Pure Storage, a supplier of all-flash storage devices, expects capacity of its proprietary direct flash module (DFM) solid-state drives to increase by six times in a few years, leading to 300TB capacities. The company expects advancements of 3D NAND areal density driven by increased number of layers and other factors to enable such a dramatic capacity…
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(Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) AMD’s Ryzen 9 7950X3D debuted earlier this week to critical acclaim as it dethroned Intel’s Core i9-13900K as the best CPU for gaming when paired with a discrete GPU. However, PC Mag reported in its 7950X3D review that AMD’s 3D V-Cache tech, the chip-stacking technology behind the big gains in gaming…
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AMD announced on Feb 27th, 2023, that they would be offering discounts on their 7000-series hardware lineup — deals on their CPUs and combo bundles for motherboards and RAM, including its existing Star Wars: Jedi Survivor game promotion. As we’ve previously reported, you could get savings of up to $125 off the existing price of…
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MWC 2023 has come and gone, serving as the launch point for a series of some of the best mobile devices to come out this year. While the event was largely dedicated to smartphones, it was also home to a number of other mobile-related products. From the weird to the wonderful, 2023 was definitely a…
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Amazon is getting into PC components with an Amazon Basics CPU air cooler. The Amazon Basics Computer Cooling Fan (opens in new tab) is built around a sizable aluminum-finned tower, laced with several heatpipes and a side mounted fan. Amazon’s surprise move into the PC cooling business is revealed by small print in the product…
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Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 40-series (Ada Lovelace) GPUs are among the best graphics cards, and it looks like they’re finally getting some love from gamers on Steam. The latest Steam Hardware Survey (opens in new tab) confirms that the GeForce RTX 4080 and GeForce RTX 4070 Ti are starting to climb the ranks, albeit slowly. The…
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Last October, when Apple rolled out iOS 16.1, the company quietly added a new charging feature many iPhone owners are only now discovering. The feature is called Clean Energy Charging, and chances are good that it’s currently enabled on your iPhone. In iOS 16.1, Clean Energy Charging is on by default, and if you always…
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For Huawei, it is close to impossible to procure chips for its server and communications products that are widely used in China and other countries. But that doesn’t mean that the company cannot get chips at all; it just does not want anyone to know who sells them. At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the…
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One of the annoying things we have to deal with regularly is smartphone glare. But TCL developed a screen technology called NXTPAPER for tablets and smartphones, giving them a paper-like look similar to e-readers. And there’s no glare at all, which is amazing. TCL further perfected the screen tech to introduce version 2.0 this year,…
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Not content with the measly 583 RGB LEDs provided by Galactic Unicorn, UK Raspberry Pi reseller Pimoroni has announced Cosmic Unicorn which sees 1,024 RGB LEDs in an 8 inch square grid. All of this is powered by our favorite microcontroller, the Raspberry Pi Pico W Image 1 of 2 (Image credit: Pimoroni) (Image credit:…
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