Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
More performance, higher efficiency, and the latest connectivity
During its annual Snapdragon Summit 2022, Qualcomm has unveiled its latest flagship mobile platform, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, bringing performance and efficiency improvements all across the board.
Nvidia Geforce RTX 4080 becomes available at $1,199
Roundup: Reviews show a fast but expensive and bulky card
Nvidia has officially lifted the review and sale embargo on the Geforce RTX 4080 graphics card, which should now be available for $1,199. Reviews have been published, showing a pretty fast graphics card, which is plagued by similar issues as the RTX 4090.
MediaTek officially unveils the 4nm Dimensity 9200 SoC
ARM Cortex-X3 prime core and Immortalis G715 GPU with hardware ray tracing
MediaTek has unveiled its latest flagship smartphone SoC, the Dimensity 9200. Built on TSMC 4nm (N4P) manufacturing process, this is also the first SoC to feature the ARM Cortex-X3 core based on ARMv9 architecture, as well as the new Immortalis-G715 GPU with hardware-based ray tracing.
AMD FSR 3 and HYPR-RX coming next year
Coming to Unreal Engine 5
During its "together we advance_gaming" RDNA 3 event in Las Vegas, AMD also unveiled its AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 3, as well as the new HYPR-RX single-click feature, both coming in 2023.
AMD unveils first RDNA 3-based Radeon RX 7000 series graphics cards
Radeon RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT come on December 13th
AMD has officially announced its new AMD RDNA 3 architecture as well as its first Radeon RX 7000 series graphics cards at the event in Las Vegas. Packing plenty of performance and feature improvements, the new RX 7900 series graphics cards bring the first chiplet GPU design, DisplayPort 2.1 support, and will be available on December 13th at relatively reasonable price points.
AMD Radeon RX 7900 leaks online
Larger triple-fan cooler and two 8-pin PCIe power
An upcoming Radeon RX 7000 series graphics card has been leaked online and it appears to be a prototype of either the Radeon RX 7900 XT or the XTX, which could both share the same design.
AMD 10-core/20-thread Ryzen 7 7800X spotted
Alongside the Ryzen 3 7300X
A fresh leak from the Geekbench database has revealed two new upcoming AMD Ryzen 7000 series CPUs, the 10-core/20-thread Ryzen 7 7800X and the 4-core/8-thread Ryzen 3 7300X.
AMD confirms Radeon RX 7000 series will not use the 12VHPWR connector
Nvidia investigating the issue
After the initial drama about Nvidia's implementation of the 12VHPWR connector on the Geforce RTX 4090, AMD has officially confirmed that its upcoming Radeon RX 7000 series will not use the same connector.
G.Skill announces DDR5-7800 Trident Z5 series memory
Ready-to-overclock DDR5-7600, high-capacity DDR5-7400, and DDR5-8000 tech demo
Following the official launch of Intel's 13th gen Core CPUs and Z790 chipset platform, G.Skill has unveiled its new DDR5 memory modules and kits that will be a part of its well-known Trident Z5 memory series.
Gigabyte also jumps on the Intel Arc train
Starts with custom Arc A380/A310 cards
Following the likes of ASRock, ASUS, MSI, and other partners, Gigabyte is now joining the Intel Arc party, and according to a few leaked EEC filings, we will see at least five SKUs, based on A380 and A310 GPUs.