Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon held a question-and-answer session with the press here atComputex2024 in Taipei, Taiwan, as the company drives home its go-to-market message around itsSnapdragon X Elite processorsand celebrates its ecosystem of partners. I asked Amon what he thinks about Arm CEO Rene Haas’s recent statement that he expects Arm chips to comprise 50% of the Windows PC market within the next five years and whether that is a realistic goal....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict A product designed for a single sector and it performs remarkably well. Those that need the upgrade will buy into the improved RAM and storage options, not to mention the extra ten years of support. Works with older Compute Module form factor Many different configurations Low power consumption Low temperatures Only for industrial customers No USB 3 No onboard Wi-Fi of Bluetooth 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....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict Yes this board isn’t perfect, but for $12 we’ll take it! Low price HAT+ footprint Easy to assemble Just works with latest firmware Plastic screws! GPIO access is awkward 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. The latestRaspberry PiNVMe board is the long awaited $12 Raspberry Pi M....

Razer has launchedRazer PC Remote Play, a new streaming platform that allows PC gamers to stream their PC games to their iOS or Android devices. The platform supports all mobile gaming controllers compatible with the aforementioned operating systems and uses AV1 encoding to provide a high-quality, low-latency gaming experience. Razer PC Remote Play makes all your (supported) PC games easily accessible from your mobile device within the Razer Nexus app. Currently, the platform supports Steam, PC Game Pass, Epic Games “and more....

A team at Australia’s Monash University haspublished its workon a new water filtration membrane that can successfully remove small PFAS molecules from water flow. PFAS, or polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a key piece in multiple facets of semiconductor manufacturing that have earned the name “forever chemicals” for their difficulty to clean up. Monash’s research team is ready to utilize some key partnerships to bring the filters to market at a high scale, keeping PFAS out of the groundwater at plants in all of the various industries that work with forever chemicals....

An alleged AMD slide containing marketing material for AMD’s upcomingRyzen 7 9800X3Dprocessor has leaked online.Videocardzshared the slide, which claims the Ryzen 7 9800X3D will offer up to 8% higher gaming performance and up to 15% faster multi-threaded performance compared to its predecessor—and one of thebest CPUs, theRyzen 7 7800X3D. The slide states that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D leverages the Zen 5 CPU architecture, which was already known. The Zen 5 chip, based on TSCM'0s 4nm process node, offers a 16% IPC increase over Zen 4 chips, such as the Ryzen 7 7800X3D....

Samsung has revealed that its PM9E1 NVMe Gen 5 SSD has started mass production after beingannouncedlate last month. The news came in a since-removed blog post, which wasrepublished onTechPowerUp. The Samsung PM9E1 SSD is a successor to the NVMe Gen 4Samsung PM9A1launched in April 2021, and more than doubles both read speed and write speed. Additionally, the durability rating (TBW, or Terabytes Written in lifespan) has now doubled to 2,400 TBW, compared to the PM9A1’s 1,200 TBW, which should make for a fairly reliable long-term storage drive....

One of thebest gaming monitorson the market, the Samsung Odyssey OLED G9, is a superwide 49-inch monitor with impressive specs and an imposing ultrawide panel. The size of two monitors merged into just one single OLED screen, this monitor removes the need for dual monitor arms and stands and does away with pesky bezels ruining your view, for an immersive gaming experience and unrivaled picture clarity. With an original MSRP of $1,599, theSamsung Odyssey OLED G9 (G93SC) is available for just $999(after being discounted to $1,099, plus an added $100 coupon....

If you’re in the market for a high-capacity storage solution, theSeagate Expansion Desktop 14TB external hard drive, which originally began as a hot Cyber Monday deal, is still available with a significant discount on Best Buy. Designed for those who don’t necessarily need high speeds but rather require ample space for backups, multimedia files, or gaming libraries, this drive is an excellent option. Seagate’s external hard drive comes with USB 3....

This week, developers behind the PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 announced thatRPCS3 had now achieved stable, native Arm64 architecture support for Windows, macOS, and Linux platforms— Arm64 architecture support so definitive that it even includes the Raspberry Pi 5, of all devices, utterly pushing the limits of emulation believed possible on theRaspberry Pi 5. In the past,Raspberry Pi 5 has also been seen emulating GameCube and Wii(Wii less effectively) — but with the correct settings adjustments, it seems even PS3 emulation is possible on today’s entry-level Arm hardware....

Using a Soundbar is a great way to create a better sound experience when viewing shows on the TV. But imagine if the TV and the soundbar get out of sync. Yes, it does happen! And is the most annoying thing in the world.We either get the character’s lip moving ahead with a delayed sound or the sound comes first, and the video is delayed. This is primarily caused due to theTV’s need to decode different audio formats from different sourcesand send them over to the soundbar....

Securely disposing of files so a storage drive can be recycled or trashed is a common concern among business andenterprisecustomers, especially those dealing with sensitive information — fortunately for those people, Verity Systems is now offering itsMediaGone 500 SSD & Flash Media Shredderat a discounted to $12,614 from its original $14,499 MSRP. This is a surprisingly straightforward pricing model for a product in its category, considering the vibrating HDD “Diskmantler” death cage we’ve previously discussed doesn’t even list a price; it just tells you to ask for a quote....

Our picks below will show you the best CPU for gaming. Of course, when shopping for the best CPU for gaming, you’ll want to balance performance and features with your budget. You can also see how all of these processors stack up in ourCPU benchmarkshierarchy, and for detailed help on picking the best processor, you can check out ourCPU Buying Guide. And if you’re on the fence about which CPU maker to go with, ourAMD vs....