NVIDIA's flagship Blackwell GPU, the RTX PRO 6000, is now listed at $16,000 US, the highest price since its launch. Continued Memory Shortages Lead To Doubling In Price of NVIDIA's 96 GB RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPU Memory shortages and the resultant price increases are giving no relief to PC segments, whether on the gaming or professional side of the spectrum. Just two months ago, the RTX PRO 6000 was selling for over $13,000 US, and now, it has reached a new high of $16,000. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell is a specialized variant, designed for prosumers, and has […]

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AMD has officially raised the MSRP/SEP prices of its Radeon RX 9000 GPUs in Q3 2026, with the RX 9070 XT now costing more than $1000 on average. AMD Couldn't Escape the Memory Shortages-Related Prices Bump, Raises Radeon RX 9000 GPUs By Up To 20% With All Models Affected Retailers and Distributors in China had warned us of an imminent price hike, & when we initially reported the increases, the harshest price increases were seen for NVIDIA GPUs. AMD Radeon graphics cards also saw a price bump, but it wasn't as significant as their competitor. Now, a few weeks later, […]

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Intel's very own "Halo" SoCs are being prepped as next-generation Razor Lake-AX chips have received first support on HWiNFO. HWiNFO Silently Adding Support For Razor Lake-AX SoCs, Confirming That Intel's Halo Competitor Is on its Way The Intel Razor Lake-AX chips will be part of the Razor Lake lineup, which will feature next-gen CPU, GPU, and NPU architectures. The AX lineup is different from the standard S and H SKUs, as the family is designed to be bigger and better. There has so far been no "AX" chip on the market; the first was going to be Nova Lake-AX, but […]

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NVIDIA has released some major updates for DGX & RTX systems supporting new open models such as Nemotron 3.5, LTX 2.5 & more. NVIDIA Continues To Pioneer The "AI PC" Segment With Latest Open AI Model Support, Bringing Faster Performance & Optimizations To Clients In addition to the release of Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, NVIDIA is offering some big updates on the client "AI PC" side. These updates target NVIDIA's DGX and RTX platforms with faster performance and optimizations to accelerate Open AI models, and add new capabilities on these platforms, for further enrichment of the PC platform. The following are […]

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Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus & Ultra 5 250K Plus are now available below MSRP and come with a brand new game bundle. Intel Core Ultra 200S Price Drop & New Game Bundle: 270K Plus Now at $290 US, While 250K Plus Starts at $194 Last month, Intel CPUs received a price hike, which was unexpected. This led to higher prices on the recently launched Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and the Core Ultra 5 250K Plus. These two CPUs are designed with value in mind, and these price hikes meant that the value proposition was reduced compared to […]

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Intel Diamond Rapids "Xeon 7" CPUs will offer up to 256 cores based on the next-gen P-Core technology to tackle AMD EPYC Venice. Intel & AMD Will Battle Out In The 200+ Core Count "Data Center" CPU Segment, As Diamond Rapids "Xeon 7" Set To Launch In 2027 The original plans for Diamond Rapids, Intel's upcoming Xeon platform, were quite ambitious. But it looks like the released chips will be a leaner version of what was initially planned. If you remember our previous reports on Diamond Rapids, we discussed 384- and 512-core count variants, going beyond anything on the market. […]

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Intel Nova Lake-S Desktop CPUs are going to rock some impressive iGPU capabilities, with up to 40 Watts being dedicated to graphics alone. Intel Is Aiming To Tackle AMD's Ryzen APUs With Its 12Xe3-Class Nova Lake-S Desktop CPUs The Intel Nova Lake-S (Core Ultra 400S) Desktop CPU family is expected to feature a powerful iGPU variant. A few months back, we reported that Nova Lake Desktop CPUs would feature a 12XeP iGPU configuration. It was later unveiled that the 12Xe3P iGPU would come in desktop, Edge, and mobile configurations. The Edge configuration would feature just 8 E-Cores, but the desktop […]

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It's been four years since the AMD AM5 motherboard platform and the 600-series motherboards launched. Since its launch, the platform has seen the launch of several CPUs in the Ryzen 7000, Ryzen 8000, and Ryzen 9000 families. While the 600-series motherboards provide great features & compatibility with newer Zen 5 CPUs, motherboard makers are always looking to enhance user experiences through the latest technologies, so AMD has introduced a new chipset line called the 800-series. AMD also introduced both X870 and B850 series chipsets for high-end and mainstream AM5 motherboards. Both of these chips provide brand-new designs and brand-new features […]

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NVIDIA's CMP 170HX GPUs have allegedly received a second life with a new tool that unlocks up to 80 GB memory, making them a viable AI solution. From Mining Crypto To Mining AI Tokens, NVIDIA CMP 170HX Tool Unlocks Up To 80 GB VRAM & Full Ampere GPU Access The CMP 170HX GPU was launched all the way back in 2021. It was released at the peak of the mining craze and offered a cut-down A100 "Ampere" configuration with 8 GB and 10 GB VRAM options. The card found multiple uses after the crypto mining crash, but didn't really seem […]

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NVIDIA's Rubin Ultra & Vera chips are subject to various "downgrade" rumors, but the company says that it is part of its optimization strategy. NVIDIA Rubin Ultra AI Chips & Vera CPUs Feature Optimized Memory Configurations For Performance & Scale Recently, there has been lots of online chatter surrounding NVIDIA's Vera, Vera Rubin, and Rubin Ultra platforms. Most of the discussion is centered around rumors of a potential downgrade that will cut the memory subsystem on these chips significantly. Now, rumors surrounding downgrades, down-spec, and delays aren't new for NVIDIA chips. There have been similar stories in the past during […]

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It's been four years since the AMD AM5 motherboard platform and the 600-series motherboards launched. Since its launch, the platform has seen the launch of several CPUs in the Ryzen 7000, Ryzen 8000, and Ryzen 9000 families. While the 600-series motherboards provide great features & compatibility with newer Zen 5 CPUs, motherboard makers are always looking to enhance user experiences through the latest technologies, so AMD has introduced a new chipset line called the 800-series. AMD also introduced both X870 and B850 series chipsets for high-end and mainstream AM5 motherboards. Both of these chips provide brand-new designs and brand-new features […]

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It's been three years since the AMD AM5 motherboard platform and the 600-series motherboards launched. Since its launch, the platform has seen the launch of several CPUs in the Ryzen 7000, Ryzen 8000, and Ryzen 9000 families. While the 600-series motherboards provide great features & compatibility with newer Zen 5 CPUs, motherboard makers are always looking to enhance user experiences through the latest technologies, so AMD has introduced a new chipset line called the 800-series. AMD also introduced both X870 and B850 series chipsets for high-end and mainstream AM5 motherboards. Both of these chips provide brand-new designs and brand-new features […]

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AMD has announced that the company is returning to IFA this year and will present the opening keynote to share the "vision for the next era of computing". AMD Is Bringing Some Surprises Computing Announcements To IFA This Year IFA is just one month away, & AMD is today announcing that it is returning to the keynote stage. The announcement comes from AMD's SVP and GM of the Computing and Graphics Group, Jack Huynh, who will be hosting the opening "Era of Personal AI" keynote on 4th of September at 5 AM CT. Although there are no details on what […]

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Samsung has introduced brand new memory and storage technologies at FMS 2026, such as V10 BV-NAND, zHBM, and zNAND-O. Next-Gen AI Accelerators Will Stack Massive Vertical HBM Stacks Directly On Top of Them With Samsung's zHBM Tech As AI and compute requirements continue to grow, the current swath of technologies is starting to see drawbacks, requiring manufacturers to invest in transformative concepts that are going to play a fundamental role in future AI infrastructure. At FMS 2026, Samsung displayed two brand new technologies that are currently in concept stage, but would become a major deal moving forward if brought to […]

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SpaceX's Founder & CEO, Elon Musk, has said that the company has committed to using NVIDIA GPUs exclusively. SpaceX Will Leverage NVIDIA GPUs "Exclusively," With Elon Saying That They're "The Best" On The Market Well, it looks like SpaceX has decided to use NVIDIA's GPUs exclusively to power its AI needs. In its latest earnings call, Elon Musk confirmed that NVIDIA's latest Vera Rubin platform will be used at SpaceX data centers for AI workloads, with deployments spanning across the globe and also in space. The NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 rack, codenamed Kyber, will be the one powering SpaceX's AI […]

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GMKtec has been making Mini PCs for years now. They are based out of the technology hub of Shenzhen, China, and have maintained strategic partnerships with AMD, Intel & Microsoft, and currently offer a wide array of solutions, all the way from entry-level to enthusiast-grade designs based on mobility chips from AMD & Intel. The latest offering from GMKtec that targets the high-end segment with Intel's Core Ultra Series 3 SoCs. For this, GMKtec is introducing its EVO T2S, which is a follow-up to the EVO T1 we tested last year with the Core Ultra 9 285H chip. The new […]

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AMD has started adding Ryzen Zen 6 "client" CPU support for its HSMP driver, spanning Olympic Ridge & Medusa Point families. AMD Ryzen "Zen 6" Client CPU Support Enabled on HSMP Driver: Targets Olympic Ridge & Medusa Point With the launch of the first Zen 6 CPUs in the EPYC 9006 family, AMD is now gearing up to bring the same architecture to its client-based lineups. As per the latest Linux Kernel patches, AMD has enabled support for several Zen 6 client families, which will be part of the Ryzen product portfolio. There are three families listed, which include: The […]

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DDR5 MRDIMMs are seeing increased adoption due to surging compute demand as memory makers accelerate their roadmaps. 2nd Gen DDR5 MRDIMMs Offer Over 12,000 MT/s Speeds While Memory Manufacturers Prep For 3rd Gen With Over 16,000 MT/s Speeds The server and data center segment is quickly moving to the MRDIMM standards, which offer much higher bandwidth capabilities than standard RDIMMs. The first generation of MRDIMMs has already been rolled out, offering north of 8000 MT/s speeds. Intel will be among the first to offer 8800 MT/s MRDIMM support on its Xeon 6 platforms. AMD, on the other hand, is pushing […]

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AMD's Zen 6 Low Power core will be a mixture of various Zen core architectures but will be able to match or exceed Zen 5 cores. AMD Is Making A Third Zen Core Starting Zen 6 Which Aims To Offer Low Power Characteristics, But With Similar Performance Output Starting with Zen 6, AMD will include three core types: a classic core, a dense core, and a low-power core. The company has already introduced Zen 6 classic and Zen 6C dense cores for its EPYC 9006 family, but the third core is yet to see any product announcements. It looks like […]

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