Zak Killian
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A Reuters report yesterday claims that Intel is struggling with poor yields on its next-generation 18A manufacturing process, and the state of the manufacturing chain is bad enough, allegedly, that it might jeopardize the launch of Panther...
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A curious detail of OpenAI's popular AI models—like the GPT-4o model used in ChatGPT—is that despite the name, OpenAI's models are overwhelmingly not open-source. OpenAI has now released two new open-weight large language models, however...
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Intel's first socketed microprocessors came in a dual in-line package (DIP) with 40 connectors. The i486 used a variety of sockets, but the most popular had 237 contacts. AMD's "Socket A" for the legendary Athlon CPUs had 462 contacts. Modern CPUs need a whole lot more connectivity, which is...
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When we tested the MSI Claw 8 AI+ featuring Intel's Core Ultra 7 258V, we found the Lunar Lake chip to have less-consistent, but overall slightly better performance versus AMD's Ryzen Z1 Extreme. Given that, it should be no surprise that...
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A new name in the laptop space, AIM, is 'AIM'-ing both high and low. That is, high in ambition, and low in price. You see, the company has announced plans to release a gaming laptop powered by AMD's top-of-the-line Ryzen AI Max+ 395...
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We're broadly of the opinion that Intel's Xe Super Sampling (XeSS) doesn't really get its due. Most people seem to be unaware that XeSS runs not only on Intel's own graphics processors, but also on any recent AMD and NVIDIA GPU. The key...
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Unsurprisingly, Micron is first out of the gate with a PCIe 6.0 SSD—and it's coming in hot. The company just unveiled a new lineup of data center drives built on the G9 NAND tech that first appeared in the 2600, and leading the charge is...
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When we initially heard rumors about AMD's Strix Halo processors, we were dubious. When AMD announced those chips as the Ryzen AI Max 300 family, we were cautiously optimistic. We didn't become true believers in the design until we tested...
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Tired of dead zones and sluggish connections when everyone in the house is online? Netgear's latest Orbi 370 Wi-Fi 7 mesh system might be exactly what you need to supercharge your home network. Right now, there are some excellent...
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Dell 14 Premium and 16 Premium Laptops: As tested, $2099 (14") and $2799 (16") Minimalist elegance, stunning displays, and quiet operation are among the top features of Dell's new 14" and 16" Premium laptops, which succeed Dell's venerable...
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Posted today after the release of its quarterly financials on Friday, Intel's latest 10-Q filing paints a sobering picture for its ambitious foundry business. Buried in the report is a telling remark, where the company admits that it has...
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GamePad Digital is apparently aiming straight for the crown of "most powerful handheld ever" with its upcoming GPD Win 5. The company, who originated the concept of the x86 gaming handheld, posted a teaser on its YouTube channel 4 days ago...
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Chinese tech YouTuber Geekerwan's latest video shows just how far you can push AMD's new Threadripper Pro 9995WX, a 96-core, 192-thread Zen 5 workstation chip that costs a staggering ¥100,000 (~$13,800). And when we say "push," we mean...
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Yesterday, Intel published a blog post titled "Lip-Bu Tan: Steps in the Right Direction," described as "a message from Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan to all company employees." In it, he addresses the turmoil at the company recently, and talks about...
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Outside of gamers and enthusiasts, desktop PCs have largely fallen by the wayside in favor of small-form-factor and "mini" PCs. That's understandable, as if you don't need the massive power of discrete GPUs and the expansion offered by a...
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On July 23, 1985, Commodore unveiled a machine that would rewrite the rules of personal computing. The Amiga 1000 launched not just as a new computer, but as a paradigm shift in multimedia performance—a system so far ahead of its time that four decades later, it remains a revered icon among...
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AMD has officially enabled Stable Diffusion on its latest generation of Ryzen AI processors, bringing local generative AI image creation to systems equipped with XDNA 2 NPUs. The feature arrives through integration with Amuse, a free and...
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If you're the kind of person who thinks "warranty void" sounds like a challenge, Prema, a well-known American overclocker and modder, has something wild for you. In a recent video from GizmoSlipTech, Prema's shunt-modded Eluktronics Hydroc...
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In its 2024-25 annual financial report, Ubisoft paints a picture of a company that has taken some hits but is ready to bounce back in 2026 and 2027, banking on titles that have been delayed to assure quality. While net income fell...
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Like the rest of the review circuit, we're fairly well enamored with Intel's Arc B-series GPUs. The Arc B570 offers killer entry-level value, and the Arc B580 offers solid 1440p performance without charging you extra for 'sufficient' video...
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The next all-new CPUs from Intel should be the Panther Lake series of mobile processors, hitting late this year or (more likely) early next year. Around the same time or shortly after, though, we expect to see Wildcat Lake, a smaller...
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Just yesterday we learned of the existence of an "AX" model of Intel's upcoming Nova Lake processors. Intel uses letters to describe its mobile processors' power budgets, scaling through "Y", "U", "P", "H", and then "HX" at the top with...
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