By now, there isn’t anything that we don’t know about Intel’s forthcoming Core i9-12900KS processor. The special edition Alder Lake chip poses to take the crown from the Core i9-12900K as the best CPU for high-performance gaming. The Core i9-12900KS has a 3.4 GHz base clock and a 5.2 GHz all-core boost clock on the…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – Haggling over the price of a car is an American tradition. It used to be the most stressful part of car buying negotiations, but in today’s world of supply and demand issues, you are lucky if you can even find a car to negotiate over. Like most of our world since…
Allen Wu, chief executive and chairman of Arm China, asserts that the company he heads may go public in either Shanghai or Hong Kong sometime in 2026 or later. He expects Arm Ltd., which is set to list at New York Stock Exchange early next year, to support Arm China’s IPO. “We are supportive of…
Out of necessity, the highest-performing workstation-grade laptops turned to Intel’s socketed CPUs to offer unbeatable performance for years. Apparently Intel will address that need head-on by rolling out new Alder Lake-HX processors with 16 cores and desktop PC-class performance. These CPUs will allegedly use Intel’s Alder Lase-S silicon in BGA packaging and have a TDP…
The iPhone isn’t the first smartphone to support wireless charging, but the iPhone 12 did introduce a compelling upgrade. Recent iPhones have a magnetic ring on the back that ensures the wireless charger stays attached to the phone. Apple calls it MagSafe, and it’s a smartphone charging feature unique to the iPhone. But now, the…
February hasn’t exactly been a bed of roses for Nvidia, as the company was forced to abandon its $40 billion bid to acquire Arm (which resulted in a $1.25 billion breakup fee). Today, we’ve learned that Nvidia is a potential victim of a ruthless cyber attack. According to reporting by The Telegraph, Nvidia’s email systems…
How will the Russian invasion of Ukraine affect the global supply chain? The good news is that the US chip industry seems insulated from the conflict for now. But the war may become a reason —whether legitimate or not— for electronics vendors to hike up costs. “It would not surprise me if companies say ‘Due…
How will the Russian invasion of Ukraine affect the global supply chain? The good news is that the US chip industry seems insulated from the conflict for now. But the war may become a reason —whether legitimate or not— for electronics vendors to hike up costs. “It would not surprise me if companies say ‘Due…
Gigabyte has introduced its first AMD EPYC and Nvidia A100-based high-performance computing (HPC) servers featuring a direct liquid cooling system designed by CoolIT. The new machines feature one or two AMD EPYC 7003-series ‘Milan’ processors with up to 128 cores in total and four or eight Nvidia A100 80GB SXM4 modules. Gigabyte’s 4-way 2U G262-ZL0 and 8-way 4U G492-ZL2 machines are…
China’s Supreme Court hardened its stance on cryptocurrencies this Thursday after enshrining them into law under the list of illegal fundraising methods. The court’s decision was already expected, following late 2021 declarations from the court, the People’s Bank of China and other high-profile government institutions. Under the new interpretation, which goes into effect on March…