AMD has been doing wonders in the CPU industry, with its well-received and high performing Zen 2 and Zen 3 based processors, but now it seems AMD wants to improve performance not just through faster cores, but through the use of FPGAs . Just a few days ago, AMD filed a patent for integrating FPGAs into a CPU , which would allow the processor to run custom instruction sets to extend the its capabilities. As a side note, this patent was made just
Fresh Leak Hints At Heap of Nvidia and AMD GPUs
Inadvertently, the folks behind Folding@Home might have just confirmed the RTX 3050's existence, along with the GPU it is built on: the GA107. The information comes from a GPU support list that comes with the latest installation — information that was right on our PCs and may have flown under the radar if it weren't spotted by Redditor u/TrueTech0 .
The following new / unreleased / unknown GPUs are listed in the file:
- TU
Ikea Uses Cardboard PS5, Xbox Series X to See Which Furniture Fits
Ikea has a simple and pragmatic approach to matters, and while we haven't been to one in a while, Redditor TomaccoTastesLikeGMA's picture is a gentle reminder of what we've been missing out on. Ikea have provided cardboard mockups of the Xbox Series X and the Playstation 5 to aid your difficult furniture decisions.
Intel Discontinues 300 Series Chipset Motherboards for Coffee Lake Refresh
Production of Intel's 300 series chipset motherboards, including the H310, H370, Z370, and Z390 motherboards is officially coming to an end . Actual production will end in July of this year, and by the beginning of 2022 sales for the 300-Series chipset and its motherboards will end for Intel. This information also applies to Intel's 300-Series mobile chipsets like
Dell's Flagship Business Notebook Packs 11th Gen Intel vPro
Dell is going full-premium for its business notebook lineup. Ahead of the all-virtual CES 2021, the company announced the Latitude 9420, it's new top-of-the-line commercial notebook that will start at $1,949 in spring 2021.
The new Latitude, which can be configured as either a standard laptop or a convertible 2-in-1, will use Intel's 11th
GPUs Are Getting a Lot More Expensive Due to Tariffs
If you were upset about miners impacting demand for the already-short-in-supply graphics cards, brace yourself for today's news: China tariff exemptions that expired with the new year (via New York Times ) mean that, among other products, GPU pricing will increase significantly (as noted on Reddit ).
So far, Asus has already confirmed it needs to raise GPU and motherboard prices due to logistical complications and import tariffs, and other GPU vendors, including Zotac, MSI
Asus RT-AX86U Gaming Router Review: Compact but Pricey
Our Verdict
Asus’ entry-level gaming router gets the essentials right, with a combination of gaming-centric features in a compact shell. But unless you need a small footprint or dual USB, there are better options available for less.
For
- Compact size
- Dual USB ports
- Dedicated gaming port
- Adaptive QoS settings
Against
- Lacks RGB
- Dual band only
- Gaming port performance is unimpressive
- 2.4 GHz throughput unexceptional
EtcherPro: Flash All Your Devices At Once!
The Raspberry Pi community is no stranger to BalenaEtcher. For years, this application has been used to flash Raspberry Pi OS and other distributions to micro SD cards and USB sticks. While the free application can write to multiple devices at once, it relies upon having the hardware to do so. EtcherPro is a physical device unit that can write to 16 SD/micro SD or USB devices at once, and it is now up for pre-order at an eye-watering price of
GPU Shortages Will Worsen Thanks to Coin Miners
GPU shortages are bad enough already: the GeForce RTX 3090 , GeForce RTX 3080 , GeForce RTX 3070 , GeForce RTX 3060 Ti , Radeon RX 6900 XT , Radeon RX 6800 XT , and Radeon RX 6800 all continue to sell out as fast as they're produced. Now, the best graphics cards are set to disappear even faster thanks to skyrocketing cryptocurrency prices. We've
Three Excellent Logitech Wireless Mice Drop Below $100
Until recently, gamers have been reluctant to accept wireless mice as being on par with their wired counterparts, but mice equipped with Logitech’s lightspeed wireless sensor have been changing that story with excellent reviews and claims of virtually no input lag . This has led to a number of permutations of the Lightspeed brand, three of which are currently on sale and in stock across various websites.
The mice in question are the G502 Lightspeed , the G703 Lightspeed and the G