Linux founder Linus Torvalds recently posted an update on the Linux Kernel Mailing List announcing the arrival of Linux kernel version 5.14. Perhaps the biggest change is the removal of legacy support for Parallel ATA (PATA), also referred to as ATAm or IDE. IDE is a connector that has long served as a base for…
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Since 2014, Secretlab has made a name for itself making premium gaming chairs with a strong range of movement. The Secretlab Titan Evo 2022 released today combines features of one of the best gaming chairs we’ve tested, the Secretlab Omega, and the Secretlab Titan, which accommodated the big and tall crowd, into one. Secretlab is…
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Icy Dock, which makes computer data storage and enclosure peripherals for industrial and rugged computer data storage, announced the ToughArmor MB924IP-B that’s designed to handle up to 24 2.5-inch SAS/SATA SSD/HDDs up to 7mm in height. The device only takes up three full-sized 5.25-inch device bays, often found on many workstation-grade PCs used in the…
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Intel today announced that CEO Pat Gelsinger and Technology Department head Dr. Ann Kelleher would discuss upcoming “process and packaging innovations” on July 26. Gelsinger and Kelleher “will provide a deeper look at Intel’s process and packaging roadmaps” as part of the IDM 2.0 strategy revealed in March. IDM 2.0 will see Intel expand its…
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TSMC and Foxconn , via the later’s YongLin Foundation, have united in the fight against COVID-19 by acquiring and donating 10 million doses of BioNTech’s vaccine to Taiwan’s CDC (Center for Disease Control). This is the latest direct participation of tech companies in the vaccination efforts currently underway around the globe, and is theoretically enough…
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EVGA X570 Dark (Image credit: Vince Lucido/Facebook) EVGA previously hinted that it would produce the brand’s first motherboard with an AMD chipset. Today, Vince “K|NGP|N” Lucido has shared a photograph of the X570 Dark motherboard on his personal Facebook account. By the looks of the motherboard, the X570 Dark should conform to the standard ATX…
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Compute North CEO Dave Perrill told The Block that Bitcoin’s hash rate—a measure of the computing power devoted to mining the cryptocurrency—might not recover from China’s move to shut down crypto mining operations until some time in 2022. “We may not see the hash rate go back to the all-time-high level until Q2/Q3 next year,”…
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For many years, gamers have lamented the inability to use the Game Boy Advance link cable to do anything but join together Game Boy Advance and GameCube consoles for games of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, Four Swords Adventures, and the like. But now many prayers have been answered, as GitHub user Rodrigo Alfonso has revealed…
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When Intel announced its IDM 2.0 strategy in general and its European expansion in particular back in April, it did not reveal many details about the plan. However, now that the details have transpired, they look truly ambitious: up to $100 billion in investments in multiple states and spread out across multiple facilities. The Fab(s). Intel has…
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Today’s best Silverstone SX750 Platinum deals Today’s best Silverstone SX750 Platinum SFX deals The SilverStone SX750 has an extremely high power density, meeting the rival Corsair SF750, but it cannot achieve the same performance levels. In fact, the overall performance difference between the SX750 and the SF750 reaches 13%, favoring the Corsair unit. Therefore, SilverStone…
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