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Intel Rocket Lake Price, Benchmarks, Specs and Release Date, All We Know

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Intel's 11th-Gen Rocket Lake is purportedly headed to the launch pad for blast off in late March , promising to upset our list of Best CPUs for Gaming and CPU Benchmark Hierarchy. Rocket Lake certainly couldn't come at a better time for Intel, either – AMD's Ryzen 5000 processors have thundered into the desktop PC market, upsetting Intel's Comet Lake chips and taking the lead in every metric that matters, including gaming.

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YARH.IO Micro 2 Raspberry Pi Handheld Unveiled

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Fans of the YARH.IO handheld we covered late last year should appreciate this new edition: the YAHR.IO Micro 2. Like its predecessor, it uses a Raspberry Pi and functions as a small, all-in-one computer that fits in the palm of your hand. This new edition is designed to use a Raspberry Pi 3 B+ as the main board.

The unit is totally portable and has everything you need to operate any basic OS on the Raspberry Pi

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CD Projekt Reveals Its Cyberpunk 2077 Roadmap For 2021

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It's been a while since we've heard anything on CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077, much less from the company. Today that changed as the co-founder of the CD Projekt Red, Marcin Iwiński, has released a short video on what has transpired since its release and what the company is planning to do to win back all of the goodwill that has been lost.

Several factors lead to the demise of Cyberpunk 207

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Supermicro Reveals AMD Threadripper Pro Workstation: 64 Cores, 4 GPUs, 2TB RAM

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Supermicro has announced its first workstation based on AMD's Ryzen Threadripper Pro processor. The new system can pack a CPU with up to 64 cores, up to 2TB of RAM, and up to four double-wide graphics cards or accelerators. The machine is designed for AI/DL, digital content creation, and engineering simulations.

Historically, AMD has been quite keen on winning designs with server makers, but when it comes to workstations from professional suppliers, the company has never

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iBuypower Goes Back to Basics (in a Good Way) With Revolt 3 MK3 SFF PC and Case

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System builder iBuypower has been crafting eye-catching and often surprisingly affordable systems for gamers and enthusiasts for over two decades now. But the company's latest Revolt 3 MK3 small-form-factor desktop, announced at CES 2021, is a handle-equipped perforated monolith designed to house powerful components without taking up much desk or floor space.

The previous Revolt 2 was an oddly shaped and super-stylized showcase PC that put your SATA SSD in a window up front

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AMD CEO Lisa Su Talks: Chip Shortages, Tariffs, GPUs, and More Cores

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We had a chance to talk with AMD CEO Lisa Su to discuss its future plans and how it plans to address several new challenges in 2021. The discussion took place in a roundtable format. While we're not allowed to post the full transcript, we do have plenty of new information to share about the company's challenges in 2021, like the ongoing chip shortages that Su says will persist until the second half of the year, rising prices due


Colorful Births Three RTX 3060 Graphics Card Models

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In line with Nvidia's RTX 3060 announcement today; Colorful is releasing three new GeForce RTX 3060 graphics cards, all with beefy triple-fan coolers and a wide variety of color themes to choose from.

The RTX 3060 will be Nvidia's new mid-ranged product priced at around $329 . Nvidia says the card should be around 10-15% faster than the RTX 2060. This is

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Chip-Maker SMIC Tries to Work Around Import Restrictions

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Due to the ongoing trade war between the world's top economies, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) has had to change its research and development priorities several times, which had a drastic impact on its roadmap.

Instead of developing a leading-edge extreme ultraviolet (EUV) process technology, the company is now looking into chiplets and advanced packaging instead. Yet, the company has another issue: it cannot get enough raw materials and consumables.

After Huawei Technologies, SMIC is among

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Gigabyte 27-inch QHD HDR Gaming Monitor Now $329

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You would expect 1440p gaming monitors with a buttery smooth 170 Hz refresh rate to set you back around $400 or more. But at a time we all need to be a little more careful with our money, this deal on a Gigabyte display is huge news!

Right now over at B&H, you can grab a Gigabyte M27Q 27-inch QHD gaming monitor for just $329.99.

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Asus Details Upcoming RTX 3060 Cards

Nvidia officially announced its upcoming GeForce RTX 3060 12GB graphics card today, which won't go on sale until late February. That hasn't stopped Nvidia's partners from revealing a variety of models, and Asus is joining us for a livestream  on the Tom's Hardware YouTube and Facebook at 1pm PST, 4pm EST today to talk about its upcoming GPUs and show off some of the designs. Join us live, and you can ask questions during the show.

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