Back when Microsoft announced Windows 11, there was quite a bit of confusion over the system requirements, which included cutoffs at 8th Gen Intel Core CPUs, second-gen AMD Ryzen chips and just a handful of Qualcomm processors. Microsoft promised to test 7th Gen Intel and 1st Gen Ryzen in Windows Insider builds and with PC…
Plextor, a division of Kioxia, has expanded the line-up of its M10P-series SSDs featuring a PCIe 3.0 x4 interface and extreme performance. The family now includes 512GB, 1TB, and 2TB models that are rated for a peak sequential read speed of 7000 MB/s. The drives are powered by InnoGrit’s Rainer controller that promises an ultimate power efficiency…
China’s restrictions on cryptocurrency mining have continued to expand. CoinDesk today reported that authorities in the Anhui, Gansu, and Henan provinces ordered local mining operations to shut down due to the central government’s policies. The official motivations behind this crackdown are two-fold. The first is China’s hope to be carbon neutral within five years, and…
GlobalFoundries this week started construction of a brand new fab in Singapore in a bid to expand the supply of chips made using its speciality process technologies. The company and its partners will co-invest $4 billion in the new production facility that will start ramping up production in 2023. The new Fab will feature 250,000…
Bitcoin miners should probably start thinking about leaving China sooner than later. Reuters said Friday that two provinces, Qinghai and Xinjiang, banned cryptocurrency mining this week due to the country’s broader crackdown on the practice. Reuters said that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology office in Qinghai “ordered a ban on new cryptomining projects…
Sometimes small chips cause major problems. According to a report from Igor’sLab, Intel recently had to allow its partners to use previously uncertified USB Type-C and Power Delivery controllers from Texas Instruments with its latest Tiger Lake platforms, as well as previously-uncertified discrete Thunderbolt 4 JHL8440/JHL8540 ‘Maple Ridge’ controllers. Every personal computer nowadays uses multiple power…
Micron has showcased its DDR5 registered memory modules for servers and revealed that its DDR5 technology enablement program (TEP) has reached a milestone of 250 members from over 100 companies. Micron are on track to ship DDR5 DRAM ICs and memory modules later this year when the appropriate platforms become available. Micron was the first…