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European court overturns 12-year-old €1.06 billion fine against Intel
Enlarge (credit: ony Avelar/Bloomberg) Sometimes the wheels of justice turn very slowly. A €1.06 billion ($1.2 billion) fine levied against Intel back in 2009 by the European Commission has been wiped out. In a press release announcing the ruling (PDF) handed down on Wednesday morning, the General Court of the European Union said the financial assumption […]
The reviews are in: AMD’s mining-averse RX 6500 XT also isn’t great at gaming
Enlarge / The Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT, yet another GPU that you probably won’t be able to buy. (credit: Sapphire) When AMD announced its budget-friendly RX 6500 XT graphics card at CES early this month, the company suggested that the product had been designed with limitations that would make it unappealing to the […]
Who’s making early waves at COVID-dampened CES 2022
Sony, Samsung, and chip makers created buzz ahead of the annual tech convention in Las Vegas. Read More
Pluton, Microsoft’s new security chip, will finally be put to the test
Enlarge (credit: Lenovo) In November 2020, Microsoft unveiled Pluton, a security processor the company designed to thwart some of the most sophisticated types of hack attacks. On Tuesday, AMD said it would integrate the chip into its upcoming Ryzen CPUs for use in Lenovo’s ThinkPad Z Series of laptops. Microsoft already used Pluton to secure […]
AMD launches Ryzen 6000 laptop APUs with updated RDNA2 graphics
Enlarge / AMD’s Lisa Su introduces the Ryzen 6000 APU lineup. (credit: AMD) AMD made small additions to its dedicated GPU and its processor lineups at its CES press conference this morning, but the biggest announcement was the introduction of new Ryzen 6000-series laptop APUs. These chips use a new Zen 3+ CPU architecture and […]
AMD announces one last Ryzen 5000 CPU while teasing all-new Ryzen 7000 series
Enlarge / AMD’s Lisa Su holds up an early sample of a Zen 4 CPU. (credit: AMD) AMD didn’t offer much news on its desktop processors at its CES press conference this morning, but it did offer a brief preview of its next-generation Ryzen 7000 processors and its Zen 4 architecture. These chips will be […]
AMD’s RX 6500 XT provides $199 entry point for desktop GPU line on Jan. 19
Enlarge (credit: AMD / YouTube ) At a CES press conference this morning , AMD announced the RX 6500 XT, a budget version of the 6000-series line of desktop gaming GPUs launched in 2020 . The new card will be available on January 19 starting at $199—if you can find it amid continuing chip shortages […]
Valve provides a deep dive into Steam Deck’s custom hardware design
Valve’s full, hours-long, developer-focused presentation. Valve’s portable Steam Deck hardware may be delayed by a couple of months, but that didn’t stop Valve from discussing plenty of interesting details about the system during a wide-ranging developer-focused livestream Friday. That included a lot of nitty-gritty talk about hardware specs and software interpolation, but also design decisions […]
Leaked Alder Lake Core i3 would be first interesting budget CPU in almost 2 years
Enlarge / The new LGA1700 socket used for Alder Lake CPUs is taller than Intel’s previous sockets. (credit: Intel) It’s a tough time to build a PC. Graphics cards remain the biggest headache when you’re trying to put together a computer, as they have been all year—supply is low and prices are stratospheric. But it’s […]