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Intel 11th Gen Core Rocket Lake-S series expected in 2021

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Intel has recently changed the launch window for Rocket Lake to March 2021.

Intel Rocket Lake-S now expected in March 2021

Intel Rocket Lake-S is (hopefully) the last consumer desktop 14nm Core processors series due to launch December or January 2021. We have heard a lot of rumors that the series could be unveiled at CES 2021, but that does not seem to be the case


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(PR) SK hynix Launches World’s First DDR5 DRAM

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Seoul, October 6, 2020 – SK hynix Inc. (or ‘the Company,’ www.skhynix.com) announced to launch world’s first DDR5 DRAM. It is a high-speed and high-density product optimized for Big Data, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) as a next generation standard of DRAM.

Since SK hynix announced the development of World’s First 16 Gigabit (Gb) DDR5 DRAM on November

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Intel Alder Lake-S CPU with 16 cores and 32 threads leaks on Sisoftware benchmark website

Intel Alder Lake-S spotted

Intel’s 12th Gen Core series is to embark on a journey to our desktops next year. The company promised to launch its hybrid big/small core architecture in the second half of 2021. The series is officially confirmed to feature Golden Cove (big) and Gracemont (small) core architecture.

This is not the first attempt to deliver hybrid technology to x86 desktop processors. Earlier this year Intel unveiled its 11th Gen Core “Lakefield”

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NVIDIA expects GeForce RTX 3090 and RTX 3080 shortages to last until 2021

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang thinks Ampere shortages may last till 2021

In a Q&A session after GTC Digital 2020 NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang confirmed that GeForce RTX 3090/3080 shortages are to be expected until 2021:

I believe that demand will outstrip all of our supply throughout the year. Remember, we’re also going into the double-whammy, the double-whammy is the holiday season. Even before the holiday season we were doing incredibly


AMD Infinity Cache coming to Big Navi?

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AMD Big Navi gets Infinity Cache?

We have independently confirmed that Big Navi will feature a special cache connected to the memory subsystem. The internal name for this cache is not Infinity Cache, however, it is possible that the name has changed recently, as a new trademark has been registered by AMD just three days ago.

On the Justia Trademarks website , we can find the first references to AMD Infinity Cache . The name refers to AMD Zen technology called Infinity Fabric

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NVIDIA announces RTX A6000 and A40

Today NVIDIA officially introduced its professional Ampere graphics cards called the ‘A’ series.

NVIDIA unveils Quadro RTX A6000 & A40

It is important to note that NVIDIA officially phased out the Quadro naming. Meaning that the manufacturer will no longer use Quadro and Tesla to position its workstation and server products. However, the official product website still features Quadro in the link.

NVIDIA announced two graphics cards for professional use: RTX A6000 and A40, both utilizing the latest Ampere

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(PR) Alphacool announces Eisblock Aurora RTX 3080/3090 water block for MSI Ventus

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Alphacool Eisblock Aurora Plexi GPX-N RTX 3090/3080 Ventus with Backplate

Today, Alphacool presents its latest RTX 3080/3090 GPU cooling block for the MSI GeForce RTX 3080/3090 Ventus 3X to pre-order. Delivery is expected to start at the end of October. This cooler covers all the necessary components that require cooling. This includes the voltage converters, graphics memory and of course the GPU

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ASUS unveils GeForce RTX 3070 TUF GAMING series

ASUS unveiled its third model based on the GA104-300 GPU – ASUS TUF GAMING series.

ASUS GeForce RTX 3070 TUF

The RTX 3070 TUF looks a lot like the RTX3090/3080 series. The manufacturer unveiled TUF cards in two: the OC and non-OC models, sadly no specs were provided for both, so we need to wait a bit more for the official clock speeds.

The TUF 3070 series

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LEADTEK announces GeForce RTX 3090 WinFast Hurricane

The wait is over.

Leadtek WinFast Hurricane gets Ampere treatment

A month after the announcement of the GeForce RTX 30 series, Leadtek finally unveiled its model. The Leadtek WinFast Hurricane is based on GeForce RTX 3090 SKU featuring 10496 CUDA cores and 24GB of GDDR6X memory.

This model appears to be a semi-custom design with a PCB resembling a reference layout, although some photos do show a different custom PCB, these may just be marketing materials.

The RTX 3

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(PR) MSI demonstrates CPU Cooler Tuning feature on MAG B460M MORTAR motherboard

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CPU COOLER TUNING – OPTIMIZED POWER LIMIT BASED ON CPU COOLERS

MSI B460 motherboards have offered a higher power limit to release the most accurate CPU performance. A higher power limit brings better performance because the frequency won’t be limited by the power limit.

However, a premium CPU cooler may be necessary for Core i5, Core i7, and Core i9 processors to avoid overheating. A stock Intel cooler may not be enough to manage the heat generated by Core i5 and

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