Intel ATX12VO V3 to remove the 24-pin motherboard power connector

Intel ATX12VO V3 standard is “simpler, smaller and smarter”

Intel is reportedly preparing a new revision of its ATX12VO power supply standard. The information comes from slides shared by momomo_us, which mention ATX12VO V3 and several changes to desktop PSU design.

ATX12VO was introduced by Intel in 2020 as a 12V-only PSU standard. The idea was to move 5V and 3.3V conversion from the power supply

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Intel releases full Arc G3 specs, support for LPDDR5X-8533 memory confirmed

Intel Arc G3 full specs are official, matching our earlier Panther Lake handheld leak

Intel has now published full specifications for its Arc G3 and Arc G3 Extreme processors, the new Panther Lake-based chips made for Windows gaming handhelds. The official listings confirm the core configuration, GPU names, clock speeds, power limits and memory support.

The specs match what we  exclusively shared months ago. Both chips use a 14-core CPU configuration with 2 Performance cores, 8 Efficient cores and 4 Low Power Efficient

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MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ with Intel Arc G3 Extreme appears in early Computex hands-on

MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ spotted at Computex booth with Arc G3 Extreme

MSI’s next Claw handheld has appeared in an early Computex hands-on, apparently from the company’s booth before the show floor opens to visitors. Computex 2026 officially runs from June 2 to June 5 in Taipei.

The device is the MSI Claw 8 EX AI+, a redesigned 8-inch Windows gaming handheld powered by Intel Arc G3 Extreme. Mobile01 lists the handheld with Intel Arc B3

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AOMedia’s AV2 encoder gets first 1.0.0 release

First AV2 encoder release lands, but optimized builds are still far away

AOMedia has published the first AV2 1.0.0 tag in its AVM GitHub repository. The tag is listed with the message “ First released version of AV2, ”. The release was spotted by users on the AV1 subreddit .

AV2 is the successor to AV1. AOMedia says the royalty-free codec is designed for better compression efficiency, streaming, broadcasting and real-time video conferencing. The public AV2 page

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ASUS ROG Ally 2026 handheld spotted, reportedly still uses AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme

ASUS ROG Ally update confirmed

We go back to the rumor about a potential update to the ROG Ally handheld family. Reportedly, ASUS is preparing another ROG Ally handheld. We actually received many tips from insiders, some even claiming that ASUS has not briefed every media member about this handheld. But according to a new finding shared by Huang514613. The system is listed with an AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme processor, which means it is definitely a mid-product refresh.

The available specification data does

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ASUS releases AGESA 1.3.0.1b BIOS for AM5 X870 boards

ASUS X870 BIOS update adds tCCD_L and tCCDL controls

ASUS has released a new AM5 BIOS update for its X870E and X870 motherboards.

The new firmware is based on AGESA ComboAM5 1.3.0.1b. According to ASUS, the update adds three DDR5 timing options to the AMD OC menu: tCCD_L, tCCDL_WR and tCCDL_WR2 . These are low-level memory timing controls aimed mostly at users manually tuning

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Samsung starts HBM4E sampling with 16Gbps speed and 48GB stacks

Samsung HBM4E samples now shipping to major customers

Samsung has started shipping 12-layer HBM4E samples to major global customers. The company says this is the industry’s first HBM4E sample shipment, following its earlier HBM4 mass production and commercial shipment from February.

As covered in our previous HBM4 report, Samsung’s HBM4 was already listed with up to 11.7Gbps speed in system-in-package tests. The new HBM4E raises the pin speed to

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SteamOS beta brings HDMI VRR closer to Steam Machine

SteamOS 3.8.6 beta adds preliminary HDMI VRR

Valve has released SteamOS 3.8.6 Beta, another update under the “Second Clutch” branch. The most important change for display support is preliminary HDMI VRR (Variable Refresh Rate) support for devices with native HDMI output. Valve says the update is available through the Steam Deck Beta and Preview channels.

The changelog only mentions devices with native HDMI output. This points more directly to upcoming SteamOS hardware such as Steam Machine, rather than the Steam Deck through

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Acer launches Veriton Mini Workstation with Ryzen AI MAX 395 and Core Ultra 200 CPUs

Acer Veriton RA110 mini workstation launches with Ryzen AI Max+ 395 and Radeon 8060S

Acer has announced a new Veriton commercial desktop lineup for 2026. The series includes the Veriton RA110 AI Mini Workstation, Veriton Vero 6000 Mini, Veriton Vero 4000 Mini and Veriton 1000 Compact Tower.

The Veriton RA110 is the main hardware announcement here. It is a Windows 11 Copilot+ PC powered by

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G.SKILL shows DDR5-9200 CU-DIMM memory running at 1.1V

G.SKILL shows 32GB DDR5-9200 CU-DIMM kit on MSI Z890 platform

G.SKILL is using Computex 2026 to show a new DDR5 CU-DIMM memory kit running at 9200 MT/s with 1.1V DRAM voltage.

The kit uses two 16GB modules for a total capacity of 32GB. G.SKILL lists the configuration as DDR5-9200 CL74-74

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