Intel

AMD "Renoir" Successor is "Cézanne," Powered by "Zen 3" and RDNA2

AMD's 7 nm "Renoir" silicon breathed life into the notebook processor market, by bringing 8-core/16-thread CPU performance into segments Intel reserved for 4-core/8-thread; and beat Intel in the iGPU performance front. 7 nm brought performance-Watt uplifts that spell serious competition for Intel across all notebook form factors, be it 15 W or 45 W. According to _rogame, who has a knack of getting far-out hardware rumors right, AMD hasNone

KeysWorlds Empowers Your Home-Office with Lowest Ever Prices on Genuine Office and Windows

KeysWorlds understands the abruptness with which some of us were left to remain home and work with limited resources. The online software merchant wants to help out with the lowest prices on the web on Genuine Windows 10 and Office software licenses. With TechPowerUp-exclusive pricing, get lifetime-valid Office 2019 Professional Plus for $32.27, which is a fraction of what some would pay for an annually-renewing Office 365 account. Upgrade all the PCs in your household, with newNone

(PR) Micron's Low-Power DDR5 DRAM Boosts Performance and Consumer Experience of Motorola's New Flagship Edge+ Smartphone

Micron Technology, Inc., together with Motorola, today announced integration of Micron's low-power DDR5 (LPDDR5) DRAM into Motorola's new motorola edge+ smartphone, bringing the full potential of the 5G experience to consumers. Micron and Motorola worked in close collaboration to enable the edge+ to reach 5G network speeds that require maximum processing power coupled with high bandwidth memory and storage.

With 12 gigabytes (GB) of industry-leading Micron LPDDR5 DRAM memory, motorola edge+None
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Western Digital Spells Out Which Specific HDD Models Use SMR

Western Digital on Thursday (23/04) released an updated statement about the company's stand on SMR (shingled magnetic recording) being used on certain internal hard drives, including certain client-segment WD Red models recommended by the company for NAS applications, without proper disclosure on the product's marketing materials or data-sheets. It's surprising to note that SMR is being used not in some of the higher-capacity models (8 TB or higher) as previously thought, but rather lowerNone

Apple Silicon

NVIDIA is Secretly Working on a 5 nm Chip

According to the report of DigiTimes, which talked about TSMC's 5 nm silicon manufacturing node, they have reported that NVIDIA is also going to be a customer for it. And that is very interesting information, knowing that these chips will not go in the next generation of GPUs. Why is that? Because we know that NVIDIA will utilize Samsung's 7 nm manufacturing node for its next-generation Ampere GPUs that will end up in designs like GeForce RTX 3070 and RTX 3080 graphicsNVIDIA Xavier SoC

(PR) ASUS Announces ProArt Display PA32UCX-P and PA27UCX

ASUS today announced ProArt Display PA32UCX-P and PA27UCX, 4K HDR monitors for professional content creators with groundbreaking Off-Axis Contrast Optimization (OCO) technology that maintains color accuracy in wide-angle viewing and makes the monitors ideal collaboration tools. The 32-inch PA32UCX-P and 27-inch PA27UCX feature mini-LED backlighting and support for multiple HDR formats, including Dolby Vision, HDR10 and Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG).None
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Intel

Intel Set to Launch New "Accelerate Your Game" Bundle Promotion

Intel is taking a leaf out of AMDs book with their latest marketing campaign, the "Accelerate Your Game" bundle promotion was discovered on Overclockers UK and offer a selection of free games and software with the purchase of a qualifying Intel CPU. The promotion will offer free copies of Halo Wars 2, Dungeons 3, Hitman 2, Gears Tactics, VideoStudio Pro 2019, Corel Painters Essentials 7, DLC for The Cycle and World of Tanks along with one month of Origin Access to anyone who purchases a qualifying IntelNone

Thermaltake Announces TOUGHRAM Z-ONE DDR4-3600 and DDR4-3200 Memory Sans RGB

Thermaltake today announced its TOUGHRAM Z-ONE series premium PC memory without RGB LED embellishments. The TOUGHRAM Z-ONE series, which debuted in December 2019, originally feature an RGB LED diffuser on top. The new modules instead feature a brushed aluminium crown of a contrasting shade to the heatspreaders, which gives it an Art Deco look when viewed from the top. The company launched two SKUs today, "R010D408GX2-3600C18A"None
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Google Slashes Marketing Budget & Halts Hiring as COVID-19 Hits

In a recent report by CNBC, news that Google plans to slash its marketing budget in half for H2 2020 were revealed, this comes as COVID-19 wreaks havoc on the economy and shows that not even Google is immune to the effects. Google is also halting most hiring of full-time and contract employees particularly in Marketing long with reducing employee skills training as part of the company "recalibrating".

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Apple Silicon

Apple Rumored to Launch New Mac in 2021 with Custom 5 nm A14 SoC

In a recent report by Bloomberg it was revealed that Apple is planning to start selling Mac computers featuring their upcoming in-house A14 chip which will power the next generation iPhone & iPad in 2021. According to sources familiar with the matter Apple is developing three new processors based on the A14 to power some 2021 Mac products. One of the new processors is expected to be more powerful then the iPhone counterpart and will be built on TSMCs 5 nm process.

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