While AMD is gearing up to formally introduce its next-generation EPYC ‘Turin’ processors based on the Zen 5 microarchitecture, some of these CPUs are already available for sale in China, reports a member of theChiphellforum. There is a catch about these processors, though: they are samples, and for now, they cannot work on existing SP5 motherboards. A friend of the blogger has reportedly acquired AMD’s 96-core EPYC 9655 ‘Turin’ processor with a 400W TDP for ‘a lot of money’....

One of thebest gaming CPUsyou can buy now comes with a free 1TB SSD to help fill out your build. Right now, Newegg is selling theRyzen 7 5700X3D for $208and including a 1TB TeamGroup MP33 SSD in the order. That price is the same as you’ll find on Amazon and elsewhere, but the SSD, which is worth $53, is good enough to be the boot drive in a budgetPC buildor a second drive in a more expensive computer....

An engineer from AMD’s Nod.ai acquisition published a feedback post on AMD’s GitHub ROCmsupport page, seeking guidance on additional GPU support the ROCm community would like to be added to AMD’s list of supported ROCm devices. The engineer put together a poll consisting of various GPU lineups and their associated architectures: theRX 7000 series(RDNA 3), theRX 6000 series(RDNA 2), Phoenix mobile APUs (RDNA 3), Strix /Strix Halomobile APUs (RDNA 3.5), and RDNA 1 (i....

It appears AMD is getting closer to revealing its next-generation RDNA 4 discrete GPUs, which will rival thebest graphics cards. First,benchmarksfor the supposedly higher-end Navi 48 surfaced, and nowOlrak29has spotted the Navi 44 XL silicon in a shipping manifest. Both chipsetswere previously notedin AMD’s ROCm open-source software stack. AMD has been quiet about its upcomingRadeonRX 8000-series graphics cards. What little information we have on the RDNA 4 graphics cards leads to the speculation that AMD will only release two versions of the RX 8000 series, at least initially....

Apple’s MacBook Pro lineup is getting a refresh with its latest M4 processors. Updates to the entry-level 14-inch laptop, along with the standard 14-inch and 16-inch machines, include the entire M4 lineup (so far), from M4 on the low end to M4 Pro and M4 Max on the top machines. The M4 Pro and M4 Max laptops will be Apple’s first with Thunderbolt 5, while each of the model are getting 12MP Center Stage Cameras....

Why you can trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you.Find out more about how we test. Benchmarks and Conclusion Thermal results without power limits Without power limits enforced on Intel’s i7-13700K, the CPU will hit its peak temperature and thermally throttle with even the strongest air coolers. When the CPU reaches its peak temperature, I’ve measured the CPU package power to determine the maximum wattage cooled to best compare their performance....

AMD’s loomingRadeon RX 7600 XTis poised to replace the regularRadeon RX 7600as one of thebest graphics cardsavailable. ASRock has unveiled theRadeonRX 7600 XT Steel Legend and Radeon RX 7600 XT Challenger based on the Navi 33 (codenamed Hotpink Bonefish) silicon and wielding 16GB of GDDR6 memory. The Radeon RX 7600 XT Steel Legend measures 12 inches (304 mm) long and features a 2.6-slot design with a triple-fan cooling solution. The graphics card has a white shroud, an arctic camouflage-inspired metal backplate, and abundant RGB lighting that falls into ASRock’s Polychrome Sync ecosystem....

The first Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 graphics cards packing slower GDDR6 VRAM have started to trickle through to U.S. e-tailers. Specifically, theAsus Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB GDDR6 Evographics card is now listed on Newegg at $569.99. However, there’s a problem; it isn’t just that it is out of stock. You might as well ignore this release, for now, as for the same price you may purchase the GDDR6X version (black)....

Argonne National Laboratory this week said that itsAurora supercomputeris now fully operational and is available to the scientific community. The machine, which was announced in 2015 and faced massive delays, now offers over 1 FP64 ExaFLOPS performance for simulation as well as 11.6 mixed precision ExaFLOPS for artificial intelligence and machine learning. “We are ecstatic to officially deploy Aurora for open scientific research,” said Michael Papka, director of the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF), a DOE Office of Science user facility....

DDR versions do not support forward or backward compatibility. So,you cannot use a DDR3 memory stick in a DDR4 slotand vice-versa. Not only this, youcannot mix RAMwith different DDR versions on any motherboard. DDR3 and DDR4 memory havedifferent numbers of pinsand run on speeds that are poles apart. This also means theRAM operates on different voltages. To prevent users from connecting the wrong stick and slot, thekeying/notch is in a different location....

China became the leading spender on chipmaking equipment this year, as Chinese semiconductor producers invested a remarkable $25 billion in the first half of 2024. This spending exceeds the combined investments of South Korea, Taiwan, and the U.S., reportsNikkei, indicating China’s aggressive efforts to localize chip production and reduce reliance on foreign suppliers amid increasing concerns about potential Western trade restrictions. China is expected to spend a total of $50 billion on semiconductor equipment in 2024....

Recently, we noticed a trend at HWBot, a site that tracks CPU/GPU overclocking records, where the China-exclusiveRTX 5090Dnow commands the top spots across various single-GPU world records. This extends to the entire 3DMark suite, includingPort Royal,Vantage Extreme,Time Spy Extreme, andFire Strike Extreme. Why isn’t a fully-featured RTX 5090 dominating the top of these tables? Well, the consistent element we see is the use of the RTX 5090D HOF OC Lab edition, an unannounced GPU from Galax that isknownto feature a dual 16-pin design for elevated TGPs....

Chinese dynamic random access memory (DRAM) manufacturer Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT) could capture as much as 15% of the global memory market in the coming years, according to estimates by Gou Jiazhang, general manager of Silicon Motion Technology, a developer of SSD controllers, as reported byNews.Cnyes.com. If this happens, it could drastically affect the global DRAM market. About three years ago, CXMT commanded less than 2% of the global DRAM market, according to Gou Jiazhang....