Intel

Intel preparing Z990 and Z970 chipsets for Nova Lake-S desktop CPUs

Intel’s new roadmap lists Z990 and Z970 chipsets for the next-gen LGA-1954 platform

According to our information, Intel has added Z990 and Z970 to its chipset roadmap, updated recently. The roadmap targets the LGA1954 socket. We have no details on specifications yet, including I/O, lane counts, or feature differences between the two chipsets.

Since Intel has not released H870 for Arrow Lake

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PlayStation handheld reportedly with 24GB memory, PS6 console with 30GB

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Leaker KeplerL2 claims PS6 comes with 30GB memory, 24GB for handheld

A new round rumors for next-generation PlayStation hardware is focusing on memory capacity. The information (like always) comes from leaker KeplerL2, who is keeping a close track of everything related to Sony hardware. The most recent claim puts a future of PlayStation systems with 30GB. That would be GDDR7 memory to be precise.

The 24 GB handheld

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Intel reportedly sunsets pay-to-use “On Demand” Software Defined Silicon program

Intel appears to be winding down On Demand program

Intel appears to be stepping back from its “Software Defined Silicon” effort on Linux, the project behind Intel On Demand feature activation on select server CPUs. The change was spotted by Phoronix, as the public Intel SDSi repository on GitHub was marked archived on November 10, 2025, which makes it read-only.

Intel On Demand , previously referred to as Software Defined Silicon (SDSi) , was positioned as a way to enable extra, licensed hardware

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RTX TITAN Blackwell or RTX 5090 Ti? NVIDIA reportedly is developing a new RTX 50-series halo GPU for Q3 2026

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Overclocking claims NVIDIA has a higher-end RTX 50-series GPU in the works for Q3 2026

We received a tip from Overclocking.com claiming they have some interesting news on NVIDIA’s new plans. The company is said to be preparing an even higher-end RTX 50-series graphics card than the current GeForce RTX 5090. They say they have checked the claim with multiple sources, but they have not

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AYANEO NEXT 2 with Ryzen AI Max+ “Strix Halo” costs up to $4,299, weighs 1.4kg, and may require airline approval forms

AYANEO NEXT 2 pricing and June 2026 overseas shipping window confirmed

AYANEO has confirmed pricing and an overseas estimated shipping window for its NEXT 2 Windows handheld. In the company’s NEXT 2 “sharing session”, it listed June 2026 as the overseas shipping timeframe and outlined three launch configurations based on AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 and Ryzen AI Max 385.

Those prices place NEXT 2 at the top end of the Windows handheld market. AYANEO’s positioning also suggests the

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When life gives you pebbles: Redditor claims Amazon shipped pebbles in place of a Zotac RTX 5070 Ti

Amazon customer orders RTX 5070 Ti and receives a box of pebbles instead

A post on Reddit this week shows the latest “GPU delivery” fail. A buyer says their white Zotac GeForce RTX 5070 Ti order from Amazon arrived as a box of pebbles. The original poster later said Amazon issued a refund without asking for the pebble box back, which turned the scam into an accidental rock giveaway.

While it is not possible to independently verify the claim, cases like this are a common theme in

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Threadripper PRO 9995WX $12,000 mod turns heat spreader into a water block, stays under 50°C at 1,550W

Geekerwan machines custom IHS as a waterblock for Threadripper PRO 9995WX

Geekerwan has published a new build video on AMD’s Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX, a 96-core Zen 5 workstation CPU rated for boost clocks up to 5.4 GHz. The project goal is simple: reduce the thermal bottleneck at the cold plate by turning the CPU’s integrated heat spreader into the cold plate itself, with coolant channels machined directly into the IHS.

The team started by validating the idea

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AMD still has nothing official to share on FSR 4 INT8 for Radeon RX 7000 GPUs

AMD FSR 4 remains limited to RDNA 4, at least officially

AMD has no updates to share, shares HardwareUnboxed.

AMD still has not shipped an official FSR 4 option for older Radeon GPUs, even though the company has already accidentally shown a working path for non-RDNA 4 hardware. Today, AMD’s own documentation keeps FSR 4 locked to Radeon RX 9000 series cards, with the FSR API falling back to FSR 3.1.5 on anything else.

That lock has always come with a

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Angry girlfriend smashed RTX 3080 Ti, but a repair shop managed to save the GPU

Smashed graphics card gets a second chance

Colorful RTX 3080 Ti repair video shows GPU swap test after cracked PCB and burned VRAM power part

A Chinese repair shop owned by Brother Zhang posted a teardown and repair video featuring a Colorful RTX 3080 Ti iGame Advanced card with heavy physical damage. The owner note shown in the clip claims the card stopped working after it was hit, and it wasn’t hit by a truck or Hulk. The repair tech later calls the owner, who says his girlfriend

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ASRock says latest AMD X870 and X870E beta BIOS fixes boot failures on certain CPU configurations

ASRock releases BIOS 4.07.AS01 beta for X870 and X870E boards

Today ASRock added a new beta BIOS, version 4.07.AS01 for eight AMD 800-series boards. The release notes are short: AGESA ComboAM5 PI 1.3.0.0a, “Optimized Memory Compatibility,” and “ Resolve a boot failure occurring on certain CPU configurations.”

ASRock did not post a separate press release specifically for BIOS

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