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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, the new CLC design is called Ingrid, and its features are quite...
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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 remains one of the best choices. We desperately need new low-power GPUs...
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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 Galaxy S25 phones sold worldwide. Samsung took an estimated $400 million...
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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 the Radeon RX 9070 series graphics cards brought the RDNA 4 architecture and...
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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 alternative channelslike these Minisforum "Mobile on Desktop" (MoDT) products...
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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 stores such as Micro Center even after the launch date. According to...
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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 factory overclocked PNY GeForc RTX 5070 Ti that's listed at $750 (so...
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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 GeForce RTX 5080 and GeForce RTX 5090 have been in fairly short supply. Queues...
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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 i9-13900K CPU and GeForce RTX 4090 GPU. As wild as this home-based creation...
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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 the better part of three years (counting the remainder of this year) to...
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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 reveal. With a landing page full of information on its various products, the...
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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 next-gen GPU lineup. One piece of rumor that keeps circulating is the potential...
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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 scheduled to deliver an opening keynote on Monday, January 6 at 6:30pm PT...
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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 series, and then the RDNA 3.5 GPU on Ryzen AI MAX is apparently the Ryzen 8000...
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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 products with big improvements to ray tracing performance.
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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 B650M-MEOW WiFi, AMD fans can also enjoy the quirky, cat-themed aesthetics of the...
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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 is a chance we may see new RDNA 4 graphics cards from AMD, along with laptop...
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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: the Ryzen AI 300 family, headed up by the flagship Ryzen AI 9 HX...
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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 its RDNA 4 cards at some point. There's evidence to suggest that a...
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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 mainboards, AMD has also released new AGESA firmware to its partners that promises...
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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 launch, the lineup finally made its way to store shelves.Sales appear to be...
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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 pulling offline), some motherboards from Gigabyte will range in price from...
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