Mellanox Technologies Absorbed and Rebranded As NVIDIA Networking

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According to a press release from Nvidia, the company has officially absorbed Mellanox Technologies after a lengthy acquisition phase and rebranded the new division as NVIDIA Networking

Over this past weekend, Nvidia changed the Mellanox website to the new branding, but didn't release any official press release announcing the change. The company also introduced a new @NVIDIANetworking Twitter handle for the networking segment of its business.

Nvidia first announced plans to acquire Mellanox Technologies back in March of 2019. The $7


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New Tiger Lake Promo Vids and CPUs Leak Ahead of Official Launch

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Intel is preparing the much anticipated 11th Generation Tiger Lake launch and a whole slew of new promotional videos have leaked, which we've interspersed in this article. New listings for Tiger Lake chips that will vie for a spot on our Best CPU list have also flooded the Internet.

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Commencing with the juicy stuff, hardware sleuth @TUM_APISAK dug up two previously unknown Tiger

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Apple Reportedly Preparing 5nm GPUs For 2H 2021

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If you think Apple was going to stop at producing i ts own CPUs , then you have another thing coming. As spotted by @chiakokhua , Chinese publication Commercial Times reported that the U.S. tech giant is presently working on its in-house GPUs as well with a planned launch in the second half of 2021.

The upcoming GPUs, reportedly codename Lifuka, is part of the Apple Silicon project and will leverage TSMC's 5nm process node as well.


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Intel's SSD Toolbox Has Reached End of Life, New Tool Introduced

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Intel's SSD Toolbox has been the primary maintenance program for Intel SSDs for almost a decade, but the company is finally winding it down and replacing it with a newer app called the Intel Memory and Storage Tool . Intel silently announced the change by posting a notice on the download page for the old tool .

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Project CARS 3 PC Benchmarks and Performance: Keep Your Eyes on the Bottleneck Road

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Project CARS 3 just came out this week, the third in the series. What sort of graphics card and CPU do you need to get the most out of this latest installment of the racing series? That's what we wanted to find out, so we grabbed our keys and kicked the tires on our PCs to see how they stacked up. We put a handful of the best graphics cards (currently available — we're still waiting on Nvidia RTX 30

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Adata XPG Spectrix D60G DDR4-3600 C14 2x8GB Review: Great Performance, High Price

Our Verdict

The Spectrix D60G performs just as good as any DDR4-3600 C14 memory kit. It's a good choice if you can pick it up at a discounted price.

For

  • Eye catching RGB lighting
  • Great gaming performance
  • Headroom for overclocking

Against

  • Subpar AMD performance
  • Very expensive
  • Needs 1.45V to run at DDR4-3600 C14
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AMD Sneaks Out The Radeon RX 5300 For Casual 1080p Gaming

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It isn't the first time that we've heard about the Radeon RX 5300, but it certainly comes a surprise that it took AMD so long to finally launch it.

The Radeon RX 5300 prides itself as an entry-level graphics card that delivers outstanding gaming performance at 1080p, but it's doubtful we'll see it on our list of Best GPUs . The graphics card might


Custom RC Remote Works Great with Forza Horizon 4

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This custom controller project from Dave Madison is perfect for racing game fans! Madison modified a grip-style RC controller to operate with games like Forza Horizon 4.

The project is based on a DumboRC X4 RC controller. Some of the inner hardware was replaced and additional buttons were added to the final design. The end result is a working unit that provides a new experience when driving in games like Forza.

The DumboRC X4 is a 2GHz wireless controller intended for RC boats


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Intel Core i9-10850K CPU Benchmarks: Cheaper, but Nearly Identical to 10900K

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The 10-core 20-thread Core i9-10850K has landed in our lab, bringing with it nearly identical specifications as Intel's halo Core i9-10900K that holds the crown as the world's fastest gaming processor ( albeit by a slim margin ). We're sharing the results of our most relevant tests now, like gaming, application performance, and power testing, as they

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GeForce RTX 3090, RTX 3080 Specifications Reportedly Exposed In Vendor Spec Sheets

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The latest Ampere leak from VideoCardz might have just ruined Nvidia's announcement. The publication has obtained new information that allegedly lends credence to the rumored specifications for the GeForce RTX 3090 and GeForce RTX 3080 that will soon vie for a spot on our list of Best GPUs .

Starting from the top, Ampere silicon will seemingly be manufactured on the 7nm process node. The leaked specification sheets don't specify

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