Framework has previewed its upcoming Desktop featuring the AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 495 chip with 192 GB memory that effortlessly runs DeepSeek V4-Flash. Framework's AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 495 Desktop Makes Several Improvements Besides Packing A Massive 192 GB "Unified" Memory At AMD's Advancing AI 2026 event, Framework is previewing its upcoming Desktop PC that comes packed with the AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 495 chip. This chip is an updated version of AMD's Ryzen AI MAX+ PRO 395, offering the same 16 Zen 5 cores but clocked at a higher 5.2 GHz frequency. The GPU is upgraded to the Radeon […]

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Intel's next-generation Crescent Island PCIe graphics card has been pictured in the first PCB leak, giving us a look at the large Xe3P GPU & support for LPDDR5X memory. Intel Xe3P-Powered Crescent Island "Inference" AI Accelerator Pictured In First PCB Leak With 20 LPDDR5X Modules The first pictures of Intel's Crescent Island PCIe accelerator's PCB have been leaked by YuuKi_AnS. Crescent Island is the latest and upcoming Inference accelerator designed for AI workflows, offering competitive value. The leaked PCB gives us an idea of what the graphics card will look like. Starting first with the GPU itself, which looks massive […]

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A Taiwanese company has announced its new PCIe AI accelerator card that can run 700B LLMs locally at just 240W, ending the need for large GPU clusters. Taiwanese Company Unveils Its PCIe AI Accelerator That Devalues Large-Scale AI Installations By Running 700B LLMs on A Single Card Skymizer, a Taiwan-based company specializing in AI software and hardware, has announced its brand new solution, the HTX301. The HTX301 is designed for On-Prem AI, offering a PCIe Add-in-Card design and offering large-scale levels of AI performance at sub-250W TDPs. Some of the highlights of the card include: The company says that the […]

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The PCI-SIG PCIe 8.0 specification draft 0.5 is now out, getting us another step closer to 1TB/s PCIe Gen8 x16 links in servers

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The long-standing issue that still exists on MSI motherboards has been identified by the company. MSI Rolls Out BIOS Version 7E51v1A81 for MAG X870 Tomahawk WiFi to Fix PCIe GPU Throttling A strange bug was reportedly affecting the PCIe lane allocation for GPUs installed on MSI AM5 motherboards. There have been numerous reports from last year indicating that the issue isn't limited to MSI motherboards, but sometimes occurs on motherboards from GIGABYTE and ASUS. https://x.com/unikoshardware/status/1909314979968528496 previously reported several such instances, where users found their GPUs capped at a much lower PCIe link speed than they should. This issue usually appeared […]

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The WD_Black SN7100 4TB NVMe SSD is $546 on Amazon with Gen4 speeds and TLC NAND at roughly $137/TB.

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