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Tom’s Hardware Verdict The Crucial Pro Overclocking DDR5-6400 C38 is a very solid memory kit that appeals to both Intel and AMD CPU owners. However, savvy shoppers should check for like-priced kits with lower timings. Great overall performance Intel XMP 3.0 and AMD EXPO support Elegant, low-profile design Cons Low overclocking margins 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....

The country occasionally known as the Czech Republic has banned DeepSeek over concerns about its large language model (LLM) and eponymous chatbot sharing information with the Chinese government. DeepSeek was founded in 2023, but it didn’t attract many headlines until the global launch of iOS and Android apps in January. The company said its LLM offered numerous advantages over its Western rivals, including more efficient resource usage borne fromlow-level optimizations, and it didn’t take long for its appto dethrone ChatGPTfrom the App Store’s rankings....

After we wrote last week about DeepCool’s sanctioned cooling products being sold onAmazonunder the Shaking Tank name (with lightly blurred DeepCool logos), it became clear that the Amazon seller was also hawking products from competing companies, most notablyCooler Master, as pointed out by YouTuberGreg Salazar, who broke the story originally. Dug a bit deeper and found several instances of Amazon storefronts blurring brand logos and selling products under the “Shaking Tank” name....

After six months of work, DRM developer Maurice Heumann hassuccessfully cracked Hogwarts Legacy’s Denuvo DRM protection system. Rather than hacking it for illegal reasons, Heumann wanted to hack Hogwart’s DRM for the sole purpose of learning its intricacies. As a result, the developer left plenty of the details of his work vague so as not to promote illegal cracking.Heumann reveals in his blog post thatDenuvoutilizes several different methods to ensure thatHogwarts Legacyis being run under appropriate (legal) conditions....

One hallmark ofDisplayPort 2.1is its maximum 80GbpsUHBR20specification, making it the only consumer-friendly display connection standard in the world that supports 4K 240Hz monitorswithoutDisplay Stream Compression (DSC). But several notable issues with the UHBR 80Gbps standard significantly hinder its adoption among both consumers and manufacturers alike.The biggest problem is cable length. The maximum cable length for aDP80-certified cableis currently only 1.2 meters (3.9 feet), according to the VESA database, with many of the cables only reaching 1m or 0....

Baidu, the Chinese technology giant, hasannouncedthe release of two advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models: ERNIE 4.5 (Enhanced Representation through Knowledge Integration) and ERNIE X1. The company also announced that its conversational AI platform, ERNIE Bot, is now freely accessible to all users - ahead of schedule. ERNIE 4.5 represents Baidu’s latest advancement in multimodal AI modeling. The model integrates various data types — text, images,audio, and video — through joint modeling, enhancing its ability to comprehend and generate content across these modalities....

An extensive list of specifications for AMD’s forthcoming Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU has been disclosed via the European price comparison website,Geizhals. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D is poised to be AMD’s de-facto offering for gamers and could even nudge a few professionals to give this chip a try, based oninitial performance leaks. Please remember these kinds of leaks can still contain inaccuracies, even as we close in on the expected official launch date....

Frore Systems has unveiled its 2nd Generation AirJet Mini solid-state active cooling device that offers a 50% higher cooling performance while maintaining the same form-factor. The new model, which was demonstrated atComputex, will open new doors for Frore’s Airjet technology, as many devices nowadays require more cooling performance than the original AirJet Mini could provide. The AirJet boasts significant advantages over conventional cooling because it doesn’t use a fan to move air, boosting performance and improving reliability....

The largest prime number known to man has recently been uncovered with the help of former Nvidia software engineer Luke Durant and the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS). GIMPS is a global effort to discover Mersenne primes — prime numbers that are formed by the formula 2^n-1 — and the group acknowledged Durant’s achievement onMersenne.org. According to its press release, the largest prime number known to man so far is (2^136,279,841)-1, which is also called M136279841 (where the number following the letter M represents the exponent)....

Fujitsu has demonstrated a mechanical sample of its Armv9-based 144-coreMonaka processorfor data centers, revealing some details. Less than a week ago, it disclosed that it is being developed with Broadcom and relies on its3.5D eXtreme Dimension System in Packageplatform. Satoshi Matsuoka, director of the RIKEN Center for Computational Science (R-CCS) and a professor at Tokyo Tech, published the image. Fujitsu’s Monaka is a huge CoWoS system-in-package (SiP) that has four 36-core compute chiplets made on TSMC’s N2 process technology housing 144 Armv9-based cores with enhancements that are stacked on top of SRAM tiles in a face-to-face (F2F) manner using hybrid copper bonding (HCB)....

Recently, we covereda massive PS5 Pro leak that revealed a 45% higher raster and up to 4X higher ray-tracing render performance, alongside “PSSR” AI upscaling for all Pro games. This leak was first dropped through a YouTuber, but Insider Gaming verified the leak’s authenticity before we covered it— and now,Insider Gaming has a look at the rest of PS5 Pro’s core specs. As ever with leaks, take the news with a pinch of salt....

In 2023, the global semiconductor materials market saw a revenue decrease of 8.2%, totaling $66.7 billion, down from $72.7 billion in the previous year. All regions of the world saw revenue declines except China, which managed to scrape out at least some growth. SEMI, the global industry association for the electronics manufacturing and design supply chain, reported this downturn. The decline in revenue was observed across different segments of the market....

SiFive expects to earn $240 million to $280 million in licensing revenue and new lifetime contracts in 2024, according to documents seen byBloomberg. The revelation may indicate that the company is on track to sign another major contract withGoogleto supply processor core designs for its tensor processing units (TPUs), believesThe Register. Bloombergindicates that IP provider SiFive pins a lot of hope on a ‘second-generation chip for artificial intelligence servers’ without elaborating, but this could be a major revenue driver for the company....