After enjoying the success of its broad closed-loop cooling (CLC) patent for around 15 years, which expired on May 6, Asetek sent its engineers to the drawing board to come up with a new design to license to partners. In good Danish fashion...Read more...
Just last night, I was looking for a single-slot graphics card to upgrade an older machine. The options in the market are dire, with the GeForce GT 1030 retaining a triple-digit price some eight years on from its 2017 launch, simply because it...Read more...
An insider's report has found that for 2026, Samsung might bring its Exynos silicon back into its Galaxy S26 flagship phones. This move stems from heavy financial losses incurred from using solely Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite processors for all...Read more...
The last few weeks for AMD have been pretty remarkable. The chipmaker is firing on all cylinders: the Ryzen 9 9900X3D and 9950X3D have arrived to universal praise, the Ryzen AI Max "Strix Halo" processors finally launched to wide acclaim, and...Read more...
It's pretty ironic, if you think about it. AMD makes desktop CPUs, then turns them into BGA chips for the high-end mobile market. Laptop vendors don't buy as many of those CPUs as AMD would like, and they start to filter into the market via...Read more...
The launch of NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 series has come and left many disappointed in the low availability of the initial GPU lineup. NVIDIA's flagship GeForce RTX 5090 has been particularly difficult to find, with consumers lining up early at...Read more...
Several early listings for custom GeForce RTX 5070 Ti models from NVIDIA's OEM partners have popped up at Micro Center and, spoiler alert, almost every single one (so far) is priced higher than the baseline $749 MSRP. The lone exception is a...Read more...
During CES 2025, NVIDIA made a splash by announcing its new GeForce RTX 50 series Blackwell GPUs. It also announced RTX 50 series laptops, which would release after the initial desktop lineup hit the market. It is common knowledge that the...Read more...
Is it possible to adapt data center server cooling solutions for personal use? A Chinese techtuber has taken the question to task by adapting a 12,000 BTU (British Thermal Unit) air conditioner compressor to a gaming PC equipped with an Intel...Read more...
The PlayStation 3 launched in 2006, and seven years later, we got the PlayStation 4 in 2013. Then, after another seven years, we got the PlayStation 5. Given this steady cadence, we'd expect the PlayStation 6 to launch in 2027. That gives Sony...Read more...
The time is approaching for NVIDIA to unveil its latest GeForce RTX 50 series graphics cardsat CES 2025,and signs are showing up from brands. Corsair is one such brand that wants to make sure you know what is next-gen ready, before the big...Read more...
The arrival of NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 series is getting closer with each passing day, and a reveal is very likely to manifest at year's CES event. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang will be the keynote speaker, where he is expected to introduce the...Read more...
We keep saying it, but the wait is almost over for NVIDIA to officially introduce its GeForce RTX 50 series, which it is undoubtedly planning to do at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) next weekcompany co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang is...Read more...
AMD's product naming schemes have been all over the place for a while now, but you have to give the red team some credit for this one. After all, the previous-generation discrete GPUs based on the RDNA 3 architecture were the Radeon RX 7000...Read more...
As we near the end of 2024, small morsels of information are starting to hit the rumor mill for the next generation of gaming GPUs. AMD has had RDNA 3 GPUs since December of 2022, and it appears that soon we may have its first stack of RDNA 4...Read more...
Regular HotHardware readers will of course be aware of Colorful's Colorfire Meow series of components, as we've covered them before. However, the series had been limited to Intel processors until now. With the release of the Colorfire...Read more...
With CES 2025 kicking off next month on January 7th, the hype is starting to build for new products. AMD is one major player to keep an eye on, and there may be some interesting announcements around the bend. While nothing is confirmed, there...Read more...
The early rumors concerning the naming convention of AMD's upcoming mobile processors appears to be true. We already suspected this, but things took a turn when the company revealed the final name of its "Strix Point" SoCs earlier this year:...Read more...
There has been a lot of attention pointed towards NVIDIA's next-generation GeForce RTX 50 series based on Blackwell, and in particular the eventual GeForce RTX 5090. Let's not forget, however, AMD also has skin in the game and will be launching...Read more...
AMD and its partners have released a barrage of motherboards today based on the latest Socket AM5 chipsets. That's the X870, as well as the dual-chip X870E version, if you haven't been staying on top of things. Along with the fancy new...Read more...
Earlier this year, AMD announced and released its Ryzen 9000 series of desktop CPUs. The X3D variants may be coming as soon as this fall, such as the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. After an initial delay due to unforeseen issues for the initial Ryzen 9000...Read more...
AMD released its Ryzen 9000 series CPUs last month after a small delay and some early teething issues. We are now starting to see hints of the new motherboards for the X870 family. According to listings on B&H Photo (which the retailer ended up...Read more...