AMD’s market share in Japan is in decline, ceding significant ground to Intel in recent months. According to information collated by BCN, a Japanese electronics aggregator that pulls sales volume data from retailers and e-tailers across the country, AMD-branded CPU sales hit their lowest point in three years this January, commanding only 25% of total…
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The intensifying competition among the leading Silicon Valley-based companies in the recent years lead to poaching well-known specialists as well as high-profile hires. But poaching happens not only in the U.S. Biren Technology, a developer of AI GPUs from China, has hired Yang Chaoyuan, who previously led Nvidia’s R&D operations in Shanghai, China. Biren was established in…
DetailsMicrosoft MVP Rudy Ooms has discovered that the built-in Windows data wiping functions aren’t doing their job. In other words, say you want to sell on or recycle a PC system, and you prudently use the “Reset PC > Remove Everything” option. That should be a good way to wipe your drive, but there will…
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Arm China Chairman and CEO Allen Wu recently took part in an interview with JW Insights, with the Q&A session published this weekend. Wu was quizzed on just two topics; the impact of the Nvidia buyout failure and if what happened provides any important lessons for Chinese companies. Wu elaborated and provided further insight into…
DetailsPC cases and cooling specialist AeroCool has unveiled a new case with mounting space to fit up to 15 storage devices simultaneously. Yes, that might be somewhat excessive for the average PC builder; however, the AeroCooler Cipher case is “specially designed for mining storage-based cryptocurrency,” says the designer. Firstly, you might be a bit confused…
DetailsWhat a refreshing change to see the prices of GPUs going down instead of up. ASRock’s OC Formula Radeon RX 6900XT – the AMD flagship GPU has $100 knocked off of its price as well as availability as we all pray for an end to the GPU drought and excessive prices. The Intel Core i7-12700K is…
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When Nvidia introduced light hash rate (LHR) graphics cards with reduced Ethereum hash rate, it wanted to ensure that its GeForce offerings would not be used for mining. But shortly after LHR boards became available, various tools to increase their mining performance emerged. None of them could restore the full mining performance of Nvidia’s GPUs,…
DetailsA preliminary review of the Intel Arc Alchemist A380 entry-level graphics board has arrived via SiSoftware, but hidden inside this review is the bigger news — we now have the concrete specs of the full DG2 GPU family from a reliable source. SiSoftware’s review of the entry-level Arc A380 is less than stellar, but the…
DetailsToday’s best Monoprice Zero-G 42891 deals Today’s best gaming monitors with QHD resolution (2560×1440) are extremely popular thanks to their ideal price/performance ratio. They hit a sweet spot where prices are low and frame rates are high. In a 27 or 32-inch size, they provide lots of fine detail and a smooth pixel structure. I’ve…
DetailsThanks to grants from the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy, Keep Columbus Beautiful will be able to hold a variety of recycling events in 2022. According to a recent NDEE press release, the nonprofit will receive the following grants in the following amounts: $24,515 to hold a one-day household hazardous waste event; $12,549 to…
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