Category: Computing Components
Qualcomm’s big chip merge plan paves the way for – wait for it – the return of the Windows Phone
Well, it’s finally happening. Qualcomm could be merging its Snapdragon processors for mobile and PC under one consolidated ‘Elite’ brand, bringing us one step closer to the product I’ve always wanted – the perfect union of phone and PC. Despite the sad downfall of Windows Phone, the divide between phones…
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Intel finally confirms instability issues with 13th-gen and 14th-gen CPUs are fully fixed – but some owners may still be worried
Intel has confirmed that the well-documented stability problems with its 13th and 14th-gen CPUs have been fully fixed. As you may recall, Intel recently recapped the four mitigations (including three microcode updates) that have been applied to resolve these instability issues – the final one of which has only just started being…
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Intel will be keeping its Falcon Shores GPU after all, though Battlemage still faces strong headwinds
As Intel has been looking to cut costs as part of its “next phase of transformation,” its Falcon Shores datacenter GPU looked to be in danger of getting the axe. But a recent statement from the manufacturer brings about surprising news. An Intel spokesperson confirmed that Falcon Shores will survive…
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The price of RAM is falling fast, so you might not have to wait for Black Friday to get that memory upgrade for your PC
The price of RAM is dropping rapidly right now, and the industry has seen pricing dip by close to 20% over the past month. That’s according to a report from The Elec (a Korean tech site) which cites figures from DRAMeXchange (the memory division of analyst firm TrendForce). We’re told…
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Nvidia RTX 4060 graphics cards are finally impressing PC gamers – and we’re betting they’ll soon be the most popular GPUs around
Nvidia’s RTX 4060 struggled to make an impression when it arrived – notably against the previous-gen RTX 3060 Ti, even though the newer GPU was cheaper – but the graphics card appears to finally be hitting its stride. This is according to the latest Steam Hardware Survey, where the RTX…
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New leaks suggest AMD’s RDNA 4-based GPUs will launch early 2025
New sources claim that AMD’s RDNA 4-based graphics cards, originally rumored to be launching at the end of 2024, are behind schedule and now expected to launch in 2025. The news doesn’t come completely out of nowhere. We previously reported on hardware leaker Kepler’s claim that AMD would not release…
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