Hot Chips 33: Intel, AMD & TSMC to discuss 3D packaging, Alder Lake architecture overview coming

Hot Chips 33: 3D packaging, chiplets, Intel Alder Lake, and Sapphire Rapids

As a reminder, Intel will be disclosing the first details on its mainstream heterogeneous architecture at Hotchips 33.

On August 22nd, a 3-day technological symposium called Hot Chips 33 will begin. Due to uncertainty around the spread of Covid-19, it was decided that the symposium will not be an in-person conference. All content will be broadcasted through a live stream to registered attendees. The

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Thunderbolt 5 may offer 80 Gbps bandwidth thanks to PAM-3 modulation

Intel Thunderbolt 5 teased with increased bandwidth

Gregory Bryant, who has been visiting Intel’s Israel R&D facilities had posted, and then quickly removed a photo featuring the first information on Thunderbolt 5 standard.

The EVP and GM of Intel Client Computing Group made a mistake by sharing early information a bit too soon. He posted a tweet originally with four photos, one of them was showing Intel’s plans for an 80 Gbps connection standard, most likely Thunderbolt 5. This photo has since then been deleted and

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XFX introduces three Speedster Radeon RX 6600 XT cards, including dual-fan SWFT210

XFX RX6600 XT Speedster series: SWFT, MERC, and QICK

XFX finally updated its website with Radeon RX 6600 XT model.

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT is the latest addition to the RDNA2 lineup. It offers 2048 Stream Processors and 8GB GDDR6 memory with a 128-bit bus. The card is equipped with a large L3 cache known as Infinity Cache with a size of 32MB, three times smaller than the Navi

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ASRock RX 6600 XT Challenger ITX is the first RDNA2 card for Mini-ITX builds

ASRock introduces its Challenger RX 6600 XT cards

For the first time, ASRock will be releasing a single-fan model based on RX 6000 series.

Yesterday, AMD introduced the Radeon RX 6600 XT based on Navi 23 GPU. This model will be exclusively available through AMD board partners, such as ASRock. The manufacturer came up with three models: Phantom Gaming, Challenger Pro and Challenger ITX. The latter happens to be the very first RDNA2 card with a single fan

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Gigabyte releases AORUS P1200W power supply with a large color display

Gigabyte outs 1200W power supply with a full-color display

Gigabyte releases its flagship modular power supply (GP-AP1200PM) equipped with a large color panel.

The P1200W is a fully modular power supply with 80 PLUS Platinum certification (92% load efficiency) and a single 12V rail. It is equipped with a 140mm fan and dust removal function.

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XFX to launch a custom Radeon RX 6900XT graphics card with an EK water block

XFX and EK prepare a custom liquid-cooled graphics card

Shannon Piel, XFX Sales Manager for North America, shared a render of the upcoming model from the company.

XFX is to enter a liquid-cooled graphics card business, it appears. The manufacturer has partnered up with Slovenian water block manufacturer, EK, to launch a fully custom solution branded by XFX. The graphics card is equipped with a full-size water block illuminated by ARGB lighting, judging from the render.

The name of the graphics card is currently


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Alleged Intel Z690 motherboard has been pictured

Intel Z690 motherboard pictured for the first time

A prototype board equipped with an alleged Z690 chipset has been pictured.

Member of the Bilibili forums 老弟一号 , uploaded what appears to be a photo of an unnamed prototype Intel Z690 motherboard. The does leaker claim that this is indeed the Z690 motherboard and even mentions the nondisclosure agreement (NDA), which clearly has been broken if this really is the Z690 motherboard. Unfortunately, the leaker does

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ASUS unveils its high-end X570 ROG Crosshair Extreme motherboard

ASUS goes EXTREME with AMD X570 chipset

Today ASUS unveiled its flagship X570 ROG Crosshair motherboard.

The Extreme sub-series are no longer exclusive to Intel motherboards. ASUS released its ROG Crosshair Extreme which features all the bells and whistles a high-end motherboard could possibly offer. It will go higher in the X570 ASUS lineup exceeding the specifications and feature set of the Hero and Formula series.

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Intel DG2 (Xe-HPG) discrete GPUs expected to launch at CES 2022

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Intel DG2 at CES 2022

Hardware Academy (硬件学堂) a popular content creator from Weibo claims that Intel is set to launch its DG2 family of GPUs at CES.

According to the entry on Weibo , the creator received reliable information that Intel DG2 discrete graphics will be released at CES 2022. While there might be mistakes in the translation, the entry undeniably mentions ‘launch’. This still leaves a possibility

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Next-Gen flagship GPUs NVIDIA AD102 and AMD NAVI31 might both draw more than 400W of power

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AMD NAVI31 and NVIDIA AD102 might consume lots of more power

3DCenter has been busy collecting rumors from Twitter and forums on next-gen flagship GPUs.

According to the whispers from Twitter, NVIDIA AD102 GPU, which is expected to be the next-gen flagship GPU for the gaming series, might consume more than 400 Watts of power. According to two leakers: kopite7kimi and Greymon55 the GPU

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