AMD targets an 30x increase in efficiency for its HPC chips by 2025

AMD's set an ambitious target, but can they execute?

Published: 29th September 2021 | Source: AMD | Author: Mark Campbell

AMD's targeting colossal performance and efficiency gains for its AI training and supercomputing hardware

AMD today announced an ambitious set of performance targets for their future EPYC CPUs and Instinct Accelerators, pledging to deliver a 30x increase in energy efficiency by 2025. This rate of improvement is said to be 2.5x the industry aggregate for the

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Intel

be quiet! reveals free Intel LGA1700 upgrade kits for compatible CPU coolers

be quiet! is ready for Alder Lake

Published: 29th September 2021 | Source: be quiet! | Author: Mark Campbell

New times are dawning for Intel, and be quiet! is ready!

be quiet! has just announced that eleven of their CPU coolers will support Intel's upcoming LGA1700 (Alder Lake) CPU socket thanks to the release of free mounting kit upgrades.

These upgrade kits will be available for free for those who have proof of purchase for a compatible

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Here's what you need to run Battlefield 2042's Open Beta on PC

Are you ready for next week's beta?

Published: 29th September 2021 | Source: EA | Author: Mark Campbell

Battlefield 2042's beta's launching next week - Here's what you need to run it

Battlefield 2042's Open Beta starts next week, arriving early to Early Access players on October 6th and everyone else on October 8th. The beta will end on October 9th, with pre-loads starting on October 5

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Phison plans to ship PCIe 5.0 SSDs in 2022 with their new E26 controller

Expect PCIe 5.0 SSDs in the second half of 2022

Published: 29th September 2021 | Source: Phison | Author: Mark Campbell

Phison plans to ship PCIe 5.0 SSDs in 2022 with their new E26 controller

Phison is currently one of the biggest names in the SSD business, with their controllers powering SSDs from Corsair, Sabrent, Gigabyte, MSI, Patriot, Seagate and more. PCIe 4.0 SSDs are currently the fastest available, but

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This handheld gaming PC is crazy

Mini Gaming PCs, and why Valve's Steam Deck probably beats them all - This article contains affiliate links

Published: 29th September 2021 | Source: Amazon UK | Author: Mark Campbell

This Mini Gaming PC is Nuts!

Handheld gaming PCs are growing in popularity, so much so that even Valve has decided to enter into the fray with their upcoming Steam Deck system . While searching on Amazon, we recently found a variety of handheld gaming PCs that utilised Intel's latest mobile processors, offering

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You can now Preview Windows 11's Launch-Day Build

Want to try out Windows 11 one week early?

Published: 28th September 2021 | Source: Microsoft | Author: Mark Campbell

You can now Preview Windows 11's Launch-Day Build

Windows Insiders can now preview the launch-day build of Windows 11, one week ahead of the OS' official release on October 5th. This build is build number s 22000.194 (KB5005635) and is currently
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New World already has over 600,000 players on Steam

New World currently has more players than DOTA 2

Published: 28th September 2021 | Source: Steam Stats | Author: Mark Campbell

New World is currently Steam's second most played game

Amazon's New World MMO has now launched on PC, and right now, the game has over 600,000 players on Steam, making it the second most played game on the platform.

While Counter-Strike: Global Offensive remains as Steam's most-played title, New

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Thermaltake's Delivers New Colour Options for its The Tower 100 Enclosure

Some tips on how to get the most out of ThermalTake's The Tower 100 Chassis

Published: 28th September 2021 | Source: ThermalTake | Author: Mark Campbell

Thermaltake Delivers Multiple new Colour Options for its Popular Mini ITX The Tower 100 PC Case

If we love one trend here at OC3D, it's the increasing variety of colour options within the case market. Yes, we are well known for loving white cases, but it's great to see modern

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More Silicon! AMD's Lisa Su expects the world's chip shortage to ease in 2022

New plants should start producing chips in the coming months

Published: 28th September 2021 | Source: CNBC | Author: Mark Campbell

The global semiconductor shortage should ease in mid-2022

In a recent interview with CNBC, AMD's CEO, Lisa Su, discussed the world's ongoing semiconductor shortage, discussing how long it should take for the world's manufacturers to keep up with demand and for today's supply issues to ease.

The semiconductor market started to experience shortages

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Akasa delivers 20Gbps connectivity with its USB 3.2 M.2 NVMe SSD enclosure

Connectivity speeds of up to 2.5GB/s are possible with this SSD enclosure (This Article Contains an Affiliate Link)

Published: 28th September 2021 | Source: Akasa | Author: Mark Campbell

Akasa delivers 20Gbps connectivity with its USB 3.2 M.2 NVMe SSD enclosure

Most M.2 SSD enclosures are limited to 10Gbps speeds, limiting the maximum transfer speeds of the M.2 NVMe SSDs that they may enclose. These speed limits are due to the
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