Legendary Sound Blaster ISA sound card gets a driver update 30 years later — patch squashes first bug report after 25 years
Creative Sound Blaster AWE32 fixes arrive for the Linux 6.16-rc3 kernel.
Overclockable Alienware 27-inch QHD gaming monitor is now just $199 at Amazon — 180 Hz IPS panel with 1 ms response time
The Alienware AW2724DM has a QHD resolution measuring 2560 x 1440px, features a 27-inch IPS panel, and is AMD FreeSync Pro certified.
Chinese researchers invent silicon photonic multiplexer chip that uses light instead of electricity for communication — CCP says China’s early steps into light-based chips precede ‘major breakthroughs’ in three years
Fudan University researchers have allegedly developed a photonics-based multiplexer chip, supporting up to 38 Tbps data transmission. While not yet a full CPU, Chinese industry observers believe China’s big breakthrough in photonics will arrive in “three to five years”.
Intel to outsource marketing to Accenture and AI, resulting in more layoffs
Intel is outsourcing much of its marketing work to Accenture, aiming to cut costs and automate tasks using AI, which will reshape the company’s longtime approach to customer engagement.
New display hits 1 million FPS, but it’s not for gaming — display and high-speed camera could enable 1 Terabit per second communication speeds, beating current network interfaces
XDC has unveiled a microLED-based optical system that transmits data at one million frames per second through free space using a high-speed display and camera pair.
Nvidia reportedly books entire server plant capacity through 2026 to build Blackwell and Rubin AI servers, pushing out other potential customers
Nvidia has secured all available capacity at Wistron’s new facility in the Southern Taiwan Science Park, with confirmed orders extending through 2026.
Windows updates might finally be getting better — Microsoft to remove legacy drivers from Windows Update to boost security
Microsoft is planning on removing unwanted/legacy drivers from its Windows update catalog to boost the security of its Windows user base. The first phase of this cleanup will encompass older legacy drivers that already have newer replacements in Microsoft’s database.
Even PowerGPU’s founder can’t escape thermal gel leakage from the Gigabyte RTX 50-Series Master GPU
PowerGPU founder Jese Martinez discovered that his Gigabyte GPU is leaking its thermal gel after switching it out on his personal system.
AMD Radeon GPUs To Level Up Display Output With 80Gbps HDMI 2.2
Before we get into this news, let’s talk about HDMI 2.2, since we didn’t actually cover its launch. HDMI 2.2 was indeed unveiled at CES, just as was rumored in December, and it brings along two major new features: the HDMI Latency Indication Protocol, and support for up to 96 Gbps of display stream bandwidth, outpacing even the fastest DisplayPort
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