Best of Computex 2026: Innovating despite disruptions
…IBC, as Intel calls it, should offer both better battery life and more consistent performance at lower operating power. The performance is already looking great, as well. We saw Forza Horizon 6…
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Custom-built passive water-cooled PC relies on convection chimney effect powered by triple-stacked radiators — 9800X3D build with RTX 5080 has no fans, copper, and radiator chimney, but struggles to keep temperatures down
…The video below explains why this interesting build was conceptualized, how it was built, its benefits and drawbacks, and how it performs, all with an eye on thermals. Cooling my Gaming PC…
AMD Ryzen AI 5 435G APU breaks cover in early benchmarks — six-core Zen 5 chip goes head-to-head with the Ryzen 5 8600G for budget PC builders
…How AMD innovated in the gaming CPU market How ARM is working its way into PCs AMD CES 2026 gaming trends press Q&A roundtable transcript Gorgon Point tops out with eight…
Intel’s new Bartlett Lake flagship loses fight to a four-year-old CPU — Core 9 273PQE has 50% more P-cores but can't surpass Core i9-13900K in games
…Intel Core 9 273PQE Benchmarks Swipe to scroll horizontally Processor Gaming Performance Index Application Performance Index Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 100% 100% Core i9-14900KS 80.1% 81.4% Core i9-13900K 78…
AI is starting to out-design chip engineers in narrow areas as LLMs accelerate software chip design tool development — "There is still a lot of human guidance" says Berkley researcher
For decades, semiconductor design has been driven by humans coming up with bright ideas that unlock new innovations. But the benefits of better chip design have been reaped, including the rise of…
AMD rumored to ready budget-friendly Ryzen 7 7700X3D for suffering gamers — chipmaker lowers clocks and price with new Zen 4 X3D CPU
…real-world gaming performance but should allow AMD to offer the Ryzen 7 7700X3D at a lower price point than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D Specifications Swipe to scroll…
Intel says 'something has to give' with memory prices — company says it 'will continue to make sure that there are products which can take care of older memory technologies'
…How AMD innovated in the gaming CPU market How ARM is working its way into PCs AMD CES 2026 gaming trends press Q&A roundtable transcript “Longer term, I think something has…
Intel addresses Arrow Lake blunder: 'We needed to build back our reputation' — says Arrow Lake Refresh's low price a key first step, laying the groundwork for Nova Lake
…The underperforming chips sporting a radically different architecture didn’t make the cut in games, underperforming in some titles compared to even last-gen parts, and although application performance is competitive, it…
Amazon unveils 'Resilient Network Graphs' data center network that cuts hardware by 69% and boosts throughput by 33% — now the default for most AWS workloads
…Traffic can become concentrated at specific points in the hierarchy, even when capacity is unused elsewhere in the network. The approach also requires a large number of expensive networking devices. Researchers have…
Amazon says its data centers consume only 0.075% of the water Americans use for watering their lawns and gardens — company also boasts of its improvements in water efficiency
…It achieved this by implementing innovations in its data centers to reduce water use without reducing performance. The company says that it mostly uses air cooling for its data centers, which uses…