Hardware leaker Jaykihn has posted a new update on Intel’s Nova Lake-S desktop CPUs. The tweet claims that Nova Lake-S will pair Xe3-LPG integrated graphics (two cores) with a new sixth generation NPU block, NPU6 . This lines up with our own report from last week on the graphics side and adds the first clear NPU detail for the desktop series.
Our information suggests that Nova Lake-S reusing the same Xe3
In the wake of recent memory price updates, we have an interesting story from Tom’s Hardware. Their comparison shows that the cost of a popular 64 GB DDR5 kit (two 32 GB modules) is now higher than a PlayStation 5, and that is after a discount from Newegg.
The G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo RGB 64GB (2 x 32GB) DDR5-6000 , is now listed at
NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition is now listed at Newegg for $7,999 , down from a strikethrough price of $9,299 , with a stated saving of $1,300:
AMD has published a new Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 promo for its FSR Redstone update, confirming again that the launch targets Radeon RX 9000 series GPUs . The social post repeats the December 10 launch date and ties the feature set to AMD’s new RDNA 4 based lineup, matching earlier statements that Redstone is built for the latest Radeon hardware.
A small footnote at the bottom reads “ Feature availability varies by title. ” That note implies
Leadtek has added the WinFast RTX 5060 HURRICANE to its GeForce 50 series catalog. The card is based on the NVIDIA Blackwell GPU with 3,840 CUDA cores, paired with 8GB of GDDR7 on a 128-bit bus. Memory runs at 28 Gbps for 448 GB/s of bandwidth, while the GPU is clocked at 2.28 GHz base and 2.5 GHz boost. This graphics card
Last week, Microsoft has expanded the Xbox Full Screen Experience to all Windows 11 handhelds, and MSI now confirms that every Claw model can run it, including Claw A1M, Claw 7 AI+, Claw 8 AI+ and Claw A8. The feature is delivered through standard Windows and Xbox updates and is also being tested on gaming PCs, laptops, and tablets through Insider builds.
On Claw devices, the Xbox Full Screen Experience lets users boot straight
Chieftec has released The Cube, a compact mATX chassis that imitates the look of a subwoofer. It uses a boxy black shell with a large circular vent at the front, so on a desk it can pass for an audio speaker rather than a PC case. The enclosure targets users who want a small desktop system that still takes standard components.
Taiwanese media confirm earlier reports about an impending price hike for AMD GPUs.
As a reminder, Board Channels reported that AMD issued an early note to board partners that it is planning to increase prices of its graphics cards. The report did not specify by how much. It is easy to speculate that it would be a double-digit percentage. The main driver for this price hike is the rising cost of memory, now ranging from 30% to 170% depending
The spec was published at SuperComputing (SC) 25.
CXL Consortium has released the CXL 4.0 specification, the next step for its coherent interconnect that links CPUs, accelerators, and memory devices. CXL 4.0 is based on PCIe 7.0 and targets data center workloads such as AI, cloud, and hyperscale deployments.
Compared to CXL 3.x, the main change is link speed. CXL 3.0 and 3.1 run at 64 GT/s
The data sheet is now available.
The full specifications of MSI’s MEG X870E ACE MAX have appeared in China. This mid-cycle “Refresh” board for AMD’s X870E platform sits below the GODLIKE and offers three PCIe 5.0 expansion slots and two PCIe 5.0 M.2 slots.
The board uses an 18+2+1 phase SPS DrMOS power design and four DDR5 UDIMM slots
