This year’s annual TSMC Technology Symposium was a feast for all those who believe that computing power needs one thing above all else: Space. A lot of space. And with SoW-X, this is exactly what is to come – packaged in a technology that confidently positions itself beyond the classic CoWoS boundaries. Packaging instead of silicon as [...]
Intel reports progress with its in-house 18A process. Taiwanese industry sources report that the early implementation of backside power delivery (BSPDN) appears to be paying off. While TSMC is not planning to launch its A16 process with comparable technology until the end of 2026, Intel is apparently already testing functional samples with several [...]
Intel is loosening the reins – but only a little. With the new “200S Boost” profile, the company is providing an officially approved overclocking option for the Core Ultra 200S series (K models), which on paper reads like the rehab version of real overclocking: cautious, limited, but at least with a guarantee. The target group is [...]
So, now it’s out. After the rumors about NVIDIA’s Tegra239 and its use in Nintendo’s Switch successor had almost died out, the net has finally provided a photo as proof. On the silicon: “T239”. Surprise? Not really. Confirmation? Absolutely. This means Nintendo is staying true to its long-standing partner NVIDIA and [...]
It came as it had to – or at least as it had been foreshadowed for months: Intel is not having its Nova Lake processors, or at least their compute tiles, baked in its own foundry on 18A, but is instead, according to reports in the Taiwan Economic Daily, quickly commissioning TSMC with production using the 2nm process. Intel is thus joining [...]
LG is once again trying its hand at a crossroads somewhere between gaming monitor, smart TV and OLED self-realization. The result is two new UltraGear models that present themselves with a curved posture, high speed and smart streaming expertise – for people for whom even high-end is still too normal. Two sizes, one inner life Let’s [...]
There has been a lot of confusion around the world recently – the global market is also up and down. There have been noticeable changes, especially since the Trump administration announced new tariffs. China has been hit particularly hard, but has responded with corresponding counter-tariffs. The impact on the tech sector cannot be [...]
The PS5 has apparently decided to set new standards not only graphically, but also thermally. With a passion usually only found in lava rocks or bad-tempered toasters, it has heated up to such an extent that the wall behind it now looks like a mediocre barbecue. Instead of ray tracing, there were traces of soot, and the term “next-gen [...]
In an industry in which people like to outdo each other with larger figures and declare the thermal budget to be a matter of faith, the topic of network architecture almost seems boring. But exactly where others are still working with copper legacies, NVIDIA is taking the next evolutionary step with its Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) – based on [...]
Anyone who thought that Intel would give up on the LGA 1851 for at least two or three generations can now laugh heartily – or cry, depending on their investment situation. Because what is currently emerging from leaked shipping data and reference platforms is another chapter in Intel’s well-oiled socket rotation. Nova Lake-S, the [...]
It was only a matter of time before AMD switched its Threadripper series to Zen 5. What is surprising, however, is the range of SKUs that have emerged. In addition to the usual muscle in the form of 64 cores and the expected mid-range with 16 cores, a model with only 12 cores appears in the shipping manifests – an exotic addition to a family [...]
It’s no secret that Intel has shone more with a lack of strategic direction than with a pioneering technological spirit in recent years. Following the departure of Pat Gelsinger, Lip-Bu Tan has now taken over the helm – and the new CEO doesn’t seem to be the type to sit in the third row and just sketch PowerPoint slides. Instead [...]
Prologue In a world where even the seasons work to a clock and the festive season is increasingly characterized by firmware updates, regulatory interventions and logistical parallel universes, a tried-and-tested protagonist was in danger of disappearing in the shadow of algorithmically controlled competition: the Easter bunny. For a long time, he [...]
There was a lot of noise in the user forums, plagued by black screens, game crashes and drivers that behaved like bad-tempered interns in the data center. The RTX-50 series, actually positioned as the spearhead of the Ada Next wave, not only got the silicon under the hood right from the start, but also an unsightly hodgepodge of unstable drivers [...]
The recent case of a returned NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 should not only interest tech-savvy eBay users, but also point to the increasing professionalization in the field of hardware recycling – at least in its less legal form. What at first glance looks like a banal “no picture – return” case turns out, on closer inspection [...]
Ray tracing. For most people, this has so far meant pretty reflections in puddles, soft shadows, blinding rays of sunlight – and a GPU fan that spontaneously switches to runway mode. But now it’s getting thick – this time for the ears. The developer Vercidium, previously more at home in the niche market, is focusing on a concept [...]
Sometimes a few sober figures are enough to explain the market reality of an entire GPU generation. 245 RX 9070 XTs sold at Mindfactory – compared to 25 RTX 5070s and 24 RTX 5080s, which quickly sums up the current sales week, at least from the retailer’s perspective. And yes, you don’t have to do rocket science to recognize who [...]
With the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti, NVIDIA is bringing its new Blackwell architecture to the particularly price-sensitive mid-range segment. The new models will be available in stores from April 16, 2025 – in two variants with 8 GB and 16 GB GDDR7 memory. The target group is primarily gamers who are planning to upgrade from older generations such [...]
With the release of the Dark Mount and Light Mount keyboards, be quiet! is expanding its portfolio into the area of gaming peripherals for the first time. This step comes at a time when the market seems saturated, but at the same time is open to new approaches – especially with regard to noise reduction and modularity. be quiet! is making [...]
While others are still trying to conceal the lack of real innovation with AI logos and colorful bars, Intel is apparently currently relying on an old-fashioned virtue: learning from mistakes. This is new. Ori Lempel, Senior Principal Engineer in the Core Design team at Intel, has confirmed to KitGuru that they are now well beyond Cougar Cove and [...]
