Digital Foundry tears down Xbox Series S showing its minimalistic design

Xbox Series S teardown

One of the Xbox Series S consoles owned by Digital Foundry has recently stopped working. This gave the DF team an opportunity to teardown the console to see the internals.

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Intel

ASUS ROG STRIX LC II cooler comes with Intel LGA1700 bracket for Alder Lake CPUs

Intel 12th Gen core CPUs already supported by ASUS ROG STRIX II cooler

We occasionally report on new cooling solutions being compatible with the upcoming Intel CPUs, to underline how close we are to this launch. It looks like another brand is now ready to support the Intel LGA1700 socket, namely ASUS ROG STRIX II CPU cooler, as it comes with the LGA1700 compatible brackets and fasteners, as reported with Xfastest .

The ROG STRIX II LC is an AIO cooling solution developed in collaboration

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Minisforum compares AMD Ryzen 7 5700G and Ryzen 9 5900HX “Cezanne” Mini PCs performance

AMD Ryzen 7 5700G vs Ryzen 9 5900HX

Minisforum is now preparing to launch a new MiniPC equipped with a desktop AMD Cezanne G-Series processor. This computer codenamed X500 will feature AMD Ryzen 7 5700G APU, which is the fastest desktop Cezanne processor from AMD.

The company has reached out to us if we wanted to share their internal performance evaluations of the Ryzen 7 5700G in this upcoming X500 system in comparison

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Intel

(PR) ASUS launches four X570 motherboards: ROG Crosshair VIII Extreme, STRIX-E, ProArt Creator and TUF Pro

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Four new ASUS X570 motherboards keep enthusiasts at the cutting edge

When it comes to upgradeability and raw expansion bandwidth, the AMD X570 chipset reigns supreme among mainstream motherboards. We launched our original X570 motherboard lineup a little over two years ago, and the platform’s popularity among both seasoned enthusiasts and new builders remains strong.

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600G “Cezanne” APU die has been pictured up close

Fritzchens Fritz delivers new high-resolution imaging of AMD Cezanne silicon

AMD Ryzen 5000 APU processor pictured (very) up close.

The latest infrared images from Fritzchens Fritz show a detailed structure and internals of AMD Cezanne APU. These are the latest mobile (and also recently became available as desktop) APU series featuring 8 core Zen3 cores and Vega integrated graphics. While there were official Cezanne die shots from AMD, they were just artistic interpretations nowhere near as accurate as real imagery.

Fritzchens used AMD Ryzen 5

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Sapphire Radeon RX 570 mining card with two Polaris 20 GPUs and 16GB RAM spotted

Miners should not worry, Sapphire got them covered with a dual Radeon RX 570 graphics card

Yet unseen unreleased mining card from Sapphire has been pictured for the first time.

This graphics card is equipped with dual Radeon RX 570 GPUs on a single board. The RX 570 AMD SKU was known as one of the best mining GPUs at the time, offering 2048 Stream Processors and 8GB of memory at 150W TBP. This mid-range model was equipped with a

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NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang awarded with Robert N. Noyce Award

NVIDIA CEO receives prestigious Robert N. Noyce Award

Jensen Huang, the CEO, and founder of NVIDIA has been honored today by Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) with a Robert N. Noyce Award.

Jensen has been awarded for its ‘outstanding contributions to the semiconductor industry’. The Association noted his extraordinary vision and years of accomplishments in gaming and scientific markets. Jensen Huang has been leading NVIDIA since 1993 which has transformed into a multi-billion advanced graphics processor and accelerators company.

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Intel Alder Lake P/M mobile power limits detailed in Coreboot patch

Alder Lake PL4 power limits detailed in Coreboot update

Coreboot kernel update provides an insight into Intel’s upcoming Alder Lake CPU power limits.

It has been discovered by Coelacanth’s Dream that the most recent update to Coreboot for Google Brya platform features updated Power Limit 4 for Intel Alder Lake P and M series. The Brya platform is a reference validation platform for Chromebooks.

The new data extend the power limit information with the fourth level, which is only describing peak wattage. The patch lists the wattage for four different

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(PR) Sapphire launches Radeon RX 6600 XT NITRO+ and PULSE graphics cards

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SAPPHIRE Launches PULSE AMD Radeon™ RX 6600 XT Graphics Card with Powerhouse 1080p Gaming Performance and Contemporary Design

Smooth Gaming Graphics to Level Up Your Game

Key Features:

  • Up to 2593 MHz Boost Clock1 and 2382 MHz Game Clock
  • Experience low-noise and high performance 1080p gaming
  • Factory-overclock integrated with SAPPHIRE’s remarkable Dual-X Cooling Technology
  • Powerful and Compact Design for a striking gaming experience
  • Enable TriXX Boost to get
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AMD Radeon RX 6600XT ETH mining efficiency puts it at risk from miners

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT is actually good in cryptomining

AMD’s just-released mid-range RX 6600 XT might be at risk from crypto miners.

With Ethereum value increasing, the last thing gamers want to hear is that miners are interested in another GPU launch. According to the report from Reddit , AMD RX 6600 XT appears to be quite good in mining, offering impressive mining efficiency compared to other products. The data shared on the platform is based on preliminary data

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