AMD Ryzen 3 5100 quad-core CPU spotted
Published in PC Hardware


Another AM4 chip

It appears that the Ryzen 5 5600F is not the only new AM4 CPU that could be coming from AMD, as yet another has been spotted in China, a quad-core Ryzen 3 5100.

ASUS announces Turbo Radeon AI PRO R9700 32GB graphics card
Published in Graphics


AMD's graphics card for professional AI at the edge

ASUS has now officially announced the Turbo Radeon AI PRO R9700 graphics, a 32GB graphics card for AI developers and professionals. Announced back in July, the Radeon AI PRO R9700 is based on Navi 48 GPU, with 64 Compute Units and 128 AI Accelerators, and 32GB of GDDR6 memory.

Ice River chip promises to recycle energy instead of frying it away
Published in PC Hardware


Vaire computing’s Ice, Ice baby

A London startup reckons it has cracked the wasted energy problem in modern computing.

Intel shelves game ready drivers for 11th to 14th gen GPUs
Published in Graphics


Winds down support, tells gamers to look elsewhere

Troubled Chipzilla is quietly packing up its graphics driver ambitions for a whole swathe of its processors.

Qualcomm boss reckons 6G glasses will boss your calendar
Published in IoT


Snapdragon Summit gets a dose of AI hype, edge-cloud waffle and 6G premonitions

Qualcomm chief Cristiano Amon used his Snapdragon Summit keynote to sell a future stuffed with AI agents, 6G sensors and personal tech that practically lives your life for you.

Chinese government tells firms to bin Nvidia AI chips
Published in AI


Beijing blocks RTX Pro 6000

China has told some of its biggest tech outfits, including ByteDance and Alibaba, to stop messing about with Nvidia’s RTX Pro 6000 chips.

Micron flexes "fastest" HBM4 DRAM
Published in News


HBM4e push

Micron has started throwing its weight around in the memory arena again, claiming that its new HBM4 samples are not only the fastest around but sip power better than anything rivals have to offer.

Peter Thiel warns Silicon Valley to beware the antichrist
Published in AI


Billionaire tech guru says unchecked progress may summon apocalypse

Peter Thiel who once made billions betting on technology now wants everyone to think a bit harder about a literal biblical Armageddon and the Antichrist.

Chaos as Tech workers rush to get back to US
Published in News


Panic bookings, midnight alerts and a frantic dash across the globe

Tech workers with H‑1B visas rushed from India to get back before the government demanded $100,000 workers from their companies for the privilege.

Apple’s C1X modem trades speed for mediocrity
Published in Mobiles


First in-house 5G chip behind the curve

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple, and its Tame Apple Press, made a big song and dance about its shiny new C1X modem in the iPhone Air, but the reality is less impressive.