Intel’s Arc Pro B70 and B65 launch is quickly turning into a broader board partner rollout. ASRock, GUNNIR and SPARKLE have now presented their own Battlemage-based workstation cards, all centered around 32GB memory configurations and professional form factors. Intel positions the B70 as the higher-end model with 32 Xe cores and 256 XMX engines, while the B65 cuts that to 20 Xe cores
Samsung has quietly expanded its 870 EVO SATA SSD series with a new 8TB mode l. The drive appeared on Samsung’s official product pages in markets including Germany and Singapore, more than five years after the 870 EVO family first launched in January 2021 with capacities from 250GB to 4TB.
The new model keeps the same SATA specs as the rest of the lineup. Samsung lists sequential speeds of up to
NV-UV, a new undervolting companion for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 series graphics cards, has entered open alpha. The tool is currently aimed at GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, and RTX 5070 users, and it works alongside MSI Afterburner rather than replacing it. According to the project documentation, users need MSI Afterburner with voltage unlock enabled
AMD has confirmed that the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition will launch on April 22. The date was shared by Jack Huynh, SVP and GM of Computing and Graphics at AMD, alongside details on the new processor. This marks the first desktop CPU with dual 3D V-Cache in the Ryzen lineup.
The new processor is based on Zen 5 and features 16 cores and 32 threads on the AM
© SAMSUNG Samsung Display has announced QuantumBlack , a new low-reflection film for QD-OLED monitors. The company says the new layer reduces light reflectance by 20% versus its previous film . Samsung also confirmed QuantumBlack will be applied across all new QD-OLED monitor products launching in 2026.
The update is not limited to glare reduction. Samsung says QuantumBlack also raises panel surface hardness from 2H to 3H. This means
A new MacBook Neo modding test shows how much the fanless A18 Pro system depends on better cooling. In stock form, the laptop relies on a small graphite thermal pad over the chip, and the video shows it quickly reaching 105°C in No Man’s Sky. At that point, performance drops to around 30 to 31 FPS as the SoC throttles.
ETA Prime decided to give this laptop a quick and
As we have exclusively revealed in early February , Intel has canceled its plans to launch the 24-core Core Ultra 9 290K Plus processor. Intel has only updated its product roadmap and shared the information with partners, but it was never communicated officially. At that time, Arrow Lake Refresh had not yet been officially confirmed.
The exact wording was that the company said the Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and Core Ultra 5 250
MSI has introduced GPU Safeguard+, a protection feature for its new MPG Ai TS power supplies aimed at 12V-2×6 graphics cards. The company says the feature works with all 12V-2×6 GPUs , regardless of brand, and is designed to detect abnormal current behavior before it leads to connector overheating or damage.
According to MSI, the PSU uses a smart IC to monitor real-time current on every pin of the 12V-2×6
Intel has posted its Q1.26 workstation graphics driver, version 32.0.101.8515 WHQ L, and the main update is official support for the new Intel Arc Pro B70 and B65 discrete GPUs . The same release also adds support for built-in Arc Pro B390 and B370 graphics in select Intel Core Ultra
Intel’s Arc Pro B70 launch has also introduced a new board partner called ARKN . Intel says the Arc Pro B70 will be sold both as an Intel-branded card and through partner cards from ARKN, ASRock, Gunnir, Maxsun, and Sparkle. At Intel’s Pro Day 2026 multiple Arc Pro B70 models were at display including the ARKN model as shown above.