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Tom’s Hardware Verdict While it’s not perfect, the $299 Redalf S6 offers a lot of functionality and versatility for laptop users. High-quality chassis design primarily constructed of aluminum Attractive pricing Displays can be used in landscape or portrait orientation Single-cable USB-C connectivity not working in our review unit Cumbersome OSD controls Couldn’t use single-cable mode with Thunderbolt 4 ports Why you may trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you....

Milk-V has announced theJupiter, a mini-ITX motherboard with a RISC-V processor pre-installed. A respected vendor of microcontrollers and RISC-V products, Milk-V brings “RISC-V for everyone” with Jupiter, which will ship soon. At the Milk-V Jupiter’s core is the SpacemiT K1 or M1 processor, a duo of processors powered by eight SpacemiT X60 CPU cores. Specs on the processors and their cores differ based on your source; our best estimation is that the K1 and M1 are virtually identical CPUs running their cores between 1....

TheAMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D,one of thebest CPUs,is currently available at one of its lowest prices, making this one of the best times to upgrade to a high-quality processor. This CPU debuted with a price tag of $699, which was understandable given its performance compared to other processors on the market, but right now, you can purchase it for just $491 fromAmazonandNewegg. So far, no expiration has been confirmed for the offer from either vendor....

Samsung is set to start installing its first EUV lithography tool with a 0.55 numerical aperture (High-NA) in Q4 2024 – Q1 2025, reportsSeoul Economic Daily,citing its sources. The device will be used primarily for research and development purposes as the company works on its next-generation process technologies that require resolutions enabled by High-NA EUV tools. Samsung also works on a High-NA ecosystem with Lasertec, JSR, Tokyo Electron, and Synopsys....

External hard drives are great portable storage devices with one huge downside. That is, sometimes the drive just does not show up. If you are on Windows 10 and have a Seagate external hard drive, you may already have faced this issue. We say Windows 10 because it specifically does not support Seagate’s external hard drive. Besides this, there may also be many reasons your external hard drive is not working....

Should you buy a used graphics card? After dealing with cryptomining-induced GPU shortages two generations back, the prior generation graphics cards were reasonably available for the past couple of years… and then AI-induced shortages hit, retail availability became a problem, andGPU pricesshot up. Finding one of thebest graphics cardshas become a difficult proposition, at least for certain models, leading many to consider the used graphics card market.The good news for prior generation GPUs — theNvidia RTX 40-series,AMD RX 7000-series, andIntel Arc A-series— is that cryptomining hasn’t really been profitable for the past 2–3 years....

Snapdragon X enablement on Linux has become frustratingly dicey to say the least.Phoronixreports that Linux support for Qualcomm’s latest processors has become so problematic that the latest Linux patch for the Snapdragon X Elite X1E80100 disables the iGPU by default, killing all display functionality.“The GPU on X1E80100 requires ZAP ‘shader’ file to be useful. Since the file is signed by the OEM keys and might be not available by default, disable the GPU node and drop the firmware name from the x1e80100....

As GPUs for AI and HPC applications get more power-hungry, they require better cooling. For example, a rack with 72 Nvidia B200 GPUs isprojected to consume around 120 kW, which is 10 times higher than a typical rack power. As a result, Blackwell-based servers will mandate liquid cooling. On Monday, Supermicrointroducedits datacenter-scale liquid cooling solution to prepare for these next-generation servers. Supermicro’s new complete system includes advanced cooling components, software, and management tools to optimize performance and sustainability....

Switzerland has recently enacted a law requiring its government to use open-source software (OSS) and disclose the source code of any software developed by or for the public sector. According toZDNet, this “public body, public code” approach makes government operations more transparent while increasingsecurityand efficiency. Such a move would likely fail in the U.S. but is becoming increasingly common throughout Europe. According to Switzerland’s new “Federal Law on the Use of Electronic Means for the Fulfillment of Government Tasks” (EMBAG), government agencies must use open-source software throughout the public sector....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict TeamGroup’s T-Force Dark Airflow I provides excellent cooling for your SSD, even if you don’t use the included fan. Strongest thermal performance of any heatsink I’ve tested Pitch black aesthetic Performs well even without the included fan Tall height may interfere with some air coolers Loud maximum noise levels 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....

AI infrastructure company TensorWave has revealed the deployment of a massive 8,192-GPU cluster powered by AMD’s latest Instinct MI325X accelerators, claiming to be the largest AMD-based AI training installation in North America to date. The system also features direct liquid cooling, making it the first public deployment of its kind at this scale. Announced on X, the company showcased photos of the cluster’s high-density racks with bright orange cooling loops, confirming the system is now fully operational....

If you’re looking to expand the storage for your PlayStation 5, you’ll need a quality SSD to get good performance while gaming and ensure you don’t lose important data. Today, we’re excited to share a seriously good discount on our favoritePS5 SSD. You can find theWD_Black SN850XatAmazonfor just $249 instead of its usual $299. This offer is for the edition without a heatsink, but that version is an option, although it’s currently not in stock....

It’s Cyber Monday 2024 and getting near your last chance to pick up some great deals on HDDs, whether it’s a large external drive with an enclosure for easily transporting and backing up your media to large-capacity drives for popping into your favorite NAS for beefy back-up capacity for you LAN network media and larger data files. Hard disk drives may feel old school, and they surely aren’t as fast as the latest SSDs, but you just can’t beat the price per GB cost and reliability of large-capacity HDDs....