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ASUS today announced Retro Brown and Modern Black colorways for the ProArt PA602 Wood Edition case, and a Beige colorway for the PA401 Wood Edition case. These desktop PC cases infuse natural elements with carefully crafted hardware to produce something simultaneously earthen and impossibly clean. These latest colorways for the PA401 and PA602 take the pursuit of organic perfection further, bringing retro colors and rustic tones to vivid life.

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Despite being different sizes, the ProArt PA401 Wood Edition and ProArt PA602 Wood Edition share a central lure: gorgeous, durable wooden front panels. This wood is certified by the FSC for sustainability, so users can respect the environment and their PC's style profile at the same time. These cases perfectly blend the beauty of real wood and the symmetry of an ASUS-engineered front panel into one refined result.[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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Despite AMD's assertion that the Arm ISA doesn't provide any inherent efficiency advantage and that power savings are primarily dependent on the package and design, it seems AMD is developing an Arm-based SoC codenamed "Sound Wave." Recent shipping manifests, noted by X user @Olrak29_, indicate that the Sound Wave APU has resurfaced after a period of silence. It comes in a BGA 1074 package, featuring 1074 pins, and is intended for embedded systems without a removable socket. Measuring 32 × 27 mm, its compact size is suitable for mobile designs like handhelds and laptops. It utilizes the FF5 socket, replacing the FF3 used in Valve's Steam Deck SoC, and has a 0.8 mm pitch.

As an Arm design, it's likely to incorporate a big.LITTLE architecture, with some models featuring two larger P-Cores and four smaller E-Cores. This configuration would result in a six-core SoC paired with RDNA 3.5, with up to four CUs in the top model. This computing power is designed to operate within a 10 W TDP power envelope, meeting the demand for extended gaming sessions on battery power alone. There will likely be options to adjust the TDP for specific customers, allowing for higher or lower configurations based on their needs. The market this SoC will compete in is still unknown, but the competition with Arm-based solutions is heating up as Qualcomm and NVIDIA ready next-generation designs. Estimating the time of launch and pricing point for this APU is impossible, as we have little details on when and how AMD plans to implement this in third-party designs.[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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Giga Computing, a subsidiary of GIGABYTE and an industry leader in enterprise hardware and advanced cooling solutions, today announced its participation in the OCP Global Summit and the launch of its new GIGABYTE TO86-SD1 based on the NVIDIA HGX B200 platform. Built on the OCP ORv3 standard, the system combines breakthrough performance with an energy-efficient design to meet the demands of large-scale AI training, inference, and HPC workloads. With support for the powerful NVIDIA Blackwell GPU, this next-generation platform empowers enterprises and research organizations to accelerate innovation, scale seamlessly, and unlock new possibilities in AI.

What to Expect at GIGABYTE Booth #A57
The 2025 OCP Global Summit (Oct. 13-16) is the first opportunity to display and introduce this new OCP-based GPU server. The new GIGABYTE TO86 Series is designed to support 8-GPU OAM baseboards that are ideal for their performance and scalability and are used by hyperscalers, sovereign data centers, and specialized AI cloud providers. Also featured at the GIGABYTE booth is the NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 platform, a liquid-cooled, rack-scale design with dense performance in a platform optimized for test-time scaling inference. Alongside this platform for AI factories is the GIGABYTE XL44-SX2, an NVIDIA RTX PRO Server featuring NVIDIA ConnectX-8 SuperNICs. These products are a testament to the breadth of accelerated computing solutions using standardized designs, including ones inspired by OCP.[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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NVIDIA today announced that Meta and Oracle will boost their AI data center networks with NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet networking switches. Meta and Oracle are standardizing on Spectrum-X Ethernet switches as an open, accelerated networking architecture that speeds deployment at scale, unlocks exponential gains in AI training efficiency and shortens time to insights.

"Trillion-parameter models are transforming data centers into giga-scale AI factories, and industry leaders like Meta and Oracle are standardizing on Spectrum-X Ethernet to drive this industrial revolution," said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. "Spectrum-X is not just faster Ethernet—it's the nervous system of the AI factory, enabling hyperscalers to connect millions of GPUs into a single giant computer to train the largest models ever built."[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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MONTECH, a leader in next-generation case and cooling solutions, unveils the LightFlow ARGB AIO liquid cooler. Offered in 240 mm and 360 mm sizes with Black or White finishes, the LightFlow ARGB combines strong thermal performance with minimalist aesthetics, elevated by a bold infinity mirror design on the pump head—delivering both visual depth and cooling confidence for today's high-performance systems.

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Balancing visual depth with refined minimalism, LightFlow ARGB's infinity mirror design adds elegance and dimension to both professional and gaming setups. The subtle ARGB glow highlights the cooler's clean lines without overpowering the system, creating a visually harmonious centerpiece from any angle.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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NVIDIA is implementing a major change in data center power architecture by using [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] as the practical foundation for next-generation AI systems. Presented at the 2025 OCP Global Summit, the company's specifications and partner commitments frame 800 VDC not as an experimental idea but as a necessary response to racks that already draw well over 100 kW and are headed toward megawatt levels, soon to reach gigawatt of power per cluster. The core problem is simple and physical: low-voltage, high-current delivery forces bulky copper conductors and complex buswork into every rack, wasting space and money while creating thermal and installation headaches. Raising the distribution voltage reshapes those tradeoffs. At 800 volts, the same conductors can carry substantially more power, shrinking copper mass and freeing rack real estate for compute instead of power hardware.

NVIDIA's approach also simplifies the conversion chain by moving the main AC-to-DC rectification to the grid edge and using compact DC-DC modules in racks, reducing the number of conversion stages that generate heat and incur losses. Across large installations that efficiency improvement compounds. Even a few percentage points saved in delivery translates to megawatts less wasted energy at the gigawatt scale. Practical deployment plans tie the electrical advances to cooling and mechanical design: water-cooled busbars and integrated liquid cooling will be central to new rack designs that pack hundreds of GPUs while keeping temperatures and copper needs manageable.[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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Razer, the world's leading lifestyle brand for gamers, proudly announces the launch of the Razer Gigantus V2 - Faker Edition, a limited-edition mouse mat designed in collaboration with esports icon Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok, also known as the Unkillable Demon King. This special edition Razer gaming mouse mat, adorned with the legendary "Unkillable Demon King" motif, celebrates Faker's renowned precision and his record-setting fifth League of Legends World Championship (LoL Worlds) win in 2024.

"I've worked with Razer for more than ten years, and it's important for me to use equipment I can trust," said Lee "Faker" Sang-Hyeok. "I've enjoyed using the Razer Gigantus V2 in matches, and I'm glad fans now have a chance to try this limited edition too."[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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According to Mark Gurman's "Power On" newsletter, Apple is set to quietly introduce its first M5-powered devices this week through an online announcement rather than a big keynote. The initial wave is expected to include an updated iPad Pro, a 14-inch MacBook Pro in its entry-level configuration, and a refreshed Vision Pro headset. Early performance checks and hands-on reports point to [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] as well as improved on-device machine learning, which Apple likely achieved by building on the architecture used in the latest iPhone chips and by manufacturing on TSMC's refined N3 process. The tablet is said to keep the same thin profile customers know, but may add a second front-facing camera so video calls work the same whether you hold the device vertically or horizontally.

Behind the scenes, Apple is apparently pacing the rollout. The plain M5 silicon is ready for these mainstream machines, while the beefier M5 Pro and M5 Max variants are still working their way through supply constraints and should arrive with the higher-end 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros early next year. The Vision Pro's upgrade is less about changing the product's look and more about giving it a faster brain and a more comfortable strap for longer sessions. This M5 update will bring modest external changes paired with meaningful boosts to performance, efficiency, and AI capability, with full availability and pricing likely to be announced alongside the official product pages. As always, we will keep you updated.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]

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Flex today announced the industry's first globally manufactured, fully integrated platform designed for gigawatt data centers supporting AI and HPC. By uniting power, cooling, compute, and Flex's global services into pre-engineered, modular reference designs for next-generation data centers, the new infrastructure platform enables operators to deploy infrastructure up to 30% faster, reduce execution risk, and scale reliably to meet the pace of AI demand. Flex will highlight the platform and new breakthrough products during the OCP Global Summit in booth B24.

"As AI adoption accelerates, data center operators must overcome rising power, heat, and scale challenges to deploy infrastructure at unprecedented speed," said Michael Hartung, president and chief commercial officer at Flex. "Flex delivers the industry's deepest hardware stack by integrating power, cooling, and compute with vertically integrated manufacturing at scale. Its open architecture provides the flexibility required for faster, more predictable deployments, enabling data center operators to keep up with AI demand."[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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OpenAI and Broadcom today announced a collaboration for 10 gigawatts of custom AI accelerators. OpenAI will design the accelerators and systems, which will be developed and deployed in partnership with Broadcom. By designing its own chips and systems, OpenAI can embed what it's learned from developing frontier models and products directly into the hardware, unlocking new levels of capability and intelligence. The racks, scaled entirely with Ethernet and other connectivity solutions from Broadcom, will meet surging global demand for AI, with deployments across OpenAI's facilities and partner data centers.

OpenAI and Broadcom have long-standing agreements on the co-development and supply of the AI accelerators. The two companies have signed a term sheet to deploy racks incorporating the AI accelerators and Broadcom networking solutions.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Microsoft has accidentally broken the Windows Media Creation Tool (MCT) just a day ahead of Windows 10 end-of-life. The company confirmed this case on its official documentation for Windows 10 22H2, which is perhaps the last update for that document page that we will see. "The Windows 11 media creation tool version 26100.6584, released September 29, 2025, might not work as expected when used on Windows 10 devices. The media creation tool might close unexpectedly, displaying no error message," says Microsoft page, adding the clarification about MCT "The media creation tool is used to create a bootable USB or DVD which can be utilized to perform a reinstall or clean install of Windows 11 on a new or used PC. Note that the Windows 11 media creation tool is not currently supported on Windows 10 devices that use Arm64 processors."

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Transcend Information, Inc. (Transcend), a global leader in digital storage solutions, today announced the launch of its CFexpress 830 Type B memory card. Built on the latest CFexpress 4.0 specification with a PCIe Gen 4 x2 interface, the card delivers read speeds of up to 3,500 MB/s and sustained write speeds of up to 2,600 MB/s, enabling ultra-fast and seamless data transfer. With capacities of up to 2 TB, it is designed to support extended recording sessions and meets the demanding requirements of 8K RAW video production, high-speed burst shooting, and multi-camera commercial projects—ensuring every critical moment is captured with uncompromising precision and efficiency.

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As artificial intelligence (AI) workloads and high-performance computing (HPC) applications continue to drive unprecedented demand for faster data movement and lower latency, Microchip Technology (Nasdaq: MCHP) has introduced its next generation of Switchtec Gen 6 PCIe Switches. The industry's first PCIe Gen 6 switches manufactured using a 3 nm process, the Switchtec Gen 6 family is designed to deliver lower power consumption and support up to 160 lanes for high-density AI system connectivity. Advanced security features include a hardware root of trust and secure boot, utilizing post-quantum safe cryptography compliant with the Commercial National Security Algorithm Suite (CNSA) 2.0.

Previous PCIe generations created bandwidth bottlenecks as data transferred between CPUs, GPUs, memory and storage, leading to underutilization and wasted compute cycles. PCIe 6.0 doubles the bandwidth of PCIe 5.0 to 64 GT/s (giga transfers per second) per lane, providing the necessary data pipeline to keep the most powerful AI accelerators consistently supplied. Switchtec Gen 6 PCIe switches enable high-speed connectivity between CPUs, GPUs, SoCs, AI accelerators and storage devices, and are designed to help data center architects scale to the potential of next generation AI and cloud infrastructure.[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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