Intel Winds Down Production of Blockscale Cryptocurrency Mining Chips
Intel on Tuesday said it begun wrapping up production of its first generation Blockscale cryptocurrency mining chips. The announcement comes only about a year after the Blockscale 1000 family's introduction, marking a fairly rapid turn of events for a product that, at one time, Intel was hoping would let them carve out a slice of a billion dollar business.
Intel initiated end-of-life process for its Blockscale 1000-series ASICs (models 1120, 1140, and
Minisforum Unveils UM773 Lite: A Cheap Compact PC with Ryzen 7 7735HS
Minisforum has quietly started selling its Venus Series UM773 Lite, a compact system that packs AMD's eight-core Ryzen 7 7735HS processor. While this ultra-compact form-factor PC is rather powerful, it is relatively inexpensive too, as it is priced starting at $379.
Minisforum's Venus Series UM773 measures 128 mm × 128 mm × 48.2 mm and is a bit smaller and thicker than Apple's
As The Demand for HBM Explodes, SK Hynix is Expected to Benefit
The demand for high bandwidth memory is set to explode in the coming quarters and years due to the broader adoption of artificial intelligence in general and generative AI in particular. SK Hynix will likely be the primary beneficiary of the HBM rally as it leads shipments of this type of memory, holding a 50% share in 2022, according to TrendForce .
Analysts from TrendForce believe that shipments of AI servers equipped with compute GPUs like Nvidia's A100 or H100 will increase by roughly
Zotac’s Zbox Edge MI351 Packs Alder Lake-N and Offers Upgradeability
Introduced back at CES 2023, Intel’s Alder Lake-N platform is the company's newest and latest budget platform for entry-level PCs. With the hardware now shipping, Zotac is among the first well-known PC makers to offer use the platform for its Zbox Edge MI351 mini-PC. Though it's not as small as some of its competitors, it offers a degree of upgradeability and plenty of ports.
The Zotac Zbox Edge MI351 is based
Asus Announces ROG Phone 7 & ROG Phone 7 Ultimate Gaming Smartphones
Many gaming-eccentric smartphones may already be on the market, but Asus wants that throne all for itself. The company recently announced its latest ROG Phone 7 series of high-end gaming smartphones during their "For Those Who Dare" virtual event. The ROG Phone 7 series targets enthusiast mobile gamers. Asus has revealed two models for this generation: the ROG Phone 7 and ROG Phone 7 Ultimate. Both devices share identical specifications, while the Ultimate variant has a few extra bells and whistles that may interest some gamers.
Intel IFS Partners Up With Arm To Develop Improved Arm IP Designs for Intel's 18A Node
In 2016, Intel's now-defunct Custom Foundry business and Arm teamed up to bring Arm's Artisan Physical IP and POP IP for its ARM Cortex-A processor cores to Intel's 10nm process. What was meant to be a long-term deal and collaboration subsequently turned out to be anything but, as Intel closed its Custom Foundry Business in 2018 due to issues with its manufacturing. Fast forward to 2021, and Intel's CEO Pat
Seagate Unveils IronWolf Pro 22TB HDD at 2023 NAB Show
Coinciding with the 2023 NAB Show starting this weekend, Seagate has come out with a couple of announcements today. The new hardware introduction is the updated flagship capacity option for the IronWolf Pro HDD lineup targeting the SMB / SME NAS market. The lineup's new 22TB option now matches the highest capacity offered in the WD Red Pro line launched in July 2022 . Interestingly, this announcement comes in advance of the retail launch of the corresponding Exos X22 line (which, according
AMD Announces Radeon Pro W7900 & W7800: RDNA 3 Comes To Workstation Cards
With their initial consumer desktop and mobile RDNA 3 graphics products now out the door, AMD today is turning their attention to the professional visualization market. The more lucrative end of the GPUs-for-graphics business, the professional visualization (proviz) market is a small but important segment of the larger video card market, with workstation users asking for more RAM, more I/O, and more support than a consumer graphics card can provide. Served by AMD’s long-running lineup of Radeon Pro video cards,
Intel to Exit Prebuilt Server Business, Sells Data Center Solutions Group to MiTAC
While Intel is best known in the server space for their processors, networking gear, and other components, the company also has a small but respected prebuilt server system business , the Data Center Solutions Group. However, as confirmed by Intel today, the days of Intel-built servers are coming to an end. As part of the company's broader strategy to move away from low-margin businesses, Intel now plans to stop selling servers and will sell the remains of the business to one of its partners, MiTAC
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Picking the right motherboard when building a PC is essential. While the CPU may be the brains of the build, and a hefty GPU will provide the graphical brawn, it’s the motherboard that ties it all together - and the chipset that the mobo uses determines what processor you can use.
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