Some Radeon RX 7900 XTX MBA reference cards are experiencing 110C hotspot temps
Temperature problems are only affecting some reference cards
Explainer: What is Chip Binning?
#TBT You just bought a new CPU and it seems to run cool, so you try a bit of overclocking. The GHz climbs higher. Did you hit the silicon jackpot? You've got yourself a binned chip. But what's that exactly?
Meta Quest 2 headsets receive 7% GPU power boost through patch
Apps will automatically take advantage of the overclock
Intel Core i9-13900K overclocked to world record 9GHz, KS model's 150W base TDP revealed
Using LN2 and liquid helium
Samsung is making 12nm DDR5 memory chips with AMD's aid
Future DDR5 DRAM chips will be faster and more energy efficient
Corsair says K100 keyboard's weird behavior is a bug, not a keylogger
A costly keyboard with a nasty surprise inside, or just a macro bug?
Report suggests China's Covid outbreaks could impact upcoming PC hardware launches
Relaxing strict Covid policies could affect manufacturing in China
GPU Pricing Update: Was AMD Radeon RX 7000 Launch a Success?
Our final GPU pricing update of the year brings interesting talk points after new GPUs have landed, how sales of the new graphics cards are going and how they have affected the broader GPU market.
Intel Core i9-12900K/KF CPU prices drop close to $400
One of our favorite chips is discounted by 41%
Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs. Ryzen 5 7600X: 50+ Game Benchmark
We take fan favorite Ryzen 7 5800X3D and compare it head to head with the new Ryzen 5 7600X in over 50 games. Yes, the 5800X3D is impressive, but can it counter the advantage of going AM5?
Centerpiece is a mechanical keyboard with a high-res display beneath transparent keys
When is a keyboard not just a keyboard?
This laptop turns your Android or iOS smartphone into a mobile workstation
Is it better than an actual laptop?
TechSpot PC Buying Guide: New-Gen vs. Old-Gen
The PC market has changed tremendously in the past few months. New Ryzen, Intel Core CPUs and high-end GPUs, so should you buy the latest and greatest, or settle for more affordable parts? In this PC Buying Guide update we've included four recommended component lists, meant for different budgets and purposes...
How did TSMC get so good?
There is no simple answer, but we think there are a few factors that really stand out...
The big picture: By now, we are all familiar with the fact that TSMC is, by far, the most capable semiconductor manufacturer in the world, with all the entails for the industry and geopolitics. And as this reality sets in, many people have been asking us how did they get so good?
US extends tariff exemption on GPUs and PCBs for another nine months
GPUs thankfully avoid a 25% price hike
MSI is waiting until next year to announce its 7900 XTX and 7900 XT GPUs
Recap: AMD launched the Radeon RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT last Tuesday and all their regular board partners participated, bar one. MSI was conspicuously absent and has almost entirely ignored the new generation, prompting fans to ask when the company plans on releasing its custom designs for the GPUs.
CPU and GPU SRAM caches are not shrinking, which could increase chip cost or reduce performance
Why it matters: An interesting article posted at WikiChip discusses the severity of SRAM shrinkage problems in the semiconductor industry. Manufacturer TSMC is reporting that its SRAM transistor scaling has completely flatlined to the point where SRAM caches are staying the same size on multiple nodes, despite logic transistor densities continuing to shrink. This is not ideal, and it will force processor SRAM caches to take up more space on a microchip die. This in turn could increase manufacturing costs of the chips and prevent certain microchip architectures from becoming as small as they could potentially be.
The Nvidia RTX 4080 is Newegg's best-selling GPU, but the card doesn't make Amazon's top 20
Who's more reliable?
WTF?! We've seen plenty of reports about weak RTX 4080 sales, but is Nvidia's expensive Lovelace product really that unpopular? Not according to Newegg, whose list of top-selling graphics cards is topped by the RTX 4080. Amazon, however, has some very different figures.
Intel Atom successor spotted, an entry-level chip featuring i9-12900K E-cores
An Atom-like CPU with desktop-class performance from several years ago
Valve sheds light on future hardware plans, including a Steam Deck revision
Valve also wants to revisit the Steam Controller
Path Tracing vs. Ray Tracing, Explained
#TBT Every few years it seems like there's an amazing new technology with the promise of making games look ever more realistic. We've had shaders, tessellation, shadow mapping, ray tracing -- and now there's a new kid on the block: path tracing.
Dell's Project Luna concept showcases the future of sustainable PCs
How future PC designs and business models could continue to evolve
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Review: Is This GPU DOA at $900?
The Radeon RX 7900 XT is a cut down version of the 7900 XTX. In terms of core and memory, the 7900 XT ends up roughly 85% that of the flagship model, but the problem ultimately is with pricing.
