AMD Ryzen 5 5600 could launch in 2021 at 220 USD

Please note that this post is tagged as a rumor .

AMD might be preparing a fifth Ryzen 5000 series SKU – the 5600.

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 non-X

AMD Ryzen 5 5000 (Zen3) series packaging

AMD is rumored to launch a Ryzen 5 5600 processor next year, according to a rumor posted by @harukaze5719 . The leaker claims that the news came from an article, although the original source cannot be

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ASUS GeForce GTX 1660 series GUNDAM graphics card pictured

ASUS is also developing a GeForce GTX series featuring a new cooler shroud design.

ASUS GeForce GTX insired by GUNDAM

In additional to GUNDAM motherboards, the manufacturer will also launch a new GTX graphics card inspired by the Japanese anime about giant robots. The model is not named, but we can clearly see this is a GTX model, so definatley a GeForce 16 series graphics card.

The GUNDAM GeForce GTX graphics card features thee display connectors: DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort, which is a standard for TU106 or

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ASUS (Z490) ROG Maximus XII Extreme GUNDAM edition pictured

ASUS is launching a new version of its top-tier motherboard for the Z490 chipset.

ASUS ROG Maximus XII Extreme GUNDAM comes with a preinstalled waterblock

The Extreme GUNDAM is a special edition inspired by a Japanse anime about giant humanoid robots. The original Maximus XII EXTREME (M12E) was already designed for water cooling with its oversized aluminium heatsinks, passive I/O cooling, dedicated water cooling zones (W_FLow tachometers/W_IN/OUT T-Sensor) and multiple 4-

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(PR) Lenovo announces ThinkPad C13 Yoga Chromebook Enterprise with AMD Ryzen 7 3700C

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New ThinkPad™ C13 Yoga Chromebook Enterprise™ Delivers Premium Distinctive Style with Chrome OS Agility

Lenovo™ is delighted to announce a new addition to its ThinkPad portfolio. The ThinkPad C13 Yoga Chromebook Enterprise is a portable, efficiency boosting laptop that delivers the reliability and durability expected from a ThinkPad with the cloud-based simplicity offered by Google Chrome Enterprise. It comes in a distinguishing Abyss Blue design and offers diverse productivity and creativity possibilities thanks to its 360-degree Yoga hinge. Designed

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Khronos releases OpenCL 3.0 final specifications

OpenCL 3.0

A few days ago a non-profit organization Khronos released the full and final specifications of the OpenCL 3.0 API. It is now a long-established framework that is slowly seeing a stronger competition, as key partners are drifting away to other APIs.

The OpenCL was first developed by Apple and then it was improved by NVIDIA and AMD and submitted to the Khronos group as an open cross-platform standard. The new version 3.0 is a reversal to some extent, as it shares


(PR) Alphacool launches Eisblock ES for reference-based GeForce RTX 3090 and RTX 3080 graphics cards

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Alphacool Eisblock ES Acetal RTX 3080/3090 for models featuring reference PCB design

Alphacool presents the Eisblock ES Acetal GPX-N RTX 3080/3090 GPU watercooling block The block is specially developed for the server sector. Nevertheless, it also fits into normal desktop computers or small form factor cases. Of course, it is also available to our end customers.
A special feature of this block is the terminal with the G1/4″ ports

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Microsoft confirms AMD Radeon RX 6000 series support AV1 decoding

Microsoft confirms AMD Radeon RX 6000 supports AV1 video codec acceleration

AMD RDNA2 graphics cards will provide hardware acceleration for AV1 (AOMedia Video 1) video codec. This codec has 34% higher data compression (according to AOMedia) or 20% improved compression efficiency than VP9 codec according to Netflix, who already deployed it for select Android users.

Microsoft confirmed in its official blog that this fall broad hardware support will roll out from its partners for the AV1 codec. It will require

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(PR) COLORFUL launches CVN Guardian and WARHALBERD DDR4 memory series

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COLORFUL Launches CVN Guardian and WARHALBERD DDR4 Memory Series

October 12th , 2020 Shenzhen, China – Colorful Technology Company Limited, professional manufacturer of graphics cards, motherboards, all-in-one gaming and multimedia solutions and high-performance storage, launches the CVN Guardian RGB DDR4 gaming memory for the latest AMD platforms and the WARHALBERD DDR4 memory for the 3rd generation AMD Ryzen platform and Intel desktop platforms. The COLORFUL CVN Guardian RGB Gaming Memory sports an eye-catching

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AMD Ryzen 5000 (Zen3) support rolling out to AMD 500-series motherboards

Motherboard makers offering new BIOSes for AMD 500 series motherboards

AMD promised to deliver broad support for its next-generation Zen3 processors to 500-series motherboards. The company has so far not confirmed if there are any plans to launch 600-series motherboards, but there is a strong belief that the 500 series might be, in fact, the last AM4 series.

AMD confirmed that Zen3 support will come to select 400 series motherboard. This is of course the


Intel

Intel launches quad-core Core i3-10100F at 79-97 USD

Intel launches new quad-core CPU

The Core i3-10100F is a new variant of the 10100 series. Intel already announced Core i3-10100, i3-10100T, i3-10100E, and i3-10100TE, each designed for a slightly different purpose.

The Core i3-10100F is basically the i3-

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