Intel returns to boxed workstation CPUs with Xeon 600 β€” Granite Rapids WS delivers up to 86 cores, 4TB of memory, and 128 PCIe 5 lanes
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Intel returns to boxed workstation CPUs with Xeon 600 — Granite Rapids WS delivers up to 86 cores, 4TB of memory, and 128 PCIe 5 lanes
Plus MRDIMM support and eight memory channels.
Frankenstein RTX 5070 Ti with an RTX 2080 Ti PCB breaks world record with extreme modding β€” card was damaged, salvaged with AMD donor parts and lots of soldered wires and tape
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Frankenstein RTX 5070 Ti with an RTX 2080 Ti PCB breaks world record with extreme modding — card was damaged, salvaged with AMD donor parts and lots of soldered wires and tape
Resurrected Nvidia GPU manages feat with parts from an RTX 2080 Ti and AMD Radeon RX 580
Notepad++ update server hijacked in targeted attacks β€” outfit claims Chinese state-sponsored hackers may be to blame
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Notepad++ update server hijacked in targeted attacks — outfit claims Chinese state-sponsored hackers may be to blame
Selective redirection of update requests exposed some users to malicious installers.
Photonics and high-speed data movement is the next big AI bottleneck β€” following copper, power, DRAM, and NAND
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Photonics and high-speed data movement is the next big AI bottleneck — following copper, power, DRAM, and NAND
Voracious demand from the generative AI revolution has already chewed up power grids, copper supplies, and data centers
Still using or redeploying an older PC during today’s RAM crisis? A new power supply could save you from an insane repair bill
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Still using or redeploying an older PC during today’s RAM crisis? A new power supply could save you from an insane repair bill
A new PSU for an older system is cheap insurance against cascading failures, downtime, and data loss.
ZX Spectrum flies simulated spacecraft using BASIC, Python, and serial β€” Kerbal Space Program Lunar lander powered by 1980s hardware
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ZX Spectrum flies simulated spacecraft using BASIC, Python, and serial — Kerbal Space Program Lunar lander powered by 1980s hardware
Houston, we have R Tape loading error, 0:1 problem
SpaceX acquires xAI in a bid to make orbiting data centers a reality β€” Musk plans to launch a million tons of satellites annually, targets 1TW/year of space-based compute capacity
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SpaceX acquires xAI in a bid to make orbiting data centers a reality — Musk plans to launch a million tons of satellites annually, targets 1TW/year of space-based compute capacity
Is this the start of Skynet?
AMD Radeon RX 9000 GPUs begin to appear in the Steam Hardware Survey at last β€” RX 9070 arrives with paltry 0.16% market share, less than the GeForce GT 730
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AMD Radeon RX 9000 GPUs begin to appear in the Steam Hardware Survey at last — RX 9070 arrives with paltry 0.16% market share, less than the GeForce GT 730
There has also been a significant surge in folks packing 16GB VRAM GPUs.
Snap up 32GB of Crucial Pro Overclocking RAM for $325.99 β€” the cheapest available DDR5-6000 kit for hitting AMD's sweetspot
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Snap up 32GB of Crucial Pro Overclocking RAM for $325.99 — the cheapest available DDR5-6000 kit for hitting AMD
RAM prices could be leveling off
Snag this 4K-capable gaming PC with an RTX 5070 Ti and 32GB of DDR5 RAM for less than $2,000 β€” a 26% saving on a powerhouse of a rig equipped with Intel's 24-core CPU and a 2TB SSD
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Snag this 4K-capable gaming PC with an RTX 5070 Ti and 32GB of DDR5 RAM for less than $2,000 — a 26% saving on a powerhouse of a rig equipped with Intel
A gaming PC ready for high-end 4K gameplay