Tag: hardware

This new leaked AMD Strix Halo variant could be the ultimate chip for handheld gaming PCs

This new leaked AMD…

AMD’s Strix Halo chip, otherwise known as the Ryzen AI Max, has always been technically interesting. But it hasn’t…
Raising a digital digit to Nvidia, China reportedly set to ban foreign-made AI chips from state-funded data centers

Raising a digital digit…

New data centre projects in China must use homegrown AI hardware going forward. According to Reuters, new government guidance…
Electronics researchers have developed a new way to stack transistors in a die, to keep Moore’s law alive for as long as possible

Electronics researchers have developed…

For 60 years, Gordon Moore’s observation that transistor counts in integrated circuits would double roughly every two years has…
AMD posts record profits but it’s not just all about endless chips for generating AI slop, gaming CPU and GPU sales are booming, too

AMD posts record profits…

AMD has just posted its latest financial results and the message is clear: Things are good. Things are very…
Apple’s new web store looks all spiffy, but its devs forgot to do something kinda important: Disable the sourcemaps

Apple’s new web store…

While this isn’t exactly PC gaming news, Apple recently launched a new interface for its app store when viewed…
Sony has patented a PlayStation controller for your mobile phone

Sony has patented a…

It looks like Sony has patented a new PlayStation-style controller for use with your mobile device. Per VGC, a…
Finally! The Steam Deck can now download games in a new ‘display-off, low-power’ mode before automatically going to sleep

Finally! The Steam Deck…

Valve has just checked off a long-requested wishlist item for the Steam Deck: Downloading games even when the screen…
Arc Raiders and Battlefield 6 prove that great performance and low system requirements are king for multiplayer PC games in 2025

Arc Raiders and Battlefield…

It’ll be no surprise to most of you that Arc Raiders is a popular game, as I’m sure you’ve…
Ayaneo is teasing a ‘mobile phone truly made for gamers’ and I hope it keeps its promises

Ayaneo is teasing a…

Mobile gaming has been a bit of a laughing stock for some time, but the last few years have…
PS5 faceplates could be coming soon according to a Sony patent

PS5 faceplates could be…

Sony has published a patent that would allow the platform holder to manufacture and sell faceplates for the PlayStation…