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The name appears in the BIOS after all.
The recently released AGESA 1.2.7.0 update for some AMD 800-series motherboards confirms that new AMD APUs are coming. They are expected to launch around CES 2025, roughly 10 weeks from now (how quickly this year has passed).
As reported, this AGESA version initially included only references to “Krackan
AYANEO has shared the first teaser for its upcoming AM03 Mini PC, which appears to continue the company’s line of compact systems blending classic design with modern hardware. The teaser highlights a minimalist cube-shaped chassis with soft pastel tones and a clean front panel, a clear nod to vintage desktop computers from the late 1980s and early 1990s.
The image describes the system as featuring “Artistic Design & Flagship Performance,” suggesting
It’s not the GPU that takes most of the space, but the built-in power supply.
MINISFORUM presented its latest compact workstation, the MS-02 Ultra, at Japan IT Week Autumn 2025. The company also showcased the previously announced MS-S1 MAX, featuring AMD’s Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor. The new Intel-based MS-02 Ultra, equipped
AMD and ASRock have teamed up for a rare GPU giveaway campaign offering five limited-edition Radeon RX 9070 XT Monster Hunter Wilds Edition 16 GB cards. The promotion, titled “AMD x Monster Hunter Wilds Sweepstakes,” is open to participants across North America, Europe, the UK, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, India, and Indonesia.
According to AMD, the cards may not be factory-sealed units
Intel Fellow Tom Petersen joined The Full Nerd podcast to clarify Intel’s GPU naming structure and provide updates on the company’s Xe graphics roadmap. Petersen explained that the goal is to simplify architecture naming after early confusion around Alchemist and its internal codenames. He said:
“At the end of the day, the naming for our architectures was just
Qualcomm has released a new Adreno GPU driver for devices powered by Snapdragon X Series processors. The update, version 31.0.121.1, brings multiple game and app fixes, system-level improvements, and support for new OpenCL extensions on Windows.
The driver includes fixes for display output in High Bit Rate 2 (HBR2) mode and Digital Flat Panel (DFP) ports, along with a fallback mechanism for reading display
Minisforum has shared a press release about Japan IT Week, where the company presented the MS-S1 Max and MS-S2 Ultra, both of which we have already covered in detail. What caught my attention, however, is the update on the G1 series, a high-end compact gaming PC first shown several months ago.
The specifications were updated last week (listed as version 3.2) and
Last week, NVIDIA announced that the first Blackwell wafer had been manufactured by TSMC in the United States. The company described this as a major milestone because it enables volume production of its most advanced products outside of Taiwan.
However, this announcement missed an important detail, one we initially overlooked as well, since we don’t usually focus on fabrication logistics. Those wafers will still be sent to Taiwan for packaging, where specialized facilities are available for this process. For
Qwen3-8B joins ACE
I still think NVIDIA ACE and similar technologies are the best practical use of game-facing AI so far. They can expand interaction and, when tied to in-game actions, make AI-controlled characters react with context. This would fit well in the next GTA or any open-world title.
If you haven’t seen ACE yet, it’s because it isn’
There’s no price yet, but it’s safe to say it won’t be cheap.
AMD Strix Halo–based mini PCs achieved one thing: they arrived before NVIDIA’s DGX Spark systems and were among the first to target the compact AI workstation market. These systems share high memory capacities, strong integrated AI acceleration, and prices around $2,000 or less, roughly half the