Shunt mods on mobile devices are always exciting because they seem to push the boundaries of what's possible in a more practical way. Laptops are thermally constrained and, thus, power-limited compared to their desktop counterparts. Even a fully specced-out mobile GPU can't compete against its desktop variant, so when someone tries to break through the manufactured barriers to unlock its full potential, well, we let the results speak for themselves. And the numbers coming
RTX 4090 laptop GPU gets 20% performance boost after shunt mod, beats the mobile RTX 5090, on average — reduced resistance boosts power to 240W
Unlucky buyer purchases external Seagate HDD, gets an SD card glued inside a plastic shell
Fake hard drives have become more common over the past decade or so, as online marketplaces have connected third-party sellers and buyers. That's exactly what happened to Reddit user u/BulyudiPorti, who purchased a Seagate external hard drive — or at least thought they did — and received a hollow drive with barely anything inside.
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SK hynix unveils AI NAND strategy, including gargantuan petabyte-class QLC SSDs — ultra-fast HBF and 100M IOPS SSDs also in the pipeline
SK hynix last week used the 2025 Global Summit to reveal its AI NAND strategy and AIN storage products aimed at artificial intelligence applications. While AI systems have historically used storage devices designed for enterprise servers, SK hynix believes that purpose-built NAND-based storage solutions — AIB P, AIN B, and AIN D — will better serve the needs of AI servers and clusters and will enable higher performance efficiency.
Going forward, SK hynix will offer three distinct product lineups tailored
China builds brain-mimicking AI server the size of a mini-fridge, claims 90% power reduction — BI Explorer 1 packs in 1,152 CPU cores and 4.8TB of memory, runs on a household power outlet
Chinese scientists have unveiled what they call the "world's first brain-inspired computing entity," an AI "supercomputer" called the BIE-1, inspired by the operation of the human brain. While this claim to be the world's first isn't entirely accurate, the BIE-1 still offers exciting neuromorphic performance numbers, reportedly featuring 1,152 CPU cores and 4.8 TB of DDR5 memory while claiming to consume 90% less power
Intel's revolutionary 54-year-old 4004 chip was the world's first programmable microchip — 2,300-transistor 10,000nm processor exposed
CPU collector and enthusiast CPU Duke was given the opportunity to "pop the hood" off Intel's first-ever multi-purpose microprocessor, the 4004. In a post on X, the CPU collector removed the top portion of a 4004 processor, exposing its insides for them to explore with a microscope.
It doesn't take much zooming in to see the 10,000nm chip in all of its
Scientists claim you can't see the difference between 1440p and 8K at 10 feet in new study on the limits of the human eye — would still be an improvement on the previously-touted upper limit of 60 pix
Researchers at the University of Cambridge and Meta Reality Labs have conducted a new study into how the human eye perceives pixels on displays at different sizes and resolutions, and claim that once you get to a certain size and detail, there's no discernible difference, via TechXplore . According to the calculator they developed , at 10 feet distance, a 50-inch screen looks almost identical at 1440p and 8K resolution.
The researchers highlighted that as
Battlefield 6's long-awaited battle royale mode officially drops October 28 — "RedSec" will be free to play across PC and console
Ever since Battlefield 6 was unveiled, an accompanying battle royale mode has been part of the conversation, with EA itself confirming that it was under development. Some lucky players even got to try it through the Battlefield Labs beta-testing program, and gave it glowing reviews , but an official release was never announced... until today . Taking to social media, EA has just revealed that the long-awaited battle royale mode of Battlefield 6 is coming tomorrow, and it
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Jet engine shortages threaten AI data center expansion as wait times stretch into 2030 — the rush to power AI buildout continues
The greatest threat to AI datacenter expansion in 2026 might not be compute, land, or capital, but jet engines. Faced with multi-year delays to secure grid connections, data center developers have been racing to bolt ex-airliner turbine cores onto mobile generator trailers. These so-called aeroderivative gas turbines, long used in military and offshore energy, are now being ordered in bulk to deliver fast-start bridging power for hyperscale AI clusters, which face
U.S. Department of Energy and AMD cut a $1 billion deal for two AI supercomputers — pairing has already birthed the two fastest machines on the planet
Tens of billions seem to fly in all sorts of directions these days in the AI world. A "mere" $1 billion deal would arguably not even register, but the one announced today is arguably far more important than all the data centers for enabling AI chatbot sexting . According to a Reuters report , the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) and AMD have announced a partnership for building two supercomputers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) as a foundation for