Sapphire continues its journey with the B550I, building on its success and now presents its successor, the new Sapphire NITRO B650I WIFI Ultra Platinum motherboard. Long name, long journey. Sapphire has remained true to itself and sticks with the same motherboard format as the B550I and thus comes in a Mini-ITX form factor. An AM5 socket is [...]
I’ve lost track of how many of these small computers we’ve tested here with this design, but today we’re finally moving up a generation in processors. After a model with a 7940HS recently hit our benchmarks and your wallets like a bomb, the 7735Hs hopefully offers comparable performance at a more affordable price. Let’s [...]
In a significant step towards improving the performance and security of next-gen server platforms, Intel and JEDEC have unveiled the capabilities of DDR5-8800 memory. This breakthrough technology promises to significantly increase data processing speed and efficiency, especially for AI and machine learning (ML) workloads. JEDEC, the standards [...]
ASUS is the second motherboard manufacturer to confirm the compatibility of the upcoming AMD Ryzen 9000 “Zen 5 Granite Ridge” CPUs with AM5 motherboards, according to our colleagues at Hardwareluxx. ASUS already released a BIOS update with the AGESA version 1.1.7.0 for its AM5 mainboards at the beginning of this month. Although the [...]
After a long delay, today we are taking a look at the new dual-chamber case from Corsair, which generates powerful Carbide Air 540 vibes. As I also installed the XH405i RGB Hard-Tube Watercooling Kit as part of the test, you can expect plenty of pictures. So better get a large coffee to read the article today. To be precise, it was the Corsair [...]
Celestial AI, an emerging company in the field of AI, has developed a breakthrough interconnect solution that significantly increases chiplet efficiency by combining DDR5 and HBM memory using silicon photonics. This innovation could make AMD one of the first companies to implement such a design, TechRadar and The Next Platform reported. The AI [...]
The Enermax Revolution D.F.12 850W is the smallest ATX v3.1 power supply on the market today and measures just 122 mm in depth. It promises tolerance of up to 235% power swing, although the ATX specification calls for up to 200%, which is already overkill for today’s GPUs. Reason enough for me to once again let my friend Aris from [...]
Embedded World 2024 in Nuremberg offered exciting insights into the future of embedded systems. In addition to the official presentation of Intel’s Meteor Lake-PS platform by iBase, there was the first concrete information on the upcoming LGA 1851 socket and the Arrow Lake-PS CPU series based on it, according to a report by ComputerBase [...]
A new leak in the form of AMD’s chipset drivers confirms the existence of the Ryzen 9000 “Zen 5” CPUs found by HXL (@9550pro). These next-generation CPUs are expected to launch in the second half of 2024 and will be available for both desktop and mobile platforms. This article summarizes all the information found so far about the [...]
Intel has launched a new wave of layoffs as part of a major restructuring of the company, CRN reports. Because things are not really going well for Intel at the moment. It has not achieved its targets and for this reason Intel’s CEO Pat Gelsinger had already announced in 2022 that it would be cutting back in some areas, partly due to the [...]
According to a leak, a first image of AMD’s next generation of Ryzen desktop CPUs has surfaced. The CPU, codenamed “Granite Ridge”, is based on the Zen 5 architecture and is said to offer 8 cores and 16 threads. The image, which was published by @ExperteVallah on Twitter, shows a standard AMD Ryzen CPU without an SKU identifier [...]
Further details on Intel’s next generation of mobile CPUs, Lunar Lake, have been released to the public. With 8 cores, a Battlemage “Xe2” iGPU and clock speeds of up to 3.1 GHz, Lunar Lake promises a significant leap in performance compared to the current Meteor Lake generation (as we have already reported). The Lunar Lake CPUs [...]
For months, users have been reporting problems with some Z790 mainboards from MSI in public forums. The affected motherboards had cracks in the Platform Controller Hub (PCH), which led to system failures. YouTuber Joshi Repair recently brought the issue back into the spotlight after examining an MSI Z790 Tomahawk Wi-Fi motherboard with such a [...]
Anyone who remembers my article on the MiniXTec M1 from January may now be experiencing a bit of deja vu. Because a lot of things here seem suspiciously familiar to me too. But it’s no secret that many “manufacturers” across the hardware market commission the same OEM to print their name on a product. But it’s actually [...]
With a groundbreaking update, Llamafile catapults the performance of AMD Ryzen CPUs with AVX-512 to a new level. The result: up to ten times faster execution of complex LLM models on local systems. By utilizing the AVX-512 instruction set, specifically designed for AI and machine learning applications, Llamafile 0.7 enables developers and data [...]
An entry on AMD’s website has quietly listed two new APUs that have not yet been officially announced by the company. These are based on the Zen 3 architecture and are positioned in the Ryzen 5 series. Accordingly, the APUs are the AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS, which has a 4-core and 8-thread configuration and offers a base clock of 3.2 GHz [...]
The company Zotac has announced the launch of three new mini AI PCs that offer some exciting features. These are mini AI PCs powered by Intel and AMD processors with dedicated Neural Processing Units. Users then have the opportunity to use this new generation of PC with artificial intelligence. The ZOTAC ZBOX Edge MI672 / MI652 will be presented [...]
In recent days, shipping manifests have become an important source of leaks in the hardware sector, reports TechPowerUP. For example, prototypes of the AMD mobile processors “Strix Point” and “Fire Range” were recently discovered. Now further leaks have emerged that point to the upcoming desktop processors of the Ryzen 9000 [...]
I think it will become clear on the next page at the latest what the title alludes to here. But so that the search engine crawlers don’t get the wrong impression of the content of the article and the manufacturer’s designers aren’t offended, you’ll have to come up with the answer yourself. Of course, that doesn’t stop [...]
At the beginning of the year, we already tested a “Max” case from Cooler Master here, but at that time for compact systems with an ITX mainboard. Today, another case follows with the same partially-prepared approach, but for ATX. This is not really my form factor, but our case specialist Alexander needs some time off and my test of the [...]
