Tag: hardware

Critical metals for electronic components and gadgets jump in price, as China’s trade restrictions with the US begin to bite

Critical metals for electronic…

The Covid pandemic was a stark reminder as to just how fragile the global supply chain is, and now…
‘Neural Rendering’ could be the new AI-powered sorcery in Nvidia’s next-gen RTX 50-series GPUs

‘Neural Rendering’ could be…

Hot on the heels of apparent confirmation of a monstrous 32 GB RTX 5090 GPU from Nvidia comes news…
Zotac website leak seemingly confirms monstrous 32GB Nvidia RTX 5090 but we’re still concerned about how stingy Nvidia might be further down its new GPU range

Zotac website leak seemingly…

This is more in line with existing rumors and expectations than qualifying as earth-shattering news. But an apparent leak…
Putty, not pads: Thermal Grizzly’s new thermal materials might be the best thing for your graphics card just don’t ask for any numbers

Putty, not pads: Thermal…

Reapplying a fresh layer of thermal paste to a graphics card’s GPU is quite easy but dealing with its…
Noctua NH-D15 G2 review

Noctua NH-D15 G2 review

Noctua needs no introduction when it comes to air coolers with several of the best-reviewed models to its name…
New details of TSMC’s next-gen N2 chip tech aren’t totally stellar but could provide a roadmap for new GPUs right through to 2031

New details of TSMC’s…

Everyone’s favorite uber chip foundry TSMC has been dishing the deets on its next-gen node, known as N2 (via…
Nvidia’s corporate blog goes full fan mode with its description of Jen-Hsun Huang: ‘Tech Leader, AI Visionary, Endlessly Curious’

Nvidia’s corporate blog goes…

In business, you expect any corporate message to put the best possible spin on anything, including any comments about…
All of today’s mighty CPUs owe a debt of gratitude to the Intel 8080, which just turned 50

All of today’s mighty…

Just six years after its founding, Intel created a milestone in the history of computing. Instead of making chips…
Memory manufacturer Kioxia reveals its entire NAND flash production volume for 2026 is already ‘sold out’

Memory manufacturer Kioxia reveals…

For anyone hoping against hope that the memory supply crisis just might start to stabilise in 2026, I’ve got…
ReRAM has reentered the chat, with high-profile manufacturing deal positioning it as the ‘successor to flash memory’

ReRAM has reentered the…

Amid a memory supply crisis, in small part fueled by a shortage of NAND flash, it’s perhaps unsurprising that…