AMD sets a date for elusive FSR Redstone
Published in Graphics


The long-teased graphics tech is meant to land on 10 December

The next-gen FidelityFX update FSR Redstone will start rolling out from 10 December.

Intel's Arrow Lake prices fall off a cliff
Published in PC Hardware


Black Friday exposes just how badly the new CPUs are struggling

Troubled Chipzilla’s Core Ultra 200 series has seen its prices nearly halved since launch, a sign of how little love the Arrow Lake chips are getting. Amazon’s Black Friday sale pushed them to fresh lows, and some models now sell for barely half their original tags.

JEDEC cooks up chunky new DDR5 standard
Published in News


Quad-rank CKDs promise fatter modules for next-gen desktops

JEDEC is hammering out a CQDIMM standard for DDR5 CKD memory that will let future platforms cram in far higher capacities without slowing everything to a crawl.

Intel spies a fresh payday in fancy packaging
Published in PC Hardware


US customers eye local options

Advanced packaging is shaping up to be a massive prospect for Troubled Chipzilla as US chip designers start sniffing around for someone nearby to wrap their shiny silicon.

IBM and Cisco chase quantum internet
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Long-distance quantum links could work by 2030

Boffins working at IBM and Cisco reckon they can link quantum computers over serious distances, and they want to show it is doable before the end of 2030.