
OpenAI forms pact with Broadcom
No longer wants custom foundaries
OpenAI has decided to shelve its plans to build custom foundries. Instead, the company will partner with semiconductor giant Broadcom to develop its first batch of custom AI chips.

PNY unveils XLR8 DDR5 memory with support for Intel XMP 3.0 and AMD EXPO
Available in 32GB (2x16GB) kits and ranging from 5,600MHz to 6,400MHz
PNY has unveiled two new high-performance DDR5 memory products that will be a part of its XLR8 series, the XLR8 Gaming DDR5 and XLR8 Gaming EPIC-X RGB DDR5. The new memory modules will feature new heatspreader design, and be available as a 32GB (2x16GB) kit ranging from 5,600MHz to 6,400MHz and CAS latency of 36.

Motherboard allows 24TB RAM and 384 AMD EPYC Turin cores
A petabyte storage
ASRock Rack's TURIN2D48G-2L+ has just been released and it appears to go to 11 on the specs as iff no one told the designers to cut back on anything.

Chinese SSD makers taking over the market
Kingston still king for now
Chinese SSD manufacturers are making significant strides in the SSD market, driven by strong local demand and support.

PSSR brings Sony closer to Nvidia’s DLSS
Makes AMD’s offering look dated
The PSSR AI upscaling method built for the PS5 Pro appears to clean the clock of the AMD’s FSR 3.1.

AMD's upcoming Ryzen Z2 chips comes in three flavors
Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Ryzen Z2, and Ryzen Z2G
According to the latest rumors, it appears that AMD plans to release three Ryzen Z2 APU versions for gaming handhelds, including the Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Ryzen Z2, and the Ryzen Z2G, all with different configurations.

AMD to bring two new socket AM4 CPUs
Ryzen 5 5600XT and 5600T CPUs
AMD's aging AM4 platform is set to receive a couple of new updates, including the Ryzen 5 5600XT and Ryzen 5 5600T CPUs.

Spectre issues were never completely fixed
Patches falling short
Six years after disclosing the Spectre transient execution processor design flaws, boffins still voice concerns about incomplete fixes.

Expensive AMD server chip going cheap in eBay
70.38 per cent off the official price
TechRadar has found shedloads of AMD’s EPYC “Bergamo” 9754 server-grade processor from the EPYC 9004 series going dirt cheap on eBay.

Nvidia boss warns x86 is becoming fragmented
Welcome’s AMD and Intel cooperation
Like a leather-jacketed balloon waiting to burst, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has warned that x86’s architecture is in danger of fragmentation, and he welcomes AMD and Intel working closer together to prevent this.