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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], and originally, the RPG was meant to cost $79.99. Now, though, Microsoft has walked that back, with The Outer Worlds becoming the first Xbox Game Studios game to walk back the $80 price paradigm. The new pricing was announced by [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] and in a statement to [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], when a Microsoft representative said that "We're focused on bringing players incredible worlds to explore, and will keep our full priced holiday releases, including The Outer Worlds 2, at $69.99 - in line with current market conditions." This statement confirms that Microsoft will not follow Nintendo down the $80 AAA price strategy for the time being, but as PC and console game prices continue to creep up, it's likely that Microsoft will revisit the $80 AAA game. Xbox Game Studios will be issuing $10 refunds for those who have already pre-ordered The Outer Worlds 2 via the platform they ordered it on.

It's unclear exactly which "market conditions" prompted the price change, but there was a fair amount of backlash to the initial pricing when the $80 pricing was revealed. Current speculation suggests that the price change likely came as a result of a combination of stiff competition in the form of games like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which largely fill the same sci-fi choices-matter niche and slow pre-orders for The Outer Worlds. The community response to the announcement has largely been a mix of positivity and cynicism, with some fans criticizing the move as a manipulative marketing tactic more than a genuine attempt to win over gamers.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]

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Following the official announcement of the [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], Gearbox Entertainment CEO, Randy Pitchford, has officially addressed questions about the Switch 2 version of the upcoming looter-shooter. One of the biggest questions fans have had about the Switch release of the game is the target frame rate, and, according to Pitchford at least, the answer to that question is 30 FPS. [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] that "It was important to us to not cut anything and to support cross play with other platforms. So, no. It'll be mostly around 30 FPS, with some dips in some intense moments heavy combats or if hosting a multiplayer game in handheld mode, etc." This suggests that 30 FPS will be the frame rate target, not necessarily even the expected average frame rate, so it's unlikely that Borderlands 4 will ever take advantage of the Switch 2's screen refresh rate upgrade. In [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], Pitchford also confirmed that even physical copies of Borderlands 4 will require a download, although it's unclear if physical copies will just be a key or if some of the game will be on the game card.

Some gamers have responded to the announcement as an example of poor optimization, pointing to games like Metroid Prime 4, which will supposedly run at up to 120 FPS on the Switch 2 at 1080p while docked and at 120 FPS 720p in handheld mode, despite the limited technical capabilities of the hardware. Others question the lack of a performance mode to lock the game to something like 40 or 60 FPS. Previously, a [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] on YouTube saw Pitchford and other Gearbox executives talk about how Borderlands 4 was being designed to run on the Switch 2 instead of being ported after the fact, leading to the assumption that the Switch 2 version of Borderlands 4 would be more optimized than it now appears to be. Pitchford also declined to mention what the target resolution is for Borderlands 4 on the Switch 2, so there are still a few unanswered questions and potential for additional settings presets to enable higher frame rates.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]

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An unverified 2,001-watt XOC BIOS for the China-exclusive ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090D has surfaced on the TechPowerUp GPU BIOS DB, instantly tripling the card's stock 575 W limit. And just like [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], it's opening kilowatt-class overclocking to enthusiasts who are willing to experiment with their ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 boards. For an extreme overclocking attempt, the card requires multiple fused 12V-2×6 cables or custom power delivery to bypass the connector's 600 W ceiling, necessitates custom water or LN2 cooling to prevent the GPU from overheating, and automatically voids the warranty the moment it's installed. However, just like the previous XOC BIOS for GALAS HOF, it also allows the card to dial down its max TDP to 80% of the original, which is just 400 W for undervolting experiments. We don't recommend using this BIOS unless you are confident in your technical expertise and aware of the risks associated with using non-factory power profiles.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]

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Welcome to the last week of July and another fairly packed week of new game releases. We kick off the week with a cosy trip to the shire, which is swiftly followed by some vehicular combat, some insect action, a virtual rebellion, a bit of law and order and finally landing in a post-apocalyptic world. We also have a few more new games that didn't quite make the list this week.

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Welcome home, Hobbit! Live the cosy life of a Hobbit in the wonderfully serene landscape of the Shire. Discover, decorate, & share in this idyllic corner of Middle-earth. Join friendly Hobbits & familiar faces awaiting your arrival in Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings Game. [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...][Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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The mainstream gaming GPU market segment is a jungle, with dozens of graphics card models from NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel fighting for a share of the largest segment of the market. With products priced between $250 and $450, these graphics cards are competing with value-ended gaming consoles such as the Xbox Series S. We drew up a list of graphics cards available in the market, and threw the question up to our readers on which card they'd buy given their pricing. The results are fascinating, and point to AMD getting the price-performance of its Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB graphics card just right. Our survey sample size is 16,333 responses.

Three key products emerge from our survey, with the rest being minor or academic choices. AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB at $370 is a simple-majority winner, with 52.4% or 8.552 responses backing it. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB at $440 is a distant second, with 21.6% or 3,520 votes in its favor. Intel Arc B580 12 GB at $250 is an interesting third place, with 10.1% or 1,648 votes backing it. The rest of the poll options are marginal choices, with none of the entries crossing 3.1%. The results highlight that there are three price-bands driving the 1080p gaming GPU segment—$250, $350, and $450.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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According to a report over at CRN, Intel is looking at spinning off its Network and Edge Group—also known as NEX—and is now looking for investors to take over the business unit. This is according to an internal memo that CRN has been privy to, and it was sent out by the Network and Edge Group lead, Sachin Katti, who has recently been promoted to Chief Technology and AI Officer at Intel. For those not familiar with the Network and Edge Group at Intel, this is the division that makes Intel's Ethernet chips and communications products, as technically it's no longer doing edge computing, since that business was merged with its Client Computing Group in September 2024.

It appears that Intel won't divest the group entirely, as the company "will remain an anchor investor in the new company." This would make sense, as it would allow Intel to continue to influence the direction of product development and still have direct access to the products the new entity will produce. Katti also wrote that this should help NEX "expand into new segments more effectively," whatever those might be, although it's unclear why Intel was unable to do this on its own. Katti continued the memo with "What we expect to change is our ability to operate with greater focus, speed and flexibility—all to better meet your needs," suggesting that Intel's customers have found other partners that better suit their requirements. Over the past few years, Intel has struggled with some of its recent 2.5 Gbps Ethernet products, as they've had several bugs that haven't been properly resolved in some cases, despite multiple hardware revisions. The company launched new 2.5 and 10 Gbps Ethernet products in the E610-series earlier this year, but there doesn't appear to have been much market uptake of the new products either. The question now is how many more business units Intel can shed, until there's nothing but the core CPU business left.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]

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Presenting the new 7G106 gaming GPU. Its creator, Lisuan Tech, is a Chinese deep-tech startup that set out to develop their own gaming chip with the potential to grab a large slice of the PC gaming graphics market, beginning with China. The Chinese gaming industry is built on the philosophy of interesting and engaging gameplay without trying to wow the audience with cutting-edge visual effects; which means it's trying to target the largest possible install-base with mainstream GPUs. The new Lisuan Tech 7G106 is designed to be a locally designed and familiar GPU that gamers can reach out to, without getting entangled in the pricing mess of established brands.

The Lisuan Tech 7G106 is based on the company's own TrueGPU graphics architecture. "7G"—pronounced similarly to "miracle" in Chinese—reflects the team's ambition behind the GPU and the challenges they had to overcome. The 7G106 graphics processor is based on a monolithic die that's built using the TSMC N6 (6 nm DUV) foundry node. It is a contemporary gaming GPU designed to accelerate games and 3D applications with wide API support: DirectX 12, Vulkan 1.3, and OpenGL 4.6. While DirectX 12 is included, ray tracing is not available, meaning there is no DirectX 12 Ultimate. The 7G106 comes with a feature-packed SIMD engine that is able to run calculations with FP32, and the new INT8 data type. The GPU has a maximum throughput of 24 TFLOP/s (FP32). The main compute language is OpenCL 3.0.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] initially looked like quite a promising Soulslike, with [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] praising it for its solid combat and level design, and peak player counts on SteamDB reaching as high as 131,000 players. However, shortly after the game launched on Steam, it became clear that there were severe issues with optimization and performance. Despite the minimum system requirements only calling for an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and recommended system requirements bumping that up to an RTX 2070, even players with much more powerful setups, like the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super, have been having issues with performance. Most of the complaints stem from stuttering, low framerates, and crippling screen tearing at higher framerates, and the issues have resulted in the game's Steam review score dropping to a "Mostly Negative" 32% positive, despite the game's narrative and gameplay successes.

The game's developer, Leenzee, and its publisher, 505 Games have now attempted to address some of these player concerns with a [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]. The developer-publisher duo starting off strong, acknowledging the performance issues and apologizing for the inconvenience, "We have received reports regarding issues such as the game's optimization not meeting expectations, errors in distributing pre-order rewards, and some abnormal pricing. These problems should never have occurred, and we deeply regret the inconvenience and negative experience some players are currently facing." But then continues to say that "We are confident in the game's performance within our recommended spec, but we're working on optimization. We are looking to issue a patch as soon as we can," and then directs players to a [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] on optimization that directs them to reduce the in-game graphics settings, update drivers, and install the game on an SSD in order to optimize the experience.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]

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Krafton, the parent company of Unknown Worlds, the developer behind Subnautica and Subnautica 2, has officially announced its acquisition of Eleventh Hour Games. Eleventh Hour Games is the game studio behind Last Epoch, a recently released ARPG that has supposedly sold as many as 3 million copies since it launched in 2024. The acquisition took place via a 100-percent buyout of Eleventh Hour Games shares, which cost Krafton $96 million.

Eleventh Hour Games CEO, Judd Cobler, said "Joining KRAFTON is a dream come true for Eleventh Hour Games. Their deep-rooted passion for ARPGs aligns perfectly with our mission. With KRAFTON's support, EHG is poised to elevate the Last Epoch franchise to even greater heights. As a studio built from players of the genre, we couldn't be more excited for its future." Krafton is known for some recent gaming heavyweights, including inZoi, the PUBG franchise, Hi-Fi Rush, and Subnautica. Krafton is currently in the beginnings of what appears to be shaping up to be a nasty legal battle with recently ousted Subnautica leads, as reported by [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]. The former Unknown Worlds executive trio, Ted Gill (ex-CEO), Charlie Cleveland (co-founder and ex-creative director), and Max McGuire (co-founder and ex-technical director), accuse Krafton of foul play, saying that they were fired, and the game was delayed under false pretenses so that Krafton could avoid paying out a $250 million bonus for meeting development and release deadlines on Subnautica 2.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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In the lead-up to Gamescom 2025, which is slated to kick off on August 20, with a press event on August 19, ASUS is teasing a new product launch and a series of giveaways for the event. Information obtained by [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] points to a 30th Anniversary Edition ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080, however, the website HTML code suggests that the "new ROG graphics card" in question may simply be in reference to the [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]. As VideoCardz points out, this might simply be a placeholder link, because [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] that it has "got something really special cooking" for Gamescom 2025.

ASUS is also [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] for a host of its gaming components and peripherals, including an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D bundle with an ROG Crosshair x870E motherboard as well as the aforementioned GPU and TUF Gaming Hatsune Miku Edition peripherals, an ASUS ROG Strix OLED gaming monitor, ROG Falcata split Hall-effect gaming keyboard, ROG Harpe II Ace gaming mouse, the ROG Strix GS-BE18000 gaming router, and an ROG Ryuo IV 360 AIO CPU cooler. More information on the ASUS 30th Anniversary giveaway page supports the idea that a new RTX 5080 Astral GPU is coming on August 19.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]

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In response to a question about Intel's foundry strategy from Timothy Curry—a UBS analyst—Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan mentioned that although the company has a team that is laser focused on developing its 14A node, the node hinges on customer commitment at the moment. This obviously includes Intel itself, but also its potential third party customers and if there will be enough business for Intel to make money on the upcoming node. Lip-Bu Tan said that it "has to meet my requirement in terms of performance and yield. It's a lot of responsibility to be serving our customers, make sure that we can deliver the result—consistent, reliable result—to them, so that their revenue can depend on us."

It's clear that Intel's new CEO is very focused on revenue for the company and its customers, which makes sense considering the current situation at Intel. However, the question is if TSMC will be able to handle potential future business from Intel, as they will most likely be the only viable option for Intel, if the company decides that the investment into its 14A node doesn't make financial sense. The company has already announced that it will "further slow the pace of construction in Ohio to ensure spending is aligned with market demand" while cancelling its announced fab in Germany altogether. Admittedly the German fab was never intended to be a leading edge fab, but with so many cancelled projects, one has to wonder where Lip-Bu Tan will take the company and without third party customers, it sounds like Intel's foundry business might soon give up on trying to be a cutting edge foundry. For now, a lot hinges on its current 18A node and if it can attract enough third party interest for it.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]

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Gearbox Software has [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] that Borderlands 4 has officially "gone gold," meaning that development on the game has concluded, and that the game is in a state where the developer and publisher can dedicate their time to preparing for launch. This effectively means that—barring any unforeseen circumstances—the game's September 12 launch date is locked in, and that no additional development work will delay the launch. It's still generally advisable to wait for the game to actually launch before buying it, but this is still an important milestone for Gearbox and 2K Games.

This doesn't mean that technical work on the game is complete, and it has [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] that certain minor features, like Photo Mode, will be added to Borderlands 4 post-launch. It has also become the norm for games to receive day-one patches, and this will likely be the case for Borderlands 4 as well, but having the bulk of the development work done ahead of time theoretically leaves the development team with extra time to iron out bugs, perform [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], and make sure the game is ready for launch. Borderlands 4 creative director, [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] that the reason the Photo Mode was delayed to post-launch was due to needing to prioritize other features that affected "moment-to-moment" gameplay. This gave rise to concerns that Borderlands 4's development may have been rushed, and that it would potentially ship in an incomplete state. Reaching the gold milestone suggests that this is unlikely, although anything is possible.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]

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AMD's Strix Halo APU has finally shown up in a gaming handheld, with the GPD Win 5 today appearing in a [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] and further specifications being revealed by [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] shortly thereafter. The GPD Win 5 shown off by the Chinese handheld manufacturer featured the [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] with the fully fledged AMD Radeon 8060S running at a CPU power of 55-60 W. With those power figures, the GPD Win 5 is able to run Black Myth Wukong at 160+ FPS for the most part. Of course, there is no way to know what sort of settings the game was running at or what the CPU or iGPU loads were, but the temperatures also seemed to be relatively healthy, with the CPU temperature fluctuating between the mid- and high 60° range throughout the video. The iGPU also showed off some healthy clock speeds, at around 2300-2500 MHz.

According to the follow-up video by The Phawx, the specifications of the GPD Win 5 include a 7-inch, 1080p, 120 Hz display with AMD FreeSync Premium support, ten-point touch support, and 100% sRGB coverage. The display is also covered by Corning Gorilla Glass 6, which should protect it against scratches and minor drops. The gaming handheld will come with either the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 or the slightly less powerful AMD Ryzen AI Max 385. The former is the full-fat 16-core, 32-thread APU with the Radeon 8060S iGPU, while the latter offers just 8 cores and 16 threads and ships with the slower, less power hungry [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] iGPU. Both APUs, however, will have a TDP of 45-75 W. Both configurations offer 32, 64, or 128 GB of LPDDR5x-8000 RAM in quad-channel configuration and 1, 2, or 4 TB of PCIe Gen 4 M.2 storage. If the Win 5 follows the same formula as the Win 4, it will feature a slide-up display that hides a basic keyboard, solving one of the more annoying quirks of using these Windows-powered gaming handhelds—the on-screen keyboard.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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In recent months, there have been an increasing amount of reports from users on the [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] detailing issues with Keychron's high-end Q and V Max mechanical keyboard line-ups. Reports included recurring issues like double key presses, keys not registering, and unpredictable chatter on some keys. A handful of technically savvy users started speculating that the issues these keyboards presented were likely being caused by cold solder joints on the hot-swap sockets causing the hot-swap sockets to come loose and lose contact with the PCB. However, Keychron this week addressed the complaints in a [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], explaining that it had seen these reports, conducted internal testing to isolate the root cause, and addressed these issues at a manufacturing level.

In the post and [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] linked in the post, Keychron explains that the input issues were being caused by the switch plate becoming warped and essentially pushing the switches out of the hot-swap sockets. This causes intermittent contact with the hot-swap sockets, and could result in keys not registering or multiple inputs registering on every key press. To correct this issue, Keychron is advising owners who experience these issues to take their keyboards apart and reseat all of the switches firmly in the PCB sockets by pressing the plate and PCB assembly firmly between their hands with the switches installed. If issues continue, the brand recommends disassembling the keyboard entirely, inspecting the plate for warping, and carefully straightening it manually. Keychron says that, beyond the recommended fixes mentioned in the article, it is also handling individual customer reports on a case-by-case basis, although this approach and the corrective steps do not seem to be sitting well with the community and the brand's customer base.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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LIAN LI Industrial Co., Ltd., a leading manufacturer of chassis and PC accessories, announces the O11D MINI V2, a compact ATX tower that provides expanded hardware compatibility and better airflow with only a 2-liter increase in size compared to the original O11D MINI design. Now supporting full ATX motherboards, standard ATX PSUs, and radiators up to 360 mm, the O11D MINI V2 is also fully compatible with ATX Back-Connect motherboards. It features a 10° slanted bottom for enhanced GPU cooling, support for both standard and vertical GPU mounting with included adjustable anti-sag brackets, and a repositionable I/O module for flexible front panel ports and button access. The Flow variant of the O11D MINI V2 comes pre-installed with 5 x 120 mm reverse-blade fans, offering optimized airflow straight out of the box.

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With only a 2-liter increase in volume, the O11D MINI V2 delivers significantly expanded compatibility. Thanks to a subtle side panel protrusion and an offset mounting bracket, the case now supports full-sized ATX power supplies without increasing its overall width. Internally, it accommodates ATX, microATX, and Mini-ITX motherboards, including ATX Back-Connect motherboards, while offering clearance for radiators up to 360 mm at the top and 240 mm on the side. The case supports up to three 120 mm fans at the bottom, two 120 mm fans on the side, one 120 mm at the rear, and up to three 120 mm or two 140 mm fans at the top, giving builders greater flexibility for high-performance configurations.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ASUS introduced the Turbo Radeon AI PRO R9700 graphics card. This card targets a multitude of use-cases spanning professional visualization and edge AI acceleration. It is based on the PRO R9700, a spruced up variation of the Radeon RX 9070 XT gaming GPU, which comes with 32 GB of memory to take advantage of the AI acceleration and compute capabilities of RDNA 4 architecture.

The card gets its name from its lateral blower cooling solution that uses a copper baseplate with a phase-change thermal pad, an aluminium channel-type heatsink, and lateral airflow from the blower to keep cool. This design allows the card for a strictly 2-slot thickness. Recessed backplate and fan intakes let you have up to four of these cards installed next to each other in a workstation or server, with minimal airflow obstruction. The card uses a 12V-2x6 power input located at the tail end instead of the top. The card comes with clock speeds of 2920 MHz boost (2350 MHz average clock), and 20 Gbps memory speed. It measures 26.67 cm in length, 11.1 cm in height, and is 2 slots thick. Peak compute figures include 47.8 TFLOP/s FP32, 95.7 TFLOP/s FP16, 1531 AI TOPS INT4, and 766 AI TOPS INT8.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]

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Kioxia Corporation, a world leader in memory solutions, today announced it has commenced sample shipments of 512 Gb Triple-Level Cell (TLC) memory devices incorporating its 9th generation BiCS FLASH 3D flash memory technology. It plans to commence mass production in fiscal year 2025. The devices are designed to support applications requiring high performance and exceptional power efficiency in the low- to mid-level storage capacities. They will also be integrated into Kioxia's enterprise SSDs, in particular those that aim to maximize GPU efficiency in AI systems.

Kioxia continues to pursue a dual-axis strategy to address the diverse needs of cutting-edge applications while delivering competitive products providing optimal investment efficiency. The two axes are:

• 9th generation BiCS FLASH products: these achieve high performance at reduced production cost by leveraging CBA (CMOS directly Bonded to Array) technology, which integrates existing memory cell technologies with the latest CMOS technology.
• 10th generation BiCS FLASH products: these incorporate an expansion in the number of memory layers to meet the expected future demand for larger-capacity, high-performance solutions.

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QNAP Systems, Inc., a leading computing, networking, and storage solutions innovator, today officially released its High Availability (HA) solution, empowering businesses to maintain uninterrupted access to mission-critical data and services through reliable dual-NAS failover architecture. Building on successful beta testing and positive market reception, the finalized HA solution offers enterprise-level uptime with cost-effective deployment for organizations of all sizes.

"With growing IT complexity, uninterrupted access to critical services is essential," said Andy Yu, Product Manager at QNAP, adding "QNAP's High Availability solution combines automatic failover, real-time sync, and intuitive management to ensure continuous operations across industries."[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ASRock, the global leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards, mini PCs, power supplies, and gaming monitors, today is pleased to announce its new Challenger motherboard series, the B850 Challenger WiFi & B850 Challenger WiFi White. Based on AMD B850 platform, the modest and elegantly designed Challenger Series is all about fearless play, bold breakthroughs and relentless evolution, aim to deliver an ultimate option for casual gamers.

Packed with an adequate 12+2+1 phase VRM design and an enlarged heatsink, B850 Challenger WiFi & B850 Challenger WiFi White is able to deliver uncompromised gaming experience. The PCIe Gen 5 x4 M.2 slot with top and bottom side heatsinks are able to dissipate heat efficiently to ensure your high-speed storage device always works at its optimum. Lightning Gaming Ports to offer fast and low-latency connections for high polling rate gaming mouse, premium connection such as 802.11be WiFi 7 is also available too, you may enjoy fast access to your favorite games with ease.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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