Even though Loongson claims that its latest 3A5000 and 3C5000 processors are based on its in-house developed proprietary architecture and no longer rely on the MIPS architecture, the code the company uses to enable the new CPUs in Linux is actually the same code it used for its MIPS-based chips. Furthermore, the CPU developer fails to demonstrate advantages of…
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Famous overclocker Vince Lucido, known as Kingpin, shared another photograph of AMD’s upcoming X570 Dark motherboard on his Facebook page, stating the new board is a “Monster AMD OC” and left us hanging for more details. Of course, being a Dark board, it’s no surprise that this new AMD EVGA board will have some serious…
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A software developer has created a webpage that allows to try out the Windows 11 interface without installing the new OS or waiting untill the first PCs with pre-installed Windows 11 hit the market later this year. Migrating to a new operating system always requires some effort. This is not a problem if you have…
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During Gamescom 2021 event, Microsoft announced its new cloud gaming service will finally be released to the public this Christmas. The service is already usable on phones, tablets, and PCs thanks to the ongoing beta program, but most importantly the cloud service will finally be available on both your Xbox Series consoles as well as…
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Best Buy has received a veritable boatload of Nvidia Ampere graphics cards that you will be able to purchase from tomorrow, August 26. The news comes courtesy of the GPU Restock Monitor Twitter page, which shared the distribution sheet for Best Buy’s restock throughout the U.S. If you still haven’t made the cut for a…
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Today’s best Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 XT Pulse deals The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT officially launched on August 11, 2021, and we’re looking at the Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 XT Pulse today. Initial supply, at least for overseas markets and some brick and mortar stores like Micro Center, was better than we’ve seen for…
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has reportedly notified its customers about substantial incoming chip production price hikes. The world’s largest maker of semiconductors will increase prices for virtually all advanced and popular process technologies in a bid to improve its gross margins. Meanwhile, augmented quotes will make costs of products like CPUs, GPUs, SoCs, and controllers…
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Imagination Technologies today announced (via Design & Reuse) its financial results for the first half of 2021, which show the company is poised for a revival of sorts after achieving a 55% revenue increase YoY, capturing $76 million compared to 2020’s $49 million. And on the back of these results, Imagination has thus announced its…
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At Intel architecture day, Chipzilla has presented its works on the upcoming Alder Lake generation of processors. Carrying the first hybrid configuration of big and little cores, Alder Lake processors are the first x86 designs to hit the market with this hybrid setup. Today, thanks to the HKEPC website via momomo_us, we have found an…
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You may know Cooler Master for its line of RGB-laden fans and coolers (the clue is in the name). But alongside this, the company also creates impressive gaming peripherals too, which for a limited time, are receiving big price cuts. At Amazon, save up to $50 off the Cooler Master MM720 gaming mouse and SK622…
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