After getting AMD graphics cards to work on ARM-based MacBooks, TinyCorp has successfully ported its work to USB4/Thunderbolt 4 and built drivers to make Nvidia's RTX 30, 40, and 50 series graphics cards work with MacBooks through external GPU docking stations using either connectivity standard. However, before you get your hopes up, these drivers are designed specifically for AI development and won't get you display functionality on MacBook devices
Starlink and Muon fuse space lasers and satellites to deliver ‘industry-first’ persistent optical connectivity in orbit — will enable 25 Gbps data transfer at distances up to 4,000km
Muon Space has announced a partnership with Starlink to establish an “industry-first [of] persistent optical connectivity in orbit.” In an email to Tom’s Hardware , the company revealed that the agreement marks the start of a new era where satellites function less like isolated machines and more like live, Internet-connected platforms in orbit.
Traditional communications satellites are hamstrung by a limited window of opportunity to transmit/receive data when orbiting over a ground station link. However, Muon
AMD's Krackan Point APUs tipped to arrive for desktop soon as Ryzen 9000G series — New AGESA code adds support for Ryzen AI 300 series in BIOS update
AMD debuted the Ryzen AI 300 series back at CES 2025 in January, and since then, various rumors have hinted that the mobile-only family might eventually expand into desktop. Today, we have our most concrete confirmation of that possibility yet, with a new BIOS update that directly connects to Krackan Point. Spotted by renowned leaked HXL, AGESA version 1.2.7.0 was released for select MSI motherboards yesterday, and it came packaged with the microcode
Zotac's newest mini-PC picks a fight with the Mac Studio, claims to be world's smallest - crams desktop 5060 Ti 16 GB into a mere 2.65 liters
Mini desktop PCs are becoming ever more popular among enthusiasts, and the latest entry in the proverbial contest is the Zotac Zbox Magnus EN275060TC , the smallest machine to date. It packs the desktop version of a 5060 Ti with its full complement of 16 GB of VRAM, paired with a 20-core Core Ultra 7 255 HX processor.
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'Diamond blanket' transistor cooling method delivers incredible success in testing, drops temps by 70C — micrometer-scale diamond layer grown directly on transistors reduces heat by 90%
A research team at Stanford University has engineered a new approach to handling the thermal bottleneck of RF transistor by using diamonds. By wrapping transistors in an integrated diamond layer, grown on the transistor, researchers were able to decrease chip temperatures by up to 70°C in the real world, and by 90% in simulated tests.
As published in IEEE Spectrum this week, tests using the new diamond method have proven promising leads in the war against thermal bottlenecks in our electronics.
Atari just resurrected its most potent foe in the console wars from 45 years ago, the Intellivision Spirit — $149 console comes with 45 games, was brought into the Atari fold through IP acquisition la
Atari has taken retro gamers by surprise with its announcement of the Intellivision Sprint . The Mattel Intellivision, upon which this modernized console is based, was the strongest competitor for the established Atari 2600 (launched 1977) when it hit the market at the beginning of the 1980s. However, Atari bought the Intellivision brand name, trademarks, IP, rights to over 200 classic games, and more, in May last year – precipitating development
Trump says Intel has made a 'fortune' and America has made $40 billion after the US invested in ailing chipmaker — Intel has gained $73 billion in market cap since investment
When the U.S. government procured a 10% stake in Intel back in late August , it was a major win for Intel as it represented an investment from America, the importance of which cannot be overstated. At the time, Intel's capitalization was a mere $107 billion ; now, it is a whopping $181 billion . That deal brought billions of dollars both to the company and to the U.S. government.
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ASML launches revolutionary lithography scanner for advanced 3D chip packaging — Twinscan XT:360 machine quadruples throughput
Last week, ASML introduced the Twinscan XT:260 lithography scanner, the industry's first scanner that has been designed for advanced 3D packaging from the ground up, marking a new era in fab tools.
Advanced packaging technologies like TSMC's Chip-on-Wafer-on-Substrate (CoWoS) are crucially important to achieve the performance scaling necessary to develop artificial intelligence and to evolve supercomputers.
China says it has foiled a series U.S. cyberattacks on its critical infrastructure — Ministry of State Security says it has 'irrefutable evidence' NSA tried to cause 'international time chaos'
China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) has taken to social media to boast about foiling a series of cyberattacks it says were directed by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) (machine translation). Moreover, the MSS claims to have “irrefutable evidence” to back up its allegations.
According to the MSS WeChat post, the target of the NSA’s sustained series of attacks, dating back to 2022, was
Microsoft let Asus set the prices for Xbox Rog Ally, confirms Xbox President — work on next-gen console hardware is already underway with AMD
The Rog Xbox Ally launched to solid reviews this past week , with many praising its performance capabilities in a vacuum, while criticizing the cost and questioning how much of an Xbox product this really is. Well, we now know that at least when it comes to pricing, Microsoft gave free rein to Asus to ask what it felt was right for the hardware. In a new interview with Variety , Xbox President Sarah Bond detailed how the company developed the Xbox Rog Ally with Asus, along with