Tag: hardware

Here’s how the Iran war is hitting key supplies for components, according to supply chain experts

Here’s how the Iran…

The war in Iran is causing supply issues globally, with constrained gas and oil supplies due to the closure…
Framework says DDR5 memory costs ‘remain fairly stable’ but ‘on SSDs, the pricing story is unfortunately not as positive’ as it raises prices again

Framework says DDR5 memory…

Modular laptop company Framework has some good news and some bad news. The good news is that memory costs…
Valve snuck a Wilhelm scream Easter egg into the new Steam Controller

Valve snuck a Wilhelm…

Valve, you cheeky bunch. It wasn’t enough to stand out by doubling down on touchpads, going all in on…
Steam adds more granular ways to browse the store

Steam adds more granular…

Valve has added a number of new ways to browse the Steam store in an update, with a ‘New and…
New testing shows DisplayPort 2

New testing shows DisplayPort…

DisplayPort 2.1 GPU connected to DisplayPort 2.1 monitor. Result? DisplayPort 2.1 connect. Right? Apparently not, according to Monitors Unboxed.…
The Nvidia RTX 3060 and Minecraft perfectly showcase that mindblowing ray-tracing can be affordable – or will be, once you can find one

The Nvidia RTX 3060…

Returning to ray-traced Minecraft on the Nvidia RTX 3060 reminds me that this technology is the real next generation.…
While we’re still waiting for games to use Nvidia’s RTX IO tech, data centres get another bit of hardware to remind us they’ve been using it all this time

While we’re still waiting…

Every now and then, a new product will be launched, boasting a nifty bit of tech. But rather than…
SATA drives are still going strong as Kingston announces it has shipped 100 million A400 SSDs

SATA drives are still…

I remember when an early review sample of the original Intel X25-M SATA SSD landed on my desk. It…
‘Are we going to bet the company’s road map on chiplets?’ AMD’s CEO Lisa Su reminds us how fortunate it was that its executives all said yes

‘Are we going to…

Given how much AMD dominates the world of CPUs and gaming in general, it might seem strange to picture…
AMD reportedly planning a new budget graphics card with a surprising number of cores

AMD reportedly planning a…

How’s about some positive whispers from the hardware grapevine amidst the relentless talk of increasing prices? Admittedly these whispers…