AMD leaks its Ryzen 9600X3D and 9000 PRO CPUs
Published in PC Hardware


Zen 5 chips outed by Radeon driver

AMD has done the usual trick of leaking its upcoming hardware via a routine software update, this time outing the Ryzen 9600X3D, the 9600, and a fleet of Ryzen 9000 PRO CPUs in the latest Radeon SI driver.

Apple kills off FireWire in macOS Tahoe beta
Published in News


Legacy gear dumped as Job's Mob ignores its own past

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has axed support for FireWire 400 and 800 in the first macOS Tahoe developer beta, leaving old iPods and legacy drives to rot in drawers.

Infineon rolls out space-grade memory for LEO satellite rush
Published in News


Radiation-tolerant chips for budget rocket jockeys

Infineon has lifted the kimono  on a batch of memory chips designed to handle the mild radiation of low Earth orbit without the usual military price tag.

Marvell scores billions in AI chip deal
Published in AI


Two new hyperscalers signed up as demand surges for custom silicon

Chip designer Marvell reckons it has landed two new hyperscale cloud clients and is sniffing around more than 50 other deals as demand for its customised AI silicon keeps growing.

AMD FSR 4 on RDNA 3 is a half-baked miracle
Published in Graphics


Upscaling better, but frame rate takes a kicking

A Reddit user has forced AMD’s shiny new FSR 4 to run on a Radeon RX 7900 XTX, despite the chipmaker insisting the tech is only for its RDNA 4 GPUs.