We are still in the midst of the ‘ram apocalypse’ with no relief in sight. There are signs that memory prices have finally leveled off , but they are still sky-high. That said, there are plenty of other things you can do to improve your quality of life with your existing system. One way is to upgrade your current monitor

The venerable Zilog Z80 CPU has been around since 1976, and it has powered everything from calculators and home computers to arcade cabinets. But the 8-bit microprocessor isn't exactly a powerful CPU compared to what we use today. That said, developer HarryR has created Z80-μLM , a

With computer desktop component prices in the stratosphere, your options for a new gaming PC are currently limited by availability and price. Prebuilt PC's seem to be taking up some of the slack of the monstrous AI-buildout prices, but the other unsung hero in the current climate is the gaming laptop. If you can find one on sale with decent

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is continuing his tour of Taiwan, and in his latest musings with the press had warned that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has its work cut out to keep up with demand. SCMP reports that Huang said Nvidia's demand for wafers alone could force TSMC to "more than double its capacity in the next decade

If there's one piece of electronic kit that everyone should own, it's a flash drive. You never know when you might need to port files from one device to another, but more importantly, they're a quick and cheap way to keep your favorite photos or important documents safe and backed up. Luckily, Amazon

A recently published video shows real-time raytraced shadows in a game environment running within the improbable confines of a mid-1990s console. The Sega Saturn was notoriously complex and difficult to optimize games for when it was introduced. However, this video shows that there are still surprises being wrung out of Sega’s dual-

Thanks to voracious demand from AI hyperscalers, PC part prices are on a steep rise – not just RAM, but also SSDs and hard drives , as well as GPUs . And at the same time, availability seems to be waning on multiple components, with seemingly no end in sight — unless you can somehow see into 202