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AMD EPYC “Milan-X” specifications leak out, up to 64 cores, 280W TDP and 768MB L3 cache

AMD Milan-X specifications have been leaked

AMD EPYC Milan-X is the next-generation server CPU platform featuring a stacked L3 cache, greatly expanding the size of the available cache.

AMD Milan-X, which was first revealed by ExecutableFix back in May , is a server CPU series to feature AMD’s new packaging technology known as X3D (3D V-Cache). This hybrid of 2.5 and 3D packaging technology would feature AMD Genesis-IO die along with stacked chiplets

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First coolers for AMD SP5 (Zen4 Genoa) and AM5 (Zen4 Raphael) sockets spotted

AMD next-generation CPUs already have compatible coolers

AMD Genoa and Raphael might be here yet, but there are appropriate cooling solutions for these Zen4 based processor series already.

Cool Server already lists as many as 9 coolers for AMD SP5 and AM5 sockets. What is important to note is that those are not consumer cooling solutions, but for server installations. The solutions are either passive, relying on server chassis airflow, or featuring their own fans which typically for these types of configurations can be quite loud. In

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NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang makes 2021 Time 100 world’s most influential people list

NVIDIA CEO contribution to modern technology rewarded by Time magazine

Jensen Huang has been named one of the most influential people of 2021.

Jensen Huang, a Taiwanese-American billionaire who co-founded NVIDIA Corporation and now serves as its CEO and president has been rewarded with a place in Time’s 100 most influential people in 2021.

Huang who has a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Standford University is considered one of the most technically savvy CEOs, says Andrew Ng, a


Intel

Intel’s new LGA1700 socket for Alder Lake and Raptor Lake CPUs has been pictured

Intel LGA1700, Intel’s new era of hybrid desktop CPUs begins with this socket

A photo of Intel’s rectangular socket for next-gen heterogeneous CPU architecture has been posted on the Chinese social media platform.

On Bilibili there is a photo of the LGA1700 socket codenamed “15R1”.  The CPU socket is visibly taller than LGA1200 (by 7.5 mm to be precise), but it has the same width of 37.

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Jingjia Micro’s new JM9 GPU series offering up to GTX 1080 performance officially tapes out

JM9271 GPU to counter GeForce GTX 1080 in China

More than 2 years after the first announcement, Jingjia MIcro announces its NVIDIA GTX 1080 equivalent of GPU tapes out and finishes its packing process.

The JM9 series tapeout has been completed, according to an official statement by the company. This is the same GPU series that we have learned about 2 years ago when a relatively unknown company outside of the Chinese domestic market made a sudden announcement of their own GPU development.

On

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Apple Silicon

(PR) Apple announces A15 Bionic chip with up to 6 core CPU and 5 core GPU

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iPhone 13 Pro: A15 Bionic with 5-core GPU for Best-in-Class Performance

A15 Bionic in the iPhone 13 Pro lineup is even more advanced, offering impressive power and efficiency, and driving the incredible new display, camera, and video features never before possible on iPhone.

With 5-nanometer technology, A15 Bionic — the fastest chip in a smartphone — features a new 5-core GPU in the Pro lineup that brings the fastest graphics performance

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Intel 12th Gen Core Alder Lake CPUs listed by US retailer, i9-12900K for 605 USD

Intel Alder Lake CPUs listed by Provantage

It is still a few weeks till the Intel Innovation event, where we might hear about Alder Lake CPUs.

Despite no official introduction, retailers are beginning to list the new CPU series ahead of Intel’s announcement of pricing. We have already seen leaks with pricing from the Netherlands , but we have first price leaks from the US, which may better reflect Intel MSRP, which hasn’t been confirmed yet.

The retailer Provantage is now listing two variants of Alder Lake CPUs,

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Leak suggest ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 motherboards will only support DDR5 memory

ASUS Z690 motherboards listed with DDR5 and DDR4 variants

The upcoming ASUS Z690 motherboards featuring LGA1700 socket for Intel Alder Lake CPUs have been listed by the Eurasian Economic Commission regulatory office.

According to the filing, ASUS Z690 ROG Maximus would be exclusively supporting DDR5 memory only. We managed to confirm this with our sources at ASUS. We have also learned that ASUS might be dropping roman numerals for its product ROG Maximus (and possibly Crosshair) motherboards starting

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(PR) Biostar launches TZ590-BTC Duo motherboard for cryptocurrency mining

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BIOSTAR ANNOUNCES THE NEW TZ590-BTC DUO MOTHERBOARD

September 14th, 2021, Taipei, Taiwan – BIOSTAR, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards, and storage devices today, announces the brand new TZ590-BTC DUO motherboard.

Designed based on the Z590 Chipset, the new TZ590-BTC DUO motherboard is a power-packed beast, tailor-made to handle gaming and casual content consumption like a champion.

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