Custom Radeon RX 5500 XT Graphics Card Listed for $259 Before AMD Release

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Amazon has put Sapphire's Radeon Nitro+ RX 5500 XT SE gaming graphics card up for pre-order for $259 . According to the retailer, the third-party version of AMD's Radeon RX 5500 XT will be available on December 12.

At first glance, the price might seem pretty steep for a graphics card that's going to compete in the mid-range

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Asus Tempts Power Users With Pro WS X299 Sage II Workstation Motherboard

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With Intel’s 10th-Generation processors heavy in their launch, vendors are also unveiling their new motherboards for these chips. One rolling out this week is the Asus Pro WS X299 Sage II , a powerful offering for workstation users, as spotted by TechPowerUp .

This board is a huge CEB-size board based on the X299 chipset , at the heart of which we find an LGA2066 CPU socket . Surrounding the socket are eight

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Intel Now Content To 'Match' TSMC's Process Technology

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At a fireside chat with Credit Suisse at their 23rd annual technical conference, Intel’s CEO Bob Swan said that its 7nm process is expected to match TSMC’s 5nm process. He also noted that Intel's 5nm process is also expected to match TSMC’s 3nm process.

However, what Swan didn’t mention is that Intel is no longer in the lead in terms of process technology and that its 7nm process is expected to arrive about


AWS Bucket Leaks 750,000 Birth Certificate Copy Applications

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TechCrunch reported Monday that an unsecured Amazon Web Services (AWS) bucket exposed more than 752,000 applications for copies of birth certificates. The applications dated back to late 2017, according to the report, and more applications were being added to the storage utility every day ahead of the report's publication.

The unsecured AWS bucket was discovered by a penetration testing company called Fidus. TechCrunch said the applications revealed "the applicant’s name, date of


Radxa Goes After NAS Solutions With Rock Pi SATA HAT

Radxa Dual/Quad SATA HAT
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Radxa announced its new Rock Pi SATA HAT on Sunday. It's a few accessories that allow people to use their single-board computers as NAS solutions, and one of them is compatible with the Raspberry Pi 4 as well as the company's own Rock Pi 4.

That product is the aptly named Dual/Quad SATA HAT . Radxa said it supports up to four HDDs or SSDs (2.5-inch and 3.5-inch) via the Raspberry Pi 4

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AMD’s Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition: Better Performance, Integer Scaling, More

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Almost exactly one year ago, AMD released its Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 2019 driver update , and today the 2020 version has landed. This now-annual update comes with notable performance increases as well as new features. Since 2015, AMD says the company has averaged 16 new or enhanced features, a 12% average performance improvement, as well as an increase in stability year over year. This year we’ll see

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Intel Demonstrates STT-MRAM for L4 Cache

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Intel researchers have demonstrated 2MB magnetic random-access memory (MRAM) arrays that fulfill the requirements for application as an on-chip L4 cache, which include data retention, endurance and bit error rates. The work marks a step forward for the technology.

Spin-transfer torque magnetic random-access memory (STT-MRAM) is a non-volatile memory (it retains its memory state when power is turned off)

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Arm China Will Make Chips With ‘State-Approved’ Cryptography

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According to Nikkei Asian Review , Arm China has developed codes that will allow local Chinese semiconductor companies to use “state-approved” cryptographic algorithms in devices meant not just for the local market but also for the global market. Arm China is Arm’s Chinese subsidiary to which Softbank had recently relinquished control last year.

The recent move has alarmed the U.S. government after long-accusing Chinese companies such as Huawei of implementing backdoors in their devices and network equipment.

Meanwhile, China


WD Introduces Blue SN550 M.2 SSDs up to 2TB

WD released the next generation of its Blue SSD, the SN550, today. The SN550 looks to be a nice improvement over the SN500. This time around, the company purpose-built the SSD for content creators and PC enthusiasts looking for both responsive performance and efficiency.

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Forward Insights predicts that NVMe devices will account for more than 75 percent of storage shipped in the PC segment by 2021. And, with prices dropping lower


Focals 2.0 Will Have 10 Times the Resolution of North’s Original Smart Glasses

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Focals already had an advantage over any other smart glasses when it hit the mainstream market in October 2018. They look like regular prescription glasses, allowing them to blend into a crowd. But the maker of Focals, Ontario-based North, is already preparing to usher in an updated design in Focals 2.0, its next generation of augmented reality (AR) smart glasses.

Focals 2.0 will start shipping in 2020, North

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