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BofA: AMD Can Witness PC Slowdown in 2025 & AI Competition From Broadcom And Marvell

In a fresh analyst note, Bank of America has downgraded AMD's shares to Neutral from Buy, cutting the firm's share price target to $155 from an earlier $180. BofA's adjustment is based on the belief that a broadening in the AI chip market will lead to greater demand for products from Marvel and Broadcom and limit AMD's ability to gain market share. Excessive demand for NVIDIA's GPUs, coupled with high prices, have spurred big tech companies to develop

iPhone SE 4 To Rival High-End Models With 48MP Rear Camera and 12MP TrueDepth Selfie Lens, Delivering Flagship-Level Photography

Apple is slated to launch its next-generation iPhone SE 4 early next year, and the device is expected to bring a handful of front-facing features and changes in terms of design. While we have heard various details related to the device, its single-lens camera module remains a bit unexplored. A new report claims that the iPhone SE 4 will feature a single 48MP camera setup on the back and a 12MP TrueDepth camera on the front, which will allow it to keep up with the

Gaming Benchmarks Reveal AMD AGESA 1.2.0.2b Patch Brings Slightly Better Gaming Performance On Ryzen CPUs

The Beta BIOS with the AMD AGESA 1.2.0.2b patch seems to be working great for Ryzen CPUs in gaming applications. The results show better 1% lows over the previous BIOS patch. AMD AGESA 1.2.0.2b brings the Core Tune Config feature that reduces memory latency and improves performance in games for Ryzen CPUs With the release of the AGESA 1.2.0.2a patch for AMD Ryzen CPUs, many users complained about high memory latency. While AMD did

Lynx Equity On Super Micro Computer (SMCI): “We Are Now Raising Our PT From $45 To $60 Based On The Expectation That, With The Nasdaq Decision In Hand, Many Investors Are Likely To Return”

Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ: SMCI), the struggling retailer of servers and AI racks, has won a rare stock price target upgrade today in what is a testament to the improving sentiment around the battered stock. Lynx Equity Raises $SMCI PT to $60 from $45, Comments 'Many Investors Are Likely to Return' Analyst comments: "The Company filed an 8-K Friday after market close - the NASDAQ has granted its request for an extension for filing the necessary 10-K and 1

Bloodborne Emulation Continues to Get Improved With RAM and VRAM Usage Fixes and Dynamic Shadows Mod

Bloodborne's emulation on PC is continuing to get improved almost daily, thanks to new updates to the ShadPS4 emulator and mods that improve the game's visuals to provide a truly remastered experience. The latest work-in-progress build of the ShadPS4 emulator, version 0.4.1, addresses some of the issues that have been causing frequent crashing while playing the PlayStation 4 exclusive on PC, such as RAM usage spikes, and excessive VRAM usage, as reported in a new video shared by tabeneru

This Gaming PC From Yeyian Pairs AMD’s Ryzen 7 7800X3D With NVIDIA’s RTX 4070 For Just $1,499.99 On Amazon, Making It Ideal For Running Indiana Jones And The Great Circle

AMD’s highly popular and capable Ryzen 7 7800X3D is an elusive PC component because even though it is currently listed at its original $479 price on Amazon, just perform multiple refreshes of its webpage, and you will immediately notice that its price has shot up. The tale is not any different for the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, which is available for a hefty premium of $833.32. Let us be honest; you do

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Path Tracing Looks Incredible but Comes at a Heavy Performance Cost, Even on High-End Hardware Like the RTX 4090

Indiana Jones and The Great Circle looks stunning with path tracing, but even the most powerful GPUs currently on the market cannot run the game at native 4K resolution and max setting at anything above 30 FPS. Making some compromises in terms of settings and resolution, however, definitely looks worth it, as path tracing makes the game developed by MachineGames outright stunning, as highlighted in a comparison video shared by Tyrian on YouTube. The video also clearly shows how an RTX 4080 has trouble hitting 60 FPS

Steam, Path of Exile 2, and Marvel Rivals All Broke Records This Weekend

It's been another weekend of records on Valve's Steam. Yesterday at 14:00 UTC, Steam itself broke a new concurrency record of 39.2 million users, over 12 million of whom were playing a game.  Valve's platform continues to grow at an astonishing rate. In January, it reached 33.6 million users; the 34 million threshold was broken in early March and quickly surpassed by two new records (35 and 36 million). The

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Intel Foundry Unveils “Innovative” Strategies For Transistors & Packaging Technologies, Enhancing Silicon Scalability

Intel Foundry has showcased "breakthrough" developments in the realm of transistor and packaging technologies, revealing material and silicon innovation. Intel Foundry Showcases "Subtractive Ruthenium" & New Transistor Technologies To Ensure Node Scalability [Press Release]: Today at the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) 2024, Intel Foundry unveiled breakthroughs to help drive the semiconductor industry forward into the next decade and beyond. Intel Foundry showcased new material advancements that help improve interconnections within a chip, resulting in up to 25% capacitance by

AirPods Pro 3 Reportedly Arriving In Early 2025 With The Only Information Provided Was That These Will Feature An Updated Design

Apple’s ‘It’s Glowtime’ event held in September may not have materialized the AirPods Pro 3, but we did get the more affordable AirPods 4 family that offers the new H2 chip, with a version that ships with Active Noise Cancellation like the AirPods Pro 2. For those left disappointed that the company did not introduce a successor of its more premium wireless earbuds, you will not have too long because the AirPods Pro 3 will reportedly arrive in early 2025. Unfortunately, the only information