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“The Mountain” from Game of Thrones, AKA Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, has succeeded in deadlifting282.624 PB of SSDs. At a somewhat incongruous but crowd-pleasing event at SC24 in Atlanta earlier this week, the strongman broke the “deadlift of data” record with his stupendous feat. For those curious about the physical mass of the data – including the bar, silver dollar boxes, and mammoth quantity ofPhison Pascari D205VPCIe Gen5 122.88TB class drives – the total deadlift weight was 996 pounds (~452kg)....

Whether you have a top-of-the-line graphics card or one getting a bit long in the tooth, you can increase its performance with a few simple changes. Whether you want to work on the card itself or the software, there are multiple avenues available for upgrades. Most importantly, your work makes the graphics card more stable, cooler, and higher-performing, rather than burning it out by pushing it too hard. What Are the Benefits of Increased GPU Performance?...

When a device connects to a router, it automatically receives unique IP addresses from the DHCP server. While this process is convenient, the DHCP protocol can sometimes create problems, especially with printers. The DHCP server typically assigns an IP address for a certain lease time, and once the lease time expires, you may face connectivity issues if the DHCP server fails to respond. In such a case, assigning a static IP helps create a stable connection between your devices as it does not depend on the DHCP server and lease duration, eliminating any connectivity issues....

Noted hardware historian and reverse-engineer Ken Shirriff recently found the exact transistors in the original Intel Pentium which caused the “FDIV bug”, leading to a $475 million recall in 1994. As seenon his Mastodon thread, Shirriff took a microscopic dive into the PLA which holds a faulty division table, tracking down the root cause of Intel’s first major failure30 years ago. The image seen above is a photo of the CPU die of the original Pentium chip, Intel’s first CPU on the P5 architecture which helped the company become a household name....

Taking screenshots is one of the simplest but most useful features of Windows.It enables you to capture an image, store and/or share it across multiple platforms without the need for an external device. Even though the Microsoft Surface is a hybrid of tablet and laptop, the combinations of keys required to take a screenshot on this device are completely different. How to Take Screenshots on a Surface Device? Unlike in other Windows devices, the Windows logo on theMicrosoft Surfaceis an input device....

Acer has an extensive range of Predator monitors aimed at enthusiasts. The company is expanding that family with four new models atCES, covering three panel sizes to appeal to a broad swath of hardcore gamers. The smallest offerings are 34 inches, while the largest is the new 57-inch Predator Z57. Starting with the Predator Z57, this mammoth gaming monitor has a 56-inch DUHD (7620 x 2160)VA panelwith Mini LED backlighting with a 120Hz refresh rate andAMD FreeSync Premiumsupport....

Run is a single line command interface where users can input commands and execute them directly. This feature eliminates the need for the user to navigate through multiple application windows to do their task. Knowing Run commands can come in handy when needing to launch an application or to open a folder quickly. How to Open Run in Windows? Having multiple ways to open applications and files, Windows gives users the option to open the Run interface in multiple ways as well....

Amazonhas recently deployed ‘Project P.I.’ or ‘Private Investigator’, where it usesartificial intelligence(AI) to detect damaged goods and other issues before sending them out to customers.Amazon hopesthat this technology will not only result in a more “positive customer experience” but will reduce unwanted returns, which “lead to wasted packaging and unnecessary carbon emissions from additional transportation.“The system uses computer vision to check a package’s physical condition before the package is sealed, and flags an item if anything seems amiss....

Various sources indicate that AMD is preparing even more CPUs for its seemingly everlasting AM4 platform. Meet the Ryzen 5 5600T and Ryzen 5 5600XT — adding to AMD’s laudable lineup of over 145 CPUs on AM4 over the past nine years. This leak emanates from hardware data aggregatormomomo_usover at X, who has shared the initial specifications of these processors. Likewise, of the two, the Ryzen 5 5600T has been sighted over atGeekbenchand features performance similar to its non-T counterpart....

AMD on Tuesday reported its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2023 as well as for the whole fiscal year. The company posted a strong end to the year as its data center GPU business rose on increased demand from the AI craze. However, the company posted a lower-than-expected guide, so its shares tumbled 6% in after-hours trading. An interesting wrinkle here is that the company expects to sell $3....

Why you’re able to 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. AMD Ryzen 5 8600G Application Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 8600G Application Benchmarks, the TLDR: We boil down productivity application performance into two broad categories: single- and multi-threaded. These slides show the geometric mean of performance in several of our most important tests in each category, but be sure to look at the expanded results below for more granular analysis....

For Cyber Monday, the successor to the discontinued 5800X3D and the best available gaming CPU for AM4 socket motherboards,the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D, has received a clean 21% discount to just $199. In our May review of this chip, we called it “A Value Gaming Masterpiece”, and this point is even more true at a discounted price point— particularly impressive when considering that the AM4 socket was released in 2016 yet is still alive and kicking with support for newer processors such as the 5700X3D....

After nine years, AMD is increasing itsvariable refresh rateFreesync technologyrequirements to account for the significant adoption of triple-digit refresh-rate panels in the modern monitor market. The new requirements now enforce a 144Hz refresh rate or greater on all1080por1440pgaming monitors. AMD decided to update its FreeSync requirements due to the enormous shift in mainstream gaming monitor performance from 2015 to 2024. When FreeSync was first introduced in 2015, 60Hz was considered the norm for mainstream gaming, with relatively few monitors sporting triple-digit refresh rates such as 120Hz or 144Hz....