Apple’s manufacturing partners in Taiwan are reportedly preparing a MacBook deluge propelled by a new level of affordability, according to loose-lipped supply chain sources talking to Digitimes . The industry rumors, which are of course not confirmed by Apple, suggest that components for a new MacBook with a $599 to $699 price point will enter mass production in Q3 this year.
Adaptec announces new RAID card that supports up to 32 NVMe PCIe 4.0 and 5.0 SSDs — offers up to 291GB/s read speeds at full capacity
Adaptec has announced an all-new, enterprise -grade software-defined storage RAID card that supports up to 32 NVMe SSDs. The new SmartRAID 4300 series supports PCIe 4.0 and 5.0 SSDs with rated sequential read speeds of up to 291 GB/s when fully saturated (with 32 SSDs).
The new SmartRaid 4300 comes in a low-profile MD2 form factor and slots into a single PCIe x16
CT scan peels back the layers of time to reveal the engineering within Intel’s iconic 386 CPU — exposing intricate pin mapping, hidden power planes, and more
In today's world of bleeding-edge processes and packaging techniques, the Intel 386 doesn’t look like much—a grey ceramic slab with 132 gold pins, something you’d expect to find rattling around in an old parts bin at this point. But behind that dull façade lies a marvel of late-1980s chip packaging, the kind of engineering we've taken for granted. Using a
The Asus Vivobook 16 Flip Laptop is on sale for all-time low $949 at Amazon
If you're in the market for a new laptop, you should take a closer look at this offer from Amazon on the Asus Vivobook 16 Flip Laptop . This discount applies to the model with the highest specs, which boasts an OLED display and an Intel Core Ultra 7 256V processor. It usually goes for around $1,999, but right now it's discounted to just $949.
New local AI integration into Firefox spurs complaints of ‘CPU going nuts’ — chip and power spikes plague new version 141.x
Firefox rolled out update 141 last month, but there has been an issue simmering under the hood which has only now come to a head . PC enthusiasts don’t like their CPU cycles being wasted, but there is evidence that Firefox v141’s headlining new feature, AI-enhanced tab groups , is chewing through more horsepower than it should. Quell surprise – AI sapping your precious watts for little to no tangible benefit…
Dead RTX 4090 gets cooked beyond salvation — VRAM swap and multiple signal patch jobs fail as buried PCB traces give up for good in unsuccessful repair attempt
We've taken a look at two successful repair attempts recently, a dead RTX 5090 and a dead RX 7800 XT being revived from the silicon grave. However, it's equally important to see the other side of the coin — what happens when the repair doesn't go right? What if the card is fated beyond a fix? That's what occurred with Northwest Repair's latest job, where a specially endowed RTX 4
Microsoft brings AI-powered assistance to gaming — Copilot Gaming (beta) and Copilot 3D creative features went live this week
Microsoft has been pushing its Copilot AI technology to more users, with the company releasing features for both gamers and creatives in recent days. According to the Xbox Wire , Gaming Copilot is now available in Beta to Xbox Insiders on Windows PC, with the feature also rolling out to handhelds, but with limited capabilities.
Copilot for Gaming
China state media says Nvidia H20 GPUs are unsafe and outdated, urges Chinese companies to avoid them — says chip is ‘neither environmentally friendly, nor advanced, nor safe’
A social media account linked to China state media says that users should avoid Nvidia chips.
Linus Torvalds calls RISC-V code from Google engineer 'garbage' and says it 'makes the world actively a worse place to live' — Linux honcho puts dev on notice for late submissions, too
Linus Torvalds, the creator and lead developer of Linux, has publicly dismissed a RISC-V code contribution from a Google engineer as “garbage.” The code was sent as a pull request for inclusion in the Linux 6.17 kernel on Friday, but has been roundly rejected by Torvalds for both its poor quality and for being late. Those are two cardinal sins in pull requests, and misdemeanors that have clearly ignited the Linux creator’s infamously short fuse.
In response
Self-taught modder builds completely transparent Game Boy Color circuit board that actually works — PCB looks stunning when matched with fully transparent shell
Handheld console modder @natalie_thenerd built a Game Boy Color motherboard using a fully clear PCB, allowing us to see its copper circuit traces in all their glory. According to her X (formerly Twitter) post, she built her own schematics to make it work, and she removed the ground zone to make the PCB completely clear. Although this is crucial for modern devices, Natalie says that it’s not an issue with the handheld console because of its