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The next AMD Socket AM6 will have got about 2100 pins
AMD will release the CPU Ryzen 7 9700F
NVIDIA GeForce 256 - 25th Anniversary: a Milestone!
Roundup SSD heatsink: Arctic, be quiet!, ICY BOX, and Thermalright
AMD will probably release Athlon/Ryzen 3 CPUs for AM5 socket
ASUS is studying the heir of the Intel NUC 13 Extreme
[RUMOR] Nintendo and NVIDIA will create the future Switch 2
Some AM5 mainboard manufacturers want to save every single penny [UPDATE]

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Roundup SSD heatsink: Arctic, be quiet!, ICY BOX, and Thermalright

An SSD cooler is a device or accessory designed to manage and dissipate the heat generated by a Solid-State Drive (SSD), particularly M.2 NVMe SSDs. These coolers typically come in the form of heatsinks made from materials like aluminum or...

Published on 30-08-2024, by Gian Maria Forni

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Sapphire RX5700XT Nitro+: More efficient than a 2060? It's possible!

Article written by Federico Barutto   Another year, another AMD GPU, another efficiency article. As every recent AMD GPUs, RX5700XTs are set with their GPU voltage too high. Why every single one is like that? Too little time to fine-tune BIOSes? Bad...

Published on 29-12-2019, by Gian Maria Forni

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Interview with Ben Goodhead, Technical Director at Stratagem Hosting

Recently we got kicked out of our historic Italian Host Provider due to some lack of understanding: our large database is running along with an old version of Joomla and that Host Provider has eclipsed our site (without informing us!)...

Published on 27-12-2019, by Gian Maria Forni

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The next AMD Socket AM6 will have got about 2100 pins

Martedì 5 Agosto 2025 Gian Maria Forni English News
According to our sources, the AM6 AMD Socket will be very similar to the AM5 Socket. In order to continue its own tradition, AMD will aloow us to reuse the coolers we are now using on AM5 Socket ( E.g. we ware able to use the old Socket 939 coolers on...
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AMD will release the CPU Ryzen 7 9700F

Martedì 29 Luglio 2025 Gian Maria Forni English News
Thanks to Asus, now we know that the last month rumors were true. AMD will release a new Ryzen SKU, the Ryzen 7 9700F. Like the "F" SKUs of the Ryzen 7000 series, even this CPU will be almost identical to the Ryzen 7 9700X, except for the iGPU disabled....
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NVIDIA GeForce 256 - 25th Anniversary: a Milestone!

Sabato 31 Agosto 2024 Gian Maria Forni English News
The NVIDIA GeForce 256, released in 1999, is considered a landmark product in the history of computer graphics and gaming for several reasons. There are some. GPU Definition: The GeForce 256 was the first product to be marketed as a "GPU" (Graphics...
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AMD will probably release Athlon/Ryzen 3 CPUs for AM5 socket

Martedì 16 Luglio 2024 Gian Maria Forni English News
Along with the release of the new Ryzen 9000 series CPUs, AMD will probably commercialize one or two Athlon/Ryzen 3 CPUs, in order to fulfill the lineup with economics products. These CPUs will not have new Dies. They will rebrand low end Ryzen 7000...
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ASUS is studying the heir of the Intel NUC 13 Extreme

Giovedì 20 Luglio 2023 Gian Maria Forni English News
According to our sources, due to the exit from the NUC business by Intel, Asus is developing a ROG NUC, in order to replace in the market the compact and powerful Intel NUC 13 Extreme. To create the most powerful NUC ever, Asus will use the next Meteor...
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[RUMOR] Nintendo and NVIDIA will create the future Switch 2

Giovedì 2 Marzo 2023 Gian Maria Forni English News
According to our sources, Nintendo wants to continue the collaboration with NVIDIA, in order to produce the heir of its own best-selling Next-Gen console, the Nintendo Switch. With over 122 million units sold, the Nintendo Switch has more than doubled...
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Some AM5 mainboard manufacturers want to save every single penny [UPDATE]

Martedì 27 Settembre 2022 Gian Maria Forni English News
UPDATE: AsRock has updated the page of the X670E Taichi. The Mainboard has got a 256MB Flash Memory chip. During the last two years, the users were rightly upset because of AMD policy about the X370 upgradability to the new Ryzen 5000 SKUs. Lately AMD...
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iEgg, Apple Easter style

Giovedì 1 Aprile 2021 Gian Maria Forni English News
It seems Apple wanted to commercialize an odd product, the iEgg, in order to boost even the less charming products. Inside the iEgg, sold at $500, you could be able to find one of many Apple products, from the Watch SE to the iPhone 12. It's true, a...
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Samsung collaborates with Mentor: will Intel be a Samsung customer?

Lunedì 3 Agosto 2020 Gian Maria Forni English News
According to a recent news , Mentor and Samsung are now collaborating to develop a new reference kit designed to help mutual customers. It could be a sign about the debated Intel's use of Samsung FABs, after the 10nm and 7nm débâcle: " Mentor is pleased...
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Zen 2 yields over 85%: TSMC is doing a very good job

Sabato 6 Luglio 2019 Gian Maria Forni English News
According to our sources, the yields of Zen 2 are enhancing quickly. Three months ago we wrote that Zen 2 yields (100% fully working chip) were about 70%. Today, yields are about 85%! Zen 2 yields are still a little bit lower than Zeppelin ones (Today...
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