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AMD patents a task transition method between BIG and LITTLE processors

AMD “big.LITTLE” aka heterogeneous computing in Ryzen 8000 series

The next decade will no longer be dictated by the number of cores, but rather the processor’s fabrication node, packaging method, and power effciency. A big role will also be played by heterogeneous architectures.

Later this year Intel will launch its 12th Gen Core Alder Lake processors for desktop and mobile systems. This is not the first architecture to implement Intel’s Hybrid Technology (the first was Lakefield). This is

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Intel 4th Gen Xeon Scalable “Sapphire Rapids” CPU die shot leaks

Sapphire Rapids die shot shows 60 cores, but only 56 will be active on top SKU

YuuKi_AnS has been leaking Sapphire Rapids (aka Intel 4th Gen Core Xeon Scalable) details for quite a while now. He was the first to publish photos of the new CPU and even made a deliding video .

After removing the integrated heat spreader and sanding down the CPU, he was able to capture the first photos of the Sapphire Rapids’ die. The CPU features four compute dies in total, each physically

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COLORFUL’s leaks its flagship GeForce RTX 3090 iGAME KUDAN graphics card

Colorful iGAME RTX 3090 KUDAN

Here’s the first look at iGame KUDAN, the flagship graphics card from Colorful.

Colorful Korea has made a mistake by sharing a teaser of its upcoming graphics card. This original teaser (attached later in this post) only shows a contour of the graphics card. In fact, the Facebook post features no details on the graphics card whatsoever. Clearly, this wouldn’t be material for an article if not for QuazarZone forum members who discovered that a simple contrast and exposure

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Intel Core i9-11900KB Tiger Lake CPU for NUC 11 Extreme has been tested

Intel Core i9-11900KB tested

Intel Tiger Lake for the NUC 11 Extreme “Beast Canyon” has been tested in 3DMark.

Looks like someone gained access to this unreleased hybrid of mobile and desktop system from Intel, known as NUC 11 Extreme. One should avoid calling this device a Mini-PC as it is now a much larger system capable of supporting full-length discrete GPUs.

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GALAX “Galakuro Gaming” launches GeForce RTX 3080 and RTX 3060 Ti LHR graphics cards

GALAKURO Gaming gets LHR treatment

Japanese graphics card manufacturer Kuroutoshikou has refreshed its Galakuro Gaming brand with LHR graphics card models.

It is probably worth noting that GALAX and its subsidiaries are so far the only board partners to actually follow NVIDIA guidelines to the letter. By that, we mean both: listing LHR (Lite Hash Rate) on a product page and correctly labeling the packaging of new SKUs. Board partners cannot use the same SKUs/product names for LHR models, as they offer different GPU variants with NVIDIA’s new

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NVIDIA to officially end driver support for Kepler GPUs and Windows 7/8/8.1 on August 31

NVIDIA GeForce 600/700 Game Ready driver support ends on August 31

NVIDIA R470 branch drivers will be the last to support Kepler architecture.

NVIDIA has today confirmed it will no longer support Kepler-based GeForce graphics cards and Windows 7/8/8.1 operating system starting August 31. On this day the last R470 driver will be released supporting these GPUs and OSes. This does not mean that Kepler GPUs will no longer receive patches for critical bugs and


HP Omen 16 with Radeon RX 6600M listed on BestBuy for 1480 USD

HP Omen 16.1 listed with Radeon RX 6600M as coming soon

At Computex, AMD made an announcement of its Advantage Laptop program, which initially features two laptop designs.

ASUS ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition and HP Omen 16 are so far the only laptops that were announced by AMD under its new premium gaming laptop program. The former is equipped with Radeon RX 6800M GPU while the latter is equipped with RX 6600M. There is so far

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(PR) EK announces EK-Vector Quantum Master waterblocks for Gigabyte RX6800XT/RX6900XT cards

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EK UNVEILS NEW VECTOR WATER BLOCKS FOR AORUS MASTER 6000 SERIES GPUS

EK®, the leading computer cooling solutions provider, is launching the new EK-Quantum Vector Master water blocks made for the AORUS® Master version of the AMD® Radeon™ RX 6800 XT and 6900 XT graphics cards.

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Elon Musk demos Cyberpunk 2077 on Tesla’s new infotainment system powered by AMD Navi 23 GPU

Elon Musk says Tesla’s new infotainment system is now as powerful as PlayStation 5

The first public demo of the AMD Navi 23 GPU.

The central console has a large 17-inch display with 2200×1300 resolution. But the central processing unit feeds data and images to another two screens. Tesla has made improvements in system UI, display quality, or even to the car audio system, which is powered by Tesla’s own codec. The biggest change, however,

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(PR) COLORFUL opens the first GPU History Museum

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COLORFUL Launches The First GPU History Museum

June 11th, 2021 Shenzhen, China – Colorful Technology Company Limited, a professional manufacturer of graphics cards, motherboards, all-in-one gaming and multimedia solutions, and high-performance storage, announces the launch of the GPU History Museum in partnership with NVIDIA. COLORFUL has recently relocated to Shenzhen New Generation Industrial Park. With that, COLORFUL is proud to announce the launch of the first GPU History Museum in China. The museum will

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