Phison Max14um introduction When wefirst lookedat Phison’s Max14um reference design, so-named because it was targeting the 14 GB/s performance point, we had some questions. Can it really achieve even higher levels of performance out of a PCIe 5.0 platform? Phison assured us that it honed its design to meet the original desired specifications while still operating within reasonable power limits. We expect multiple manufacturers to come out with their own versions of the design to compete with thebest SSDs— particularly with custom cooling solutions, acknowledging that, yes, this level of performance is possible without any insane trade-offs, even if some of the heatsinks make it seem otherwise....

We often point out theRaspberry Pi’sbeautiful relationship with gaming—especially retro gaming. But we never expected retro gaming on the Raspberry Pi to be like this. Maker and developerGuy Dupontis at it again, this time using an RP2040 to play a game of Pong on the firmware of his mouse. You’re not alone if you’re wondering how to play a game with mouse firmware. The way Dupont has pulled this off is fascinating and impressive....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict With a street price of less than $600, the Deco BE65 Pro is an easy-to-recommend mesh router for those looking to upgrade to Wi-Fi 7 Competitive pricing Strong 6 GHz and 5 GHz performance Three Ethernet ports on each node Cons 2.4 GHz performance is slightly behind the Wi-Fi 7 competition Setup and primary interactions with the router require the Deco app Must create a TP-Link ID to complete router setup...

Dylan Browne, an Unreal Engine Supervisor and Feature Film VFX at the ModelFarm visual effects studio, posted onXthat his company is experiencing a 50% failure rate for systems powered by Intel’s Core i9-13900K and 14900K processors. As a result, the company is deploying AMD’s as-yet-unreleased Zen 5 Ryzen 9 9950X processors in place of Intel-powered solutions, with Browne praising AMD’s single-thread performance.The report represents yet another piece of unwelcome news for Intel, whichannounced yesterdaythat it had found the root cause of the issues and will issue a microcode mitigation in mid-August....

Take most electronics, let alone bare circuit boards, drop them into water and they are destroyed forever. Some phones and smartwatches are water resistant, but you certainly wouldn’t expect a single-board computer to operate while submerged. AtCES, a company called HZO demonstrated the effects of its waterproofing process by running a Raspberry Pi 4 in a tank of water, connecting it to both USB Type-C power and micro HDMI video out, which was going to a not-submerged monitor....

If your PDFs are opening in Chrome or any other browser, chances are you don’t have the PDF reader software installed on your computer. Another reason can be that you’ve set the default settings to open PDF files in a web browser instead of a PDF reader. Turn Off Chrome PDF Viewer But let’s say you have a pdf reading software like the Adobe Acrobat Reader DC but your PDFs are still opening in Chrome....

Xerox agreed to buy Lexmark from its current owners for $1.5 billion in a landmark deal that will consolidate two iconic printer brands. Because of this,Bloombergsays that American and Chinese regulators must approve the purchase. Although Xerox manufactures some of its printers, it also outsources production to other companies. This purchase would allow Xerox to bring manufacturing in-house using Lexmark’s facilities and gain market share in Asia and Latin America, says Xerox CEO Steven Bandrowczak....

3dfx superfan Oscar Barea recently shared a couple of important VoodooX project updates about his quest to modernize the classic Voodooo graphics card. The Voodoo repairer, modder, and collector has been incommunicado since April, due to extensive home remodeling, but two new updates show Barea in in possession of a beautiful new gleaming white “Christmas design” graphics card PCB. Today, he even started assembling his brand new VoodooX “baby.” Perhaps he was inspired to act by the news of the3dfx 24th death anniversaryon Sunday....

While inspecting a webpage in your browser’s Console, you might have come across the error message “Not Allowed to Load Local Resource.” This error message pops up when you try to load local resources in your browser, be it an image, scripts, or CSS file. However, other web page elements may load normally, but a specific file will create the problem. For instance, you may face some of these error messages:net::ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED,net::err_name_not_resolved, orthe server responded with a status of 404....

Running large language models (LLMs) on PCs locally is becoming increasingly popular worldwide. In response, AMD is introducing its own LLM application,Gaia, an open-source project for running local LLMs on any Windows machine. Gaia is designed to run various LLM models on Windows PCs and features further performance optimizations for machines equipped with itsRyzen AIprocessors (including theRyzen AI Max 395+). Gaia uses the open-source Lemonade SDK from ONNX TurnkeyML for LLM inference....

This week, AMDannouncedthat President Victor Peng will retire on July 16, 2025. Peng is responsible for AMD’s datacenter GPUs, programmable solutions (FPGAs and SoCs), and embedded solutions business. He will stay on in an advisory capacity until late August. Victor Peng rejoined AMD in 2022 following the acquisition of Xilinx. His return was instrumental in successfully integrating and expanding AMD’s embedded business. Peng also spearheaded AMD’s AI strategy across the company....

@Kepler_L2has noticed that AMD had quietly added its upcoming RDNA 4-based"Navi 48" graphics processorto its ROCm Validation Suite. The addition indicates that AMD is laying some groundwork for its forthcoming Navi GPU, which could belong to theRadeonRX 8000 range and be among thebest graphics cardswhen launched. When asked about possible specifications of the Navi 48 graphics chip, Kepler_L2repliedthat the GPU will likely pack four Shader Engines, which should be considered a rumor for now....

With Nvidia’s new RTX 4080 Superlaunchingimminently, Asus has unveiled one particular 4080 Super variant thatNoctuaenthusiasts will love. Asus has quietly unveiled the all-newRTX 4080 Super Noctua Edition, sporting Noctua’s high-performance 120mm NF-A12x25 fans, and Noctua’s (love or hate it) brown color scheme. The new model is effectively a refreshed version of the originalRTX 4080 Noctua Editionfeaturing Nvidia’s new RTX 4080 Super GPU with its fully enabled AD103 GPU die. The model is a factory overclocked variant, and sports a 100MHz overclock in its default mode — 2610MHz, and a 2640MHz clock speed in OC mode....