After briefly teasing its NUC 11 Extreme (Beast Canyon) at Computex 2021, Intel has formally launched the new NUC kits. With the novelty that Beast Canyon now accepts the best graphics cards, it’s debatable whether it’s still considered a NUC or more like a small form factor (SFF) system now. Beast Canyon, which succeeds Ghost…
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The value of Ether has fallen alongside the rest of the crypto market, according to CoinDesk. That could be good news for anyone hoping to buy a new GPU without having to compete with Ethereum miners for the best graphics cards. Ether is the native token of the Ethereum blockchain. It’s valued at roughly $1,795…
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With Valve’s Steam Deck now officially unveiled, including all the major core specifications, it’s surprising just how much there is that we still don’t know. It seems like a well designed little handheld, and compared to the Nintendo Switch hardware, it’s easy to get carried away with just how much faster and more potent the…
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Leaked images and benchmarks have surfaced for AMD’s yet unreleased Radeon RX 6600 XT GPU. Images indicate the reference RX 6600 XT will have a standard dual-fan cooler design, typical of mid-range graphics cards. The performance meanwhile looks to be similar to the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, one of the best graphics cards (assuming you…
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At Best Buy, WD’s Easystore 8TB external hard drive has been given a $40 price cut — taking it down to just $179.99. If you’ve been on the lookout for a reliable external storage solution, this is one of the best deals you’ll find right now. WD Easystore 8TB external hard drive: was $220, now…
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After briefly showing off the EVGA X570 Dark, Vince “K|NGP|N” Lucido has taken the motherboard for a spin. The famous overclocker pushed the Ryzen 3 5300G‘s FCLK up to 2,433 MHz under liquid nitrogen (LN2). The EVGA X570 Dark is a premium motherboard that’s tailored toward extreme overclocking enthusiasts. We don’t doubt that the engineers…
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What do artificial intelligence, supercomputers, and cryptocurrencies have in common? They’re all popular topics of conversation that very few people truly understand. Oh, and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said they were all used in a Ponzi scheme that raised $12 million from at least 277 retail investors. The SEC accused 86-year-old Joy Kovar…
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How powerful can a single-board computer (SBC) be? ZDNet reported that Aaeon tried to find out by cramming Intel’s 11th Gen Core G processors, support for up to 32GB of LPDDR4 memory, and an abundance of ports into the PICO-TGU4 product line. But it might also have discovered this category’s price ceiling in the process.…
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Hong Kong-based Minisforum and Indiegogo-going Morefine Focus are preparing Mini-PC solutions based on AMD’s latest Zen 3 APUs. Both companies have confirmed that powerful AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX APUs will be on-board, packing eight Zen 3 cores, 16 threads, and integrated Vega graphics for high-performance use-cases with relatively tame GPU power requirements. Minisforum is undoubtedly…
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Chinese company Hefei Ultron Semiconductor Co has announced that it has achieved mass production on its silicon wafer regeneration facilities in the eastern province of Hanui. This marks the first such facility operating in China, enabling local semiconductor manufacturers to recover damaged or contaminated 12-inch wafers within the country’s borders. As reported by CnTechPost. As is…
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