Hardware

AMD’s Zen architecture has been pivotal in the company’s resurgence, catapulting it to profitability and market-leading performance. With the recent announcement of Zen 5 at Computex 2024, AMD continues its legacy of incremental improvements aimed at enhancing performance in specific applications. The fundamental design of Zen 5 remains largely unchanged from its predecessor, Zen 4.
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Nvidia’s dominance in the AI hardware industry has led to a unique collaboration among its competitors. Google, Intel, Microsoft, Meta, AMD, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, Cisco, and Broadcom have joined forces to form the “Ultra Accelerator Link Promoter Group.” This alliance aims to develop a new interconnect standard for AI accelerator chips to challenge Nvidia’s proprietary NVLink
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Recently, there was a lot of buzz surrounding the supposed 25% import tariff on Chinese-made GPUs, motherboards, and other PC components entering the US. However, upon closer inspection, it appears that this news has been misconstrued. The situation is not as dire as initially reported. The confusion seems to have stemmed from a Federal Trade
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Big screens can truly revolutionize the gaming experience, and the Asus ROG Swift PG42UQ is a prime example of this. This 42-inch 4K OLED panel offers vibrant colors and deep blacks, creating a visually stunning display. With a 138 Hz OC’d refresh rate, G-Sync support, and a lightning-fast response time, this monitor is designed to
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In a tech world dominated by fast and reliable SSDs and HDDs, one might wonder about the relevance of magnetic tape storage. Surprisingly, despite its slow and fragile nature, magnetic tape is still very much in demand. In fact, approximately 153 exabytes of magnetic tape was shipped worldwide in 2023, indicating a 3% increase from
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In a recent legal battle between Netlist, a California-based memory technology company, and Micron, the latter has been ordered to pay a staggering $445 million in damages for infringing on Netlist’s patents. The dispute revolves around the violation of US Patent numbers 7,619,912 and 11,093,417, which cover methods for enhancing the performance and capacity of
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