Nvidia unveils Cryptocurrency Mining Processors (CMPs)
Line of GPUs for crypto mining
Nvidia has prepared quite a few surprises, including its newest line of Cryptocurrency Mining Processors (CMPs), dedicated GPUs for mining. According to what is known so far, there will be a total of four CMP SKUs, ranging from 26MH/s to 86MH/s.
Sapphire's Radeon RX 6900XT Toxic gets pictured
Comes with a 360mm AiO cooling
The first renders of Sapphire's upcoming Radeon RX 6900XT has been spotted online, showing a massive graphics card with a hybrid cooling solution featuring a single fan on the card and an integrated AiO cooler with a 360mm radiator.
Intel Core i9-11900T allegedly does well in single-threaded mode
Geekbench 5 results shows it catching up with Zen 3
According to the latest rumor, it appears that Intel has a horse in the single-threaded race, at least according to the Geekbench 5 single-threaded result of the Core i9-11900T Rocket Lake CPU.
Western Digital rolls out affordable WD Green SN350 M.2 SSD
Coming in 240GB, 480GB, and 960GB capacities
Western Digital has released its new and affordable WD Green SN350 SSDs, which will be available in capacities ranging from 240GB to 960GB and come in a standard M.2 2280 form factor, with PCIe 3.0 interface.
Sapphire to bring back the Toxic and Atomic series graphics cards
Is Vapor-X series next?
Sapphire has released a few teasers suggesting that we might see the comeback of its Toxic and Atomic series graphics cards.
Qualcomm brings 10Gbps with X65 5G modem
More affordable Qualcomm X62 for 4.6Gbps
Qualcomm has officially announced its new 4th generation 5G modems, reaching speeds of up to 10Gbps with Qualcomm X65, and up to 4.6Gbps with Qualcomm X62 modem.
AMD Zen 4 architecture to bring 29 percent IPC boost
Up to 40 percent if all goes well
According to the latest rumor, AMD's Zen 4 architecture offers a 29 percent IPC improvement compared to the Zen 3 architecture, and this extends to even better improvements if all goes well for Genoa.
Sony shipped 4.5 million Playstation 5 units
Selling at a loss, on track for 7.6M units by end of March
In its Q3 2020 financial report, Sony confirmed it managed to ship over 4.5 million Playstation 5 units.
AMD's Radeon RX 6700 XT could come in Q1 this year
1440p gaming and 12GB of GDDR6 memory
AMD has already announced that its new RDNA 2 graphics cards are scheduled for the first half of 2021, but now we have more details, so the RX 6700 XT could launch as early as March, with 12GB of GDDR6 memory and aiming at 1440p gaming.
AMD posts impressive Q4 2020 and FY 2020 financial results
Steady increase across the board
AMD has posted its fourth quarter and full year financial results, showing a steady growth with a record revenue increase, and, most importantly, a strong increase in profitability.