Latest articles by Nick Evanson
Samsung and TSMC have been eyeballing the Middle East for new locations to build chip factories, says WSJ
news Don't get too excited; this is probably just about having even more AI stuff.
Intel was in the running to make the PlayStation 6 APU but lost out to AMD due to disputes over profit margins, report claims
news It's alleged that the contract was worth a cool $30 billion, which Intel could really do with right now.
Microsoft's recyclobot uses machine learning and computer vision to open and recycle 90% of hard drive components
news Beats smashing them up with a big hammer, though it's not quite as therapeutic.
AMD is set to finally join Nvidia with FSR 4, using AI to power frame generation, though no word on upscaling yet
news Now, how long will Intel take to get in on the frame gen action?
Want a 4 TB external SSD with solid state cooling, passkey unlocking, wireless tracking, RAID 6, and a built-in e-paper display? Yours for—squints at the screen—the price of TWO PlayStation 5 Pros
news And just time in time for all the new motherboards, it even uses USB4 for 3 GB/s data transfers. Crikey.
US Dept of Justice claims Google 'corrupted legitimate competition in the ad tech industry by engaging in a systematic campaign to seize control'
news The antitrust trial has only just started but the DoJ is already aiming for Google's ad tech jugular
DRAM or DRAM-less? Whichever you pick, these are two great 2 TB gaming SSD deals
deal DRAM-equipped SSDs have the best outright performance but cost a little more. So do you save and go slower, or spend and go blazing?
Ray tracing has taken its first steps at becoming the rendering norm for triple-A games but that just makes upscaling and frame generation a Hobson's choice
No choice It's not an option if you absolutely require it.
The PS5 Pro is the most powerful games console ever released, but at $700 PC gaming has nothing to worry about
news Big GPU, fast ray tracing, AI-powered upscaling. Hang on, that's just a PC, right?
Watching Doom being played on a hologram-like volumetric display is like taking a peek at the future of gaming
news But let's hope the future involves less noise and more pixels, yes?
AMD confirms it's working on a Ryzen Z2 chip for next-gen handheld PCs, even though only two vendors currently use the Z1
news Let's hope it's more than just a renamed Strix Point chip and has something special up its sleeve. Sorry, die.
'From the developer's standpoint, they love this strategy'—AMD's plan to merge its RDNA and CDNA GPU architectures to a unified system called UDNA
news Change is good, right?
Samsung and SK Hynix spend billions more on DRAM production to feed the never-ending hunger for AI servers
news This could potentially be good news for PC gaming but not while the tech world loves AI.
The Epic Minimalist Entertainment System is the leader of the itsy bitsy games console committee with its reverse-engineered 1980s LED dot matrix display
news Look at the ickle 'cartridges'! Aww, bless it's teeny socks.
The world's worst GPU can now be yours for a mere $1,024 in the form of a 'luxury purse'
news If that doesn't float your boat, how about a Hopper-in-a-box for just $65k?
The best left-handed mouse for gaming in 2024
Lefties Shopping for the best left-handed mouse for gaming doesn't have to mean wading through right-handed options that might just work.
Kinesis Form ergonomic keyboard review
All in ergo Take a low-profile, wireless mechanical keyboard, split the keys in two and stick a touchpad between them. Now you've got a Kinesis Form.
Step into the world of ultrawide gaming with this 34-inch 2K curved monitor for just $295
deal It's the best budget ultrawide you can buy right now.
This Ryzen-powered RTX 4070 gaming laptop is one heck of a great deal at just $1,100
deal And the only thing wrong with it is the tiny SSD, which is super easy to fix.
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 performance analysis—Blurry upscaling, mushy graphics, and so-so frame rates
Tyrannic FPS There's no ray tracing whatsoever, so you can't blame the middling performance on that.
AMD officially launches the Ryzen 5 7600X3D but in limited numbers and only through one US seller
news If you really want an X3D chip, you're probably better off waiting for the 9000 versions to launch.
OpenAI plans to build its own AI chips on TSMC's forthcoming 1.6 nm A16 process node
news The report suggests that Broadcom or Marvell will design the chip, but Apple might be a partner, too.
Just in time for Labor Day, Ayaneo handheld gaming PCs are now available in the US at Best Buy
news It's a disappointingly small selection from Ayaneo's big collection of handheld, mini, and pocket PCs though.
