OLOy Owl 2x 8GB DDR4-3200 Review: Performance Meets Value?

Our Verdict

This kit could have won us over during holiday discounts. But current pricing is too similar to competing brands to set OLOy’s Owl DDR4-3200 C16 apart.

For

  • Good overclocking (for DDR4-3200)
  • Same components as better-known brands

Against

  • No competitive advantage in DDR4-3200 C16 market
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Alibaba Claims AI Can Identify Coronavirus Patients With 96% Accuracy

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Alibaba developed an artificial intelligence (AI) capable of detecting new Coronavirus infections with 96% accuracy, Nikkei Asian Review reported, and the diagnostics system based on this AI is expected to be rolled out to more than 100 hospitals.

The AI is said to be able to differentiate between COVID-19 cases and viral pneumonia with 96% accuracy when analyzing computerized tomography (CT) scans. It's much faster than humans, too, because it can make a


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CEA-Leti Creates 96-Core CPU from Six Chiplets With Active Interposer

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At the ISSCC 2020 conference, French research institute CEA-Leti showed a 96-core processors created from six chiplets, connected via an active interposer.

The work was shown this week at the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) in San Francisco and reported on by IEEE Spectrum . CEA-Leti stacked six 16-core chiplets on an active interposer, which is a large piece of silicon that connects the individual chiplets. The active interposer contains


Coronavirus Leads to GDC 2020 and OCP Global Summit Cancellations

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This year's Game Developers Conference (GDC) has been indefinitely postponed because of the Coronavirus outbreak, event organizers announced yesterday, and the Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit was canceled for the same reason.

GDC 2020's postponement was expected: Sony, Microsoft, Epic Games, Unity and Electronic Arts pulled out of the conference last week. Other companies may have followed suit, and at that point, we doubt many attendees would've shown up.


Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 2x 32GB DDR4-3200 Review: 64GB In the Middle

Our Verdict

Corsair’s Vengeance RGB Pro 2x 32GB DDR4-3200 comes at a low-enough price to make it worth considering against its better-specified rival. Budget and personal preference will probably dictate your decision.

For

  • Available both in RGB (Pro) and non-RGB (LPX) versions
  • RGB version supported by iCue and motherboard RGB utilities

Against

  • Mediocre timings
  • Little room for tuning
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Raspberry Pi’s Eighth Birthday: 8 Things You Might Not Know

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One of the world’s most popular and innovative computers officially launched on February 29, 2012. Eight years and 31 million units sold later, the Raspberry Pi remains one of the most important devices, powering a huge community of makers, students and businesses. What started as a small project, meant to increase applications for Cambridge University’s computer science program has become a global movement.

Everyone self-respecting tech geek should own a Raspberry Pi . If you

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Cooler Master MH670 Gaming Headset Review: Wireless or Wired, Always Tasteful

Our Verdict

The MH670 is a lightweight, well-built looker that won’t be out of place at home or the office. While it could stand to be a tad louder, the MH670’s audio is extremely crisp and clean, and it’s mic is a step up from many similarly priced cans. At $119.99, the MH670 is very competitively priced.

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  • Well-balanced, clear audio
  • Lightweight and portable
  • Excellent battery life
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Two Unknown Nvidia GPUs Spotted With Insane Core Counts

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Twitter user @_rogame has shared his discover of two test results for very interesting Nvidia graphics cards that seemingly pack an enormous amount of cores and memory. These might be Ampere or even Hopper , The benchmarks date as far back as October of last year. As with any unverified test submission, it's important to approach the specifications with a bit of caution.

The first graphics card allegedly features 118 Compute Units (CUs), which is equivalent to what Nvidia calls Streaming

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GDC 2020 Loses Microsoft, Epic, Unity to Coronavirus

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GDC 2020 shrank a bit yesterday when Microsoft, Epic Games and Unity announced that they won't attend the conference because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Microsoft said it decided not to attend GDC 2020 "after a close review of guidance by global health authorities and out of an abundance of caution." The company won't have to reschedule any of the announcements it planned to make at the conference, however, because it plans to host "a digital-


Coronavirus Will Hurt PC Sales in H1 2020, IDC Predicts

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COVID-19 is reportedly wreaking havoc on the technology industry . IDC's latest predictions shared Thursday put some numbers on how the coronavirus outbreak may hurt the PC market this year with its Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker , which covers desktops , laptops , workstations and tablets.

"We have already forgone nearly a month of production given the two-week extension to the Lunar New Year break, and we expect the road to recovery for China's supply chain to be long with

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