Hardware

Silicon Motion SM2508 SSD review: Finally, a true PCIe 5.0 contender
SMI’s high-end SM2508 PCIe 5.0 SSD controller is finally here. It offers top notch performance and does so with greatly improved efficiency, ushering in an era of better controllers and SSDs.
2024-09-13 12:00
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Twenty percent of hard drives used for long-term music storage in the 90s have failed
Iron Mountain says that one-fifth of the storage media it receives from the music industry are bricked.
2024-09-13 11:25
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'Cyberpunk 2077' finally gets FSR3 frame gen for non-RTX GPUs — it's not FSR 3.1, but it works with basically any graphics card
Cyberpunk 2077 finally gets its FSR 3 patch, featuring FSR frame generation support, enabling non-Nvidia GPUs to run frame generation in the game.
2024-09-12 20:06
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Best Curved Gaming Monitors 2024
Here are the best curved gaming monitors for PC available in 2024.
2024-09-12 18:25
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Bigger and cheaper SSDs are coming thanks to Samsung — chipmaker starts mass producing 280-layer QLC 9th generation V-NAND
Samsung has officially announced the production of its all-new 9th generation QLC V-NAND flash, which features up to 50% lower power consumption.
2024-09-12 17:56
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Bigger and cheaper SSDs are coming thanks to Samsung — chipmaker starts mass producing 9th-gen 280-layer QLC V-NAND
Samsung has officially announced the production of its all-new 9th generation QLC V-NAND flash, which features up to 50% lower power consumption.
2024-09-12 17:56
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Best Ultrawide Gaming Monitors 2024
These are the best ultrawide gaming monitors available in 2023, including 240 Hz, OLED and DQHD options.
2024-09-12 17:49
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Best Monitors for PS5, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S in 2024
Here are the best gaming monitors for the Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 available in 2024.
2024-09-12 17:33
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Blacklisted Chinese AI GPU champ Biren preps for IPO at $2.19B valuation
Nvidia's China-based rival Biren hires an investment bank to prep for an IPO at a $2.19 billion valuation while being blacklisted by the U.S. government.
2024-09-12 16:31
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Researchers built a molecular film that stores 16,384 states — the team used it to create an analog computer that works like a brain
The research team tracked the precise movements of molecules within the material film to track their different states and assign them specific values in a "molecular diary".
2024-09-12 16:30
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Researchers built a molecular film that stores 16,384 states — and used it to create an analog computer that works like a brain
The research team tracked the precise movements of molecules within the material film to track their different states and assign them specific values in a "molecular diary".
2024-09-12 16:30
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High-end Intel Z890 motherboards will support up to DDR5-9200 RAM — 64% higher than the rumored Arrow Lake native support for DDR5-5600
Details of memory support on ASRock's Z890 motherboard leak ahead of announcement.
2024-09-12 16:30
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Grab the best 1TB SSD for just $99 at Amazon
The Samsung 990 Pro 1TB SSD is available at Amazon for just $99, its lowest price since June.
2024-09-12 15:50
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Alienware AW2725QF 4K dual-mode gaming monitor review: Two displays in one
Alienware’s AW2725QF packs two screens into a single 27-inch IPS display with 4K resolution at 180 Hz and FHD resolution at 360 Hz. You can switch modes on the fly with a single button. It also has Adaptive-Sync, HDR600 and wide gamut color.
2024-09-12 15:00
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Samsung's yield issues reportedly delays Taylor fab launch to 2026
As Samsung Foundry struggles with yields at below 3nm nodes, it decides to cut personnel at Taylor, Texas fab.
2024-09-12 14:51
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