NVIDIA showcased its RTX Neural Texture Compression (NTC) technique back in 2023 , and once again in H1 2026, revealing that VRAM usage can be reduced by an impressive 85 percent . Now, the SDK that was available for developers on Windows 11 has made its way to the ARM64 platform because NVIDIA’s RTX Spark and several notebook families powered by this SoC are expected to arrive later this year.
Windows 11 ARM64 supporting RTX Neural Texture Compression was
Sony's decision to sunset physical discs in 2028 has quickly become one of the most controversial decisions the company has ever made since entering the console market with the first PlayStation. The backlash from gamers has been significant, so much so that the company officially acknowledged it had heard their voices , but it seems no form of protest may be enough to make the Japanese company backtrack, judging from a new warning sticker found on the box of new PlayStation 5 units.
"IMPORTANT NOTICE: Starting in January 2
It's been four years since the AMD AM5 motherboard platform and the 600-series motherboards launched. Since its launch, the platform has seen the launch of several CPUs in the Ryzen 7000, Ryzen 8000, and Ryzen 9000 families. While the 600-series motherboards provide great features & compatibility with newer Zen 5 CPUs, motherboard makers are always looking to enhance user experiences through the latest technologies, so AMD has introduced a new chipset
Nintendo has published its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2027 (April through June 2026), revealing a peculiar disconnect between the company's revenue and its profit. Nintendo's net sales for the quarter totaled 517.8 billion yen , down 9.5% year-over-year; despite that decline, operating profit jumped 150.5% to 142.6 billion yen, ordinary profit rose 115.1%
Today, Chinese developer S-GAME provided an update on its upcoming game Phantom Blade Zero , revealing that development is essentially complete and that pre-orders will kick off on August 11 at 7 PM Pacific Time (August 12 at 10 AM Beijing Time).
Players, thank you for waiting! Development on Phantom Blade Zero is now complete. Pre-orders will open on the following platforms: PlayStation Store, Steam, and the Epic Games Store. Get ready for an all-new trailer featuring new
Intel's next-generation Diamond Rapids "Xeon 7" CPU has been spotted, featuring 32 cores & 240 MB L3 cache on the 18A-P process technology.
Diamond Rapids, the next-gen Xeon family , is going to be the next step up for Intel's data center ambitions. The processor is one of the first that is being built upon the enhanced 18A-P process technology, and will go on to pack up to 192 cores,
Motherboard makers, including ASUS, have started implementing price bumps across their AMD & Intel product lineups amidst component shortages.
PC components such as PCBs, VRMs, and capacitors that go into making a product are in shortage due to heightened demand from enterprise and cloud segments that are racing to build multi-gigawatt systems . These enterprise giants are willing to pay much more than what regular PC audiences pay, and the large majority of component manufacturers are shifting their supply to these segments.
Since Enterprise is willing to pay more for these
Apple can always rely on TSMC to fulfill its orders for millions of chipsets, but this year could tell a very different tale. However, the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturer isn’t at fault, as a previous report has stated that TSMC is sitting on $1 billion worth of A20 Pro units, but they can’t move to the next step unless sufficient DRAM supply arrives.
As more AI customers begin placing orders for TSMC’s 2nm process, the company is reportedly on track to
MSI is the latest NVIDIA AIB partner to increase the prices of its graphics cards due to ongoing DRAM shortages.
If you had been following our reports on the ongoing memory shortages and PC component price hikes , you'd know that the situation is going to get far worse in the coming months.
The previous report highlighted a major price increase across all brands at the end of July in China. Even domestic Chinese consumers were shocked at the extent of these price hikes, and more recently, AIBs officially announced further price bumps
It's been three years since the AMD AM5 motherboard platform and the 600-series motherboards launched. Since its launch, the platform has seen the launch of several CPUs in the Ryzen 7000, Ryzen 8000, and Ryzen 9000 families. While the 600-series motherboards provide great features & compatibility with newer Zen 5 CPUs, motherboard makers are always looking to enhance user experiences through the latest technologies, so AMD has introduced a new chipset
