Microsoft might have a trick up its sleeve that makes ray tracing more feasible with the best GPUs that have lower amounts of VRAM, or are a lesser spec in general, perhaps – though we should be cautious at this point.The broad idea is to make ray tracing less demanding, in short, as outlined in…
Microsoft has been going over what its incoming DirectSR tech is all about at GDC 2024 recently – although according to the grapevine, the catch is we might have a long time to wait before this nifty piece of the upscaling puzzle is realized.For those who need a quick refresher, we heard about DirectSR back…
When Apple announced the new M3 MacBook Air, the company also discontinued the M1-powered model. That shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, of course, since the M1 MacBook Air was released three-and-a-half years ago in November 2020. But despite the fact that this model isn’t officially in Apple’s lineup anymore, it’s still available in…
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Intel this morning is kicking off the second day of their Vision 2024 conference, the company’s annual closed-door business and customer-focused get-together. While Vision is not typically a hotbed for new silicon announcements from Intel – that’s more of an Innovation thing in the fall – attendees of this year’s show are not coming away…
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Now that the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy A55 phones are out, foldables are Samsung’s next big focus. The Korean tech company is expected to unveil the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Flip 6 phones in early July, ahead of the Summer Olympic Games in Paris.There are also increasingly frequent reports that Samsung will launch a…
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Google was among the first hyperscalers build custom silicon for its services, starting first with tensor processing units (TPUs) for its AI initiatives, and then video transcoding units (VCUs) for the YouTube service. But unlike its industry peers, the company has been slower to adopt custom CPU designs, prefering to stick to off-the-shelf chips from the major…
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Western Digital had unveiled the SanDisk Professional PRO-BLADE modular SSD ecosystem in mid-2022 to serve the needs of the professional market. The PRO-BLADE family comprises of three product lines – compact and sturdy NVMe drives (PRO-BLADE SSD Mags), a USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 (20 Gbps) enclosure for the mags (PRO-BLADE TRANSPORT), and a four-bay Thunderbolt…
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Vast Data will boost write performance in its storage by 50% in an operating system upgrade in April, followed by a 100% boost expected later in 2024 in a further OS upgrade. Both moves are aimed at checkpointing operations in artificial intelligence (AI) workloads. That roadmap pointer comes after Vast recently announced it would support…
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In late 2024, Apple is expected to introduce the Apple Watch Series 10 – or Apple Watch X. This smartwatch will mark ten years of Cupertino in this market. While the Apple Watch Series 9 was a mild update with some interesting features, there’s a lot we could see in this upcoming model. Here’s everything…
Apple Watch Series 10 might be an iPhone X-like update for the Watch Read More »
Security services and technology have again maintained the number one priority for IT spending across the EMEA region, according to this year’s Technology spending intentions research from TechTarget and ESG, to the extent that it’s also leading investment in areas beyond merely cyber, including networking, infrastructure, applications (DevSecOps) and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). With 48%…
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