Tag: hardware

Intel spent so much cash on research and development last year that it outspent Nvidia by 28% and AMD by a whopping 156%

Intel spent so much…

It should come as no surprise that the biggest chip companies in the world spend billions of dollars every…
Gigabyte have finally released its RTX 5090 external GPU—but it’s calling it an ‘AI box’

Gigabyte have finally released…

I enjoyed the highs and lows of the gaming laptop life for more than ten years—until the recovery partition…
This 3D-printed mini arcade cabinet turns the humble Lenovo Legion Go into a bartop Street Fighter machine

This 3D-printed mini arcade…

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A laptop brand I’ve never heard of beat Razer’s Project Valerie to the market with a three-screen laptop

A laptop brand I’ve…

Eight years ago, Razer announced a version of its laptop with three screens built in. With attention to detail…
Tired of jiggling your GPU to get it to fit in a small form factor PC? Maxsun reckons it has the answer to that problem around the back

Tired of jiggling your…

Small form factor (aka SFF) builds are the PC equivalent of bespoke mechanical timepieces. Beautiful to look at and…
If this report about 2nm silicon from Japanese chip manufacturing start-up Rapidus beating TSMC is true, there might just be hope for GPU prices

If this report about…

We reported recently on TSMC’s relentless march toward 2 nm chip tech, despite the fact that there’s barely any…
Samsung and SK Hynix, the world’s biggest makers of DRAM and flash memory chips, have potentially lost the right to buy US equipment for use in their China-based factories

Samsung and SK Hynix,…

Whether it’s your graphics card, RAM sticks, or SSD, they all contain memory chips that have probably been manufactured…
Corsair Scimitar Elite Wireless SE review

Corsair Scimitar Elite Wireless…

When it’s time to choose a gaming mouse, it’s important to factor in exactly what kind of gaming you…
Intel’s patent for ‘software defined super cores’ probably won’t make an appearance in CPUs any time soon but implementing the tech could spell the end of the P-core

Intel’s patent for ‘software…

In the world of CPUs, GPUs, and all things chip-based, patent applications are so frequent that there’s little point…
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti review: a killer graphics card for next-gen ray tracing on a budget

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060…

Nvidia’s cheapest 30-series card yet offers ray tracing on a budget – and a strong performance leap on its…