AMD RX 9070 could struggle to compete with Nvidia 50-series GPUs according to latest tech demo
New path tracing benchmarks have revealed that AMD’s latest GPU generation struggles when weighed up against Nvidia’s latest
Tiny Minisforum Mobo Packs A Ryzen 9 7945HX3D For A 3D V-Cache Gaming Boost
It’s pretty ironic, if you think about it. AMD makes desktop CPUs, then turns them into BGA chips for the high-end mobile market. Laptop vendors don’t buy as many of those CPUs as AMD would like, and they start to filter into the market via alternative channels—like these Minisforum “Mobile on Desktop” (MoDT) products. So it goes that we have
Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Captures Stunning Video Of The Dark Side Of The Moon
Firefly has announced that its “Blue Ghost” spacecraft has captured a stunning video showing the dark side of the moon while it was preparing to land on the lunar surface. Firefly is one of the private companies selected via NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, the purpose of which is to transport NASA equipment to the
AMD Confirms Radeon RX 9000 GPUs Are UEFI-Only: What You Need To Know
In what is a depressingly-rare show of pre-release transparency, AMD has posted a support article concerning UEFI support on its RDNA 4-based GPUs, including the soon-to-be-released Radeon RX 9070 series. The article is surprisingly wordy for such a simple topic: AMD will only officially support UEFI systems with graphics cards sporting GPUs
Nvidia RTX 5070 Founders Edition won’t be available on launch day, coming ‘later in March’
Nvidia has unofficially confirmed that the Founders Edition variant of the RTX 5070 will only be available later this month.
Monster Hunter Wilds Just Slayed An Insane Capcom Record In Its First 3 Days
It was evident shorty after its launch that Monster Hunter Wilds was going to be a success story for Capcom. The game managed an impressive feat on PC, passing the million-concurrent-players mark over the weekend. Even some of the rough edges that showed up were unable to slow down gamers from embarking on multiplayer hunts within its beautiful,
China doubles US research output on next-gen chips amid export bans — trade war fuels a research wave
China is far outpacing US-based studies on next-gen chip technologies, with PRC-based authors making up 50% of the top-cited microchip research essays since 2018.
The NAND market faced a 6.2% revenue loss in Q4 24 — forecast projects a further 20% hit in Q1 25
TrendForce reports that the NAND flash industry suffered a 6% revenue drop in Q4 24 and is expected to plummet by 20% further in Q1 25.
Apple Unveils iPad Air With M3 For A 2X Lift And An AI-Gimped Budget iPad
While many were expecting Apple to announce a new line of Macs this week (which it still might), we’re instead (for now) getting a couple of new iPad tablets, including an 6th generation iPad Air infused with Apple’s M3 silicon and a new baseline iPad powered by Apple’s A16 chip. Which one might be right for you? Let’s dig into the specs.
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Pixel 9a FCC Filing Reveals Satellite Support And These Other Features
Google’s mid-budget Pixel 9a will be officially announced soon (some say sooner than you think) and if a recent FCC (Federal Communications Commissions) filing is correct, the phone will sport a relatively major feature trickled down from the Pixel 9 flagships: satellite support. When the Tensor G4-powered phone goes on sale, it’s expected