KIOXIA announces new EXCERIA BASIC SSD series
PCIe Gen 4 M.2 2280 SSDs with peaking at 7,300MB/s
KIOXIA Europe has announced its newest EXCERIA BASIC SSD series, a budget-oriented SSD lineup aiming to deliver PCIe 4.0 performance at a reasonable price. Coming in M.2 2280 form-factor and 1TB and 2TB capacities, it will be a great upgrade from SATA and even PCIe 3.0 devices.
AMD officially lists new Ryzen 5 7500X3D CPU
Budget 6-core/12-thread Zen 4 CPU with 64MB of 3D V-Cache for $269
AMD has finally made the new Ryzen 5 7500X3D official by listing its full specifications and its own benchmark results. This budget-oriented Zen 4-based 6-core/12-thread SKU with 64MB of 3D V-Cache will launch at $269.
AMD plots Gorgon and Medusa to turn rivals to stone
Zen 5 refresh in 2026, Zen 6 in 2027, and a mysterious new GPU to bury RDNA
AMD has lifted the kimono on its next-gen client CPUs and GPUs, with new codenames straight out of Greek mythology.
Samsung’s Exynos refuses to learn the lesson
It takes a certain flair to kick off an industry trend, and MediaTek managed it when it lobbed efficiency cores out the window with its Dimensity 9300 in November 2023.
Sony flogs cheaper Japan-only PS5 to fight inflation
Cuts price to keep up with Nintendo’s Switch 2 juggernaut
Sony has decided to flog a cut-price version of its PlayStation 5 only in Japan, trying to spark sales at home as inflation bites and Nintendo keeps eating its lunch.
Foxconn cashes in on AI server boom
Outshines iPhone biz as server demand roars ahead
Contract manufacturing giant Foxconn has posted a 17 per cent surge in third-quarter profits, with AI servers doing the heavy lifting while iPhones took a backseat.
SoftBank flogs Nvidia stake to bet big on OpenAI
Son's AI obsession unnerves investors despite record profits
SoftBank Group shares nosedived 10 per cent after it dumped its entire Nvidia stake for $5.8 billion, choosing to punt the lot on OpenAI instead.
SK hynix bets big on mobile AI with HBS memory
New DRAM and NAND combo
Memory outfit SK hynix is cooking up a fresh batch of silicon aimed at shoving more AI grunt into mobile gear and other edge kit.
Qualcomm eyes Android laptops with Snapdragon X
ChromeOS merger suggests Google is noticing the PC market
Chipmaker Qualcomm might have stuck its Snapdragon X series into Windows laptops, but now it's sniffing around Android too.
World’s smallest GPU goes big with 3D graphics
TinyGPU v2.0 can render 1,000 triangles at 15 frames per second
Retro computing fans are buzzing over TinyGPU v2.0, a homebrew graphics processor from FPGA tinkerer and vintage PC enthusiast Pongsagon Vichit.