Hardware

New Intel CPU vulnerability discovered, no new mitigations planned for "Indirector"

Apple iPhone 16 lineup could feature the same A18 chip across all models

"Breakthrough" robot with lab-grown "human brain" promises advancement in brain-computer interfacing

Reviewers seem to both love and hate Microsoft's latest Surface Pro

Noctua launches $150 follow-up to its legendary NH-D15 tower cooler

Intel's internal docs hint at new budget Battlemage GPU, sparking speculation

Intel Arrow Lake leak hints at more PCIe lanes and no DDR4 support

Nintendo sues two Switch hardware and software modders

Motherboards and PCs based on the Loongson 3A6000 processor are now available

Early AMD Ryzen 9000 Zen 5 listings suggest lower prices than Zen 4

Move over GPUs, with 1,536 cores the Thunderbird RISC-V CPU is ready to eat your lunch

Stretchy displays could be Apple's next innovation, new patent suggests

Massive SSD density boost is on the horizon thanks to Kioxia's 1,000-layer NAND plan

$10,000 cooler designed with AI keeps Core i9-14900KF chilly at 7.5 GHz

Pushing the limits: Enthusiasts are always looking for an edge in the world of overclocking and extreme cooling. In this wild test, the team sought to determine whether advanced GenAI and 3D printing could help them squeeze out more performance from today's processors. To answer this, they built a liquid nitrogen (LN2) container in a whole new way – and arrived at some interesting conclusions.

"Data centers in space" is a concept that could actually work, study finds

Forward-looking: Data centers, the crux of all things digital, are also enormous energy and water hogs. While the industry has been putting in place more sustainable operating practices, they don't touch the eco-friendly benefits offered by another idea: data centers that operate in space. A new European study has found that not only is this concept technically feasible, but it could also eventually deliver a significant return on investment.

Apple is working to make iPhone 16 battery removal easier to comply with EU regulations

Kirigami-inspired mechanical computer operates without electricity

Intel says its optical interconnect chiplet technology is a milestone in high-speed data transmission

DRAM and VRAM pricing expected to climb in Q3, you can thank server demand for that

In context: Demand for GPUs and other AI accelerators isn't expected to decrease anytime soon, and the cost of DRAM will be directly influenced by the strong "generative bubble" we are experiencing right now. Market intelligence company TrendForce has made some estimations for the third quarter of the year, and, unsurprisingly, prices are going up.

Valve reveals top Steam Deck games and how many players use controllers

This "super SIM card" features a built-in RISC-V CPU for increased storage, faster transfers, and better security

MSI MAG 27-inch and 32-inch QD-OLED models to receive long-awaited firmware updates

AMD approached to make world's fastest AI supercomputer powered by 1.2 million GPU

Forward-looking: It's no secret that Nvidia has been the dominant GPU supplier to data centers, but now there is a very real possibility that AMD might become a serious contender in this market as demand grows. AMD was recently approached by a client asking to create an AI training cluster consisting of a staggering 1.2 million GPUs. That would potentially make it 30x more powerful than Frontier, the current fastest supercomputer. AMD supplied less than 2% of data center GPUs in 2023.