation models optimized for reasoning. Imbue is one of the few independent AI labs that develops its own foundation models, and trains them to have more advanced reasoning capabilities—like knowing when to ask for more information, analyzing and critiquing their own outputs, or breaking down a difficult goal into a plan and then executing on it. Imbue trains AI agents on top of those models that can do work for people across diverse fields in ways that are robust, safe, and useful. Imbue's goal is to create practical tools for building agents that could enable workers across a broad set of domains, including helping engineers write new code, analysts understand and draft complex policy proposals, and much more.https://tpucdn.com/img/2GQYWygvRtttHWDC_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/2GQYWygvRtttHWDC.jpg)
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(PR) Renesas Unveils the First Generation of Own 32-bit RISC-V CPU Core Ahead of Competition
Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced today that it has designed and tested a 32-bit CPU core based on the open-standard RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA). Renesas is among the first in the industry to independently develop a CPU core for the 32-bit general-purpose RISC-V market, providing an open and flexible platform for IoT, consumer electronics, healthcare and industrial systems. The new RISC-V CPU core will complement Renesas' existing IP portfolio of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs), including the proprietary RX Family and the RA Family based on the Arm Cortex -M architecture.

RISC-V is an open ISA which is quickly gaining popularity in the semiconductor industry, due to its flexibility, scalability, power efficiency and open ecosystem. While many MCU providers have recently created joint investment alliances to accelerate their development of RISC-V products, Renesas has already developed a new RISC-V core on its own. This versatile CPU can serve as a main application controller, a complementary secondary core in SoCs, on-chip subsystems, or even in deeply embedded ASSPs. This positions Renesas as a leader in the emerging RISC-V market, following previous introductions of its 32-bit voice-control and motor-control ASSP devices (https://www.renesas.com/us/en/about/press-room/renesas-expands-risc-v-embedded-processing-portfolio-new-voice-control-assp-solution?utm_campaign=l-up-mcu_riscv_core-epsg-iotbd-ipm1-null&utm_source=null&utm_medium=pr&utm_content=news&other=assp), as well as the RZ/Five 64-bit general purpose microprocessors (https://www.renesas.com/us/en/about/press-room/renesas-pioneers-risc-v-technology-rzfive-general-purpose-mpus-based-64-bit-risc-v-cpu-core?utm_campaign=l-up-mcu_riscv_core-epsg-iotbd-ipm1-null&utm_source=null&utm_medium=pr&utm_content=news&other=rzfive) (MPUs), which were built on CPU cores developed by Andes Technology Corp.https://tpucdn.com/img/Gi4linICRnEJs8wY_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/Gi4linICRnEJs8wY.jpg)
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AMD's RX 7900 Series Enjoys Sales Increase in China Following NVIDIA Export Restrictions
A somewhat expected result of the November 17th export ban (https://www.pcmag.com/news/nvidia-deletes-rtx-4090-from-its-china-site-as-export-ban-takes-effect) on RTX 4090 GPUs to China has been that AMD's top offerings; recently rumored to soon suffer the same fate, have been selling faster than AMD or its partners can make them. Predicting the worst, some OEMs such as Dell have allegedly already set their own self-imposed restrictions (https://www.techpowerup.com/316044/dell-allegedly-prohibits-sales-of-high-end-radeon-and-instinct-mi-gpus-in-china) on the export of both Radeon and Instinct cards to China. Meanwhile insiders in board channels have not yet received any official warning that they can no longer sell RX 7900 XTXs or XTs to DIY markets, however vendors and consumers alike sense an oncoming storm and unable to get RTX 4090s are buying up as many of the high end Radeons as they can.

It's said that AMD's production capacity for this surge in sales has been underwhelming, and supply to Chinese board partners has been barely trickling in. This lack of incoming supply of the Radeon RX 7900 XTX and XT, restriction or not, is creating a shortage of cards in China that is expected to impact the remainder of Q4 2023 and much of Q1 2024. With no immediate restrictions expected for AMD's top cards it's possible that they could react and ramp up exports to cover the demand, however that could be risky if AMD is trying to avoid being targeted.https://tpucdn.com/img/PRyHaeDsJcgZKPpC_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/PRyHaeDsJcgZKPpC.jpg)

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(PR) NVIDIA DLSS Coming to Gangs of Sherwood, Last Train Home, and Satisfactory
Each week, we bring you news of the latest DLSS and ray tracing integrations in games and apps. This week, Gangs of Sherwood and Last Train Home are launching with day-one support for NVIDIA DLSS 2, and the super popular factory builder, Satisfactory, has recently introduced support alongside an Unreal Engine 5 upgrade.

Satisfactory Updates To Unreal Engine 5, Adds DLSS 2 & DLAA
The Overwhelmingly Positive-rated Satisfactory from Coffee Stain Studios is an Early Access first-person, open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat, purchased by hundreds of thousands of gamers since its initial release in 2020.In a recent update, Satisfactory upgraded to Unreal Engine 5, dramatically improving performance, image quality, and features, enabling the construction of even bigger and better mega factories. Zone visuals have been overhauled, Nanite adds high fidelity geometry, Lumen introduces improved Global Illumination lighting, Chaos revamps vehicle physics, and engine enhancements make super large factories run significantly faster.https://tpucdn.com/img/n22np1DWKhgyLTvw_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/n22np1DWKhgyLTvw.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/OT6rHcBz5u6Ehels_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/OT6rHcBz5u6Ehels.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/Xt92wgjk1Z2JqTG1_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/Xt92wgjk1Z2JqTG1.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/dz4BvWSkdpneCXHE_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/dz4BvWSkdpneCXHE.jpg)
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ETaker M2000: The All-Round Power Station King for Your Needs
In today's fast-paced world, where our reliance on electronic devices continues to grow, having a reliable and versatile power source is more important than ever. Whether you're an outdoor enthusiast seeking off-grid energy solutions, a homeowner facing unexpected power outages, or a digital nomad constantly on the move, the ETaker M2000 (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/etakerpower-m2000/for-all-your-power-needs) is here to revolutionize the way you power your life. With its cutting-edge technology, impressive performance, enhanced user experience, and unwavering reliability, the ETaker M2000 (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/etakerpower-m2000/for-all-your-power-needs) stands as the all-round power station king that will meet your every power need.https://tpucdn.com/img/FuDxmfynrp2Wrtok_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/FuDxmfynrp2Wrtok.jpg)
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(PR) BenQ launches new beCreatus DP1310 USB-C Hybrid Dock
BenQ has launched their latest Industry-leading dual source dock, the beCreatus DP310 Hybrid Dock, fitted with both USB-C and HDMI inputs. BenQ's latest product launch is aimed to support programmers, creators, designers, and editors to enhance their display productivity and efficiency when navigating different input sources. The new beCreatus DP310 Hybrid Dock, supports both hybrid and remote workers, allowing them to use their workstation as an entertainment hub.

The beCreatus DP310 Hybrid Dock enables users to seamlessly switch between inputs as needed, for both work, gaming and personal use. The two input sources-an USB-C and HDMI-have a dedicated button for switching, letting you go back and forth between sources with just one press of the button. Users can easily switch from editing to gaming to browsing with one button. With the USB-C input users can add new displays as needed to utilize the screen space required. The beCreatus DP310 Hybrid Dock has multiple inputs to allow users to connect to three monitors at 4K resolution, when utilizing the USB-C input, for maximum productivity and enjoyment.https://tpucdn.com/img/YvqwJOTCROfHm98P_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/YvqwJOTCROfHm98P.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/ixC37c6gaG2BG3qF_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/ixC37c6gaG2BG3qF.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/GqT9Kvp0UsbJJDTJ_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/GqT9Kvp0UsbJJDTJ.jpg)
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TechPowerUp today announced the latest version of TechPowerUp GPU-Z, the popular graphics sub-system information and diagnostic utility for gamers, enthusiasts, and engineers alike. Version 2.56.0 adds a host of new features, usability upgrades, and support for new GPUs. To begin with, we've added the ability to list and detect DLSS 3 Frame Generation and DLSS 3.5 Ray Reconstruction in the NVIDIA DLSS section of the Advanced tab. The DLSS Scanner that detects the versions of DLSS libraries in your installed games. It now gives you the ability top open that game's folder in its context menu and select the target DLL file in File Explorer. The Sensors tab can now show the NVIDIA crossbar clock sensor, which by default is "off," and can be enabled for monitoring in the app Settings that you can find in the hamburger menu. Fixes have been added for Intel Arc video BIOS version reporting, and release dates for Arc A580.

Among the new NVIDIA GPUs supported with TechPowerUp GPU-Z 2.56.0 are NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada, RTX 4500 Ada, new RTX 2050 Laptop GPU, L40s, and Hopper H800 PCIe AIC. Among the new AMD GPUs supported with this release are the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE, RX 6750 GRE, Radeon Pro W7700, and Pro V620 MxGPU. The new Intel GPUs supported include Intel Arc A570M, A530M, and GPU Flex 170. Grab the latest GPU-Z from the link below.

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(PR) Rollerdrome Now Available on Xbox Series X|S and Windows PC
Private Division and Roll7 today announced that Rollerdrome, the imaginative third-person shooter-skater, is now available on Xbox Series X|S and Windows PC. Rollerdrome is a thrilling single-player game which pits you in intense arena combat. Melding fluid movement, visceral combat, and technical tricks, the title aims to create an experience described as "flow-state mayhem." Can you battle your way to the top and become the next Rollerdrome champion?

"Looking back to the conception of the game, we wanted Rollerdrome to be fast, fluid, and exciting - we were shown an early gameplay prototype by the Creative Director Paul Rabbitte, and seeing the potential, we quickly assembled an incredibly talented team to turn what was a promising concept into a visceral and stylish game," said Tom Hegarty, Founder and Studio Head at Roll7. "I'm now super excited that we are able to share it, once more, with a whole new group of Xbox and PC players."https://tpucdn.com/img/9vf5QtllSKFu1LOE_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/9vf5QtllSKFu1LOE.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/ljNHoVKSbUlLo7Wq_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/ljNHoVKSbUlLo7Wq.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/1qL1EZzt1OvcRRSN_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/1qL1EZzt1OvcRRSN.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/y8cni2G6dpglQJ27_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/y8cni2G6dpglQJ27.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/68PTOE52FygcAeNL_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/68PTOE52FygcAeNL.jpg)
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(PR) Homeworld 3 Gets PC System Requirements
Gearbox Publishing and Blackbird Interactive have officially unveiled the system requirements for Homeworld 3, the highly anticipated next installment in the GOTY-winning sci-fi RTS series, launching in 2024. Blackbird Interactive continues its work to optimize the game to ensure the fidelity, scale and immersiveness of Homeworld 3's gameplay can be experienced across a wide array of PCs.

Players with the latest graphics cards and processors can enjoy the game in 4K with all of the settings turned up while players with older components can still experience Homeworld 3's hallmark 3D strategy experience with dynamic space battles and incredible visuals.https://tpucdn.com/img/GKkDkhZicg1n9DUs_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/GKkDkhZicg1n9DUs.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/mbFHK9je93NQzpAn_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/mbFHK9je93NQzpAn.jpg)
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(PR) Savitech Redefines Audio Connectivity with LHDC ONE Hi-Res Bluetooth Audio Transmitter
Savitech, a leading innovator in audio technology, proudly introduces its latest project—the LHDC ONE Hi-Res Bluetooth Audio Transmitter. The LHDC ONE revolutionizes wireless audio transmission, setting a new standard for audio clarity and fidelity across diverse electronic devices.

Powered by LHDC, the Hi-Res codec brings a slew of advancements, including an unprecedented audio transmission of up to 24-bit/192 kHz, adaptive data rate from 128kbps to 1000kbps, with total harmonic distortion as low as -144dB, and support for LE Audio, ensuring a more power efficient audio transmission.https://tpucdn.com/img/P8XTf39Je4uteiiD_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/P8XTf39Je4uteiiD.jpg)
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Chinese Loongson 3A6000 CPU Matches Intel "Raptor Lake" IPC
The Chinese chipmaker Loongson has launched its newest desktop processors, the 4-core, 8-thread 3A6000 series, based on the company's LoongArch microarchitecture. We have previously reported that the company wants to match Intel's "Willow Cove" and AMD's Zen 3 instruction per clock (IPC) levels with its 3A6000 CPU series, and today we have the first preview of the performance. Powered by the LA664 cores, 3A6000 is built on a 14/12 nm manufacturing process, with clock speeds going from 2.0 to 2.5 GHz and power consumption of up to 50 Watts. It features 256 KB of L2 cache and 16 MB of L3 cache in total.

While several hardware partners are announcing new Loongson-powered solutions, ASUS China's "Uncle Tony" managed to get his hands on one of them and overclocker the CPU to 2.63 GHz on air cooling. In overclocking tests using liquid nitrogen cooling, a 3A6000 processor reached 3.0 GHz, though there are indications that there is still overhead. In standard out-of-the-box configuration, the 3A6000 performs similarly to Intel's Core i3-10100 four-core CPU, an achievement for Loongson but still behind Intel's latest offerings that clock nearly twice as high. This rapid development of Loongson IP has led to a massive performance increase, matching the IPC of modern CPUs. We are still left to see more information about these 3A6000 series SKUs; however, early benchmarks suggest a significant improvement. You can see the CPU benchmarks below, which include UnixBench and SPEC CPU 2006.https://tpucdn.com/img/dumJV3Vpwv90zoXn_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/dumJV3Vpwv90zoXn.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/byoyoo9J5rZSZmkY_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/byoyoo9J5rZSZmkY.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/ByuuwPF3C88SfaoM_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/ByuuwPF3C88SfaoM.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/Qd3xuUk3GvatVaZh_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/Qd3xuUk3GvatVaZh.jpg)
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HTC VIVE is taking interactivity, utility, and expressiveness in XR experiences to the next level with the new VIVE Ultimate Tracker. Whether it's gaming, sports training, motion capture, or industrial use, VIVE Ultimate Tracker can do it all.

VIVE Ultimate Tracker is compact, versatile, and with new technology which essentially makes it "self-tracking". This makes it perfect for HTC VIVE's standalone headsets VIVE XR Elite and VIVE Focus 3, with support coming for OpenXR, SteamVR based PC VR setups in the near future. VIVE Ultimate Tracker is available starting today at vive.com with a range of limited-time bundle deals.https://tpucdn.com/img/YFNZaDywCUEPiKcr_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/YFNZaDywCUEPiKcr.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/YSz8lPp5SPGYGFfD_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/YSz8lPp5SPGYGFfD.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/1C9e9w8A24dBtsQn_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/1C9e9w8A24dBtsQn.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/QpFJouOr53cXa7md_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/QpFJouOr53cXa7md.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/diunVq0OjHnmltoA_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/diunVq0OjHnmltoA.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/nOXAWtOWom98yYMU_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/nOXAWtOWom98yYMU.jpg)
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Ericsson First to Market with Processors Made on "Intel 4" Technology
Ericsson, a massive player in networking and cellular technology, has announced their new lineup of RAN Compute (Radio Access Network) processors as well as new high bandwidth routers built around in-house silicon designs fabbed on Intel 4, beating Intel's own Meteor Lake processors to market. These new processors are not something the average person is going to be using in their PCs or home routers, but they are pivotal in the reliability and speed of current and future generation 5G networking as the devices they power handle the ever increasing traffic and bandwidth demands of modern networks. In its press release Ericsson notes that the new RAN Processor 6672 and Radio Processor 6372 offer four times more capacity at twice the efficiency compared to their previous generation. They claim that the power draw of their new processors on Intel 4 is between 30% and 60% lower than the industry benchmarks.

Ericsson signed on as one of Intel's largest customers when Intel announced their "Intel Foundry Services" initiative under the IDM 2.0 strategy to offer chip designers the ability to fab their processors at Intel fabs. The strategy has - at least outwardly - appeared to be a boon to Intel as they've signed on large partnerships ranging from big budget defense contractors to datacenter clientele and even ARM. The new RAN Compute systems from Ericsson packed full of technology built on "Intel 4" even ahead of Intel's own designs exemplifies that Intel is at the very least committed to the strategy, and Ericsson has already announced plans (https://www.ericsson.com/en/press-releases/2023/11/next-generation-ericsson-ran-compute-breaks-ground-in-network-processing-power) for even more chips on Intel's "18A" process slated for 2025.https://tpucdn.com/img/GGyKGDZdz2NFuuEF_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/GGyKGDZdz2NFuuEF.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/t4Snhpfvk3RMziai_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/t4Snhpfvk3RMziai.jpg)

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Chinese Off-brand VGA Makers Repurpose Mining GPUs as Graphics Cards
It seems like hoarders of GPU-based crypto-mining cards hoping for mining to return, have relented, causing a deluge of cards that need to be somehow sold. Chinese off-brand VGA vendors have netted volumes of such cards, and with a little bit of retrofitting, have repurposed them into usable gaming graphics cards. Mining cards tend to be "headless," in that they lack display connectors and SMDs needed to drive the display I/O. At least two examples of such cards surfaced, which include "RTX 3080 20 GB Blower AI" and "Radeon RX 580 16 GB." Repurposed mining cards are given a new display I/O if they're missing one, a new cooler (since the mining card's older cooler would've been worn out from the rigors of its past life), and made to look "new," with some PCB cleaning. Such cards are frequently popping up on Chinese marketplaces such as AliExpress.https://tpucdn.com/img/gbeFCO4kd8HYE3BM_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/gbeFCO4kd8HYE3BM.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/wP3c4EMWEfVjVBq9_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/wP3c4EMWEfVjVBq9.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/yYLnq1I5Zum7rZr8_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/yYLnq1I5Zum7rZr8.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/X99TyLtoFjsDPy9H_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/X99TyLtoFjsDPy9H.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/5REAtkIj1rpTvVit_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/5REAtkIj1rpTvVit.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/dbEBspupl5EDz59s_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/dbEBspupl5EDz59s.jpg)

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(PR) Team Group Releases the T-CREATE CinemaPr P31 Portable External SSD
Aimed at the thriving creator market, T-CREATE, the creator brand under the leading memory provider Team Group Inc., has announced the T-CREATE CinemaPr P31 Portable External SSD, providing professional photographers, movie creators, and users of smartphones such as the iPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max with fast and reliable expanded storage, perfect for capturing breathtaking content. For digital creations, this top-of-the-line portable storage device is your best choice.

The T-CREATE CinemaPr P31 Portable External SSD utilizes patent-pending technology and designs, featuring proprietary, first-of-their-kind 12 1/4" screw holes and a bundled screw set that fits all 1/4" screw hole cages. Whether on a cage for a cinema camera, digital SLR camera, or an iPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max, the CinemaPr P31 can be installed multi-directionally and is suitable for a variety of situations. Its flexibility makes expansion and setup a breeze. Compact and weighing only 110 g, this lightweight and easy-to-carry external SSD can be installed on photography and video equipment effortlessly.https://tpucdn.com/img/iddEoTpiJmBYmFrh_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/iddEoTpiJmBYmFrh.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/bwIylP11yilq9xyt_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/bwIylP11yilq9xyt.jpg)
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Radxa Releases Affordable ROCK 3B "PI-CO ITX" SBC Starting at $45
Radxa first teased their ROCK 3B back in 2021 when the smaller and lower power ROCK 3A launched, and has just now finalized the design and specs with what they call the "PI-CO ITX" form factor; a tad over Pico-ITX size but with a standard Raspberry Pi 40-pin GPIO and rear-facing I/O. The board measures 100 x 75 mm which means it definitely won't be fitting into any housings made for the Raspberry Pi, but with the I/O aligned to one side there's a chance some Pico-ITX cases could still fit. This closely mirrors the already released ROCK 5B, but where that SBC is targeting a much higher performance and price point (with the cheapest 4 GB model MSRP set at $130 USD), the ROCK 3B starts at only $45 USD for the 2 GB, and even the 8 GB variant is only $75 USD.https://tpucdn.com/img/bGhaDE6934kKgjlK_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/bGhaDE6934kKgjlK.jpg)
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EK, the leading liquid cooling gear manufacturer, is ready to support the new enthusiast-favorite ROG MAXIMUS Z790 FORMULA motherboard with a unique, patented liquid distribution VRM Bridge. The EK-Quantum Momentum² VRM Bridge ROG Maximus Z790 Formula D-RGB is a purpose-engineered connection piece that bridges the integrated ASUS HyperChill III VRM cooling on the motherboard and EK-Quantum Velocity² 1700 CPU water block into a single entity.

And for those with the last-gen Z690 VRM Bridge, EK has an upgrade kit with a two-fold use. It can convert EK-Quantum Momentum² VRM Bridge ROG Maximus Z690 Formula to feature a white stand-out piece that fits its color scheme. It also allows you to use the existing Z690 bridge with the new ROG MAXIMUS Z790 FORMULA motherboard. It is confirmed that the integrated ASUS HyperChill III VRM Z790 Formula water block is copper-based and poses no issues for custom loop liquid cooling. The use of purpose-made PC liquid cooling coolant is still mandatory to avoid corrosion issues. All the users who encountered issues with the VRM water block on the Z690 Formula should contact ASUS directly to get the issue resolved.https://tpucdn.com/img/2sCL7ACLQuL4lxmy_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/2sCL7ACLQuL4lxmy.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/6Z9CcGVKU4YsVDhf_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/6Z9CcGVKU4YsVDhf.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/EWbiiQK08fqrgeDn_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/EWbiiQK08fqrgeDn.jpg)
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(PR) Dell Technologies Delivers Third Quarter Fiscal 2024 Financial Results
Dell Technologies announces financial results for its fiscal 2024 third quarter. Revenue was $22.3 billion, down 10% year-over-year. The company generated operating income of $1.5 billion and non-GAAP operating income of $2 billion, down 16% and 17% year-over-year, respectively. Diluted earnings per share was $1.36, and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share was $1.88. Cash flow from operations for the third quarter was $2.2 billion, driven by profitability and strong working capital performance. The company has generated $9.9 billion of cash flow from operations throughout the last 12 months.

Dell ended the quarter with remaining performance obligations of $39 billion, recurring revenue of $5.6 billion, up 4% year-over-year, and deferred revenue of $29.1 billion, up 7% year-over-year, primarily due to increases in software and hardware maintenance agreements. The company's cash and investment balance was $9.9 billion.https://tpucdn.com/img/ucbj6DBgmaRkQmo4_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/ucbj6DBgmaRkQmo4.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/nYMSbwBusaYq94h8_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/nYMSbwBusaYq94h8.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/3LIAdQb8VIfVrhW2_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/3LIAdQb8VIfVrhW2.jpg)
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Apple to Become the First and Largest Customer of Amkor's Arizona Chip Packaging Plant
Apple has announced a partnership deal with Amkor, one of the leading chip packaging and testing manufacturers, which will build a two billion US Dollar silicon packaging facility in Peoria, Arizona. Being the only US-based OSAT (outsourced semiconductor assembly and test) provider, Amkor has decided to invest its funds and apply for the CHIPS Act, hoping to get a part of the funding from the US government's grant budget. The state-of-the-art facility in Arizona will feature over 500,000 square feet (46,452 square meters) of cleanroom space for packaging and testing chips. Using Amkor's latest technologies, the plant will support advanced computing, automotive, and communications chip packaging. It is tailored to meet the capacity needs of major customer Apple starting in 2025-2026. Apple will be the largest customer, with the Amkor facility packaging Apple-designed chips produced at the nearby TSMC wafer fabrication plant.

Building a chip packaging facility in the US with advanced packaging types means that the domestic manufacturing of advanced silicon is now possible across almost the entire supply chain, with OSAT now being present on US soil as well. In the initial phase, this partnership will enable domestic advanced packaging capabilities for leading-edge chips down to 3 nm nodes, which Apple plans to utilize for its A and M series of processors. Along with the creation of an estimated 2,000 local jobs, the investment serves as a boost to the local economy as well. Additionally, Amkor is TSMC's strategic partner, meaning future designs and packaging will cooperate without any delays.https://tpucdn.com/img/ckaRzx4aQh3gAOFX_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/ckaRzx4aQh3gAOFX.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/itTxg6VOhcWR7C5j_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/itTxg6VOhcWR7C5j.jpg)

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Ethernet Switch Chips are Now Infected with AI: Broadcom Announces Trident 5-X12
Artificial intelligence has been a hot topic this year, and everything is now an AI processor, from CPUs to GPUs, NPUs, and many others. However, it was only a matter of time before we saw an integration of AI processing elements into the networking chips. Today, Broadcom announced its new Ethernet switching silicon called Trident 5-X12. The Trident 5-X12 delivers 16 Tb/s of bandwidth, double that of the previous Trident generation while adding support for fast 800G ports for connection to Tomahawk 5 spine switch chips. The 5-X12 is software-upgradable and optimized for dense 1RU top-of-rack designs, enabling configurations with up to 48x200G downstream server ports and 8x800G upstream fabric ports. The 800G support is added using 100G-PAM4 SerDes, which enables up to 4 m DAC and linear optics.

However, this is not only a switch chip on its own. Broadcom has added AI processing elements in an inference engine called NetGNT (Networking General-purpose Neural-network Traffic-analyzer). It can detect common traffic patterns and optimize data movement across the chip. Specifically, the company has listed an example of the system doing AI/ML workloads. In that case, NetGNT performs intelligent traffic analysis to avoid network congestion in these workloads. For example, it can detect the so-called "incast" patterns in real-time, where many flows converge simultaneously on the same port. By recognizing the start of incast early, NetGNT can invoke hardware-based congestion control techniques to prevent performance degradation without added latency.https://tpucdn.com/img/wl6pfGvAXLxOVskE_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/wl6pfGvAXLxOVskE.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/eUSVJ2dkiD6eqAjF_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/eUSVJ2dkiD6eqAjF.jpg)

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(PR) Alphacool Unveils Apex RAM X4 Water Cooler
RAM cooling at its best! With the Apex RAM X4 water cooler, Alphacool offers powerful and reliable cooling for RAM in two color variants. The Apex RAM X4 with nickel-plated copper cooler base has been specially developed for the latest RAM generation. Like other computer components, these modern, overclockable RAM modules are becoming increasingly powerful and generate enormous waste heat. In combination with the Alphacool Core D-RAM modules, the RAM cooler ensures a lower operating temperature and thus ensures system stability.

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(PR) NVIDIA GeForce NOW Gets Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare III and More Games in December
Let the games begin - this GFN Thursday brings the highly anticipated Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III to the cloud, the first Activision title on GeForce NOW as part of the NVIDIA and Microsoft partnership. It's joined by Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Call of Duty: Warzone - all three titles can be played from one central location via the Call of Duty logo on GeForce NOW.

And it's the most wonderful time of the year - over 65 games are joining the GeForce NOW library in December, with 15 available to stream this week. Plus, stream GeForce NOW on the go and get console-quality controls by simply snapping a mobile device into a Backbone One controller. For a limited time, Backbone is offering a 30% discount for premium GeForce NOW members starting today in the Rewards Portal. Free-level members can claim the discount starting Dec. 7.https://tpucdn.com/img/3KszRXVQHLtQowo8_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/3KszRXVQHLtQowo8.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/CdAidE0ZiDkbuSkM_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/CdAidE0ZiDkbuSkM.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/Eqnavxp3C3KOnzNF_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/Eqnavxp3C3KOnzNF.jpg)
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(PR) EK Readies Water Block for ASUS RTX 4090 TUF Gaming OG Edition
EK, the leading manufacturer of premium liquid cooling gear, is bearing good news for liquid cooling enthusiasts, announcing the availability of compatible GPU water blocks for the OG Editions of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 graphics cards. Due to the physical differences in the PCB of the OG Edition GPU, it requires a different GPU water block than what would usually fit the 4090 Strix and TUF models.

After researching the market and examining the GPU itself, EK's RnD team has concluded that the OG Edition 4090 TUF is compatible with the EK-Quantum Vector² Strix/TUF RTX 3090 Ti water block and EK-Quantum Vector² Strix/TUF RTX 3090 Ti ABP (Active Backplate) Set. The models of the GPU are not to be confused with the "OC" marking but with the newly added "OG" suffix in the product name. Here, EK would like to thank the Reddit community as a useful source of information.https://tpucdn.com/img/FHtxSJcrAenchLmm_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/FHtxSJcrAenchLmm.jpg)
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According to the latest Canalys forecasts, worldwide PC shipments are on the verge of recovery following seven consecutive quarters of decline. The market is expected to return to growth of 5% in Q4 2023, boosted by a strong holiday season and an improving macroeconomic environment. Looking ahead, full-year 2024 shipments are forecast to hit 267 million units, landing 8% higher than in 2023, helped by tailwinds including the Windows refresh cycle and emergence of AI-capable and Arm-based devices.

"The global PC market is on a recovery path and set to return to 2019 shipment levels by next year," said Canalys Analyst Ben Yeh. "The impact of AI on the PC industry will be profound, with leading players across OEMs, processor manufacturers, and operating system providers focused on delivering new AI-capable models in 2024. These initiatives will bolster refresh demand, particularly in the commercial sector. The total shipment share of AI-capable PCs is expected to be about 19% in 2024. This accounts for all M-series Mac products alongside the nascent offerings expected in the Windows ecosystem. However, as more compelling use-cases emerge and AI functionality becomes an expected feature, Canalys anticipates a fast ramp up in the development and adoption of AI-capable PCs."https://tpucdn.com/img/QHhQekeZ5KRLRLxb_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/QHhQekeZ5KRLRLxb.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/bM4V1z7yu0db1ChL_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/bM4V1z7yu0db1ChL.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/UUq46Gz4fzm2nfbK_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/UUq46Gz4fzm2nfbK.jpg)
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(PR) Turtle Beach Announces the Stealth Ultra Wireless Gaming Controller with Hall Effect Thumbsticks
Best-selling gaming headset and accessory maker Turtle Beach Corporation (Nasdaq: HEAR), today unveiled its eagerly anticipated first-wireless controller for Xbox and PC, the Designed for Xbox Turtle Beach Stealth Ultra Wireless Smart Game Controller. Turtle Beach's new king of wireless game controllers delivers ultra-premium performance through precision-crafted components and customization options for Xbox and PC gamers who demand the best. The Stealth Ultra features Turtle Beach's proprietary low-latency wireless connectivity to Xbox consoles and Windows PCs, and Bluetooth for gaming on supported Smart TVs and Android mobile devices. Stealth Ultra's tactile microswitches provide fast, reliable responses and are designed to last up to five times longer than standard buttons found in other controllers. AntiDrift thumbsticks eliminate drift for precise control, and adjustable short and long-pull triggers ensure a response suited to the game being played.

Turtle Beach's Stealth Ultra Controller also introduces a first-of-its-kind full-color Connected Command Display that lets gamers customize RGB lighting, game & chat audio settings, thumbstick sensitivity, mappable buttons, and more. Plus, patented Turtle Beach technology also lets gamers receive social notifications from their phone in the Connected Command Display dashboard on the controller. The Stealth Ultra also features adjustable power modes with the ability to provide up to 30-hours of battery life on a single charge, with power delivered via the included low-profile charging dock that also acts as a convenient place to store the controller when not in use. Turtle Beach's Designed for Xbox Stealth Ultra Wireless Smart Controller is available for pre-order today for $199.99 MSRP from www.turtlebeach.com and participating retailers worldwide. Stealth Ultra launches December 15, 2023.https://tpucdn.com/img/OB0FJ1KqU26bi7aj_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/OB0FJ1KqU26bi7aj.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/Wt1V2QbliksWCwcf_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/Wt1V2QbliksWCwcf.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/Y5YH2IlZ6F0neHJZ_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/Y5YH2IlZ6F0neHJZ.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/rNkAMe7zfvtNWM7D_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/rNkAMe7zfvtNWM7D.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/wHNdp2NFbOwnJ0aw_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/wHNdp2NFbOwnJ0aw.jpg)
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(PR) ASML Supervisory Board Intends to Appoint Christophe Fouquet as President and CEO
Today the Supervisory Board of ASML Holding NV (ASML) announces that it intends to appoint Christophe Fouquet, currently ASML's Chief Business Officer and member of the Board of Management, as the company's next President and Chief Executive Officer. The appointment is subject to notification of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on April 24, 2024. On the same date, ASML's Co-Presidents Peter Wennink and Martin van den Brink will retire from ASML upon completion of their current appointment terms.

Nils Andersen, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, said: "The Supervisory Board, together with the management team, has gone through a comprehensive succession planning process. With Christophe, we have identified a very experienced leader with deep understanding of ASML's technology and the semiconductor industry ecosystem - acquired through different roles at ASML and other companies - and the right leadership qualities and culture fit. We are grateful and full of admiration for the immense contributions that Peter and Martin have made over decades, helping to shape ASML into the successful company that it is today. Peter and Martin have been preparing ASML for the future, and we know they will be fully engaged in securing a smooth transition for the company and all of ASML's stakeholders."https://tpucdn.com/img/R0aUFKky0EFrJlul_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/R0aUFKky0EFrJlul.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/xkf9SxPJcK3VPXbd_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/xkf9SxPJcK3VPXbd.jpg)
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NVIDIA Readies GeForce RTX 4090 D for China to Comply with U.S. Export Controls
NVIDIA is giving final touches to the new GeForce RTX 4090 D, a graphics card SKU specific to the Chinese market, aimed squarely at gamers. The card fills the void for gamers shopping in the enthusiast segment, as all inventory of the regular RTX 4090 has been bought up by Chinese companies to accelerate AI, and controls are in place that prevent NVIDIA from selling the card in its current form in the Chinese market.

What sets this SKU apart is that it is designed to comply with U.S. export controls of GPUs that have the dual use as a high compute-density AI accelerator. In other words, its performance with AI will be artificially limited. This is being done by lowering the card's TPP (total processing performance), which could mean that it ends up slower than the regular RTX 4090. This is somewhat similar in concept to LHR (lite hash rate) GPUs NVIDIA designed for gamers as their regular GPUs were being heaped up by crypto currency miners, although LHR wasn't created due to government policy, but in response to market demand. The RTX 4090 D is expected to retail for RMB 13,000, which is similar to the baseline price of the RTX 4090.https://tpucdn.com/img/AFdSLAyYbHtMrEFp_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/AFdSLAyYbHtMrEFp.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/oGR1986OxEcPkgkG_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/oGR1986OxEcPkgkG.jpg)

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(PR) V-COLOR Achieves DDR5-8000 RDIMM Overclocking on TRX50 AERO D
V-COLOR Technology Inc, announced that they have achieved a new overclocking record of 8000 MHz for their DDR5 R-DIMM of 64 GB (4x 16 GB) with CL40 timings. This feat was accomplished on the AMD 7000 series processors and new GIGABYTE TRX50 AERO D motherboard. V-COLOR successfully achieved the overclocking feat on the high-performance AMD 7000 series processors, showcasing the remarkable compatibility and superior performance of v-color memory products with the latest innovations from AMD.

The overclocking feat of achieving 8000 MHz was realized on the GIGABYTE TRX50 AERO D motherboard, utilizing the DDR5 OC R-DIMM 64 GB (4x 16 GB) configuration with CL40-52-52-126 timings. This accomplishment sets a new benchmark for high-capacity memory modules.https://tpucdn.com/img/k9J80QzB3oLl0MOy_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/k9J80QzB3oLl0MOy.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/9XuBKqLne9kP6JKF_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/9XuBKqLne9kP6JKF.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/8QqV5zXGTukhUBa2_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/8QqV5zXGTukhUBa2.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/BDJBtqUFjxlhciHb_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/BDJBtqUFjxlhciHb.jpg)

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(PR) Dell Partners with Imbue on New AI Compute Cluster Using Nearly 10,000 NVIDIA H100 GPUs
Dell Technologies and Imbue, an independent AI research company, have entered into a $150 million agreement to build a new high-performance computing cluster for training foundation models optimized for reasoning. Imbue is one of the few independent AI labs that develops its own foundation models, and trains them to have more advanced reasoning capabilities—like knowing when to ask for more information, analyzing and critiquing their own outputs, or breaking down a difficult goal into a plan and then executing on it. Imbue trains AI agents on top of those models that can do work for people across diverse fields in ways that are robust, safe, and useful. Imbue's goal is to create practical tools for building agents that could enable workers across a broad set of domains, including helping engineers write new code, analysts understand and draft complex policy proposals, and much more.https://tpucdn.com/img/2GQYWygvRtttHWDC_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/2GQYWygvRtttHWDC.jpg)
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(PR) Renesas Unveils the First Generation of Own 32-bit RISC-V CPU Core Ahead of Competition
Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced today that it has designed and tested a 32-bit CPU core based on the open-standard RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA). Renesas is among the first in the industry to independently develop a CPU core for the 32-bit general-purpose RISC-V market, providing an open and flexible platform for IoT, consumer electronics, healthcare and industrial systems. The new RISC-V CPU core will complement Renesas' existing IP portfolio of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs), including the proprietary RX Family and the RA Family based on the Arm Cortex -M architecture.

RISC-V is an open ISA which is quickly gaining popularity in the semiconductor industry, due to its flexibility, scalability, power efficiency and open ecosystem. While many MCU providers have recently created joint investment alliances to accelerate their development of RISC-V products, Renesas has already developed a new RISC-V core on its own. This versatile CPU can serve as a main application controller, a complementary secondary core in SoCs, on-chip subsystems, or even in deeply embedded ASSPs. This positions Renesas as a leader in the emerging RISC-V market, following previous introductions of its 32-bit voice-control and motor-control ASSP devices (https://www.renesas.com/us/en/about/press-room/renesas-expands-risc-v-embedded-processing-portfolio-new-voice-control-assp-solution?utm_campaign=l-up-mcu_riscv_core-epsg-iotbd-ipm1-null&utm_source=null&utm_medium=pr&utm_content=news&other=assp), as well as the RZ/Five 64-bit general purpose microprocessors (https://www.renesas.com/us/en/about/press-room/renesas-pioneers-risc-v-technology-rzfive-general-purpose-mpus-based-64-bit-risc-v-cpu-core?utm_campaign=l-up-mcu_riscv_core-epsg-iotbd-ipm1-null&utm_source=null&utm_medium=pr&utm_content=news&other=rzfive) (MPUs), which were built on CPU cores developed by Andes Technology Corp.https://tpucdn.com/img/Gi4linICRnEJs8wY_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/Gi4linICRnEJs8wY.jpg)
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AMD's RX 7900 Series Enjoys Sales Increase in China Following NVIDIA Export Restrictions
A somewhat expected result of the November 17th export ban (https://www.pcmag.com/news/nvidia-deletes-rtx-4090-from-its-china-site-as-export-ban-takes-effect) on RTX 4090 GPUs to China has been that AMD's top offerings; recently rumored to soon suffer the same fate, have been selling faster than AMD or its partners can make them. Predicting the worst, some OEMs such as Dell have allegedly already set their own self-imposed restrictions (https://www.techpowerup.com/316044/dell-allegedly-prohibits-sales-of-high-end-radeon-and-instinct-mi-gpus-in-china) on the export of both Radeon and Instinct cards to China. Meanwhile insiders in board channels have not yet received any official warning that they can no longer sell RX 7900 XTXs or XTs to DIY markets, however vendors and consumers alike sense an oncoming storm and unable to get RTX 4090s are buying up as many of the high end Radeons as they can.

It's said that AMD's production capacity for this surge in sales has been underwhelming, and supply to Chinese board partners has been barely trickling in. This lack of incoming supply of the Radeon RX 7900 XTX and XT, restriction or not, is creating a shortage of cards in China that is expected to impact the remainder of Q4 2023 and much of Q1 2024. With no immediate restrictions expected for AMD's top cards it's possible that they could react and ramp up exports to cover the demand, however that could be risky if AMD is trying to avoid being targeted.https://tpucdn.com/img/PRyHaeDsJcgZKPpC_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/PRyHaeDsJcgZKPpC.jpg)

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Each week, we bring you news of the latest DLSS and ray tracing integrations in games and apps. This week, Gangs of Sherwood and Last Train Home are launching with day-one support for NVIDIA DLSS 2, and the super popular factory builder, Satisfactory, has recently introduced support alongside an Unreal Engine 5 upgrade.

Satisfactory Updates To Unreal Engine 5, Adds DLSS 2 & DLAA
The Overwhelmingly Positive-rated Satisfactory from Coffee Stain Studios is an Early Access first-person, open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat, purchased by hundreds of thousands of gamers since its initial release in 2020.In a recent update, Satisfactory upgraded to Unreal Engine 5, dramatically improving performance, image quality, and features, enabling the construction of even bigger and better mega factories. Zone visuals have been overhauled, Nanite adds high fidelity geometry, Lumen introduces improved Global Illumination lighting, Chaos revamps vehicle physics, and engine enhancements make super large factories run significantly faster.https://tpucdn.com/img/n22np1DWKhgyLTvw_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/n22np1DWKhgyLTvw.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/OT6rHcBz5u6Ehels_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/OT6rHcBz5u6Ehels.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/Xt92wgjk1Z2JqTG1_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/Xt92wgjk1Z2JqTG1.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/dz4BvWSkdpneCXHE_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/dz4BvWSkdpneCXHE.jpg)
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ETaker M2000: The All-Round Power Station King for Your Needs
In today's fast-paced world, where our reliance on electronic devices continues to grow, having a reliable and versatile power source is more important than ever. Whether you're an outdoor enthusiast seeking off-grid energy solutions, a homeowner facing unexpected power outages, or a digital nomad constantly on the move, the ETaker M2000 (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/etakerpower-m2000/for-all-your-power-needs) is here to revolutionize the way you power your life. With its cutting-edge technology, impressive performance, enhanced user experience, and unwavering reliability, the ETaker M2000 (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/etakerpower-m2000/for-all-your-power-needs) stands as the all-round power station king that will meet your every power need.https://tpucdn.com/img/FuDxmfynrp2Wrtok_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/FuDxmfynrp2Wrtok.jpg)
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(PR) BenQ launches new beCreatus DP1310 USB-C Hybrid Dock
BenQ has launched their latest Industry-leading dual source dock, the beCreatus DP310 Hybrid Dock, fitted with both USB-C and HDMI inputs. BenQ's latest product launch is aimed to support programmers, creators, designers, and editors to enhance their display productivity and efficiency when navigating different input sources. The new beCreatus DP310 Hybrid Dock, supports both hybrid and remote workers, allowing them to use their workstation as an entertainment hub.

The beCreatus DP310 Hybrid Dock enables users to seamlessly switch between inputs as needed, for both work, gaming and personal use. The two input sources-an USB-C and HDMI-have a dedicated button for switching, letting you go back and forth between sources with just one press of the button. Users can easily switch from editing to gaming to browsing with one button. With the USB-C input users can add new displays as needed to utilize the screen space required. The beCreatus DP310 Hybrid Dock has multiple inputs to allow users to connect to three monitors at 4K resolution, when utilizing the USB-C input, for maximum productivity and enjoyment.https://tpucdn.com/img/YvqwJOTCROfHm98P_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/YvqwJOTCROfHm98P.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/ixC37c6gaG2BG3qF_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/ixC37c6gaG2BG3qF.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/GqT9Kvp0UsbJJDTJ_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/GqT9Kvp0UsbJJDTJ.jpg)
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Genesis has just introduced the continuation of its popular gaming accessories line, the Boron 500 XXL RGB Logo gaming mousepad. This product is perfect for both esport enthusiasts and professionals, as well as casual gamers looking for an exceptional combination of style and function. The Genesis Boron 500 XXL RGB Logo is a 80x40 cm pad that facilitates the proper placement of both the mouse and the keyboard to ensure users have ample space for smooth gaming. It's speed type surface has been designed to guarantee maximum reactivity, smooth movement and immediate reaction to any prompt.

Stability is as important as speed, so the manufacturer has equipped the pad with a rubber anti-slip layer, which secures the pad from unwanted movement in the most intense moments of the game. This is especially important in FPS and RTS games, where victory can be dictated by fractions of a second. The Genesis Boron 500 XXL RGB Logo has a black finish, elegantly embroidered by the Genesis logo. Its LED RGB illuminated ledges offer 12 light modes to choose from. Users can easily control them with a practical switch without the need to install additional software. The set also includes a durable, detachable 180 cm USB cable.https://tpucdn.com/img/alUikeT8JIwgcA8Z_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/alUikeT8JIwgcA8Z.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/rkYrKt9YIMbfklEa_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/rkYrKt9YIMbfklEa.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/hUPFSpKpAXpFOHc4_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/hUPFSpKpAXpFOHc4.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/OpaSFskdhXjPy3aB_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/OpaSFskdhXjPy3aB.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/eM5a7vJgCcqqfxFb_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/eM5a7vJgCcqqfxFb.jpg)
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(PR) Contract Prices Bottom Out in Q3, Reigniting Buyer Momentum and Boosting DRAM Revenue by Nearly 20%, Notes Report
TrendForce investigations reveal a significant leap in the DRAM industry for 3Q23, with total revenues soaring to US$13.48 billion—marking 18% QoQ growth. This surge is attributed to a gradual resurgence in demand, prompting buyers to re-energize their procurement activities. Looking ahead to Q4, while suppliers are firmly set on price hikes, with DRAM contract prices expected to rise by approximately 13-18%, demand recovery will not be as robust as in previous peak seasons. Overall, while there is demand for stockpiling, procurement for the server sector remains tentative due to high inventory levels, suggesting limited growth in DRAM industry shipments for Q4.

Three major manufacturers witnessed Q3 revenue growth. Samsung's revenue increased by about 15.9% to US$5.25 billion thanks to stable demand for high-capacity products fueled by AI advancements and the rollout of its 1alpha nm DDR5. SK hynix showcased the most notable growth among manufacturers with a 34.4% increase, reaching about US$4.626 billion and significantly narrowing its market share gap with Samsung to less than 5%. Micron's revenue rose by approximately 4.2% to US$3.075 billion—despite a slight drop in ASP—supported by an upswing in demand and shipment volumes.https://tpucdn.com/img/XEkUAToMaLuIm2SF_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/XEkUAToMaLuIm2SF.jpg)
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(PR) GELID Announces Silence 12 PWM Low Speed Optimized Silent Fan
Tech innovator GELID Solutions, unveils Enhanced Cooling Solutions with the new Silent 12 and Silent 12 PWM Black Fans Featuring Innovative Reinforced Mount Bearing. Developed with precision engineering, these Fans set a new standard for quiet and efficient cooling. These fans ensure not only a silent operation but also unparalleled durability, creating an optimal gaming environment with enhanced airflow for extended gaming sessions.

Building on the success of the Silent 12 series, the new Silent 12 and Silent 12 PWM Black Fans now incorporate a reinforced mount bearing. Beyond durability, the reinforced mount bearing plays a pivotal role in maintaining the fan's silent operation. By reducing internal friction and wear, it significantly lowers the risk of
noise generation, providing users with a quiet and peaceful computing experience.https://tpucdn.com/img/l2y2gBvMwKkAzOFk_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/l2y2gBvMwKkAzOFk.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/D3IsRvQoA2TS2ktf_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/D3IsRvQoA2TS2ktf.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/JT367VZG67ZydNzb_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/JT367VZG67ZydNzb.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/974jTow6edYP7yN4_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/974jTow6edYP7yN4.jpg)
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(PR) AGON by AOC Announces CU34G2XE and CU34G2XP Ultrawide Gaming Monitors
AGON by AOC—one of the world's leading gaming monitor and IT accessories brands—proudly unveils two new 34" (86 cm) gaming monitors for ultrawide aficionados: the AOC GAMING CU34G2XE/BK and its faster high-spec sibling, the CU34G2XP/BK. These monitors have been meticulously designed to push the boundaries of immersive gaming while delivering outstanding value. The CU34G2XE/BK and CU34G2XP/BK are both affordable spectacles of engineering, offering players a panoramic gaming vista with high-performance figures.

At the core of these monitors lies a 1500R curved VA panel that boasts a WQHD resolution (3440x1440, 21:9 aspect ratio) delivering an unprecedented level of depth to gaming worlds. While the CU34G2XE/BK excels with its 144 Hz refresh rate and HDR10 support, the CU34G2XP/BK pushes the envelope with response times up to 1 ms GtG and an astounding 180 Hz refresh rate paired with DisplayHDR 400 support. These features ensure that gameplay remains vibrant, and motion stays impressively smooth.https://tpucdn.com/img/RWu5L2vXS6LPIBh3_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/RWu5L2vXS6LPIBh3.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/OrPGmvMKEUTFe1gM_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/OrPGmvMKEUTFe1gM.jpg)
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(PR) GameSir Launches the G8 Galileo Mobile Gaming Controller
GameSir, a leading provider of innovative, high quality gaming peripherals, is thrilled to unveil its latest masterpiece, the GameSir G8 Galileo Mobile Gaming Controller, a groundbreaking innovation that redefines the way gamers experience mobile gaming. Drawing inspiration from the spirit of Galileo, who dared to explore the uncharted universe, the GameSir G8 Galileo is set to be the gateway for gamers to redefine their gaming excellence, merging console-controller design, a movable Type-C port, and pass-through charging. The GameSir G8 Galileo Mobile Controller is now available for purchase for $79.99.

The GameSir G8 Galileo Mobile Gaming Controller elevates the mobile gaming experience with its console-sized sticks and buttons. This design ensures exceptional comfort during extended gameplay, akin to holding a console controller in the palm of the hand. Whether navigating treacherous terrain or taking precise shots, the G8 Galileo guarantees expert precision and maximum comfort.https://tpucdn.com/img/cFDt3IMsZScFUNor_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/cFDt3IMsZScFUNor.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/6koewbi9zpebW2ox_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/6koewbi9zpebW2ox.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/GoFsjw4CYOm6InYC_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/GoFsjw4CYOm6InYC.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/nEcG7J1iRfsThAPb_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/nEcG7J1iRfsThAPb.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/Nhh360iteaKDQCqG_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/Nhh360iteaKDQCqG.jpg)
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Introducing the noblechairs LEGEND SHURE Edition Gaming Chair. In partnership with Shure, the leading global manufacturer of audio equipment including the legendary SM7B and MV7 microphones, we are proud to announce a new chair in the noblechairs range: the noblechairs LEGEND Shure Edition Gaming Chair. Paying homage to Shure's iconic 55SH microphone, this stunning take on the noblechairs LEGEND is a must have for any studio, office, or gaming setup. The 55SH is a timeless classic, and now you can enjoy that same level of sophistication and quality in your gaming chair.

The noblechairs LEGEND Shure Edition Gaming Chair features gray upholstery with black accents and green stitching, to match the Shure logo on the headrest. On the front is a unique Unidyne-inspired design, that is sure to make the chair a standout piece in any room. The back of the chair features the outline of the 55SH, bisected by gray and ignition green lines, and framed by ignition green Shure lettering and noblechairs branding.https://tpucdn.com/img/xrbkw6vG3DPXWEPx_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/xrbkw6vG3DPXWEPx.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/Nfrt8iV4k5a54Al8_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/Nfrt8iV4k5a54Al8.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/WvUrdwOA8aSfGlEP_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/WvUrdwOA8aSfGlEP.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/ko1II2xsRDwkkf4i_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/ko1II2xsRDwkkf4i.jpg)
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(PR) Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2's Third Clan Revealed
Paradox Interactive (https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/our-games/discover) and The Chinese Room (https://www.thechineseroom.co.uk/vtmb2) have announced that the Banu Haqim are a playable clan in Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 (https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/games/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2/about). Focusing on stalking, assassination, and outmaneuvering enemies, the Banu Haqim specialize in combat from the shadows with unseen maneuvers and silent takedowns. Known for keeping their bloodlust in check, the Banu Haqim are fiercely devoted to upholding a moral code, dealing with threats, and handing out consequences. They lurk in the shadows, using their vampiric Disciplines to hunt and remain hidden, dealing swift and precise strikes to enforce their sense of justice.

"Making Phyre a Banu Haqim changes how players approach combat, offering a unique perspective to the game's world," said Alex Skidmore, Project Creative Director at The Chinese Room. "Players must approach encounters carefully to make the most of this clan's gifts, timing their strikes with finesse and precision to achieve their goals. These Kindred are patient and careful, making them ideal for players looking for a strategic experience."https://tpucdn.com/img/gejKW3SFs4QhdggT_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/gejKW3SFs4QhdggT.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/bjLTj6NttQuVxdSb_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/bjLTj6NttQuVxdSb.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/i8I5wmNuSrBX5iNU_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/i8I5wmNuSrBX5iNU.jpg)
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This Week in Gaming (Week 49)
As we enter the last month of the year, the first week of December starts with a movie based AAA title that is likely to be popular with some and loathed by others. The rest of this coming week's releases aren't quite as impressive, with one exception it seems. However, you can look forward to a mix of underworld dreams, some 4X space action, eggs, another post-apocalyptic MMO and a horror game.

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (https://www.ubisoft.com/en-gb/game/avatar/frontiers-of-pandora) / This week's AAA title / Thursday 7 December
Abducted by the human militaristic corporation known as the RDA, you, a Na'vi, were trained and molded to serve their purpose. Fifteen years later, you are free, but find yourself a stranger in your birthplace. Reconnect with your lost heritage, discover what it truly means to be Na'vi, and join other clans to protect Pandora from the RDA.https://tpucdn.com/img/44NCcpDf8MvvKLUr_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/44NCcpDf8MvvKLUr.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/rJzhgXRQ0UArFsXT_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/rJzhgXRQ0UArFsXT.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/UIWKrCquplzTzyim_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/UIWKrCquplzTzyim.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/Is5a0N2CCj1fO5dx_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/Is5a0N2CCj1fO5dx.jpg)
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(PR) Dell Technologies Delivers Third Quarter Fiscal 2024 Financial Results
Dell Technologies announces financial results for its fiscal 2024 third quarter. Revenue was $22.3 billion, down 10% year-over-year. The company generated operating income of $1.5 billion and non-GAAP operating income of $2 billion, down 16% and 17% year-over-year, respectively. Diluted earnings per share was $1.36, and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share was $1.88. Cash flow from operations for the third quarter was $2.2 billion, driven by profitability and strong working capital performance. The company has generated $9.9 billion of cash flow from operations throughout the last 12 months.

Dell ended the quarter with remaining performance obligations of $39 billion, recurring revenue of $5.6 billion, up 4% year-over-year, and deferred revenue of $29.1 billion, up 7% year-over-year, primarily due to increases in software and hardware maintenance agreements. The company's cash and investment balance was $9.9 billion.https://tpucdn.com/img/ucbj6DBgmaRkQmo4_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/ucbj6DBgmaRkQmo4.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/nYMSbwBusaYq94h8_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/nYMSbwBusaYq94h8.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/3LIAdQb8VIfVrhW2_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/3LIAdQb8VIfVrhW2.jpg)
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Apple to Become the First and Largest Customer of Amkor's Arizona Chip Packaging Plant
Apple has announced a partnership deal with Amkor, one of the leading chip packaging and testing manufacturers, which will build a two billion US Dollar silicon packaging facility in Peoria, Arizona. Being the only US-based OSAT (outsourced semiconductor assembly and test) provider, Amkor has decided to invest its funds and apply for the CHIPS Act, hoping to get a part of the funding from the US government's grant budget. The state-of-the-art facility in Arizona will feature over 500,000 square feet (46,452 square meters) of cleanroom space for packaging and testing chips. Using Amkor's latest technologies, the plant will support advanced computing, automotive, and communications chip packaging. It is tailored to meet the capacity needs of major customer Apple starting in 2025-2026. Apple will be the largest customer, with the Amkor facility packaging Apple-designed chips produced at the nearby TSMC wafer fabrication plant.

Building a chip packaging facility in the US with advanced packaging types means that the domestic manufacturing of advanced silicon is now possible across almost the entire supply chain, with OSAT now being present on US soil as well. In the initial phase, this partnership will enable domestic advanced packaging capabilities for leading-edge chips down to 3 nm nodes, which Apple plans to utilize for its A and M series of processors. Along with the creation of an estimated 2,000 local jobs, the investment serves as a boost to the local economy as well. Additionally, Amkor is TSMC's strategic partner, meaning future designs and packaging will cooperate without any delays.https://tpucdn.com/img/ckaRzx4aQh3gAOFX_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/ckaRzx4aQh3gAOFX.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/itTxg6VOhcWR7C5j_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/itTxg6VOhcWR7C5j.jpg)

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Ethernet Switch Chips are Now Infected with AI: Broadcom Announces Trident 5-X12
Artificial intelligence has been a hot topic this year, and everything is now an AI processor, from CPUs to GPUs, NPUs, and many others. However, it was only a matter of time before we saw an integration of AI processing elements into the networking chips. Today, Broadcom announced its new Ethernet switching silicon called Trident 5-X12. The Trident 5-X12 delivers 16 Tb/s of bandwidth, double that of the previous Trident generation while adding support for fast 800G ports for connection to Tomahawk 5 spine switch chips. The 5-X12 is software-upgradable and optimized for dense 1RU top-of-rack designs, enabling configurations with up to 48x200G downstream server ports and 8x800G upstream fabric ports. The 800G support is added using 100G-PAM4 SerDes, which enables up to 4 m DAC and linear optics.

However, this is not only a switch chip on its own. Broadcom has added AI processing elements in an inference engine called NetGNT (Networking General-purpose Neural-network Traffic-analyzer). It can detect common traffic patterns and optimize data movement across the chip. Specifically, the company has listed an example of the system doing AI/ML workloads. In that case, NetGNT performs intelligent traffic analysis to avoid network congestion in these workloads. For example, it can detect the so-called "incast" patterns in real-time, where many flows converge simultaneously on the same port. By recognizing the start of incast early, NetGNT can invoke hardware-based congestion control techniques to prevent performance degradation without added latency.https://tpucdn.com/img/wl6pfGvAXLxOVskE_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/wl6pfGvAXLxOVskE.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/eUSVJ2dkiD6eqAjF_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/eUSVJ2dkiD6eqAjF.jpg)

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GoDeal24 Cyber Week Sale Storm: Jaw Dropping Deals on Genuine Software
GoDeal24 Cyber Week sales continue, with some of the lowest prices on the web for genuine software. Stock up Windows and Office that you can gift away this Holiday, or grab them for your Winter gaming PC build. Get Windows 11 Pro at just $11.24. The most powerful productivity suite, Office 2021 Professional Plus, can be had at just $24.24. Save big when you buy multi-PC packs of your preferred edition of Windows or Office, or better yet, grab their combos for the best savings!

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(PR) NVIDIA GeForce NOW Gets Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare III and More Games in December
Let the games begin - this GFN Thursday brings the highly anticipated Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III to the cloud, the first Activision title on GeForce NOW as part of the NVIDIA and Microsoft partnership. It's joined by Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Call of Duty: Warzone - all three titles can be played from one central location via the Call of Duty logo on GeForce NOW.

And it's the most wonderful time of the year - over 65 games are joining the GeForce NOW library in December, with 15 available to stream this week. Plus, stream GeForce NOW on the go and get console-quality controls by simply snapping a mobile device into a Backbone One controller. For a limited time, Backbone is offering a 30% discount for premium GeForce NOW members starting today in the Rewards Portal. Free-level members can claim the discount starting Dec. 7.https://tpucdn.com/img/3KszRXVQHLtQowo8_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/3KszRXVQHLtQowo8.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/CdAidE0ZiDkbuSkM_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/CdAidE0ZiDkbuSkM.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/Eqnavxp3C3KOnzNF_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/Eqnavxp3C3KOnzNF.jpg)
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(PR) EK Readies Water Block for ASUS RTX 4090 TUF Gaming OG Edition
EK, the leading manufacturer of premium liquid cooling gear, is bearing good news for liquid cooling enthusiasts, announcing the availability of compatible GPU water blocks for the OG Editions of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 graphics cards. Due to the physical differences in the PCB of the OG Edition GPU, it requires a different GPU water block than what would usually fit the 4090 Strix and TUF models.

After researching the market and examining the GPU itself, EK's RnD team has concluded that the OG Edition 4090 TUF is compatible with the EK-Quantum Vector² Strix/TUF RTX 3090 Ti water block and EK-Quantum Vector² Strix/TUF RTX 3090 Ti ABP (Active Backplate) Set. The models of the GPU are not to be confused with the "OC" marking but with the newly added "OG" suffix in the product name. Here, EK would like to thank the Reddit community as a useful source of information.https://tpucdn.com/img/FHtxSJcrAenchLmm_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/FHtxSJcrAenchLmm.jpg)
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(PR) Turtle Beach Announces the Stealth Ultra Wireless Gaming Controller with Hall Effect Thumbsticks
Best-selling gaming headset and accessory maker Turtle Beach Corporation (Nasdaq: HEAR), today unveiled its eagerly anticipated first-wireless controller for Xbox and PC, the Designed for Xbox Turtle Beach Stealth Ultra Wireless Smart Game Controller. Turtle Beach's new king of wireless game controllers delivers ultra-premium performance through precision-crafted components and customization options for Xbox and PC gamers who demand the best. The Stealth Ultra features Turtle Beach's proprietary low-latency wireless connectivity to Xbox consoles and Windows PCs, and Bluetooth for gaming on supported Smart TVs and Android mobile devices. Stealth Ultra's tactile microswitches provide fast, reliable responses and are designed to last up to five times longer than standard buttons found in other controllers. AntiDrift thumbsticks eliminate drift for precise control, and adjustable short and long-pull triggers ensure a response suited to the game being played.

Turtle Beach's Stealth Ultra Controller also introduces a first-of-its-kind full-color Connected Command Display that lets gamers customize RGB lighting, game & chat audio settings, thumbstick sensitivity, mappable buttons, and more. Plus, patented Turtle Beach technology also lets gamers receive social notifications from their phone in the Connected Command Display dashboard on the controller. The Stealth Ultra also features adjustable power modes with the ability to provide up to 30-hours of battery life on a single charge, with power delivered via the included low-profile charging dock that also acts as a convenient place to store the controller when not in use. Turtle Beach's Designed for Xbox Stealth Ultra Wireless Smart Controller is available for pre-order today for $199.99 MSRP from www.turtlebeach.com and participating retailers worldwide. Stealth Ultra launches December 15, 2023.https://tpucdn.com/img/OB0FJ1KqU26bi7aj_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/OB0FJ1KqU26bi7aj.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/Wt1V2QbliksWCwcf_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/Wt1V2QbliksWCwcf.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/Y5YH2IlZ6F0neHJZ_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/Y5YH2IlZ6F0neHJZ.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/rNkAMe7zfvtNWM7D_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/rNkAMe7zfvtNWM7D.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/wHNdp2NFbOwnJ0aw_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/wHNdp2NFbOwnJ0aw.jpg)
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(PR) ASML Supervisory Board Intends to Appoint Christophe Fouquet as President and CEO
Today the Supervisory Board of ASML Holding NV (ASML) announces that it intends to appoint Christophe Fouquet, currently ASML's Chief Business Officer and member of the Board of Management, as the company's next President and Chief Executive Officer. The appointment is subject to notification of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on April 24, 2024. On the same date, ASML's Co-Presidents Peter Wennink and Martin van den Brink will retire from ASML upon completion of their current appointment terms.

Nils Andersen, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, said: "The Supervisory Board, together with the management team, has gone through a comprehensive succession planning process. With Christophe, we have identified a very experienced leader with deep understanding of ASML's technology and the semiconductor industry ecosystem - acquired through different roles at ASML and other companies - and the right leadership qualities and culture fit. We are grateful and full of admiration for the immense contributions that Peter and Martin have made over decades, helping to shape ASML into the successful company that it is today. Peter and Martin have been preparing ASML for the future, and we know they will be fully engaged in securing a smooth transition for the company and all of ASML's stakeholders."https://tpucdn.com/img/R0aUFKky0EFrJlul_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/R0aUFKky0EFrJlul.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/xkf9SxPJcK3VPXbd_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/xkf9SxPJcK3VPXbd.jpg)
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A U.S. appeals court has overturned a staggering $2.18 billion patent infringement verdict against Intel Corporation, initially won by VLSI Technology, marking a pivotal shift in one of the most prominent patent law cases in U.S. history. The 2021 decision by a Texas jury, which found Intel guilty of infringing on a VLSI patent, was reversed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit due to insufficient evidence. Additionally, a new trial in Texas has been ordered to determine the appropriate amount Intel owes for infringing a second patent owned by VLSI. This patent-holding company, affiliated with Fortress Investment Group and recently involved in a majority share acquisition by Abu Dhabi's Mubadala Investment Co from Japan's Softbank, has been in multiple legal confrontations with Intel over semiconductor technology patents, which VLSI acquired from NXP Semiconductors.

The legal disputes have seen varied outcomes; Intel deflected a claim for more than $3 billion in damages in a separate Waco jury trial in 2021. However, the same year, VLSI was awarded nearly $949 million from Intel in another patent case by a jury in Austin, Texas. The companies mutually agreed to dismiss another potential multi-billion-dollar lawsuit in Delaware. With Intel's stock experiencing a downturn (-6.05% in the past five days) following the latest court ruling and the scheduled 2024 trial in Northern California, the ongoing legal battles between the two tech entities continue to influence market dynamics and the semiconductor industry at large. Detaining if the patent infringement happened is still relatively complex, as VLSI needs a team of engineers to determine if Intel used any of its patents.https://tpucdn.com/img/rXYHUFpHJjFhnBpD_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/rXYHUFpHJjFhnBpD.jpg)

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(PR) EK Announces EK-Pro Line Now Has A Complete Product Portfolio
EK, the industry-leading premium liquid cooling gear manufacturer, is proud to announce a complete portfolio of the EK-Pro Line, with all the necessary components needed for full enterprise-grade custom liquid-cooling loops, ensuring optimal performance for System Integrators, Data Centers, AI/ML-focused companies, and workstations. Traditionally known for its focus on GPU and CPU water blocks, the EK-Pro Line has evolved to address the dynamic requirements of System Integrators and Data Centers. Building upon its commitment to innovation, EK is steadily introducing new product series.

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Set Your Calendars: Windows 12 is Coming in June 2024 with Arm Support and AI Features
Microsoft is preparing a big update for its Windows operating system. Currently at version 11, the company is gearing up for the launch of Windows 12, which is supposed to bring a monumental shift in the tectonic plates of the regular PC user experience. Enhanced by AI, the Windows 12 OS should utilize many features like generative AI, large language models, some GPT integration, and many other tools that could benefit AI, like photo editors. The confirmation for the Windows 12 launch coming in 2024 is sourced from the Taiwanese Commercial Times, which analyzed comments from Barry Lam, the founder and chairman of PC contract manufacturer Quanta, and Junsheng (Jason) Chen, the chairman and chief executive of Acer.

Both of them underscored the importance of AI and that AI PCs are coming with the next version of Windows. Supposedly, the launch date for Windows 12 is set for June 2024. In that timeframe, hardware vendors should roll out their SoCs embedding AI processing elements at every silicon block. Qualcomm is set to debut its Snapdragon Elite X SoCs (https://www.techpowerup.com/314986/qualcomm-snapdragon-elite-x-soc-for-laptop-leaks-12-cores-lpddr5x-memory-and-wifi7) in mid-2024, aligning with the alleged release schedule of Windows 12. With more players like NVIDIA (https://www.techpowerup.com/315038/nvidia-to-start-selling-arm-based-cpus-to-pc-clients-by-2025), AMD, and others planning to utilize an Arm instruction set for their next-generation PC chips, we expect to see Windows 12 get full-fledged support for Arm ISA and treat it like a first-class citizen in the OS.https://tpucdn.com/img/PLbULuWVoQsas76Z_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/PLbULuWVoQsas76Z.jpg)

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GALAX GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Max 16 GB Unparalleled Max is the First Single-Slot RTX 40 Series GPU
NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 40 series lineup of graphics cards has been supporting massive cooler designs ranging from three to four slots in thickness, with gamers rarely even getting a standard two-slot solution available. However, GALAX recently announced a novel entry into this lineup: the RTX 4060 Ti Max 16 GB Unparalleled Max, a GPU noted for its unprecedented single-slot design and exceptionally thin 20 mm profile. This model, previously previewed on GALAX's China website, stands out with its unique vapor chamber cooling system paired with a copper heatsink, diverging from the typical multi-fan setups seen in the market. Measuring at 267x111x20 mm, the design is very friendly towards smaller cases with room for only a single slot cooler.

The RTX 4060 Ti Max is set to operate at a default clock speed of 2535 MHz, with a power target of 165 Watts, suggesting a solid performance base for all GPU-intensive sessions. Currently, GALAX has yet to indicate the availability of an 8 GB version or the inclusion of a non-Ti model with this cooler, as only a 16 GB version has been shown. Interestingly, GALAX has made overclocking the card possible; however, the voltage regulation module setup is 6+2 VRMs placed on a six-layer PCB, not providing an ideal overclocking setup. Additionally, while feasible, overclocking the GPU with such a tiny single-slot cooler should be approached cautiously.https://tpucdn.com/img/WU6krq1CHFdAZcx1_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/WU6krq1CHFdAZcx1.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/PUzt5kdjEXNTpIoP_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/PUzt5kdjEXNTpIoP.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/f20SkqFT8aHB9lSD_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/f20SkqFT8aHB9lSD.jpg)
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(PR) Kensington Docking Station Unlocks the Full Potential of Premium Laptops
Kensington, a worldwide leader of desktop computing and mobility solutions for IT, business, and home office professionals, today announced the launch of the SD5800T Thunderbolt 4 and USB4 Quad Video Docking Station. The powerful plug-and-play docking station supports up to four 4K monitors, delivers data transfer speeds up to 40 Gbps, provides up to 100 W of power delivery, and features 16 connectivity ports enabling users to release the potential of their premium laptops.

Providing a true plug-and-play experience with no drivers or downloads required, the SD5800T is one of the first Thunderbolt 4 docks capable of supporting Quad 4K displays, and is compatible with Windows and macOS, as well as Thunderbolt 4, Thunderbolt 3, USB4, and USB-C devices. Ideal for graphic designers, video editors, and animators, the 16-in-1 design includes built-in UHS-II SD and Micro SD card readers for the efficient transfer of files at ultra-fast speeds.https://tpucdn.com/img/zAyZuSkzs78P21jc_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/zAyZuSkzs78P21jc.jpg)
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(PR) Phanteks Announces V9, Premium D-RGB Lighting Kit, and Stunning 5.5" Hi-Res Displays
Phanteks, a leading name in PC hardware innovation, introduces a range of innovative products; including the NV9 chassis, NV7 and NV9 DRGB upgrade lighting kits, a new 5.5" Universal Hi-Res Display, and the Shift XT 5.5" Hi-Res Display. These offering blend cutting-edge features, exceptional cooling, captivating design, and unique capabilities for PC builds.

NV9, a sleek chassis with near-seamless glass panels and ultra-fine mesh for clear views and optimal airflow. With the community's feedback, Phanteks accommodated for exceptional cooling; by supporting eleven 140 mm fans positions and triple 420 mm+280 mm radiators. It's motherboard-centric design supports versatile accessories like removable fan brackets and anti-sag graphics card assistance. With an integrated LED lighting cover for aesthetic appeal and cable concealment, paired seamlessly with a plug-and-play 2-channel DRGB controller for effortless lighting control.https://tpucdn.com/img/Q1aa7qCdv6hyXmgj_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/Q1aa7qCdv6hyXmgj.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/GDK109qj6N2tPZyq_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/GDK109qj6N2tPZyq.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/8Sti6y1mAotbsqba_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/8Sti6y1mAotbsqba.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/MeieTCnGAs1Emk6x_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/MeieTCnGAs1Emk6x.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/kLknTub36JGsoyxd_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/kLknTub36JGsoyxd.jpg)
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AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 23.12.1 WHQL Released
AMD today released the latest version of AMD Software Adrenalin Edition. Version 23.12.1 WHQL comes with optimization for "Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora," and "The Finals." The AMD Software UI has undergone a redesign for its Home and Gaming tabs, which make it easier to enable HYPR-RX profiles on a global or per-game basis. With this release, AMD also introduced HYPR-RX Eco, a performance enhancement that prioritizes energy savings, and should benefit gaming notebooks.

The Radeon Software Adrenalin 23.12.1 WHQL drivers now extend FRTC, Radeon Super Resolution, Overlay, Record and Stream features to OpenGL applications. The drivers also finally re-enable Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling, but for Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs only. The drivers also enable addtional Vulkan API extensions. Among the issues fixed with this release are high idle power in dual monitor setups with mixed resolutions and high refresh rates; intermittent stuttering seen in Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Edge), on a machine in which a secondary display is connected to a Radeon RX 7000 series GPU, on machines with Ryzen 7000 series processors.

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(PR) Kensington Docking Station Unlocks the Full Potential of Premium Laptops
Kensington, a worldwide leader of desktop computing and mobility solutions for IT, business, and home office professionals, today announced the launch of the SD5800T Thunderbolt 4 and USB4 Quad Video Docking Station. The powerful plug-and-play docking station supports up to four 4K monitors, delivers data transfer speeds up to 40 Gbps, provides up to 100 W of power delivery, and features 16 connectivity ports enabling users to release the potential of their premium laptops.

Providing a true plug-and-play experience with no drivers or downloads required, the SD5800T is one of the first Thunderbolt 4 docks capable of supporting Quad 4K displays, and is compatible with Windows and macOS, as well as Thunderbolt 4, Thunderbolt 3, USB4, and USB-C devices. Ideal for graphic designers, video editors, and animators, the 16-in-1 design includes built-in UHS-II SD and Micro SD card readers for the efficient transfer of files at ultra-fast speeds.https://tpucdn.com/img/ycMD677VpTSbofMw_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/ycMD677VpTSbofMw.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/bBLV171ndtWwo5SU_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/bBLV171ndtWwo5SU.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/JDjBf4LvkzVnq0v0_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/JDjBf4LvkzVnq0v0.jpg)
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(PR) NAND Flash Industry Revenue Grows 2.9% in 3Q23, Expected to Surge Over 20% in Q4
TrendForce reports a pivotal shift in the NAND Flash market for 3Q23, primarily driven by Samsung's strategic decision to reduce production. Initially, the market was clouded by uncertainty regarding end-user demand and fears of a subdued peak season, prompting buyers to adopt a conservative approach with low inventory and slow procurement. However, as market leaders like Samsung implemented substantial production cuts, buyers' attitudes shifted toward a more aggressive procurement strategy in anticipation of a market supply decrease. This led to a stabilization and even an uptick in NAND Flash contract prices by quarter-end, driving a 3% QoQ increase in bit shipments and culminating in a total revenue of US$9.229 billion, marking an approximate 2.9% increase.

The story unfolds with Kioxia and Micron—the only two to witness a dip in revenue rankings this quarter—while Samsung maintained its robust performance. Despite sluggish demand in the server sector, Samsung's fortunes rebounded thanks to a boost in consumer electronics, especially with high-capacity products in PCs and smartphones. Samsung emerged from a trough in Q3, with strategic inventory replenishments fueling further strategic stocking, and a shift in operational focus toward maximizing profit. This led to a minor 1-3% decrease in shipped bits, but a 1-3% increase in ASP, stabilizing Q3 NAND Flash revenue at US$2.9 billion.https://tpucdn.com/img/waxjTjT26quwCC8Y_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/waxjTjT26quwCC8Y.jpg)
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(PR) EarFun Announces the Free Pro 3 - The World's First Snapdragon Sound and Hi-Res ANC Earbuds
EarFun's development kitchen remains hot. Delivering their first IEM and portable USB-C DAC just this past month, the awarded audio brand will be releasing the next generational leap from their current lineup, the Free Pro 3.

Revolutionizing True Wireless Audio and Noise Cancelation
The new true wireless earbuds are the first pair of earbuds that combine Snapdragon Sound Certification, Hi-Res audio, Qualcomm's QCC3072 SoC, the latest v5.3 Bluetooth certification, Low-Energy Audio protocol, and aptX Adaptive technology. It will also feature EarFun's proprietary QuietSmart 2.0 technology for active noise cancellation up to 43dB, and 6-mic cVc call noise-reduction. It will boast a generous battery life of up to 33 hours, an IPX5 certification, wireless charging, and multipoint connectivity. The Free Pro 3 will make use of EarFun's customizable audio app for total user configuration.https://tpucdn.com/img/GOJkXYLCcrZqzl0z_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/GOJkXYLCcrZqzl0z.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/oMw8tWR5ngWkrFKh_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/oMw8tWR5ngWkrFKh.jpg)
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Micron Technology, Inc., today announced it is shipping the Micron 3500 NVMe SSD, which leverages its 232-layer NAND to power demanding workloads for business applications, scientific computing, cutting-edge gaming and content creation, pushing the limits of what is possible. The Micron 3500 SSD, available in the M.2 form factor and with capacities up to 2 TB, provides a superior user experience over the competition as proven by its best-in-class SPECwpcsm performance, including an up to 71% improvement for product development applications.

"At Micron, we are focused on delivering exceptional products that best meet the rigorous needs of end-users," said Prasad Alluri, Micron's vice president and general manager of Client Storage. "With impressive specs like a remarkable 132% improvement in scientific computing benchmark scores, the 3500 SSD will turn your next PC or workstation into a powerhouse to enable insights and empower creativity."https://tpucdn.com/img/YdeJUlIZFvcoDrYh_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/YdeJUlIZFvcoDrYh.jpg)
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Intel "Emerald Rapids" Die Configuration Leaks, More Details Appear
Thanks to the leaked slides obtained by @InstLatX64, we have more details and some performance estimates about Intel's upcoming 5th Generation Xeon "Emerald Rapids" CPUs, boasting a significant performance leap over its predecessors. Leading the Emerald Rapids family is the top-end SKU, the Xeon 8592+, which features 64 cores and 128 threads, backed by a massive 480 MB L3 cache pool. The upcoming lineup shifts from a 4-tile to a 2-tile design to minimize latency and improve performance. The design utilizes the P-Core architecture under the Raptor Cove ISA and promises up to 40% faster performance than the current 4th Generation "Sapphire Rapids" CPUs in AI applications utilizing Intel AMX engine. Each chiplet has 35 cores, three of which are disabled, and each tile has two DDR5-5600 MT/s memory controllers, which operate two memory channels each and translating that into eight-channel design. There are three PCIe controllers per die, making it six in total.

Newer protocols and AI accelerators also back the upcoming lineup. Now, the Emerald Rapids family supports the Compute Express Link (CXL) Types 1/2/3 in addition to up to 80 PCIe Gen 5 lanes and enhanced Intel Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI). There are four UPI controllers spread over two dies. Moreover, features like the four on-die Intel Accelerator Engines, optimized power mode, and up to 17% improvement in general-purpose workloads make it seem like a big step up from the current generation. Much of this technology is found on the existing Sapphire Rapids SKUs, with the new generation enhancing the AI processing capability further. You can see the die configuration below. The 5th Generation Emerald Rapids designs are supposed to be official on December 14th, just a few days away.https://tpucdn.com/img/vcthUzrZb0CKMSiI_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/vcthUzrZb0CKMSiI.jpg)

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No GTA 6 for PC Gamers at Launch, Rockstar Confirms
Rockstar Games has officially released a Grand Theft Auto 6 (or VI) trailer that brings together millions of GTA series fans. However, the game will remain exclusive for gaming consoles at launch. On the landing page for GTA 6, there is a note that says, "Grand Theft Auto VI heads to the state of Leonida, home to the neon-soaked streets of Vice City and beyond in the biggest, most immersive evolution of the Grand Theft Auto series yet. Coming 2025 to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S." While the first trailer showed this, we now have written confirmation that GTA 6 is a console exclusive at launch, whenever it happens in 2025.

If long-time GTA gamers remember, the situation was very much the same with the launch of the fifth installment in the GTA series, GTA V, which got a PC port almost two years after the initial release. The GTA V was released in September 2013 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles and got an upgrade to a new console cycle in November 2014 for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Only in April 2015 was the game released for Windows-based PCs, as Rockstar took its time to polish the port and make it work with PC gamers' various hardware choices. While we hope to avoid seeing such a big cadence from console to PC port, it will surely take Rockstar some extra time to make a PC version run smoothly.https://tpucdn.com/img/91skxEyZYTqg0H8I_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/91skxEyZYTqg0H8I.jpg)

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(PR) Noctua Introduces NM-M1 Torx based SecuFirm2+ Mounting Kits
Noctua today introduced its new NM-M1 enthusiast-grade multi-socket mounting kits. Available for Noctua coolers with 83 and 78 mm mounting pitch, the NM-M1-MP83 and NM-M1-MP78 represent an ideal upgrade for users who want to migrate their Noctua CPU coolers to the new, Torx based SecuFirm2+ standard or to the latest sockets that their cooler did not yet support at the time of purchase. On AMD AM5, the offset mounting option can significantly improve performance with typical reductions in CPU temperatures of 1-3°C.

"The mounting system might seem like a sideshow when looking at a CPU cooler as a whole, yet in fact, it's one of the key factors not only for the customer's overall user experience but also for product safety and performance - poor contact pressure or contact quality can easily ruin your results even if the heatsink as such is working great", explains Roland Mossig (Noctua CEO). "At Noctua, we have always taken pride in refining our mounting systems unremittingly, and the NM-M1 kits are a testament to this strive: integrating the latest SecuFirm2+ standard as well as our offset mounting option for improved performance on AMD AM5, they keep raising the bar."https://tpucdn.com/img/4xxBbekrsMsbwCTJ_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/4xxBbekrsMsbwCTJ.jpg)
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(PR) Genesis Announces the Radium 600 G2 Microphone
The launch of the Radium 600 G2 microphone is the perfect example of the evolution in the world of recording and streaming. This flagship product is the successor to the Radium 600 model, valued by streamers and youtubers. It has been designed to provide the highest recording quality and comfort of use. The Radium 600 G2 is characterized by a solid frame, using a cardioid condenser microphone. This enables the device to record the voice of the user with high precision, maintaining the heat and depth of the sound, on a level comparable with professional radio programs. The maximum sampling frequency of 48 kHz with signal processing from 30 do 18000 Hz guarantee perfect recreation of the recorded sound.

The set includes a mini tripod for the desk, which can be assembled and used very quickly. The included anti-vibration basket with a 5/8" thread efficiently eliminates all unwanted sounds and vibrations. Additionally, the microphone can be mounted on an arm to provide maximum flexibility when it comes to positioning.
The Radium 600 G2 model also uses regulation knobs for recording sensitivity and play volume, giving full control over the recording. What's more, the function for immediate muting allows users to easily stop the stream, which is of key importance in case of sudden, private situations.https://tpucdn.com/img/8WwBgUUnJif8shfV_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/8WwBgUUnJif8shfV.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/VE9i0aYJQjRogEwy_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/VE9i0aYJQjRogEwy.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/61FjqK0ZOaYZulUI_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/61FjqK0ZOaYZulUI.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/Ucnr5P7lNdKjGRFR_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/Ucnr5P7lNdKjGRFR.jpg)
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(PR) DeepCool Announces the MORPHEUS ATX+ Case
DeepCool, a pioneer in cutting-edge PC hardware, proudly introduces the MORPHEUS Modular ATX+ case—a game-changer designed for seasoned case modders and everyday PC building enthusiasts alike. The MORPHEUS redefines modularity, providing the flexibility to seamlessly switch between single and dual chamber configurations, complete with a vertical GPU mount and Gen 4 riser cable for an elevated user experience.

Embrace a new era of modularity with DeepCool's internally reconfigurable ATX+ chassis—the MORPHEUS. Offering unparalleled compatibility and a spacious layout, the MORPHEUS caters to the discerning tastes of DIY modders and casual PC enthusiasts. Break free from the monotony of fixed system layouts with the MORPHEUS. Effortlessly transition between the classic single chamber configuration and the dynamic dual chamber layout with a simple switch of a few parts. The package includes everything needed for the shift, including a vertical GPU mount with a Gen 4.0 riser cable.https://tpucdn.com/img/ajtcNAvMVRbqdjBV_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/ajtcNAvMVRbqdjBV.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/1GBFv7vDatTomVoJ_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/1GBFv7vDatTomVoJ.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/G7SAIlMzTM1dFgBq_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/G7SAIlMzTM1dFgBq.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/yS6x7FRR3e2uX5ea_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/yS6x7FRR3e2uX5ea.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/xfkdmLyyv10RYtc0_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/xfkdmLyyv10RYtc0.jpg)
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(PR) MONTECH Unveils the Versatile KING 95 and KING 95 Pro Mid-tower Cases
MONTECH, an innovative PC components and peripherals brand, proudly unveils its latest flagship model: KING 95 and KING 95 PRO. The KING 95 showcases a seamless blend of durability and craftsmanship with the robust steel framework and 4 mm curved tempered glass, allowing for an immersive panoramic view. After a year of rigorous testing, KING 95's industrial-grade curved tempered glass boasts optimal curvature and unmatched durability, ensuring crystal-clear component visibility from every angle. The KING 95 further enriches user experience through a vast array of build options, bolstered by enhanced cooling capabilities. Available in Gentleman Black, Pure White, Vibrant Red, or Prussian Blue.

As thermals are paramount for peak performance, the KING 95 series stands out with a wide range of cooling capabilities. At the forefront of its design, features a patented adjustable fan bracket, which allows rotation to the front while also providing fan support. The KING 95 also features an interchangeable premium mesh front panel that can be attached to enhance airflow. Furthermore, the KING 95 features easily removable top and side panels, equipped with built-in dust filters ensuring optimal airflow. Moreover, the KING 95 can support up to eleven fans, providing a comprehensive cooling solution.

[Editor's note: Our in-depth review of the MONTECH KING 95 Pro (https://www.techpowerup.com/review/montech-king-95-pro/) is now live]https://tpucdn.com/img/RSAjvMF4QwgR2eDE_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/RSAjvMF4QwgR2eDE.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/30uhpYpHNImeQx60_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/30uhpYpHNImeQx60.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/tedmud4hkcQnisXl_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/tedmud4hkcQnisXl.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/DI9yASXblai6POwz_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/DI9yASXblai6POwz.jpg)
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(PR) FinalWire Releases AIDA64 v7.00 with Revamped Design and AMD Threadripper 7000 Optimizations
FinalWire Ltd. today announced the immediate availability of AIDA64 Extreme 7.00 software, a streamlined diagnostic and benchmarking tool for home users; the immediate availability of AIDA64 Engineer 7.00 software, a professional diagnostic and benchmarking solution for corporate IT technicians and engineers; the immediate availability of AIDA64 Business 7.00 software, an essential network management solution for small and medium scale enterprises; and the immediate availability of AIDA64 Network Audit 7.00 software, a dedicated network audit toolset to collect and manage corporate network inventories.

The new AIDA64 update introduces a revamped user interface with a configurable toolbar, as well as AVX-512 accelerated benchmarks for AMD Threadripper 7000 processors, AVX2 optimized benchmarks for Intel Meteor Lake processors, and supports the latest AMD and Intel CPU platforms as well as the new graphics and GPGPU computing technologies by AMD, Intel and NVIDIA.

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Logitech G, a brand of Logitech and leading innovator of gaming technologies and gear, today unveiled the Logitech G ASTRO A50 X LIGHTSPEED Wireless Gaming Headset and Base Station, the fifth generation of the critically acclaimed ASTRO A50 Series console gaming headset.

The new ASTRO A5O X is designed to deliver the ultimate console headset experience. With breakthrough innovations in audio and connectivity, the ASTRO A50 X LIGHTSPEED Wireless Gaming Headset + Base Station features:

New PLAYSYNC technology for easy connectivity and switching between the XBOX, PS5 and PC via a single button press
PRO-G Graphene Audio Driver technology for high performance gaming audio
24-bit LIGHTSPEED Wireless technology for pro-grade performance on the console

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(PR) GIGABYTE Launches New WATERFORCE X II and WATERFORCE II Series Liquid Coolers
GIGABYTE Technology, a global leader in motherboards, graphics cards, and hardware solutions, introduces the AORUS WATERFORCE X II and AORUS WATERFORCE II Series, pushing the boundaries of cooling innovation. With redesigned pump and fan blade designs, these series are available in 240 mm and 360 mm radiator sizes, catering to both high-end enthusiasts and entry-level users. The 360 mm version offers customization with classic black and trendy white options, expanding choices for DIY enthusiasts. Both series feature user-friendly designs to simplify AIO liquid cooler installations, showcasing GIGABYTE's commitment to delivering high-performance, accessible hardware solutions.

DIY-friendly Innovations
The DIY-friendly innovative designs facilitate the seamless transmission of power and signals between fans, resulting in significant time savings on wiring connections. The AORUS WATERFORCE X II Series introduces the Fan EZ-Chain Mag, which incorporates a magnetic interlocking mechanism along with a DAISY-CHAIN setup. The AORUS WATERFORCE II Series introduces the Fan EZ-Chain, which integrates a slide-in interlocking mechanism and a DAISY-CHAIN setup.https://tpucdn.com/img/jlINTFAH8gW75KNa_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/jlINTFAH8gW75KNa.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/f7kZJn7yq7EDIs12_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/f7kZJn7yq7EDIs12.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/vIHhDKAqV1sW8Vl6_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/vIHhDKAqV1sW8Vl6.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/cDG93CrNvdjf7hZv_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/cDG93CrNvdjf7hZv.jpg)
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TechPowerUp and iRocks, a stand-out brand with innovative gaming peripherals, announced a chance for our readers from around the world to grab some of their most advanced gear. From a pool of five lucky winners, the first one gets an iRocks care package with a flagship iRocks K75M gaming keyboard with silver keyswitches; an iRocks M36 Pure RGB gaming mouse with additional grip tapes; and an iRocks C45E RGB illuminated mousepad with a wrist-rest. There are four additional winners, for the four other iRocks keyboards up for grabs—a K75M Pink, a K71R Wireless RGB, a K73M, and a K74M White. We've drawn our lucky winners, and without further ado, here they are!

Joao from Portugal, wins an iRocks Care Package that includes an iRocks K75M keyboard with Silver keyswitches, an M36 Pure RGB mouse with additional grip tapes, and a C45E illuminated mousepad.
Julien from France, wins an iRocks K75M Pink keyboard
Matthew from Canada, wins an iRocks K71R White keyboard
Stefan from Bulgaria, wins an iRocks K73M keyboard
Aaron from the United States, wins an iRocks K74M keyboard

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Intel "Sierra Forest" Xeon System Surfaces, Fails in Comparison to AMD Bergamo
Intel's upcoming Sierra Forest Xeon server chip has debuted on Geekbench 6 (https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/3885705), showcasing its potential in multi-core performance. Slated for release in the first half of 2024, Sierra Forest is equipped with up to 288 Efficiency cores, positioning it to compete with AMD's Zen 4c Bergamo server CPUs and other ARM-based server chips like those from Ampere for the favor of cloud service providers (CSP). In the Geekbench 6 benchmark, a dual-socket configuration featuring two 144-core Sierra Forest CPUs was tested. The benchmark revealed a notable multi-core score of 7,770, surpassing most dual-socket systems powered by Intel's high-end Xeon Platinum 8480+, which typically scores between 6,500 and 7,500. However, Sierra Forest's single-core score of 855 points was considerably lower, not even reaching half of that of the 8480+, which manages 1,897 points.

The difference in single-core performance is a matter of choice, as Sierra Forest uses Cresmont-derived Sierra Glen E-cores, which are more power and area-efficient, unlike the Golden Cove P-cores in the Sapphire Rapids-based 8480+. This design choice is particularly advantageous for server environments where high-core counts are crucial, as CSPs usually partition their instances by the number of CPU cores. However, compared to AMD's Bergamo CPUs, which use Zen 4c cores, Sierra Forest lacks pure computing performance, especially in multi-core. The Sierra Forest lacks hyperthreading, while Beragamo offers SMT with 256 threads on the 128-core SKU. Comparing the Geekbench 6 scores to AMD Bergamo EPYC 9754 and Sierra Forest results look a lot less impressive. Bergamo scored 1,597 points in single-core, almost double that of Sierra Forest, and 16,455 points in the multi-core benchmarks, which is more than double. This is a significant advantage of the Zen4c core, which cuts down on caches instead of being an entirely different core, as Intel does with its P and E-cores. However, these are just preliminary numbers; we must wait for real-world benchmarks to see the actual performance.https://tpucdn.com/img/TfhMpYS7fl9Hhl4k_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/TfhMpYS7fl9Hhl4k.jpg)

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Intel Releases Arc GPU Graphics Drivers 101.5074 Beta
Intel today released the latest version of Arc GPU Graphics Drivers. Version 101.5074 Beta adds optimization for "Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora," with an up to 8% performance uplift seen at 1080p with Ultra settings, as measured with an Arc A770 GPU. The drivers fix a handful of game-specific issues. Total War: Pharaoh exhibits display corruption upon changing game resolution on certain displays; which has been fixed. Application crashes with the original "Alan Wake" (DirectX 9) has been fixed. A colorful pixed corruption with "Cyberpunk 2077" has been fixed. Flickering pixels during gameplay with 4x MSAA enabled for "Counter Strike 2" has been fixed. A sporadic application crash with "Gostrunner 2" has been fixed. An application crash with "Far Cry 3" has been fixed.

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AMD Improves Stability and Frame-pacing of Fluid Motion Frames Preview Driver
AMD over the past months has been releasing periodic updates to its Fluid Motion Frames preview drivers. These are off-trunk drivers that serve to demonstrate the capabilities of Fluid Motion Frames (FMF), a technology that enables near-doubling of frame-rates for every game, through interpolation techniques, similar to what you find in consumer televisions. The tech works on DirectX 12 and DirectX 11 games, on Windows 10 and Windows 11 machines, and for Radeon RX 7000 series and RX 6000 series GPUs. The December 7th update is based on the Adrenalin 23.12.1 drivers (i.e. includes all changes and improvements AMD introduced with those drivers), plus enablement for FMF, although the driver isn't WHQL certified. With this release, AMD says that it introduced several application stability improvements for FMF. The company also reduced stutter and improved frame-pacing. Grab the driver from the link below.

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(PR) NVIDIA GeForce NOW Gets 17 New Games, Passes 100 PC Game Pass Titles
It's a fortuitous GFN Thursday with 17 new games joining the GeForce NOW library, including The Day Before, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and the 100th PC Game Pass title to join the cloud - Ori and the Will of the Wisps. This week also marks a milestone: over 500 games and applications now support RTX ON. GeForce NOW Ultimate and Priority members can experience cinematic ray tracing on nearly any device thanks to NVIDIA RTX-powered gaming rigs in the cloud. Check out the RTX ON game row in the GeForce NOW app to play even more titles featuring this stunning graphics technology.

Stayin' Alive
The Day Before, Fntastic's new open-world horror massively multiplayer online game, is a uniquely reimagined journey of survival set on the east coast of the present-day U.S. after the world has been overrun by zombies. Priority and Ultimate members can stream the game on nearly any device with support for RTX ON. Explore the beautifully detailed New Fortune City, filled with skyscrapers, massive malls and grand stadiums, with a variety of vehicles. Fight against other players and those infected by a deadly virus. Survive by collecting loot, completing quests and building houses - all on a day-and-night cycle. Help rebuild society from the comfort of the couch and across devices, streaming from the cloud. Priority members can build and survive at up to 1080p and 60 frames per second. Ultimate members can take advantage of longer session lengths, gain support for ultrawide resolutions and stream at up to 4K 120 FPS. Both memberships offer support for real-time ray tracing, bringing cinematic lighting to every zombie encounter.https://tpucdn.com/img/g9YozBw2Xucj8KES_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/g9YozBw2Xucj8KES.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/8fU0taX4SqdrtRGh_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/8fU0taX4SqdrtRGh.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/UvvQCvYHK6xpfcZt_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/UvvQCvYHK6xpfcZt.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/ota1PIo2LCZeYDn8_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/ota1PIo2LCZeYDn8.jpg)
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Fractal's Hannes Wallin Resigns as CEO, to Continue as Chairman
Fractal's Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Hannes Wallin, in a LinkedIn post, announced that he is resigning as CEO of the company with effect from January 1, Fractal's board has selected current VP of Sales, Jonas Holst, to succeed him as CEO on that date. Wallin will continue as Chairman of the company, and stated that he remains the company's largest shareholder, to reassure everyone that he remains interested in the growth of the company. He stated that his decision to resign as CEO is of his own accord, and that he believed it to be in the best interests of the company.https://tpucdn.com/img/QgMRlseOce5hNEt8_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/QgMRlseOce5hNEt8.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/hXfRgNkMqxheshHH_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/hXfRgNkMqxheshHH.jpg)

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(PR) QNAP Launches TS-hx77AXU-RP Series Enterprise ZFS NAS with Revolutionary AMD Ryzen 7000 Series Processors
QNAP Systems, Inc., a leading computing, and storage solutions innovator, today unveiled the new high-capacity TS-hx77AXU-RP ZFS NAS series, including 12-bay TS-h1277AXU-RP and 16-bay TS-h1677AXU-RP rackmount models powered by AMD Ryzen 7000 Series processors based on the cutting-edge AMD Socket AM5 platform. By integrating robust hardware and diverse I/O including DDR5 RAM, M.2 PCIe Gen 5, PCIe Gen 4 slots, and redundant power supplies, the TS-hx77AXU-RP series unleashes enterprise-level performance and delivers ultra-high bandwidth, futureproof expandability, and trusted reliability for performance-demanding Tier 2 storage, virtualization, 4K video editing, and PB-level storage applications.

"The whole new TS-hx77AXU-RP series ZFS NAS provides enterprises with superb performance and large storage capacity to tackle business-critical workloads and storage-demanding applications. The AMD Ryzen 7000 Series multi-core processors further unlocks the key performance of DDR5 and M.2 PCIe Gen 5," said Alex Shih, Product Manager of QNAP, adding "Paired with the ZFS file system that's most suited for business applications, the TS-hx77AXU-RP series stands out as the top choice for storage solutions that require uncompromising data integrity."https://tpucdn.com/img/aZzRwSCufIeGEKjt_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/aZzRwSCufIeGEKjt.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/ESPLMeF0ytVp1YbJ_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/ESPLMeF0ytVp1YbJ.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/s4LB4XYtGAaHr3tl_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/s4LB4XYtGAaHr3tl.jpg)
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MINISFORUM Outs a Desktop M-ITX Motherboard with Core i9-13900HX Hardwired Processor
MINISFORUM released the AR900i, an MoDT (mobile on desktop) motherboard in the Mini-ITX form factor that comes with a hardwired Intel Core i9-13900HX mobile processor and a pre-installed cooling solution. The board is priced at $560 on Amazon, with a limited-period $70-off coupon. This is good value, considering that the i9-13900HX is a maxed-out "Raptor Lake" based mobile processor that features all 8 P-cores, all 16 E-cores, and all 36 MB of shared L3 cache physically present on the "Raptor Lake" silicon. The P-cores boost up to 5.40 GHz, and the E-cores up to 3.90 GHz. The only catch with this processor compared to something like a desktop i9-13900, is its power specs that were originally designed for the power constraints of notebooks, with 55 W base power, and 157 W of maximum turbo power, compared to 225 W of the socketed i9-13900.

Since the Core i9-13900HX is a mobile BGA1964 package that remains hardwired to the board, it is not upgradable. MINISFORUM has designed a cooling solution specific to the processor, which uses a large aluminium fin-stack heatsink that relies on an 80 mm case fan for ventilation. There's a secondary fan-heatsink that provides cooling to two M.2-2280 slots north of the processor. Each of these two M.2 slots has a PCI-Express 5.0 x4 wiring, and using either of them subtracts 8 PCIe lanes from the board's sole expansion slot, a PCI-Express 5.0 x16. The board features an M.2 E-key slot that you can pair with your own WLAN card, it comes with provision for dual-MIMO ready antennas. The processor is wired to two DDR5 SO-DIMM slots supporting up to 96 GB of memory. The board draws power from a 24-pin ATX and a single 8-pin EPS, which should prove sufficient for this processor.https://tpucdn.com/img/V051rQlLAA6CAjNr_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/V051rQlLAA6CAjNr.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/Ys7wPegcTE9maPpR_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/Ys7wPegcTE9maPpR.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/ZG8gy4izt5B1B3mX_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/ZG8gy4izt5B1B3mX.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/JgtsL5DydhwXoRh4_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/JgtsL5DydhwXoRh4.jpg)

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NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Professional GPU Surfaces in Driver Changelogs
NVIDIA dropped the first mention of its upcoming RTX 5880 Ada Generation graphics card. Targeting professional visualization applications, NVIDIA's RTX pro-vis GPUs get features such as ECC-enabled memory, and certifications for nearly every content creation application out there, along with prioritized product support. The latest RTX Production Branch driver, version 537.99 WHQL lists support for the RTX 5880 Ada Generation GPU as the top item in its "new features" section.

At this point, one can only speculate what the specs of the RTX 5880 Ada Generation could be, given that the company already has the RTX 5000 Ada Generation covering the upper-mid segment its pro-vis portfolio. Although based on the "AD102," the RTX 5000 Ada Generation uses a narrower 256-bit ECC GDDR6 memory interface driving 32 GB of memory. NVIDIA has given this SKU 100 SM (streaming multiprocessors), which goes above the 80 available on the "AD103." Positioned above the RTX 5000 Ada Generation is the RTX 6000 Ada Generation, featuring 48 GB of ECC GDDR6 memory across the full 384-bit memory bus of the "AD104," with 142 out of 144 SM enabled. The RTX 5880 Ada Generation probably fills the gap between the two with a higher SM count, and a wider memory bus, with more memory.https://tpucdn.com/img/HabIwf3UDScnUqmD_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/HabIwf3UDScnUqmD.jpg)

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ZenTimings 1.3.1 Released with Ryzen 7045 "Dragon Range" Support
ZenTimings is a lightweight utility created by Ivan Rusanov, which detects memory timings and readable memory sub-system voltages of your AMD Ryzen machine. The utility comes particularly handy to look up sub-timings specific to AMD Ryzen processors that you otherwise won't find on Intel systems, but prove critical in stabilizing your memory overclock. With version 1.3.1, ZenTimings adds support for Ryzen 7045 series "Dragon Range" mobile processors. The utility also gets support for VDDIO reading on Ryzen 7000 series and 6000 series processors that use DDR5 memory. Issues with detecting the power table on some machines, has been fixed. Grab the latest ZenTimings from the link below.

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No Overclocking and Lower TGP for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D Edition for China
NVIDIA is preparing to launch the GeForce RTX 4090 D, or "Dragon" edition (https://www.techpowerup.com/316215/nvidia-readies-geforce-rtx-4090-d-for-china-to-comply-with-u-s-export-controls), designed explicitly for China. Circumventing the US export rules of GPUs that could potentially be used for AI acceleration, the GeForce RTX 4090 D is reportedly cutting back on overclocking as a feature. According to BenchLife, the AD102-250 GPU used in the RTX 4090 D will be a stranger to overclocking, as the card will not support it, possibly being disabled by firmware and/or physically in the die. The information from @Zed__Wang (https://twitter.com/Zed__Wang/status/1732299018443898966) suggests that the Dragon version will be running at 2280 MHz base frequency, higher than the 2235 MHz of AD102-300 found in the regular RTX 4090, and 2520 MHz boost, matching the regular version.

Interestingly, the RTX 4090 D for China will also feature a slightly lower Total Graphics Power (TGP) of 425 Watts, down from the 450 Watts of the regular model. With memory configuration appearing to be the same, this new China-specific model will most likely perform within a few percent of the original design. Higher base frequency probably indicates a lack of a few CUDA cores to comply with the US export regulation policy and serve the Chinese GPU market. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D is scheduled for rollout in January 2024 in China, which is just a few weeks away.https://tpucdn.com/img/I4laKJUQtiM6W5FF_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/I4laKJUQtiM6W5FF.jpg)

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Other World Computing www.OWC.com -- the leading end-to-end ecosystem solution provider of computer hardware, accessories, and software for both consumers and professionals - today introduced the Express 1M2, the first USB4 drive and fastest single blade NVMe OWC has ever offered.

Exceptional Speed, Ultimate Flexibility
The OWC Express 1M2 was purposefully built to maximize the performance capabilities of today's and tomorrow's USB4-equipped Macs and PCs. It offers photo and video professionals, DITs, and prosumers/performance enthusiasts real-world speeds up to 3151 MB/s. It also offers versatile compatibility to work with millions of existing Thunderbolt and USB-C machines and devices.https://tpucdn.com/img/YTwjMuQkSYwivoQP_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/YTwjMuQkSYwivoQP.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/XupRUS7MK19odiXT_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/XupRUS7MK19odiXT.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/XaPf1y3RVe7dmJ9t_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/XaPf1y3RVe7dmJ9t.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/Xx5a7OAX9RPKOV4v_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/Xx5a7OAX9RPKOV4v.jpg)
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LogoFAIL Vulnerability Affects Almost Every PC Running Windows and Linux
Binarly's research team has discovered a collection of security vulnerabilities known as "LogoFAIL", which affects image parsing components within the UEFI firmware of a wide array of devices. These vulnerabilities are especially concerning because they are embedded within the reference code provided by Independent BIOS Vendors (IBVs), affecting not just a single vendor but a broad spectrum of devices that utilize this code. LogoFAIL is particularly dangerous because it allows attackers to bypass crucial security measures such as Secure Boot and Intel Boot Guard by executing a payload during the device's boot process. This is achieved by storing malicious images on the EFI System Partition or within unsigned sections of firmware updates. This method can compromise system security deeply without altering the runtime integrity of the bootloader or firmware, unlike other threats such as BlackLotus or BootHole.

The potential reach of LogoFAIL vulnerability is rather wide, with millions of consumer and enterprise-grade devices from various vendors, including ones like Intel, Acer, and Lenovo, being vulnerable. The exact list of affected devices is still undetermined, but the prevalence of the IBVs' code across numerous devices suggests that the impact could be widespread, with both Windows and Linux users being affected. Only PCs that don't allow any logotype displayed in the UEFI during the boot process are safe. Apple's Macs are secure as they don't allow any add-on images during boot, and some OEM prebuilt PCs, like the ones from Dell, don't allow images in the UEFI. Some makers like Lenovo, AMI, and Insyde have already published notes about cautiously uploading custom images to the UEFI and providing BIOS updates. Consumers and enterprises must check with their OEMs and IBVs for BIOS microcode updates to patch against this vulnerability.https://tpucdn.com/img/C86aep1QcTrHjvjj_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/C86aep1QcTrHjvjj.jpg)
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(PR) Alphacool Unveils New Core Flat Reservoirs
The Alphacool Core Flat Reservoir not only looks sleek with its aRGB lighting, but also offers flexibility with a total of 5 connections. The reservoir is made entirely of acrylic. The installation of a D5 or VPP pump is required for operation. Due to its flat design, the Core Flat Reservoir also fits in small cases.

Core Design
A key element of Alphacool's Core Design series are the chrome-plated G1/4" connections made of brass. In the Core Flat Reservoir, the connections are recessed rather than screwed into a thread, bypassing the problem of possible leaks due to cracking from the direct screwing of the connections into the acrylic. The connections are in two parts, fitted with an O-ring and counter each other when mounted in the acrylic. This not only ensures absolute sealing of each connection, but also allows for the clear and functional appearance of the Alphacool Core Design series.https://tpucdn.com/img/e5JhBRO6TqauyCzK_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/e5JhBRO6TqauyCzK.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/54qNoHrZT4C5wD4Y_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/54qNoHrZT4C5wD4Y.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/LmpSqJBjmJhYcy5V_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/LmpSqJBjmJhYcy5V.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/hHJJLYwopgvhG4SC_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/hHJJLYwopgvhG4SC.jpg)
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(PR) ENERMAX Announces Complimentary Mounting Upgrades for AMD's New Threadripper 7000 Series Processors
ENERMAX, an industry-leading force dedicated to designing high-performance computer hardware and cooling solutions, today announced the AMD sTR5 upgrade kit for its LIQTECH TR4 II AIO CPU cooler series, which makes it possible to upgrade the coolers to the latest AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series processors and Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7000 WX-Series processors. The complimentary AMD sTR5 upgrade kit will bridge the gap between different specifications and avoid extra electronic waste through forced upgrades.

As the world's first AIO CPU cooler tailored to complete coverage of the integrated heat spreader (IHS) of AMD Ryzen Threadripper processors, the larger cooling block can cover more of the Threadripper 7000 series heat spreader. This is especially important for processors that feature more than 64 cores, specifically the 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX processor. With the new upgrade kit, the LIQTECH TR4 II series will support the new TRX50 and WRX90 motherboards, and it will ensure the best cooling results for your Threadripper workstations and servers.https://tpucdn.com/img/RbypRdmIbFrHXn3q_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/RbypRdmIbFrHXn3q.jpg)
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(PR) Supermicro Extends AI and GPU Rack Scale Solutions with Support for AMD Instinct MI300 Series Accelerators
Supermicro, Inc., a Total IT Solution Manufacturer for AI, Cloud, Storage, and 5G/Edge, is announcing three new additions to its AMD-based H13 generation of GPU Servers, optimized to deliver leading-edge performance and efficiency, powered by the new AMD Instinct MI300 Series accelerators. Supermicro's powerful rack scale solutions with 8-GPU servers with the AMD Instinct MI300X OAM configuration are ideal for large model training.

The new 2U liquid-cooled and 4U air-cooled servers with the AMD Instinct MI300A Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) accelerators are available and improve data center efficiencies and power the fast-growing complex demands in AI, LLM, and HPC. The new systems contain quad APUs for scalable applications. Supermicro can deliver complete liquid-cooled racks for large-scale environments with up to 1,728 TFlops of FP64 performance per rack. Supermicro worldwide manufacturing facilities streamline the delivery of these new servers for AI and HPC convergence.https://tpucdn.com/img/X9UzOqQzsInvl3Jb_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/X9UzOqQzsInvl3Jb.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/USUvpPNY5mcBpo6t_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/USUvpPNY5mcBpo6t.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/1NG94Y7IBCzD11H7_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/1NG94Y7IBCzD11H7.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/DBSCa70sWtfQm16Z_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/DBSCa70sWtfQm16Z.jpg)
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(PR) Acer Unveils Nitro V 16 Gaming Laptop Powered by New AMD Ryzen 8040 Series Processors
Acer today announced the new Nitro V 16 (ANV16-41) gaming laptop, built for casual players looking for a well-balanced device with modern features and more. The latest Nitro V laptop is powered by the new AMD Ryzen 8040 Series processors with Ryzen AI technology built in and up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series Laptop GPUs with DLSS 3.5 to deliver versatile performance, long-lasting battery life, and AI-powered technologies. Even in the heat of battle, the Nitro V 16 stays cool through innovative thermals highlighted by a dual fan system and keeps users at the center of the action with stunningly immersive visuals.

"Acer and AMD continue to collaborate in bringing AI-backed gaming experiences with the latest Nitro laptop powered by the new AMD Ryzen 8040 Series processors," said James Lin, General Manager, Notebooks, Acer Inc. "Combined with fast refresh rate display options, enhanced features, and loads of improvements across the board, the Nitro V 16 brings an exciting new AI-ready gaming laptop to the table for all types of gamers."https://tpucdn.com/img/5oEylOVHb7bnHjcK_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/5oEylOVHb7bnHjcK.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/R1Mp0PLsIXwaAzMt_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/R1Mp0PLsIXwaAzMt.jpg)
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BIOSTAR, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards, and storage devices, today is excited to introduce the H510MHP-E 3.0 motherboard, designed to run 10th/11th Generation Intel Core Processors. The H510MHP-E 3.0 motherboard excels as the ideal choice for a wide range of users. It offers reliable performance for office tasks, immerses home entertainment enthusiasts with HDMI support, streamlines data management for system integrators, and empowers holiday season HTPC setups with its impressive performance. With its versatile features, this motherboard caters to diverse needs seamlessly.

The H510MHP-E 3.0 motherboard boasts a robust set of specifications to meet the demands of business and casual use. It offers versatility and compatibility, supporting both 10th and 11th-generation Intel Core processors. With its Intel H470 single-chip architecture, this motherboard ensures efficient and seamless operation.https://tpucdn.com/img/bKHUM7p6hok1nY4b_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/bKHUM7p6hok1nY4b.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/7ckseaibEIP0UJ5h_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/7ckseaibEIP0UJ5h.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/eIshjNF9dnIou8om_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/eIshjNF9dnIou8om.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/85ZHpMTp0WL8zwGL_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/85ZHpMTp0WL8zwGL.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/UptVIQe3sBEK9EAm_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/UptVIQe3sBEK9EAm.jpg)
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(PR) Dell Generative AI Open Ecosystem with AMD Instinct Accelerators
Generative AI (GenAI) is the decade's most promising accelerator for innovation with 78% of IT decision makers reporting they're largely excited for the potential GenAI can have on their organizations.¹ Most see GenAI as a means to provide productivity gains, streamline processes and achieve cost savings. Harnessing this technology is critical to ensure organizations can compete in this new digital era.

Dell Technologies and AMD are coming together to unveil an expansion to the Dell Generative AI Solutions portfolio, continuing the work of accelerating advanced workloads and offering businesses more choice to continue their unique GenAI journeys. This new technology highlights a pivotal role played by open ecosystems and silicon diversity in empowering customers with simple, trusted and tailored solutions to bring AI to their data.https://tpucdn.com/img/H4BjFpoyaDLxV0VS_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/H4BjFpoyaDLxV0VS.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/6ATyUVxXZ3Q28UCI_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/6ATyUVxXZ3Q28UCI.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/OQcnfOplOp2Iqqos_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/OQcnfOplOp2Iqqos.jpg)
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(PR) New Kioxia RM7 Series Value SAS SSDs Debut on HPE Servers
Kioxia Corporation, a world leader in memory solutions, today announced that its lineup of KIOXIA RM7 Series Value SAS SSDs are now available in HPE ProLiant Gen11 servers from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). KIOXIA RM7 Series SSDs are the latest generation of the company's 12 Gb/s Value SAS SSDs, which provide server applications with higher performance, reliability and lower latency than SATA SSDs, delivering higher IOPS/W and IOPS/$.

In addition to being available in ProLiant servers, KIOXIA RM Series Value SAS SSDs are being used in the HPE Spaceborne Computer-2 (SBC-2). As part of the program, KIOXIA SSDs provide robust flash storage in HPE Edgeline and HPE ProLiant servers in a test environment to conduct scientific experiments aboard the International Space Station (ISS).https://tpucdn.com/img/j45jY62mauG2TWzh_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/j45jY62mauG2TWzh.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/xCXUmaZXIewLUJWN_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/xCXUmaZXIewLUJWN.jpg)
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EK, the renowned premium liquid cooling pioneer, proudly announces the debut of its latest masterpiece, the EK-Quantum Momentum² Aorus Z790 Master X D-RGB - Plexi (https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-quantum-momentum-aorus-z790-master-x-d-rgb-plexi). This monoblock is expertly designed for the Intel LGA 1700 socket and engineered with precision for seamless integration with the GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS MASTER X motherboard. The monoblock's addressable D-RGB LED effortlessly harmonizes with Gigabyte RGB Fusion 2.0 control, providing comprehensive lighting customization for each diode and ensuring a dynamic visual spectacle. This monoblock is also fully compatible with EK-Matrix7, further enhancing its versatility within EK's liquid cooling ecosystem.

EK-Quantum Momentum² Aorus Z790 Master X D-RGB - Plexi
This is a complete all-in-one (CPU and motherboard) liquid cooling solution for Intel's 12th, 13th, and 14th Gen processors. The monoblock seamlessly aligns with the LGA 1700 socket on the Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Master X motherboard. The monoblock's unique design, incorporating a specialized metal cover over the I/O section, is noteworthy. This cover serves a dual purpose: it facilitates the mounting of the stock I/O cover without compromising the factory-intended RGB lighting of the motherboard while also functioning as an elegant stand for the original LCD screen.https://tpucdn.com/img/slaSmmc55yLThMmf_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/slaSmmc55yLThMmf.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/puhlYFjf3s53QUqq_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/puhlYFjf3s53QUqq.jpg)
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(PR) Framework Dives Deep into Laptop 16 Connectors
This is likely our last Framework Laptop 16 (https://frame.work/products/laptop16-diy-amd-7040) Deep Dive before we start shipping, and those of you who ordered one can dive deep on your own. We began mass production of Mainboards last week, which we'll hold onto as we resolve the last few remaining open items to begin full system manufacturing. You may be thinking, do we really need a deep dive on connectors? The answer is a resounding "Yes!"—as connectors are surprisingly among the most complex and critical parts of building a product that is slim, durable, high performance, and easy to repair. Connectors are the electrical and mechanical interfaces between modules in the system.

They are what actually makes the product modular! Each connector needs to be easy to engage, hard to accidentally disengage during vibration or drop, robust across repeated re-connections, thin enough to fit within a tiny space, electrically sound from a signal integrity and power perspective, readily manufacturable, and cheap. Our most complicated connectors are made up of dozens of tiny formed metal parts in plastic or metal shells. Given the complexity, our preference is always to find well-proven off-the-shelf connectors. However, occasionally we run into unique interconnect scenarios that don't match anything out there. In these instances, we're forced to customize our own solutions. With Framework Laptop 16, we developed two of these to enable our new module ecosystems.https://tpucdn.com/img/4vK9itrE9kpofMQB_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/4vK9itrE9kpofMQB.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/69ttouoXVxAjVucS_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/69ttouoXVxAjVucS.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/8e3I2HdjZNCVC0ji_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/8e3I2HdjZNCVC0ji.jpg)
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(PR) Square Enix Unveils "Visions of Mana" - Due in 2024
Here's a sight for sore eyes if you're Mana fan - we're excited to announce an entirely new entry in the series coming in 2024: Visions of Mana (https://mana.square-enix-games.com/en-us)! This beautiful new game is the first mainline instalment in the Mana series in over 15 years and returns to its action-RPG roots for an expansive, vibrant adventure across a semi-open field. You can get a look at what to expect in the new trailer or read on and we'll tell you all about this exciting and vibrant new adventure!

What is Visions of Mana?
You take the role of Val - a curious and carefree young man who lives in the Fire Village of Tianeea. Once every four years, the Faerie visits regions of the world to choose alms - people who are fated to travel to the Tree of Mana, which presides over the world's vital flow of mana. Val invites his childhood friend to a festival to welcome the visitor, but as the night falls, the sky lights up with sparkling lights and the Faerie chooses her as the alm. With the blessings of his village, Val sets out on a journey to accompany his friend to the Tree of Mana as her soul guard.https://tpucdn.com/img/7XuOk095guA7Ojag_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/7XuOk095guA7Ojag.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/Ip1JULAXRm5JQwg3_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/Ip1JULAXRm5JQwg3.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/Ah9ZQ29MIc3swfCT_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/Ah9ZQ29MIc3swfCT.jpg)
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Corsair MP600 Micro M.2-2242 SSD Pictured
Corsair unveiled the MP600 Micro, an M.2 NVMe SSD in the M.2-2242 (42 mm long) form-factor, which is slightly larger than the MP600 Mini M.2-2230 drive that's designed for handhelds, and almost half the length of a regular MP600 series M.2-2280 drive. Corsair mentions that the drive should benefit devices such as the Legion Go handheld, although nearly all PCs, notebooks, and handhelds that have an M.2-2280 slot support mounting for M.2-2242. This drive could hint at an emerging trend for DRAMless drives that end up with wasted PCB space in the M.2-2280 form-factor.

The MP600 Micro takes advantage of PCI-Express 4.0 x4 host interface, offering sequential transfer rates of up to 5100 MB/s reads, with up to 4300 MB/s writes. The company also claims up to 600,000 IOPS QD32 random reads, and up to 890,000 IOPS QD32 random writes, as measured with IOmeter. The drive comes with a 1 TB capacity, is rated for 600 TBW endurance, and combines a Phison E21 series controller with Micron 176-layer 3D TLC NAND flash memory. We are seeing a $70 street price for the drive on Amazon.https://tpucdn.com/img/oSbzPztjYl2binWB_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/oSbzPztjYl2binWB.jpg)

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Intel "Sierra Forest" Xeon System Surfaces, Fails in Comparison to AMD Bergamo
Intel's upcoming Sierra Forest Xeon server chip has debuted on Geekbench 6 (https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/3885705), showcasing its potential in multi-core performance. Slated for release in the first half of 2024, Sierra Forest is equipped with up to 288 Efficiency cores, positioning it to compete with AMD's Zen 4c Bergamo server CPUs and other ARM-based server chips like those from Ampere for the favor of cloud service providers (CSP). In the Geekbench 6 benchmark, a dual-socket configuration featuring two 144-core Sierra Forest CPUs was tested. The benchmark revealed a notable multi-core score of 7,770, surpassing most dual-socket systems powered by Intel's high-end Xeon Platinum 8480+, which typically scores between 6,500 and 7,500. However, Sierra Forest's single-core score of 855 points was considerably lower, not even reaching half of that of the 8480+, which manages 1,897 points.

The difference in single-core performance is a matter of choice, as Sierra Forest uses Cresmont-derived Sierra Glen E-cores, which are more power and area-efficient, unlike the Golden Cove P-cores in the Sapphire Rapids-based 8480+. This design choice is particularly advantageous for server environments where high-core counts are crucial, as CSPs usually partition their instances by the number of CPU cores. However, compared to AMD's Bergamo CPUs, which use Zen 4c cores, Sierra Forest lacks pure computing performance, especially in multi-core. The Sierra Forest lacks hyperthreading, while Beragamo offers SMT with 256 threads on the 128-core SKU. Comparing the Geekbench 6 scores to AMD Bergamo EPYC 9754 and Sierra Forest results look a lot less impressive. Bergamo scored 1,597 points in single-core, almost double that of Sierra Forest, and 16,455 points in the multi-core benchmarks, which is more than double. This is a significant advantage of the Zen4c core, which cuts down on caches instead of being an entirely different core, as Intel does with its P and E-cores. However, these are just preliminary numbers; we must wait for real-world benchmarks to see the actual performance.https://tpucdn.com/img/TfhMpYS7fl9Hhl4k_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/TfhMpYS7fl9Hhl4k.jpg)

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Intel Releases Arc GPU Graphics Drivers 101.5074 Beta
Intel today released the latest version of Arc GPU Graphics Drivers. Version 101.5074 Beta adds optimization for "Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora," with an up to 8% performance uplift seen at 1080p with Ultra settings, as measured with an Arc A770 GPU. The drivers fix a handful of game-specific issues. Total War: Pharaoh exhibits display corruption upon changing game resolution on certain displays; which has been fixed. Application crashes with the original "Alan Wake" (DirectX 9) has been fixed. A colorful pixed corruption with "Cyberpunk 2077" has been fixed. Flickering pixels during gameplay with 4x MSAA enabled for "Counter Strike 2" has been fixed. A sporadic application crash with "Gostrunner 2" has been fixed. An application crash with "Far Cry 3" has been fixed.

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AMD Improves Stability and Frame-pacing of Fluid Motion Frames Preview Driver
AMD over the past months has been releasing periodic updates to its Fluid Motion Frames preview drivers. These are off-trunk drivers that serve to demonstrate the capabilities of Fluid Motion Frames (FMF), a technology that enables near-doubling of frame-rates for every game, through interpolation techniques, similar to what you find in consumer televisions. The tech works on DirectX 12 and DirectX 11 games, on Windows 10 and Windows 11 machines, and for Radeon RX 7000 series and RX 6000 series GPUs. The December 7th update is based on the Adrenalin 23.12.1 drivers (i.e. includes all changes and improvements AMD introduced with those drivers), plus enablement for FMF, although the driver isn't WHQL certified. With this release, AMD says that it introduced several application stability improvements for FMF. The company also reduced stutter and improved frame-pacing. Grab the driver from the link below.

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(PR) NVIDIA GeForce NOW Gets 17 New Games, Passes 100 PC Game Pass Titles
It's a fortuitous GFN Thursday with 17 new games joining the GeForce NOW library, including The Day Before, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and the 100th PC Game Pass title to join the cloud - Ori and the Will of the Wisps. This week also marks a milestone: over 500 games and applications now support RTX ON. GeForce NOW Ultimate and Priority members can experience cinematic ray tracing on nearly any device thanks to NVIDIA RTX-powered gaming rigs in the cloud. Check out the RTX ON game row in the GeForce NOW app to play even more titles featuring this stunning graphics technology.

Stayin' Alive
The Day Before, Fntastic's new open-world horror massively multiplayer online game, is a uniquely reimagined journey of survival set on the east coast of the present-day U.S. after the world has been overrun by zombies. Priority and Ultimate members can stream the game on nearly any device with support for RTX ON. Explore the beautifully detailed New Fortune City, filled with skyscrapers, massive malls and grand stadiums, with a variety of vehicles. Fight against other players and those infected by a deadly virus. Survive by collecting loot, completing quests and building houses - all on a day-and-night cycle. Help rebuild society from the comfort of the couch and across devices, streaming from the cloud. Priority members can build and survive at up to 1080p and 60 frames per second. Ultimate members can take advantage of longer session lengths, gain support for ultrawide resolutions and stream at up to 4K 120 FPS. Both memberships offer support for real-time ray tracing, bringing cinematic lighting to every zombie encounter.https://tpucdn.com/img/g9YozBw2Xucj8KES_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/g9YozBw2Xucj8KES.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/8fU0taX4SqdrtRGh_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/8fU0taX4SqdrtRGh.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/UvvQCvYHK6xpfcZt_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/UvvQCvYHK6xpfcZt.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/ota1PIo2LCZeYDn8_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/ota1PIo2LCZeYDn8.jpg)
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Fractal's Hannes Wallin Resigns as CEO, to Continue as Chairman
Fractal's Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Hannes Wallin, in a LinkedIn post, announced that he is resigning as CEO of the company with effect from January 1, Fractal's board has selected current VP of Sales, Jonas Holst, to succeed him as CEO on that date. Wallin will continue as Chairman of the company, and stated that he remains the company's largest shareholder, to reassure everyone that he remains interested in the growth of the company. He stated that his decision to resign as CEO is of his own accord, and that he believed it to be in the best interests of the company.https://tpucdn.com/img/QgMRlseOce5hNEt8_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/QgMRlseOce5hNEt8.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/hXfRgNkMqxheshHH_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/hXfRgNkMqxheshHH.jpg)

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QNAP Systems, Inc., a leading computing, and storage solutions innovator, today unveiled the new high-capacity TS-hx77AXU-RP ZFS NAS series, including 12-bay TS-h1277AXU-RP and 16-bay TS-h1677AXU-RP rackmount models powered by AMD Ryzen 7000 Series processors based on the cutting-edge AMD Socket AM5 platform. By integrating robust hardware and diverse I/O including DDR5 RAM, M.2 PCIe Gen 5, PCIe Gen 4 slots, and redundant power supplies, the TS-hx77AXU-RP series unleashes enterprise-level performance and delivers ultra-high bandwidth, futureproof expandability, and trusted reliability for performance-demanding Tier 2 storage, virtualization, 4K video editing, and PB-level storage applications.

"The whole new TS-hx77AXU-RP series ZFS NAS provides enterprises with superb performance and large storage capacity to tackle business-critical workloads and storage-demanding applications. The AMD Ryzen 7000 Series multi-core processors further unlocks the key performance of DDR5 and M.2 PCIe Gen 5," said Alex Shih, Product Manager of QNAP, adding "Paired with the ZFS file system that's most suited for business applications, the TS-hx77AXU-RP series stands out as the top choice for storage solutions that require uncompromising data integrity."https://tpucdn.com/img/aZzRwSCufIeGEKjt_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/aZzRwSCufIeGEKjt.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/ESPLMeF0ytVp1YbJ_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/ESPLMeF0ytVp1YbJ.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/s4LB4XYtGAaHr3tl_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/s4LB4XYtGAaHr3tl.jpg)
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MINISFORUM Outs a Desktop M-ITX Motherboard with Core i9-13900HX Hardwired Processor
MINISFORUM released the AR900i, an MoDT (mobile on desktop) motherboard in the Mini-ITX form factor that comes with a hardwired Intel Core i9-13900HX mobile processor and a pre-installed cooling solution. The board is priced at $560 on Amazon, with a limited-period $70-off coupon. This is good value, considering that the i9-13900HX is a maxed-out "Raptor Lake" based mobile processor that features all 8 P-cores, all 16 E-cores, and all 36 MB of shared L3 cache physically present on the "Raptor Lake" silicon. The P-cores boost up to 5.40 GHz, and the E-cores up to 3.90 GHz. The only catch with this processor compared to something like a desktop i9-13900, is its power specs that were originally designed for the power constraints of notebooks, with 55 W base power, and 157 W of maximum turbo power, compared to 225 W of the socketed i9-13900.

Since the Core i9-13900HX is a mobile BGA1964 package that remains hardwired to the board, it is not upgradable. MINISFORUM has designed a cooling solution specific to the processor, which uses a large aluminium fin-stack heatsink that relies on an 80 mm case fan for ventilation. There's a secondary fan-heatsink that provides cooling to two M.2-2280 slots north of the processor. Each of these two M.2 slots has a PCI-Express 5.0 x4 wiring, and using either of them subtracts 8 PCIe lanes from the board's sole expansion slot, a PCI-Express 5.0 x16. The board features an M.2 E-key slot that you can pair with your own WLAN card, it comes with provision for dual-MIMO ready antennas. The processor is wired to two DDR5 SO-DIMM slots supporting up to 96 GB of memory. The board draws power from a 24-pin ATX and a single 8-pin EPS, which should prove sufficient for this processor.https://tpucdn.com/img/V051rQlLAA6CAjNr_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/V051rQlLAA6CAjNr.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/Ys7wPegcTE9maPpR_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/Ys7wPegcTE9maPpR.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/ZG8gy4izt5B1B3mX_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/ZG8gy4izt5B1B3mX.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/JgtsL5DydhwXoRh4_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/JgtsL5DydhwXoRh4.jpg)

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NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Professional GPU Surfaces in Driver Changelogs
NVIDIA dropped the first mention of its upcoming RTX 5880 Ada Generation graphics card. Targeting professional visualization applications, NVIDIA's RTX pro-vis GPUs get features such as ECC-enabled memory, and certifications for nearly every content creation application out there, along with prioritized product support. The latest RTX Production Branch driver, version 537.99 WHQL lists support for the RTX 5880 Ada Generation GPU as the top item in its "new features" section.

At this point, one can only speculate what the specs of the RTX 5880 Ada Generation could be, given that the company already has the RTX 5000 Ada Generation covering the upper-mid segment its pro-vis portfolio. Although based on the "AD102," the RTX 5000 Ada Generation uses a narrower 256-bit ECC GDDR6 memory interface driving 32 GB of memory. NVIDIA has given this SKU 100 SM (streaming multiprocessors), which goes above the 80 available on the "AD103." Positioned above the RTX 5000 Ada Generation is the RTX 6000 Ada Generation, featuring 48 GB of ECC GDDR6 memory across the full 384-bit memory bus of the "AD104," with 142 out of 144 SM enabled. The RTX 5880 Ada Generation probably fills the gap between the two with a higher SM count, and a wider memory bus, with more memory.https://tpucdn.com/img/HabIwf3UDScnUqmD_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/HabIwf3UDScnUqmD.jpg)

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ZenTimings 1.3.1 Released with Ryzen 7045 "Dragon Range" Support
ZenTimings is a lightweight utility created by Ivan Rusanov, which detects memory timings and readable memory sub-system voltages of your AMD Ryzen machine. The utility comes particularly handy to look up sub-timings specific to AMD Ryzen processors that you otherwise won't find on Intel systems, but prove critical in stabilizing your memory overclock. With version 1.3.1, ZenTimings adds support for Ryzen 7045 series "Dragon Range" mobile processors. The utility also gets support for VDDIO reading on Ryzen 7000 series and 6000 series processors that use DDR5 memory. Issues with detecting the power table on some machines, has been fixed. Grab the latest ZenTimings from the link below.

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No Overclocking and Lower TGP for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D Edition for China
NVIDIA is preparing to launch the GeForce RTX 4090 D, or "Dragon" edition (https://www.techpowerup.com/316215/nvidia-readies-geforce-rtx-4090-d-for-china-to-comply-with-u-s-export-controls), designed explicitly for China. Circumventing the US export rules of GPUs that could potentially be used for AI acceleration, the GeForce RTX 4090 D is reportedly cutting back on overclocking as a feature. According to BenchLife, the AD102-250 GPU used in the RTX 4090 D will be a stranger to overclocking, as the card will not support it, possibly being disabled by firmware and/or physically in the die. The information from @Zed__Wang (https://twitter.com/Zed__Wang/status/1732299018443898966) suggests that the Dragon version will be running at 2280 MHz base frequency, higher than the 2235 MHz of AD102-300 found in the regular RTX 4090, and 2520 MHz boost, matching the regular version.

Interestingly, the RTX 4090 D for China will also feature a slightly lower Total Graphics Power (TGP) of 425 Watts, down from the 450 Watts of the regular model. With memory configuration appearing to be the same, this new China-specific model will most likely perform within a few percent of the original design. Higher base frequency probably indicates a lack of a few CUDA cores to comply with the US export regulation policy and serve the Chinese GPU market. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D is scheduled for rollout in January 2024 in China, which is just a few weeks away.https://tpucdn.com/img/I4laKJUQtiM6W5FF_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/I4laKJUQtiM6W5FF.jpg)

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LogoFAIL Vulnerability Affects Almost Every PC Running Windows and Linux
Binarly's research team has discovered a collection of security vulnerabilities known as "LogoFAIL", which affects image parsing components within the UEFI firmware of a wide array of devices. These vulnerabilities are especially concerning because they are embedded within the reference code provided by Independent BIOS Vendors (IBVs), affecting not just a single vendor but a broad spectrum of devices that utilize this code. LogoFAIL is particularly dangerous because it allows attackers to bypass crucial security measures such as Secure Boot and Intel Boot Guard by executing a payload during the device's boot process. This is achieved by storing malicious images on the EFI System Partition or within unsigned sections of firmware updates. This method can compromise system security deeply without altering the runtime integrity of the bootloader or firmware, unlike other threats such as BlackLotus or BootHole.

The potential reach of LogoFAIL vulnerability is rather wide, with millions of consumer and enterprise-grade devices from various vendors, including ones like Intel, Acer, and Lenovo, being vulnerable. The exact list of affected devices is still undetermined, but the prevalence of the IBVs' code across numerous devices suggests that the impact could be widespread, with both Windows and Linux users being affected. Only PCs that don't allow any logotype displayed in the UEFI during the boot process are safe. Apple's Macs are secure as they don't allow any add-on images during boot, and some OEM prebuilt PCs, like the ones from Dell, don't allow images in the UEFI. Some makers like Lenovo, AMI, and Insyde have already published notes about cautiously uploading custom images to the UEFI and providing BIOS updates. Consumers and enterprises must check with their OEMs and IBVs for BIOS microcode updates to patch against this vulnerability.https://tpucdn.com/img/C86aep1QcTrHjvjj_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/C86aep1QcTrHjvjj.jpg)
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(PR) Alphacool Unveils New Core Flat Reservoirs
The Alphacool Core Flat Reservoir not only looks sleek with its aRGB lighting, but also offers flexibility with a total of 5 connections. The reservoir is made entirely of acrylic. The installation of a D5 or VPP pump is required for operation. Due to its flat design, the Core Flat Reservoir also fits in small cases.

Core Design
A key element of Alphacool's Core Design series are the chrome-plated G1/4" connections made of brass. In the Core Flat Reservoir, the connections are recessed rather than screwed into a thread, bypassing the problem of possible leaks due to cracking from the direct screwing of the connections into the acrylic. The connections are in two parts, fitted with an O-ring and counter each other when mounted in the acrylic. This not only ensures absolute sealing of each connection, but also allows for the clear and functional appearance of the Alphacool Core Design series.https://tpucdn.com/img/e5JhBRO6TqauyCzK_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/e5JhBRO6TqauyCzK.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/54qNoHrZT4C5wD4Y_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/54qNoHrZT4C5wD4Y.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/LmpSqJBjmJhYcy5V_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/LmpSqJBjmJhYcy5V.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/hHJJLYwopgvhG4SC_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/hHJJLYwopgvhG4SC.jpg)
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(PR) ENERMAX Announces Complimentary Mounting Upgrades for AMD's New Threadripper 7000 Series Processors
ENERMAX, an industry-leading force dedicated to designing high-performance computer hardware and cooling solutions, today announced the AMD sTR5 upgrade kit for its LIQTECH TR4 II AIO CPU cooler series, which makes it possible to upgrade the coolers to the latest AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series processors and Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7000 WX-Series processors. The complimentary AMD sTR5 upgrade kit will bridge the gap between different specifications and avoid extra electronic waste through forced upgrades.

As the world's first AIO CPU cooler tailored to complete coverage of the integrated heat spreader (IHS) of AMD Ryzen Threadripper processors, the larger cooling block can cover more of the Threadripper 7000 series heat spreader. This is especially important for processors that feature more than 64 cores, specifically the 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX processor. With the new upgrade kit, the LIQTECH TR4 II series will support the new TRX50 and WRX90 motherboards, and it will ensure the best cooling results for your Threadripper workstations and servers.https://tpucdn.com/img/RbypRdmIbFrHXn3q_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/RbypRdmIbFrHXn3q.jpg)
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(PR) Supermicro Extends AI and GPU Rack Scale Solutions with Support for AMD Instinct MI300 Series Accelerators
Supermicro, Inc., a Total IT Solution Manufacturer for AI, Cloud, Storage, and 5G/Edge, is announcing three new additions to its AMD-based H13 generation of GPU Servers, optimized to deliver leading-edge performance and efficiency, powered by the new AMD Instinct MI300 Series accelerators. Supermicro's powerful rack scale solutions with 8-GPU servers with the AMD Instinct MI300X OAM configuration are ideal for large model training.

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"The Day Before" is an open-world post-apocalyptic horror/survivor game that released to much fanfare on December 7. Like most games released in the past 3-odd decades, it's a little rough along the edges at launch, which its developer is expected to smoothen out with regular game patches over the following weeks or months even; if only there was a developer left. Fntastic, the game's developer, ceased operations as a business on December 11.

Everyone who pre-ordered the game and bought it after the December 7 release date, still has it; but they now stare at the prospect of a game that potentially has gameplay breaking bugs and other issues that will never be fixed. Steam's refund policy sets a 2-hour gameplay deadline in which to decide if you like what you're playing, and get a refund otherwise. Predictably, there is a large class of gamers who have played more than 2 hours, but yet are left with a potentially broken product that's no longer supported by its developer, just 3 days into its launch. Gamers took to Reddit come draft a template for support e-mails to send to Steam, requesting refunds. The store responded, and made an exception for owners of "The Day Before" to seek refunds, even if they've crossed the 2-hour gameplay limit.https://tpucdn.com/img/vKRHUDcEPr186BjD_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/vKRHUDcEPr186BjD.jpg)

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Raijintek Intros Arcadia III MS4 Mid-tower Case
Raijintek introduced the Arcadia III MS4 (mesh) ATX mid-tower case. Its designers tried to strike a balance between clearance for large graphics cards, and long water cooling radiators mounted along the front panel, and taking advantage of the large mesh intake. The case offers clearance for CPU coolers up to 165 mm in height, graphics cards up to 36.5 cm in length (with a radiator occupying the front intake); and motherboards that are ATX (or smaller). The case features a conventional horizontally partitioned layout.

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(PR) Trust Announces GXT490 Fayzo USB Gaming Headset with 7.1 Virtual Surround and RGB Lighting
Leading digital lifestyle accessories brand, Trust Electronics Ltd, is thrilled to introduce the GXT490 Fayzo 7.1 USB RGB Virtual 7.1 surround sound Gaming Headset, an exceptional over-ear wired gaming headset designed for PC, laptops, consoles, and other 3.5 mm devices. Made with 85% recycled plastics, the Trust GXT490 Fayzo 7.1 gaming headset allows gamers to take on challenges in-game and do their part for the planet in real life too. The Trust GXT 490 Fayzo 7.1 USB Headset is available from Very for £39.99.

The Fayzo 7.1 USB Gaming Headset has been designed for those who want to hear every footstep, word, shot and more. Virtual 7.1 surround sound transports players right to the centre of the game, whilst the noise-cancelling microphone ensures no background noise gets picked up whilst you're playing. Multicolour RGB lighting with three colour modes add a pop of cool colour for a stylish setup, and the extra-long USB connection cable makes it easy to connect to PC or PlayStation. With the possibility to use the included PC software to tune the headset's EQ, it can even be customised to provide the ideal sound experience for every player.https://tpucdn.com/img/jBmhA04nLTMQau74_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/jBmhA04nLTMQau74.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/9U8yTHGgMIQfIpBd_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/9U8yTHGgMIQfIpBd.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/M2vTC0NaN8wv8sA2_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/M2vTC0NaN8wv8sA2.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/ifLbFp55Bo4xRvX7_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/ifLbFp55Bo4xRvX7.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/NZL7s8GZgbNUVoJk_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/NZL7s8GZgbNUVoJk.jpg)
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Sony PlayStation 5 Pro Packs an Updated RDNA3 GPU with 60 CU
Sony is developing the PlayStation 5 Pro console that targets higher refresh-rate gaming at 4K Ultra HD, or higher in-game eye-candy, given its faster hardware. Details about the console are few and far between, given its late-2024 tentative release, but by now the company would have co-developed its semi-custom SoC, so it could spend the next year extensively testing and optimizing it, before mass production in the 2-3 quarters leading up to the launch. Kepler_L2 and Tom Henderson on Twitter are fairly reliable sources for PlayStation hardware leaks, and piecing their recent posts together, VideoCardz compiled the most probable specs of the SoC at the heart of the PlayStation 5 Pro.

The semi-custom SoC powering the PlayStation 5 Pro is co-developed by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) and AMD; and is codenamed "Viola." The monolithic chip is built on the TSMC N4P foundry node (4 nm EUV), which is a big upgrade from the 7 nm DUV node on which the "Oberon" SoC powering the original PlayStation 5, and 6 nm DUV node powering the "Oberon Plus" SoC of the refreshed PS5, are based on. Sony is leaving the CPU component largely untouched, it is an 8-core/16-thread unit based on the "Zen 2" microarchitecture, spread across two 4-core CCXs. The CPU has a maximum boost frequency of 4.40 GHz, dialed up from the 3.50 GHz maximum boost of "Oberon." The iGPU is where all the magic happens.https://tpucdn.com/img/smvp3AtRGc3xKMev_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/smvp3AtRGc3xKMev.jpg)
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(PR) Noctua Presents NF-A4x10 24V PWM 40mm Fan
Noctua today presented the long-awaited 24 V version of its award-winning NF-A4x10 40 mm fan. Bringing the NF-A4x10's renowned quiet cooling performance to the 24 V space, the fan is ideal for 24 V-based 3D printers as well as various other 24 V applications. Supporting speed control via PWM and topped off with the included OmniJoin adaptor set, NA-AC9 adaptor cable for popular 3D printers (e.g. Creality Ender 3 & CR-10, Anycubic Mega), Low-Noise Adaptor and 6-year manufacturer's warranty, the NF-A4x10 24 V PWM is a premium choice through and through.

"With the NA-VC1 voltage converter that we've released this June, we now have an elegant and flexible solution for running any of our 12 V fans in 24 V environments", says Roland Mossig (Noctua CEO). "However, we see so much demand for 24 V-based 40 mm fans both from the 3D printing community and industry clients that we also want to offer our popular NF-A4x10 in a native 24 V version."https://tpucdn.com/img/anUpBSIAO6ZMdZmV_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/anUpBSIAO6ZMdZmV.jpg)
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Intel Core Ultra 5 125H Squares off Against AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS in Benchmark Leak
The Intel Core Ultra 5 125H is designed to be a middle-of-the-market processor SKU from Intel's next generation "Meteor Lake" processor family. It comes with a CPU core configuration of 14-core/18-thread. That's 4P+8E+2L (four performance cores, eight efficiency cores, two low-power island cores), although with a full featured Xe-LPG iGPU that has all 8 Xe cores (128 EU) enabled. The chip is normally rated for a 28 W power envelope, although OEMs such as Lenovo have developed a custom 65 W "power mode," which raises the base power value.

A Chinese PC enthusiast with access to an unreleased Lenovo notebook based on this processor, including Lenovo's 65 W Mode toggle, benchmarked it, and compared it with a notebook powered by an AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS "Phoenix" processor (8-core/16-thread, "Zen 4," Radeon 780M iGPU with all 12 compute units enabled); and another notebook powered by Intel's current middle-of-market chip in the H-segment, the Core i5-13500H "Raptor Lake" (4P+8E, Xe-LP iGPU with 5 Xe cores or 80 EU). The results were a little unexpected. The Xe-LPG iGPU of the 125H is shown beating both the Radeon 780M of the Ryzen, and the Xe-LP iGPU of the i5-13500H, with the highest 3DMark Time Spy and Fire Strike scores in the comparison. The Xe-LPG iGPU is 15% faster than the Radeon 780M in Time Spy, and 6% faster in Fire Strike. It's a whopping 70% faster than the Xe-LP iGPU of the "Raptor Lake" chip in this comparison. Things are shockingly different on the CPU performance front for the "Meteor Lake" chip.https://tpucdn.com/img/gA36e2iDMmGqBspe_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/gA36e2iDMmGqBspe.jpg)
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Elmor Labs Unveils its own Overclock Panel Accessory
Elmor Labs unveiled plans for its own OCP (overclock panel) accessory, which combines the most important machine controls and diagnostic readouts from a compatble motherboard into a handy desktop gadget, so overclockers don't crane their neck over to the test bench while staring at a black screen between OC attempts. ASUS has developed such an accessory a few years ago, although the last such device was released almost a decade ago during the Socket LGA1150 days, and although ASUS continued to release high-end motherboards with the OCP headers, the panel itself has been hard to come by in the market. This is what Elmor hopes to address.

Elmor's panel looks like a scientific instrument, a big departure from the ROG aesthetic of ASUS's OCP. Each of its buttons is an bare SMD switch that imitates the look of some 2-pin threaded connectors on instruments. There is a monochrome LED matrix display that puts out pretty much all the real-time monitoring and diagnostic readouts as the ASUS OCP. Elmor Labs hasn't put out pricing information yet.https://tpucdn.com/img/tPkunUTTRClPva2L_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/tPkunUTTRClPva2L.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/iV51iOjzZ4FbuGX9_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/iV51iOjzZ4FbuGX9.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/RWfikUriopQ5vsGa_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/RWfikUriopQ5vsGa.jpg)

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Akasa introduced a couple of new accessories designed to solve the problem of an obtuse cable bend of the 16-pin 12VHPWR power cable that compounds the problem of tall high-end graphics cards not getting along well with some of the more compact PC cases—of which Akasa specializes in. These include the G-Nexus P24, and G-Nexus PX24. The G-Nexus P24 is a solid-state L-shaped adapter and connector converter. One of its sides has three 8-pin PCIe power connectors, which it converts to a 12VPWR on the other end, at a 90° angle. This 12VHPWR is rated for 450 W, which should cover all RTX 40-series graphics cards up to the RTX 4080. It might be possible to even pair this with an RTX 4090, though the 450 W connector power limit could take the edge off overclocked performance. All custom RTX 4090 cards include a 600 W-rated adapter cable (that demand four 8-pin PCIe inputs).

The Akasa G-Nexus PX24 is a slightly different take on this concept, with a 30 cm cable between the 12VHPWR (which is held at a 90° angle), and the other end that has the three 8-pin PCIe inputs, arranged next to each other on a single piece. It's important to note here, that while Akasa is converting three 8-pin PCIe (3x 150 W) to a 12VHPWR on both accessories, the connector has its signal pins set to tell the graphics card that it is capable of delivering 600 W. This would obviously mean that any continuous load above 450 W would go above the 150 W specification limit of the PCIe connectors. The company didn't reveal pricing.https://tpucdn.com/img/6KYWx14QRFxVERip_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/6KYWx14QRFxVERip.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/UuAF5NhdtV56hgOV_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/UuAF5NhdtV56hgOV.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/WcohTJDy7QmGRTO3_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/WcohTJDy7QmGRTO3.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/Klp7EjKVGaeDc1Xc_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/Klp7EjKVGaeDc1Xc.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/9W4N0aZy7RjXsum7_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/9W4N0aZy7RjXsum7.jpg)

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Jonsbo Designs a Unique D-type Cooler with 92mm Fans
Jonsbo unveiled what is possibly the most "compact" CPU cooler in the D-type (dual fin-stack) design. The new CR-1400 DV2 by Jonsbo is just 136 mm tall with its fans in place, but rocks two aluminium fin-stacks, a shrouded fan-mound, and uses a pair of 92 mm fans to ventilate its heatsink in a push-pull arrangement. The cooler has some decent specs despite its supposedly diminutive height. Six 6 mm-thick nickel-plated copper heatpipes make direct contact with the CPU at the base, with their ends passing through the two aluminium fin-stacks, which are ventilated by two 92 mm fans, one of which pushes fresh air through the first fin-stack, and the second positioned between the two fin-stacks, conveying air onto the second stack. Both stacks are covered by a cooler shroud that holds onto the fans, and comes with an ARGB illuminated top-plate.

Each of the two included 92 mm fans features a fluid-dynamic bearings rated for over 40,000 hours, turns at speeds ranging between 800 to 2,500 RPM, pushing between 11.95 to 38.2 CFM of airflow, at 0.25 to 2.00 mm H₂O static pressure, and a noise output ranging between 22.3 to 33.8 dBA. The fans each take in 4-pin PWM input for the main function, and 3-pin ARGB for the lighting. Only the "push" fan features ARGB lighting through LEDs located in the impeller hub. The hub features an infinity reflection design element. With its fan in place, the cooler measures 92 mm x 144 mm x 136 mm (WxDxH), the company didn't mention weight. The cooler comes in two variants based on color, Black and White (which changes the color of the shroud and fan frames. Among the CPU socket types supported are LGA1700, AM5, LGA1200, and AM4. The company didn't reveal pricing information.https://tpucdn.com/img/EPyd1zmHoXZloAEt_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/EPyd1zmHoXZloAEt.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/bbtiGJQno1Iko2Ok_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/bbtiGJQno1Iko2Ok.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/ocDWppprR6T0cAJD_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/ocDWppprR6T0cAJD.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/NzOgPHAgi2MIhiRZ_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/NzOgPHAgi2MIhiRZ.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/KMYr6GgLeCyhkGVe_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/KMYr6GgLeCyhkGVe.jpg)

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Thermaltake Announces ToughRAM RC DDR5-5600 48GB Memory Kit
Thermaltake announced the ToughRAM RC DDR5 memory kit in its first non-binary (24 GB of 48 GB) capacity. Model number RA50D524GX2-5600C46A comes with a capacity of 48 GB (2x 24 GB), and supports both Intel XMP and AMD EXPO profiles for a frequency of DDR5-5600 with timings of 46-46-46-90 at 1.1 V. The modules lack any RGB lighting but come with preparation for the company's Floe RC liquid cooling for memory; or an RGB lighting kit. Thermaltake is backing these with lifetime warranty. We expect a street price of $150.https://tpucdn.com/img/wkr5g3xE4bfoEoRM_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/wkr5g3xE4bfoEoRM.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/SYakgkF6qXUZRbdf_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/SYakgkF6qXUZRbdf.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/BS2KIi5XVeUHB1cu_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/BS2KIi5XVeUHB1cu.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/c2Nv37etCWpo2t6N_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/c2Nv37etCWpo2t6N.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/LoqhGFmoWxdaylkS_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/LoqhGFmoWxdaylkS.jpg)

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(PR) Viper Gaming Announces Viper Elite 5 TUF Gaming Alliance RGB DDR5
Patriot Memory, a leading manufacturer of high-performance enthusiast memory modules, SSDs, flash storage and gaming peripherals, has announced the upcoming release of Viper Gaming's first-ever collaboration with ASUS' gaming division, TUF Gaming: The Viper Elite 5 TUF Gaming Alliance RGB DDR5 series.

As a bold new take on the recently released Viper Elite 5 performance memory series, the Viper Elite 5 TUF Gaming Alliance RGB DDR5 series is certified by ASUS' TUF Gaming Alliance and features high-performance transfer speeds of up to 6,600MT/s, capacities of up to 48 GB and tuned overclock support for XMP 3.0 and AMD EXPO on select models. The Viper Elite 5 TUF Gaming Alliance RGB DDR5 series offers the latest in top-tier performance for gamers, tech enthusiasts and creatives alike. The Viper Elite 5 TUF Gaming Alliance RGB DDR5 series also features unique branding and design combining Viper Gaming and TUF Gaming alongside the Viper Elite 5's one-of-a-kind matte white heatshield with an RGB lightbar.https://tpucdn.com/img/6n0WAwtL3cpiQ0Bx_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/6n0WAwtL3cpiQ0Bx.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/Wv8s0IoAPQmn35Oo_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/Wv8s0IoAPQmn35Oo.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/2h9Us1J3hKH4zqvP_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/2h9Us1J3hKH4zqvP.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/K4r5YEumWswKQFyT_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/K4r5YEumWswKQFyT.jpg)
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QNAP Systems, Inc., a leading computing, and storage solutions innovator, today officially launched the brand-new Thunderbolt 4 all-flash NASbook TBS-h574TX that streamlines video production workflows from pre-production to post-production with boosted productivity. The compact TBS-h574TX provides all-flash low-latency storage with five E1.S/M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD slots, high-speed I/O, and 13th Gen Intel Core hybrid-architecture computing power. With innovative hot-swappable M.2 SSD support, the TBS-h574TX optimizes Mac and Windows PC creators experience in online video editing, large file transfer, video transcoding, and backup. The portable and easy-to-to use design makes the NASbook ideal for video shooting sites, post-production teams, small studios, and SOHO users.

"Mobility and serviceability are critical for the success of fast-paced audiovisual projects. The TBS-h574TX NASbook is designed with 2.54 liters in volume and is smaller than A4 paper. Compared to Apple Mac Studio, the compact TBS-h574TX has reduced its size by nearly 31%, allowing production teams to easily place it in various types of multimedia toolboxes and desktop environments," said Andy Chuang, Product Manager of QNAP, adding "The highly-anticipated hot-swappable support for M.2 NVMe SSDs further provides serviceability that resolves the inconvenience faced by production team when replacing SSDs."https://tpucdn.com/img/ugwNjS6fVmyjRpYA_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/ugwNjS6fVmyjRpYA.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/EQeAQMtIdIFbXH8l_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/EQeAQMtIdIFbXH8l.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/LrRXWUCTV8qhVdXV_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/LrRXWUCTV8qhVdXV.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/SSzv4k275QAPhL9J_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/SSzv4k275QAPhL9J.jpg)
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(PR) Zyxel Networks Announces Availability of 22 Gbps WiFi 7 Access Point
Zyxel Networks, a leader in delivering secure, AI- and cloud-powered business and home networking solutions, today announced the availability of WBE660S WiFi 7 BE22000 Triple-Radio NebulaFlex Pro Access Point, its first WiFi 7 access point for managed service providers (MSPs) and small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs).

The enterprise-grade WBE660S features a triple radio BE22000 architecture and utilizes a wider 320 MHz channel to deliver speeds up to five times faster than WiFi 6/6E solutions. WBE660S enhances the user experience by providing seamless, latency-free connectivity to optimize high-bandwidth applications such as video streaming, broadcasting, online gaming, and VR/AR.https://tpucdn.com/img/ekFc27h7E6TlDWMm_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/ekFc27h7E6TlDWMm.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/OGoCPsVZYMd1w31n_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/OGoCPsVZYMd1w31n.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/r4hcLx3xbj8BUtCa_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/r4hcLx3xbj8BUtCa.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/qPO4d8J4BUrNLwZi_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/qPO4d8J4BUrNLwZi.jpg)
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GALAX Intros China-exclusive GeForce RTX 4070 20th Anniversary Edition
GALAX is a much older brand than it looks, dating back to 2003, when it did business as "Galaxy," selling custom-design GeForce 400 series graphics cards with its signature shade of deep blue for the PCB, and Zalman-sourced coolers. The company is celebrating its 20th anniversary, at least in its largest market of China, where it launched a special edition GeForce RTX 4070 Ada graphics card, called simply the 20th Anniversary Edition.

The card features an all-white look, and an interesting cooler airflow design. The card is no more than 2 slots thick, and features a slender aluminium fin-stack heatsink. Two of its three fans are located on the obverse side of the card. There is an intake where you'd expect the third fan to be, which is actually on the reverse side of the card, blowing outward (pulling air through the heatsink, much like NVIDIA's dual-axial flow-through cooler in some of its Founders Edition cards. The card uses a single 8-pin PCIe power connector, which has been tucked away behind a magnetic cover. The card offers factory overclocked speeds of 2610 MHz maximum boost, compared to 2475 MHz reference (+5.5%). The company didn't reveal pricing.https://tpucdn.com/img/poNx4HMGLRWocbCS_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/poNx4HMGLRWocbCS.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/vtGd4AXkg3ecZjMe_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/vtGd4AXkg3ecZjMe.jpg)

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(PR) Porsche Design and AGON by AOC Unveil PD49 Curved Gaming Monitor
Porsche Design is again collaborating with AGON by AOC, one of the world's leading gaming monitor and IT accessories brands, to present the Porsche Design | AOC AGON PRO PD49 curved gaming monitor - a combination of award-winning design and technological prowess and a statement of style and performance. Crowned by the "iF Design Award 2023" and the "Red Dot Award: Product Design 2023" and powered by a state-of-the-art QD-OLED panel in a 49" (124.46 cm) size and 32:9 aspect ratio, the PD49 delivers e-sports level performance for high-end competition: 240 Hz refresh rate and 0.03 ms GtG response time.

With a thickness of approximately 5 mm, the PD49 houses a curved, extremely thin QD-OLED panel that stretches over a commanding 49" display. Its 1800R curvature encompasses the user's entire field of view. Boasting a breath-taking Double QHD resolution of 5120 × 1440 pixels, it is set to redefine visual experiences. Achieving a peak brightness of 1000 nits and certified with VESA DisplayHDR True Black 400, it showcases radiant visuals, deeply saturated with 1.07 billion colours thanks to its 10-bit colour depth, covering 99% of the DCI-P3 colour range. With exceptional HDR reproduction, the PD49 becomes a window to magnificent game worlds in story-driven, single-player games. With an e-sports ready refresh rate of 240 Hz and a performant response time of 0.03 ms Grey-to-Grey (GtG), ghosting becomes a relic of the past. Thanks to the inclusion of Adaptive-Sync for variable refresh rate support, every game sequence flows with tear-free, immersive continuity.https://tpucdn.com/img/9iU9IX66xOb9bfjC_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/9iU9IX66xOb9bfjC.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/2FBn1d6KdDrFNRp1_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/2FBn1d6KdDrFNRp1.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/ShPjgVmrspWh2Pzs_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/ShPjgVmrspWh2Pzs.jpg)
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(PR) China Continues to Enhance AI Chip Self-Sufficiency, but High-End AI Chip Development Remains Constrained
Huawei's subsidiary HiSilicon has made significant strides in the independent R&D of AI chips, launching the next-gen Ascend 910B. These chips are utilized not only in Huawei's public cloud infrastructure but also sold to other Chinese companies. This year, Baidu ordered over a thousand Ascend 910B chips from Huawei to build approximately 200 AI servers. Additionally, in August, Chinese company iFlytek, in partnership with Huawei, released the "Gemini Star Program," a hardware and software integrated device for exclusive enterprise LLMs, equipped with the Ascend 910B AI acceleration chip, according to TrendForce's research.

TrendForce conjectures that the next-generation Ascend 910B chip is likely manufactured using SMIC's N+2 process. However, the production faces two potential risks. Firstly, as Huawei recently focused on expanding its smartphone business, the N+2 process capacity at SMIC is almost entirely allocated to Huawei's smartphone products, potentially limiting future capacity for AI chips. Secondly, SMIC remains on the Entity List, possibly restricting access to advanced process equipment.https://tpucdn.com/img/Yw6C2r74yQy9pRsY_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/Yw6C2r74yQy9pRsY.jpg)
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(PR) Synology Launches VS600HD, an Efficient TV-wall Solution for Surveillance Station
Synology today announced the launch of the VisualStation VS600HD, a compact monitoring and management client for Synology Surveillance Station. VS600HD supports up to dual 4K displays and is easily VESA mountable behind monitors, enabling space-efficient TV-wall deployments for security teams. "VS600HD makes it extremely simple to create a custom monitoring solution," said Joseph Liang, Product Manager for Synology surveillance products. "We designed VS600HD to be practically plug-and-play, allowing for energy and space-efficient monitoring and management of cameras, access control, and more."

With dual 4K HDMI outputs, each VS600HD supports concurrently displaying up to 50 camera feeds arranged across two displays. Multiple VS600HDs can be deployed in tandem to support more extensive video monitoring needs. Depending on the needs of the deployment, customizable access to camera controls, maps, previous recordings, and more can be enabled to allow for faster security incident response. Surveillance Station supports per-user permissions and delegation for maximum flexibility.https://tpucdn.com/img/NWHZ1LYbzeW1z1Q6_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/NWHZ1LYbzeW1z1Q6.jpg)
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(PR) JEDEC Publishes New CAMM2 Memory Module Standard
JEDEC Solid State Technology Association, the global leader in the development of standards for the microelectronics industry, today announced the publication of JESD318: Compression Attached Memory Module (CAMM2) Common Standard. This groundbreaking standard defines the electrical and mechanical requirements for both Double Data Rate, Synchronous DRAM Compression-Attached Memory Modules (DDR5 SDRAM CAMM2s) and Low Power Double Data Rate, Synchronous DRAM Compression-Attached Memory Modules (LPDDR5/5X SDRAM CAMM2s) in a single, comprehensive document. JESD318 CAMM2 is available for download from the JEDEC website.

DDR5 and LPDDR5/5X CAMM2s cater to distinct use cases. DDR5 CAMM2s are intended for performance notebooks and mainstream desktops, while LPDDR5/5X CAMM2s target a broader range of notebooks and certain server market segments.https://tpucdn.com/img/HTfDi8E3X28dwzur_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/HTfDi8E3X28dwzur.jpg)
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Intel Demos 3D Transistors, RibbonFET, and PowerVia Technologies
During the 69th annual IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), Intel demonstrated some of its latest transistor design and manufacturing advancements. The first one in line is the 3D integration of transistors. According to Intel, the company has successfully stacked complementary field effect transistors (CFET) at a scaled gate pitch down to 60 nm. With CFETs promising thinner gate channels, the 3D stacked CFET would allow for higher density by going vertically and horizontally. Intel's 7 node has a 54 nm gate pitch, meaning CFETs are already close to matching production-ready nodes. With more time and development, we expect to see 3D stacked CFETs in the production runs in the coming years.

Next, Intel has demonstrated RibbonFET technology, a novel approach that is the first new transistor architecture since the introduction of FinFET in 2012. Using ribbon-shaped channels surrounded by the gate, these transistors allow for better control and higher drive current at all voltage levels. This allows faster transistor switching speeds, which later lead to higher frequency and performance. The width of these nanoribbon channels can be modulated depending on the application, where low-power mobile applications use less current, making the channels thinner, and high-performance applications require more current, making the channels wider. One stack of nanoribbons can achieve the same drive current as multiple fins found in FinFET but at a smaller footprint.https://tpucdn.com/img/YR03IYaYYbTNw2jD_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/YR03IYaYYbTNw2jD.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/QKsOHan2IrdhHodA_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/QKsOHan2IrdhHodA.jpg)
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MINISFORUM has just unveiled its latest entry-level office Mini PC, the UN100L, with a pre-sale price of $209 for the 16+512 GB version. This compact system is tailored for cost-effective entry-level markets, equipped with the 12th generation Intel N100 processor. It is particularly suitable for small and medium-sized business users with text-based office requirements and can also function as a set-top box.

The MINISFORUM UN100L features the 12th generation Intel Alder Lake-N100 ultra-low power processor, boasting four cores and four threads. With a baseline TDP power consumption as low as 6 W, it excels in energy efficiency compared to other processors. Simultaneously, its turbo boost performance can reach up to 9 W, a 30% improvement over the previous N5105 generation, fully satisfying the general home use needs of ordinary users. In terms of storage, the UN100L is equipped with 16 GB LPDDR5-4800 low-power, high-performance memory, enhancing data bandwidth. It incorporates an M.2 2280 PCIe 3.0 SSD while also supporting TF cards and 2.5-inch HDD, leading in storage expandability within its price range and suitable for use as a lightweight NAS.https://tpucdn.com/img/wxiUIgtBcN4m9pVc_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/wxiUIgtBcN4m9pVc.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/JIakmft94BF3bgtK_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/JIakmft94BF3bgtK.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/ZJgCxJJbWJBnNq76_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/ZJgCxJJbWJBnNq76.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/ZNy4bXbYqbnjkEUx_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/ZNy4bXbYqbnjkEUx.jpg)
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(PR) Chieftec Unveils Apex and Apex Air Cases
CHIEFTEC is excited to announce the launch of our newest family of E-ATX Gaming Cases in the APEX Series - a series that starts with the A-RGB-Glass APEX and Mesh Airflow focused APEX AIR. The APEX case features a sleek and modern design, accentuated by a tempered glass panel that not only showcases your powerful hardware but also includes 4 pre-installed 120 mm ARGB fans with control-hub adding a touch of elegance to your setup. The ARGB fans offer a spectrum of pre-programmed color modes, as well as A-RGB mainboard sync, allowing you to customize the lighting according to your mood or gaming rig theme.https://tpucdn.com/img/Vhq8gJ4n86Be8BJZ_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/Vhq8gJ4n86Be8BJZ.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/Tgn7QZDDVxkYTamH_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/Tgn7QZDDVxkYTamH.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/93cSpFvCQvy3YMCV_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/93cSpFvCQvy3YMCV.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/O2ISwYnuiK4D3pX8_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/O2ISwYnuiK4D3pX8.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/vKOo3frc7BFUZlW1_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/vKOo3frc7BFUZlW1.jpg)
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(PR) Epic Games Store Launches Holiday Sale 2023 With Discounts, 17 Free Games and More
We want you to have the happiest of holidays for 2023, so we've put together the most festive sale. It has thousands of discounted games, limitless 33% Epic Coupons, an Epic Rewards boost to 10%, 17 free games, and free cosmetics for everyone. The event runs from today (Dec. 13, 2023) 11 AM ET (4 PM GMT / 5 PM CET), to Jan. 10, 2024 11 AM ET (4 PM GMT / 5 PM CET) Read about the highlights below!

Thousands of titles on sale, limitless 33% Epic Coupons, and an Epic Rewards boost to 10%!
In addition to the thousands of discounted titles, from today (Dec. 13, 2023) 11 AM ET (4 PM GMT / 5 PM CET), to Jan. 10, 2024 11 AM ET (4 PM GMT / 5 PM CET), any eligible transactions at, above, or adding up to $14.99 or higher will have a 33% Epic Coupon automatically applied at checkout (see Terms and Conditions). The Epic Coupon is limitless, so you'll receive one following each eligible transaction completed for the duration of the event. We'll also be boosting our Epic Rewards program to 10% for the duration of Holiday Sale.https://tpucdn.com/img/GTF3NVF2fukU1d17_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/GTF3NVF2fukU1d17.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/C3XM7bjR8wYuLLbW_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/C3XM7bjR8wYuLLbW.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/OT8LWDjnVbJBs4cN_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/OT8LWDjnVbJBs4cN.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/DQfRa1zAKfjW1aML_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/DQfRa1zAKfjW1aML.jpg)
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ZALMAN Unveils the i6 Mid-tower Case with Graphics Card Reinforcement as Standard
ZALMAN today unveiled the i6, a spacious and airy ATX mid-tower case that comes in black and white color options. Its front-panel features a mesh-type intake, its left side panel that holds tempered glass is hinged for convenience, and a striking feature with the case is that it includes an adjustable graphics card reinforcement that counteracts PCB bending over time. This gadget can be adjusted for graphics card height and thickness. In addition to 7 expansion slots where you'd want them, the case offers three vertical slots (PCIe riser not included), which means it has plenty of CPU cooler headroom, with room for coolers up to 18 cm in height, and graphics cards up to 35.5 cm in length.

Fan mounts include three 140 mm (or smaller) front intakes, two 140 mm (or smaller) top exhausts, and a 140 mm (or smaller) rear exhaust. Radiator mounting options include an up to 360 mm x 120 mm along the front panel; a 280 mm x 140 mm radiator along the top, and a 120 mm radiator at the rear. Storage options include two 3.5-inch drive bays that can each hold 2.5-inch drives; and three 2.5-inch drive mounts. Front panel I/O includes a USB-C that's capable of 10 Gbps, a USB3 type-A, a USB 2.0 type-A, and a 4-pole audio jack. The case measures 420 (D) x 230 (W) x 475 (H) mm, dry weighing 6.4 kg. The company didn't reveal pricing.https://tpucdn.com/img/wh5oENEGAG0CuYZj_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/wh5oENEGAG0CuYZj.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/OnTZKCA0kypiSHOZ_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/OnTZKCA0kypiSHOZ.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/Z9Jp4IIU6dNjJ722_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/Z9Jp4IIU6dNjJ722.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/KXENpjDUVVJlYcom_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/KXENpjDUVVJlYcom.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/incnEVAGux1yAC1C_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/incnEVAGux1yAC1C.jpg)

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Intel Claims Meteor Lake Beating Ryzen 7040 Phoenix in both Graphics and CPU Performance
Intel on Wednesday held a pre-launch round-table with HotHardware, in which it made several performance disclosures of its upcoming Core "Meteor Lake" mobile processor, comparing it with the current U-segment chips based on the 13th Gen Core "Raptor Lake," and competing AMD Ryzen 7040 "Phoenix." In these, the company is claiming that its next-generation iGPU based on the Xe-LPG graphics architecture, armed with 128 EU, is significantly outperforming the Radeon 780M RDNA3 iGPU of the Ryzen 7040, while its CPU is ahead in multi-threaded performance.

In its comparison, the company picked the Core Ultra 7 165H, a middle-of-the-market performance segment part in the 28 W class. This is compared to the Core i7-1370P "Raptor Lake," and the AMD Ryzen 7 7840U. The company also dropped in the fastest Windows-ready Arm chip in the market, the Qualcomm 8cx Gen 3. In the 33 games that the 165H was compared to the 7840U, the Intel iGPU is shown posting performance leads ranging between 3% to 70% over the Radeon 780M, in 23 out of 33 games. In one of the games, the two perform on par with each other. In 9 out of 33 games, the Radeon 780M beats the Intel Xe-LPG by 2% to 18%. The iGPU of the 165H packs 8 Xe cores, or 128 EU (1,024 unified shaders). The Radeon 780M is powered by 12 RDNA3 compute units (768 stream processors).https://tpucdn.com/img/s7J2SpypelPkpTBU_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/s7J2SpypelPkpTBU.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/ZGmoKQt2MoXOmWKS_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/ZGmoKQt2MoXOmWKS.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/M9hhigmrExaKv4yw_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/M9hhigmrExaKv4yw.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/jTeAFOLtmF7AzIbZ_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/jTeAFOLtmF7AzIbZ.jpg)
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Intel 14th Gen Core 65W Desktop Processors to Launch on January 8
Intel is preparing to expand its 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" desktop processor lineup with the introduction of mainstream 65 W processor models that lack overclocking capabilities and include a cooling solution in the retail channel. The company is planning to make these chips available to purchase on January 8, 2024. Intel has set 15:00 Pacific on January 8th as the availability time; it's also the time when the media can post their reviews of these chips. The chips should be supported on all Socket LGA1700 motherboards, across Intel 600-series and 700-series chipsets, including the entry-level H610; however, some of these boards may require UEFI firmware updates. We've known the processor model numbers and specs of these chips for a while now (https://www.techpowerup.com/313332/intel-14th-gen-raptor-lake-refresh-full-lineup-leaks-out), and they're starting to appear on web-stores as placeholder listing. It's possible that Intel allows retailers to take in pre-orders a few days before January 8.https://tpucdn.com/img/GvL6nJFnZCdjAxvr_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/GvL6nJFnZCdjAxvr.jpg)

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GIGABYTE Unveils "Throne and Liberty" Co-branded Motherboard and Graphics Card
"Throne and Liberty" is Amazon's foray into big budget fantasy MMORPGs, and is being licensed to manufacturers of PC hardware and gaming peripherals. GIGABYTE unveiled two such pieces of hardware, the Z790 AORUS Elite X Throne and Liberty Edition; and the GeForce RTX 4070 WindForce OC Throne and Liberty Edition. Both products come in fancy Throne and Liberty co-branded boxes. The Z790 AORUS Elite X special edition gets Throne and Liberty decals on its large CPU VRM heatsinks. The RTX 4070 WindForce OC special edition gets such decals on its backplate, and has themed fan impeller hub stickers. The two products are otherwise identical to their originals. Throne and Liberty went live on December 7.https://tpucdn.com/img/S3RvolidpDnhfxI5_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/S3RvolidpDnhfxI5.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/4ZPfLr7dmbNGLQSQ_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/4ZPfLr7dmbNGLQSQ.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/AUwuBmIX2SzzzXhh_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/AUwuBmIX2SzzzXhh.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/kYZCe1OJKfluMU4n_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/kYZCe1OJKfluMU4n.jpg)

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(PR) ASRock Industrial Announces Ryzen 8040 Powered Mini-PCs
ASRock Industrial releases state-of-the-art 4X4 BOX 8040 Series Mini PCs and 4X4 8040 Motherboard Series, powered by AMD Ryzen 8040 Series APUs, crafted to elevate trusted performance and AI PC capabilities. Featuring up to 8 "Zen 4" cores/ 16 threads and AMD Radeon 700M graphics, the Series integrates AMD Ryzen AI with 16 NPU TOPS, delivering up to 1.6x surge in AI processing performance over its predecessor. With support of dual-channel DDR5 5600 MHz memory up to 96 GB, the 4X4 BOX 8040 Series comes with enriched I/O connectivity in a compact fanned box. It enables 4K quad-display outputs, five USB ports, including two USB4, accommodates dual storages, and offers dual LAN up to 2.5G, along with Wi-Fi 6E support. The new Series, marked by a significant speed boost with lower power consumption, paves the way for accelerated generative AI workloads, tailoring heightened experience in content creation, gaming, entertainment, office productivity, commerce, and many other AIoT applications through the quintessential AI PC for you.

ASRock Industrial's 4X4 BOX 8040 Series offers versatile selections: 4X4 BOX-8840U, 4X4 BOX-8640U, powered by AMD Ryzen 8040 Series (Ryzen 7 8840U/ Ryzen 5 8640U). With integration of CPU, GPU, and NPU, the AMD Ryzen AI upgrades to 16 NPU TOPS and 39 total TOPS (NPU+CPU+GPU), reaching up to 1.6x surge in AI processing performance and a notable 40% speed increase in running AI LLM models than prior gen AMD APUs. Featuring 4 nm "Zen 4" architecture with up to 8 cores/ 16 threads, along with AMD Radeon 700M RDNA 3 graphics, and dual-channel DDR5-5600 MHz SO-DIMM memory up to 96 GB. The 4X4 BOX 8040 Series marks a leap forward in AI processing, allowing users to re-imagine dynamic applications on their AI PC, such as enhancing productivity, delivering AI-inspired visuals/content, running AI models right on PCs for various AIoT use cases.https://tpucdn.com/img/XULGAlRRTZIC197q_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/XULGAlRRTZIC197q.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/FFWhsgP1c2Pfzwzf_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/FFWhsgP1c2Pfzwzf.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/ZrXDFm4aYE0cze9g_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/ZrXDFm4aYE0cze9g.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/mF9s02gsQcU3J5YR_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/mF9s02gsQcU3J5YR.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/cctVkWwMN095dgeE_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/cctVkWwMN095dgeE.jpg)
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Threadripper Overclocking Blows a Hidden Fuse, AMD confirms: Warranty not Voided
According to Tom's Hardware (https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-says-overclocking-blows-hidden-fuses-on-ryzen-threadripper-7000-to-show-if-youve-overclocked-but-it-wont-automatically-void-your-cpus-warranty), today we are finding out that AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series processors, codenamed Storm Peak, including Pro and non-Pro SKUs, blow a fuse on the chip when overclocking is enabled. Modern microprocessors have dozens of fuses that are used to store information inside the chip. For example, the factory stores the per-processor default voltage information in the fuses. On downgraded graphics chips, the shaders get disabled through such fuses, too. These fuses are not like your household circuit breakers—they will blow only when a specific command is sent to the processor, there is no way for them to break accidentally through system crashes or power spikes. In the case of Ryzen Threadripper 7000, the BIOS code will blow a fuse when the user enables overclocking in the BIOS settings, it reacts only to the user-initiated UI change, not to any kind of measurement. Before that happens a warning is shown. AMD uses this mechanism to see any indications if any kind of overclocking has been done to the processor.

While the messaging might suggest otherwise, just enabling overclocking does not void all warranties. In a statement to Tom's Hardware an AMD representative confirmed: "Threadripper 7000 Series processors do contain a fuse that is blown when overclocking is enabled. To be clear, blowing this fuse does not void your warranty. Statements that enabling an overclocking/overvolting feature will "void" the processor warranty are not correct. Per AMD's standard Terms of Sale, the warranty excludes any damage that results from overclocking/overvolting the processor. However, other unrelated issues could still qualify for warranty repair/replacement," noted the spokesperson. Ultimately, overclocking and overvolting by themselves will not cause the owner of AMD's Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series CPU to lose the right to repair and seek AMD's help. Other factors, such as damages induced by overclocking, will be a warranty-voiding factor though. These can occur from constant overheating, which significantly lowers the life expectancy of the CPU.https://tpucdn.com/img/9bja0cfBRxZvNd0A_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/9bja0cfBRxZvNd0A.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/lhus0kIGtx7sdkDQ_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/lhus0kIGtx7sdkDQ.jpg)

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Zhaoxin Launches KX-7000 Desktop 8-Core x86 Processor to Power China's Ambitions
After years of delays, Chinese chipmaker Zhaoxin has finally launched its long-awaited KX-7000 series consumer CPUs, only one of its kind in China, based on the licensed x86-64 ISA. Zhaoxin claims the new 8-core processors based on "Century Avenue" uArch deliver double the performance of previous generations. Leveraging architectural improvements and 4X more cache, the KX-7000 represents essential progress for China's domestic semiconductor industry. While still likely lagging behind rival AMD and Intel chips in raw speed, the KX-7000 matches competitive specs in areas like DDR5 memory, PCIe 4.0, and USB4 support. For Chinese efforts to attain technological independence, closing feature gaps with foreign processors is just as crucial as boosting performance. Manufactured on a 16 nm process, the KX-7000 does not use the best silicon node available.

Other chip details include out-of-order execution (OoOE), 24 PCIe 4.0 lanes, a 32 MB pool of L3 cache and 4 MB L2 cache, a base frequency of 3.2 GHz, and a boost clock of 3.7 GHz. Interestingly, the CPU also has VT-x, BT-d 2.5, SSE4.2/AVX/AVX2 support, most likely also licensed from the x86 makers Intel and/or AMD. Ultimately, surpassing Western processors is secondary for China next to attaining self-reliance. Instructions like SM encryption catering to domestic data protection priorities underscore how the KX-7000 advances strategic autonomy goals. With its x86 architecture license giving software compatibility and now a vastly upgraded platform, the KX-7000 will raise China's chip capabilities even if it is still trailing rivals' speeds. Ongoing progress closing that performance gap could position Zhaoxin as a mainstream alternative for local PC builders and buyers.https://tpucdn.com/img/xuLjMtpD7LUIgAKL_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/xuLjMtpD7LUIgAKL.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/uapHFGp4CgBWhcKq_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/uapHFGp4CgBWhcKq.jpg)

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GIGABYTE Technology, a leading global powerhouse in motherboards, graphics cards, and cutting-edge hardware solutions, has always committed to improving user experiences and proactively preventing any unforeseen issues, announces a crucial software update for its users.

GIGABYTE has received user feedback regarding unexpected behavior and issues when using certain brand memory modules in conjunction with GCC (GIGABYTE Control Center). After thorough investigation, it was identified that some DDR modules did not comply with JEDEC specifications, leading to the failure of SPD write protection. The issue was promptly addressed within a month by updating the BIOS to enable SPD write protection from motherboard side, thereby assisting customers in avoiding and resolving the problem.https://tpucdn.com/img/1TrbE2OgXT5yypHq_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/1TrbE2OgXT5yypHq.jpg)
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NVIDIA Celebrates DOOM 30 Sweepstakes with a Collector's GeForce RTX 4090
In case you missed it, the iconic FPS that started it all, DOOM, just turned 30 (https://www.techpowerup.com/316585/doom-turns-30-john-romero-releases-sigil-ii). NVIDIA is celebrating this piece of gaming history with the DOOM 30th Anniversary Sweepstakes. NVIDIA is celebrating a milestone of its own, with RTX 500—that's 500 games and counting that are part of the NVIDIA RTX ecosystem that includes RTX ray tracing, DLSS, Reflex, and other major innovations by NVIDIA in the PC gaming space. To participate in the DOOM 30 Sweepstakes, all you need to do is reply to NVIDIA's post on X (formerly Twitter), with the hashtags #DOOM30 and #RTX500, to enter. Up for grabs is a special NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition graphics card with a DOOM 30 backplate, which NVIDIA values at its latest baseline prize of $1,389. For more terms and conditions for the Sweepstakes, visit this page (https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/contests/doom-anniversary-sweepstakes-official-rules/).

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Black Myth: Wukong is as Next Gen as it Gets, with NVIDIA RTX Tech
"Black Myth: Wukong" is an adaptation of the 16th century Chinese fantasy novel "Journey to the West," which had gain cult popularity in recent times. The action RPG has been brought to life by studio Game Science, and with the gifted hands of artist Yang Qi. The game is powered by Unreal Engine 5, and is coming to PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S, on August 20, 2024, after what will be close to five years of development and refining. Months ahead of its release, though, the studio teamed up with NVIDIA to demonstrate what's in store for those with the latest GeForce RTX graphics, in its jaw-dropping new trailer. NVIDIA announced that the game will support DLSS 3 Frame Generation at launch, which is scheduled for Aug 20, 2024.https://tpucdn.com/img/vGXdTanHA4XleMtQ_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/vGXdTanHA4XleMtQ.jpg)
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NVIDIA DLSS Comes to Eight New Games This Week
NVIDIA announces that as many as eight new games get support for their DLSS performance enhancement this week, as the company celebrates RTX 500 (https://www.techpowerup.com/316343/nvidia-celebrates-500-games-apps-with-dlss-and-rtx-technologies), the milestone of having over 500 games and software being part of its RTX ecosystem. This week, NVIDIA is announcing that DLSS 3 Frame Generation is coming to the hotly anticipated e-sports title, "The Finals," and "SCUM," a prison riot survival and escape title that somewhat resembles PUBG; and the fantasy MMORPG, "Throne and Liberty." While "The Finals" is based on Unreal Engine 5, the latter two use UE 4. The company also announces that DLSS 2 (super resolution) is coming to "Fortnite Chapter 5," "Sands of Aura," "Silent Rain," "Soulslinger: Envoy of Death," and "The Devourer: Hunted Souls."

In addition, NVIDIA announced a few updates to its existing DLSS support base. "Call of Duty: Warzone Season 1" comes with DLSS 3 Frame Generation, DLAA, and Reflex. For "The Finals," besides DLSS 3, NVIDIA is announcing support for Reflex, which reduces whole-system latency by up to 57%. "Soulslinger: Envoy of Death" supports DLAA in addition to DLSS 2. NVIDIA late Tuesday released the GeForce 546.33 WHQL (https://www.techpowerup.com/316656/nvidia-releases-geforce-546-33-whql-game-ready-drivers) Game Ready drivers, be sure to grab them to enable DLSS and Reflex on the above games.https://tpucdn.com/img/R3FGXjwWSCK4bTe6_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/R3FGXjwWSCK4bTe6.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/O4XJQjHEixcdaid0_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/O4XJQjHEixcdaid0.jpg)
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GIGABYTE Intros AORUS GC-WIFI7 PCIe WLAN Card Supporting up to 5800 Mbps Bandwidth, Comes with a Hardware Lottery
GIGABYTE released the GC-WIFI7, a WLAN card in the PCIe add-on card form-factor, which, as its name suggests, gives your desktop the power of Wi-Fi 7. Given how the new wireless networking standard is exotic and provides a more than 2.2x gain in Wi-Fi bandwidth over Wi-Fi 6E, GIGABYTE decided to give this accessory its coveted AORUS Gaming branding and product design. The card supports tri-band, and a theoretical maximum bandwidth of 5800 Mbps, with support for 320 MHz and 160 Hz channels. The card also supports MLO, in which it simultaneously connects to a 2.4 GHz and 5/6 GHz network. The card comes with a stylish antenna array that supports up to 5 dBi signal strength. Besides Wi-Fi 7, the card also provides Bluetooth 5.3 connectivity.

The most interesting aspect about this product is that it has three hardware revisions at launch. The Rev 1.0 card is based on a Qualcomm chipset; Rev 1.1 is based on a MediaTek chipset, and Rev 1.2 is based on Intel, all three offering identical hardware specs and performance levels. Rev 1.0 is based on a Qualcomm QCA FastConnect 7800 controller; Rev 1.1 rocks a MediaTek MT7927 controller; while the Rev 1.2 uses an Intel BE200. All three revisions are sold under the same SKU, and it's only in a brick-and-mortar store that you can figure out what you want by looking closely at the barcode sticker, where the revision is mentioned. The company didn't reveal pricing.https://tpucdn.com/img/YEcYgjnOpJeJSJlo_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/YEcYgjnOpJeJSJlo.jpg)

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ASUS Intros GeForce RTX 4070 Turbo Graphics Card with Lateral Flow Cooler
ASUS introduced the GeForce RTX 4070 Turbo, a performance segment graphics card with a lateral blower-type cooling solution that should make it ideal for restrictive airflow environments (such as a stack of them in an AI processing box). The card is strictly 2 slots thick, no taller than what constitutes full-height for addon cards (11.1 cm), and is 26.9 cm long. It lacks a backplate, so it could give a little more breathing room to its neighboring card. Its sole power connector, an 8-pin PCIe, is located at the tail end of the card, instead of the top, for additional clearance.

Internally, the ASUS Turbo RTX 4070 cooling solution features a copper base-plate, which conveys heat to an aluminium channel stack that's ventilated by a lateral blower. ASUS has given this blower a high endurance dual ball-bearing. The RTX 4070 GPU at the heart of the card runs at NVIDIA reference specs, with a 2475 MHz boost frequency, and a 21 Gbps GDDR6X memory speed. It features 12 GB of it across a 192-bit memory bus. There are two SMD switches on the card, the "Turbo" switch overrides software fan control and holds the fan on a steep fan-curve, hitting 100% even; while the VM_SW switch toggles between a "Quiet" and "Performance" mode, we don't know if this uses a dual-BIOS mechanism, or is a physical toggle for ASUS GPU Tweak software. ASUS didn't release pricing information.https://tpucdn.com/img/4kJ6T4LcNM2OkViB_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/4kJ6T4LcNM2OkViB.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/nUNObxoeyLhw0IPT_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/nUNObxoeyLhw0IPT.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/uPNIohavfkvWXry7_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/uPNIohavfkvWXry7.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/e7Qqr5GZPc3mzCzY_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/e7Qqr5GZPc3mzCzY.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/k3FJcXl9HcjR3zeT_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/k3FJcXl9HcjR3zeT.jpg)

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TSMC 2 nm Node to Debut in 2025 with Apple SoCs for the iPhone 17 Pro
TSMC's 2 nm-class foundry node, dubbed N2, will enter mass production only in 2025, a report by the Financial Times says. The premier Taiwan-based foundry has been reportedly showcasing TSMC N2 to its biggest customer for advanced nodes, Apple. The node will likely power Apple's in-house silicon that drives the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max devices that are slated for 2025. This implies that the current 3 nm class nodes from TSMC will continue to power Apple silicon into 2024 and its iPhone 16 Pro/Pro Max.

The current Apple A17 Pro and M3 chips powering the iPhone 15 Pro/Max and the H2-2023 Macs are based on TSMC's N3 node, with a 183 MTr/mm² transistor density. TSMC has four other 3 nm-class nodes, with the N3E node that just entered mass production to offer a jump to 215.6 MTr/mm², and its 2024 successor, the N3P, pushing transistor densities further up to 224 MTr/mm². TSMC's first 2 nm-class node, the N2, offers a jump to around 259 MTr/mm², which makes the N3P a nice halfway point for Apple between the N3 and N2, for its 2024 silicon.https://tpucdn.com/img/aB6RHQo74EJFnBYi_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/aB6RHQo74EJFnBYi.jpg)

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ASUS Rolls Out AGESA 1.1.0.1 Firmware Updates for Socket AM5 Motherboards that Support Upcoming Phoenix APUs
ASUS began rolling out beta UEFI firmware updates for its Socket AM5 motherboards that contain the latest AMD AGESA 1.1.0.1 microcode. If you recall, ASRock had recently released (https://www.techpowerup.com/315490/asrock-begins-rolling-out-agesa-1-1-0-0-firmware-with-phoenix-apu-support) its own firmware updates last month that feature AGESA 1.1.0.0. This would be the first widely released firmware from ASUS to support the upcoming Ryzen 8000G "Phoenix" and "Phoenix 2" desktop APUs; and the 4th AGESA release to do so. Version ComboAM5PI 1.1.0.1 contains a newer version of the system management unit (SMU) for "Phoenix" and "Phoenix 2," with SMU version 76.75.0, compared to version 76.72.0 with the older ComboAM5PI 1.1.0.0 that ASRock released in November.

The UEFI firmware updates by ASUS containing AGESA ComboAM5PI 1.1.0.1 are only being released for AMD B650/E and X670/E chipset motherboards, and only spanning the company's ROG, ROG Strix, TUF Gaming, and ProArt product lines, we haven't come across one for the Prime series, yet. It's important to reiterate here, that these are beta updates, and those with Ryzen 7000 "Raphael" processors don't stand to benefit from them, as the SMU for "Raphael" hasn't changed since ComboAM5PI 1.0.8.0. Check for the firmware updates in the Support section of the product pages of your motherboard on the ASUS website.https://tpucdn.com/img/pUDefT52pZWWMMnU_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/pUDefT52pZWWMMnU.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/FhiTUtrBTW1HBvLP_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/FhiTUtrBTW1HBvLP.jpg)

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Best-selling gaming headset and accessory maker Turtle Beach, today announced its critically acclaimed and highly-anticipated wireless controller, the Designed for Xbox Turtle Beach Stealth Ultra Wireless Smart Game Controller, is now available. Since its unveiling weeks ago, Turtle Beach's new king of wireless controllers has quickly set the new standard for what gamers should expect in a top-of-the-line gamepad. The Stealth Ultra uses Turtle Beach's proprietary low-latency wireless technology for connecting with Xbox consoles and Windows PCs, and Bluetooth for gaming on compatible Smart TVs and Android mobile devices.

An abundance of class-leading features begins with magnetic AntiDrift Hall Effect thumbsticks, precise and tactile microswitch buttons, and the innovative Connected Command Display dashboard that provides deep customization options. Adjustable short and long-pull triggers, four mappable buttons on the back, RGB lighting, plus the option to receive social notifications on the controller create the ultimate package for gamers who demand the absolute best. Turtle Beach's Stealth Ultra Wireless Controller is available for $199.99.https://tpucdn.com/img/Tu1mCp7xaAEL6CXZ_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/Tu1mCp7xaAEL6CXZ.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/hN79iysXIla95mFX_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/hN79iysXIla95mFX.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/HwGGF01J7YLfGScY_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/HwGGF01J7YLfGScY.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/WDevKEQl4SXANsCZ_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/WDevKEQl4SXANsCZ.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/SS4y6e39z8TU7cEP_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/SS4y6e39z8TU7cEP.jpg)
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(PR) MSI Motherboards Unleash Extreme Power with Memory Capacity Boosted To 256GB
At the beginning of this year, MSI announced the pioneering support for a memory capacity of 192 GB. Today, we are proud to unveil an even greater milestone - MSI motherboards now support memory capacities of up to 256 GB for 4 DIMMs motherboards and 128 GB for 2 DIMMs motherboards. This significant enhancement empowers DIY enthusiasts with unparalleled flexibility to optimize multitasking capabilities and ensures a seamless computing experience.

This accomplishment underscores the strong collaboration between MSI and leading memory brands to achieve enhanced performance and remarkable milestones. The partnered memory for this achievement is Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5 memory, offering an impressive 64 GB capacity per module. Built on Micron's industry-leading 1β (1-beta) technology, enables new capacities not seen before for dual channel PCs.https://tpucdn.com/img/5eo1IMjF4eh9wcED_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/5eo1IMjF4eh9wcED.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/HLVFcsCCxQJyH9GT_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/HLVFcsCCxQJyH9GT.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/CcXkpq3dRboKKzj5_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/CcXkpq3dRboKKzj5.jpg)
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AMD Ryzen 8000G Socket AM5 Desktop APU Lineup Detailed
Here is our first look at the higher end of AMD's Ryzen 8000G series Socket AM5 desktop APU lineup. The company is planning to bring its 4 nm "Phoenix" and "Phoenix 2" monolithic silicon to the socketed desktop platform, to cover two distinct markets. Models based on the larger "Phoenix" silicon cater to the market that wants a sufficiently powerful CPU, but with a powerful iGPU that's fit for entry-level gaming, or graphics-intensive productivity tasks; whereas the smaller "Phoenix 2" silicon ties up the lower end of AMD's AM5 desktop processor stack, as it probably has a lower bill of materials than a "Raphael" multi-chip module.

The lineup is led by the Ryzen 7 8700G, a direct successor to the Ryzen 7 5700G "Cezanne." This chip gets the full 8-core/16-thread "Zen 4" CPU, along with its 16 MB shared L3 cache; and the full featured Radeon 780M iGPU with its 12 compute units worth 768 stream processors. The CPU features a maximum boost frequency of 4.20 GHz. This is followed by the Ryzen 5 8600G, which is based on the same "Phoenix" silicon as the 8700G, but with 6 out of 8 "Zen 4" cores enabled, and a maximum CPU boost frequency of 4.35 GHz, and the 16 MB L3 cache left untouched. It's likely that the Radeon 780M is unchanged from the 8700G.https://tpucdn.com/img/Fl0He5OqfT0HpKGq_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/Fl0He5OqfT0HpKGq.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/6pqrazuh5xGIO4kX_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/6pqrazuh5xGIO4kX.jpg)
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Intel "Emerald Rapids" Xeon Platinum 8592+ Tested, Shows 20%+ Improvement over Sapphire Rapids
Yesterday, Intel unveiled its latest Xeon data center processors (https://www.techpowerup.com/316725/intels-new-5th-gen-emerald-rapids-xeon-processors-are-built-with-ai-acceleration-in-every-core), codenamed Emerald Rapids, delivering the new Xeon Platinum 8592+ flagship SKU with 64 cores and 128 threads. Packed into its fresh silicon, Intel promises boosted performance and reduced power hunger. The comprehensive tech benchmarking website Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-xeon-platinum-8592) essentially confirms Intel's pitch. Testing production servers running the new 8592+ showed solid gains over prior Intel models, let alone older generations still commonplace in data centers. On average, upgrading to the 8592+ increased single-socket server performance by around 23.5% compared to the previous generation configs of Sapphire Rapid, Xeon Platinum 8490H. The dual-socket configuration records a 17% boost in performance.

However, Intel is not in the data center market by itself. AMD's 64-core offering that Xeon Platinum 8592+ is competing with is AMD EPYC 9554. The Emerald Rapids chip is faster by about 2.3%. However, AMD's lineup doesn't stop at only 64 cores. AMD's Genoa and Genoa-X with 3D V-cache top out at 96 cores, while Bergamo goes up to 128 cores. On the power consumption front, the Xeon Platinum 8592+ was pulling about 289 Watts compared to the Xeon Platinum 8490H average of 306 Watts. At peak, the Xeon Platinum 8592+ CPU managed to hit 434 Watts compared to the Xeon Platinum 8490H peak of 469 Watts. This aligns with Intel's claims of enhanced efficiency. However, compared to the 64-core counterpart from AMD, the EPYC 9554 had an average power consumption of 227 Watts and a recorded peak of 369 Watts.https://tpucdn.com/img/byibdurwBVVsvQL7_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/byibdurwBVVsvQL7.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/6j4gOR8mSNEXcvq4_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/6j4gOR8mSNEXcvq4.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/lUmqcLBaek4PvXJq_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/lUmqcLBaek4PvXJq.jpg)

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(PR) GAMDIAS Announces Helios M1 Bronze PSU Series
GAMDIAS Technology, a leading brand in high-performance PC gaming hardware and peripherals, today announced the launch of the reliable HELIOS M1 80 Plus Bronze power supply units that provide consistent efficient power. The HELIOS M1 Series PSUs are available in 750 W, 650 W, 550 W, and 450 W. Every power supply unit delivers 85% efficiency and is equipped with a hydraulic bearing smart fan that can adjust the fan speed automatically.

The HELIOS M1 Series power supply units are certified with 80 Plus Bronze that guarantees stable power output at up to 85% efficiency and reduces energy consumption. With a premium DC to DC structure, it not only effectively changes the voltage level to avoid unbalanced power loads but also reduces the ripple noise. The power supply unit features automatic fan speed optimization, which allows the fan speed to be adjusted according to the detection of temperature and load. Furthermore, the 120 mm hydraulic bearing fan ensures stable operation and longer lifespan.https://tpucdn.com/img/exHegWNHkSRCK1XT_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/exHegWNHkSRCK1XT.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/bw2Zpa0n3RsqWpoW_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/bw2Zpa0n3RsqWpoW.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/vnXzKjmRsy9MaLvO_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/vnXzKjmRsy9MaLvO.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/nuTzrpphwjvZykte_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/nuTzrpphwjvZykte.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/BGg0nJ4vjaWvaDow_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/BGg0nJ4vjaWvaDow.jpg)
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On December 14 Intel launched its first generation Core Ultra "Meteor Lake" line of mobile processors, and here is a a brief overview of the various processor models on offer at launch, thanks to a compilation by ComputerBase.de. "Meteor Lake" is Intel's first completely disaggregated processor, in which its numerous components are broken up into chiplets fabricated on different foundry nodes that strike the right performance/Watt suitable to the component, all held together by Intel's Foveros packaging technology (an evolution in multi-chip modules with a design focus on reducing inter-chiplet latencies to levels comparable to components on a monolithic chip). "Meteor Lake" also introduces a 3-tiered heterogeneous CPU architecture, with the introduction of the low-power island CPU cores.

Intel's mobile processor lineup is broadly categorized into the U-segment, targeting thin-and-light and ultraportable devices; and the H-segment, targeting notebooks of conventional thickness. At launch, the Core Ultra H-segment, and U-segment processors will coexist with P-segment processor models from the 13th Gen Core "Raptor Lake" series; as well as the upcoming 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" HX-segment. The P-segment is positioned between the U- and H-segments, targeting a class of devices that either what to be thin-and-light mainstream notebooks, or higher performance ultraportables. The HX-segment caters to high performance gaming notebooks and mobile workstations.https://tpucdn.com/img/70ntzRp9B6KDOG3h_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/70ntzRp9B6KDOG3h.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/s2yeiEKryHB8P82P_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/s2yeiEKryHB8P82P.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/edTxg1nk4ix7VJAN_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/edTxg1nk4ix7VJAN.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/OVK7YdU1vROohXHe_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/OVK7YdU1vROohXHe.jpg)
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AMD Releases FSR 3 Source Code on GPUOpen
AMD on Thursday announced the first release of FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 (FSR 3) source code through the company's GPUOpen initiative. The company just set up an FSR 3 source code repo on GitHub that game devs everywhere can take advantage of. This includes the complete source for DirectX 12, and the source of an FSR 3 Unreal Engine 5 plugin. With it, the company also released extensive documentation that helps developers understand the inner workings of FSR 3, so they could better integrate the tech with their games and applications. With this announcement, AMD also unveiled FSR 3 support for even more new and upcoming games, which include "Black Myth: Wukong," the three latest titles from the "Warhammer" franchise, including "Darktide," "Space Marine II," and "Realms of Ruin;" "Starfield," "Pax Dei," and "Crimson Desert."https://tpucdn.com/img/mj4hY8zNdAWKmnIE_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/mj4hY8zNdAWKmnIE.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/ZX8gSZy81XIzbcdr_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/ZX8gSZy81XIzbcdr.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/t1XA2i9Tb10K9g7B_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/t1XA2i9Tb10K9g7B.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/va0pd6eoyhzbqRWu_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/va0pd6eoyhzbqRWu.jpg)

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Intel Arc GPU Graphics Drivers 101.5122 WHQL Released with Meteor Lake Xe-LPG Support
Intel Graphics today released the Arc GPU Graphics drivers 101.5122 WHQL. These are the first drivers to support the Intel Arc Xe-LPG integrated graphics of the recently announced Core Ultra "Meteor Lake" mobile processors. The drivers also introduce a handy 30% performance uplift for "Battlefield 1" at 1080p with Ultra settings. Intel also introduced a handful new features with Arc Control, which include neural style webcam filters over background effects; HDR capture and HDR to SDR streaming HDR displays, and customized hotkeys. With this release, Intel fixed a bug that caused a display corruption during "Fortnite" gameplay with certain AA settings.

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(PR) Alphacool Unveils New Core Distro Plate for Lian Li O11 Dynamic Evo/XL
A stunning eye-catcher and must-have for water cooling in the O11 Dynamic Evo/XL! Alphacool is launching the upgrade for the O11 Dynamic Evo/XL with this Core Distro Plate. It is designed for this case and is mounted on the inner side panel. The Distro Plate considerably simplifies the planning, construction and maintenance of complex water loops. It not only has an integrated reservoir, but also an integrated VPP Apex pump. Thanks to the arrangement of the G1/4" connections, confusing and complicated tube routes are a thing of the past.

The chrome-plated, brass G1/4" connections are an elegant element of the Alphacool Core Design series. They are fitted with an O-ring and embedded in the acrylic. This avoids the problem of possible leaks due to cracking. Made of high-quality acrylic glass, the Distro Plate allows a clear view of the coolant. The acrylic enables brilliant lighting thanks to the digitally addressable aRGB lighting.https://tpucdn.com/img/J9ATqOMc99yQgY0L_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/J9ATqOMc99yQgY0L.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/LNqtU3iLZRq804oA_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/LNqtU3iLZRq804oA.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/hshWZAOVgAOHJAYI_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/hshWZAOVgAOHJAYI.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/wMdcwYilNhmi98Vc_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/wMdcwYilNhmi98Vc.jpg)
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(PR) MSI Announces New Prestige 16 AI Series Laptops
With the zeitgeist of AI technology taking the world by storm, MSI, a world-leading premium laptop brand, has taken it in stride through its professionalism over luxurious aesthetics, extreme performance and innovative technology. Featuring the Intel Core Ultra 9 processor, the new Prestige 16 AI series weighs merely 1.5 kg by virtue of the Magnesium Alloy chassis, yet carries a 99.9 WHr battery with up to PD 3.1 140 W Charging for long-lasting usage to pump up productivity.

Sporting up to the latest Intel Core Ultra 9 processor, the new Prestige 16 AI series capitalizes on Intel's integrated NPU (Neural Processing Unit) technology, a dedicated AI acceleration core that generates a much more efficient CPU/GPU computing experience as well as enhances power efficiency. By riding the wave of enhancing the performance of AI-related tasks, Intel has collaborated with over 100 AI-ready applications to further accelerate workflow by transitioning workload to NPU.https://tpucdn.com/img/EzbMlFq5KhujcvR5_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/EzbMlFq5KhujcvR5.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/BDw04kUhLEaWNrDq_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/BDw04kUhLEaWNrDq.jpg) https://tpucdn.com/img/OZjDCAu0ykLvTaaj_thm.jpg (https://www.techpowerup.com/img/OZjDCAu0ykLvTaaj.jpg)
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