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New GPU dock with 550W power supply and OCuLink now available in China Chinese companies Metaphyuni and Gzosmeta are introducing their jointly developed product: an external GPU dock with support for OCuLink. There are plenty of solutions already on the market, some of higher quality and others catering to the premium market. The new product, called EG01C, is not meant to be overwhelmingly expensive, and it comes with two important features. External GPUs are typically connected either through USB4/Thunderbolt connections or by utilizing a standard known as OCuLink. The latter enables 64GB/s of bandwidth, which is higher than the previously...Keep on reading: External GPU dock with OCuLink and built-in 550W power supply released in China

Intel to launch three K-Series SKUs in Arrow Lake-S lineup The information comes from Benchlife.  The site has already leaked plenty of Intel products in the past, including the 14th Gen Core series with full clock speed disclosure when they were still under a domain of rumors. The media has now provided some basic details on the successor, called Core Ultra 200. Allegedly, the full lineup is to feature 13 SKUs, much fewer than before. It is claimed that there will be 3 K-Series models featuring 125W and unlocked features for overclocking. Those are the Core Ultra 9 285K, Core...Keep on reading: Intel Core Ultra “Arrow Lake-S” desktop lineup leak: 24-core 285K, 20-core 265K and 14-core 245K

First statement for consumers, not motherboard makers Intel Core i9-13900K & 14900K CPUs, Source: Geekawhat According to HardwareLuxx, Intel has issued a new statement regarding stability issues reported by users of 13th Gen and 14th Gen Core K-Series CPUs. These processors were prone to various problems with game crashes, generally associated with non-standard settings applied by motherboard manufacturers. In the past few weeks, Intel has not published a direct statement for users. Rather, recommendations that were shared between Intel and motherboard makers have made their way to the public without clear mention of the real cause. The new statement does...Keep on reading: Intel addresses instability issues with 13th/14th Gen Core K-series CPUs in latest statement

AYANEO to launch its first external GPU solution Gamers will be able to boost graphics performance.  AYANEO already has many products, most of which target gaming communities with powerful handheld systems and Mini-PCs. Some of these devices already feature modern connectivity standards such as USB4 or even OCuLink. The latter allows gamers to fully utilize the PCIe interface at 64GB/s, enabling higher graphics performance for external desktop GPU connections, visibly faster than Thunderbolt 3 or 4. It turns out AYANEO is working on their GPU dock, named AG01 "Graphics Starship", because it is set to resemble a starship from old...Keep on reading: AYANEO teases AG01 “Graphics Starship”, the company’s first external GPU solution

Windows will now show MT/s instead of MHz The Windows Task Manager, easily the most evolving part of the operating system, will go through an interesting change. Memory companies aim for gigahertz to increase performance, but in reality, the effective memory speed has nothing to do with actual frequency. Due to how DDR technology works, memory can execute more operations per second than the clock rate suggests. Consequently, the actual speed exceeds what is displayed as real-world frequency in tools such as CPU-Z. Yet, memory makers still rely on MHz because it is easier to understand to customers. However, this...Keep on reading: Windows Task Manager will now show MT/s as memory speed

VESA ELEVATES PC AND LAPTOP HDR DISPLAY PERFORMANCE WITH UPDATED DISPLAYHDR SPECIFICATION VESA releases DisplayHDR version 1.2; more than 3000 display models certified to DisplayHDR standard to date BEAVERTON, Ore. – May 7, 2024 – The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA®) today announced that it has published a major update to its widely adopted High-Performance Monitor and Display Compliance Test Specification (DisplayHDR), which launched the display industry’s first fully open standard specifying high dynamic range (HDR) quality. The updated spec, DisplayHDR version 1.2, includes significantly tighter performance requirements, including for luminance, color gamut and bit depth, as well as several...Keep on reading: (PR) VESA announces DisplayHDR 1.2 specifications with tighter performance requirements

Minisforum to launch first AtomMan Mini-PC this month Starting with the flagship model. AtomMan is the new sub-brand of Minisforum, whose position in the Mini-PC market has been among the strongest in the industry. The plethora of devices powered by Intel and AMD CPUs has built a large portfolio of compact and portable systems. The company decided to launch a new brand called AtomMan, where high-end systems with the latest CPUs will be used. AtomMan X7 Ti Mini-PC, Source: Minisforum The first product launching on May 20th is AtomMan X7 Ti, which is a high-end Mini-PC equipped with Intel's top...Keep on reading: Minisforum AtomMan X7 Ti Mini-PC announced: Core Ultra 9 185H CPU, built-in touch screen, video camera and OCuLink support

ASUS spills the beans on AMD product naming for Strix Point Series Not Ryzen 8050? Meet Ryzen AI 9. ASUS claims their next-gen VivoBook S16 laptops, powered by a 12-core AMD CPU, will feature an entirely new naming scheme. Contrary to what Lenovo has shown for their T14 laptop, the upcoming Strix Point APU series from AMD may feature a new naming scheme altogether. AMD is seemingly changing the naming to match Intel's. The Core Ultra 9 would compete with the Ryzen AI 9 HX processor, currently listed as the HX 170 SKU featuring 12 cores and up to a...Keep on reading: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 “Strix Point” APU has been listed by ASUS

ASUS Zephyrus G16 with Strix Point APU listed in South Africa AMD next-gen mobile APUs are just around the corner, it seems. ASUS has begun sharing details about the ROG Zephyrus GA605WI laptop, seemingly powered by the Ryzen 8050 "Strix Point" APU. The listing emerged in South Africa, where the ROG laptop is priced at 69,100 Rands (around $3700). This laptop would feature GeForce RTX 4070 graphics, 32GB of LPDDR5X memory, and 1TB of storage. Interestingly, this listing does not specify the CPU version, indicating that either AMD has yet to confirm the processor's name or information distribution began before...Keep on reading: ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 with 12-core AMD “Strix Point” APU listed by retailer at $3700

Nintendo Switch 2 within this fiscal year The President of Nintendo confirms the new Switch will be announced this (fiscal) year.  Finally, the company has confirmed that the Switch will get a successor. This comes years after rumors about potential updates to the Switch and Switch OLED handheld systems that were released years ago. The President of Nintendo has confirmed that the company will make a formal announcement of the new system within this fiscal year, but no date was mentioned for the product release. Furthermore, Nintendo adds that there will be a Direct show in June; however, no hardware...Keep on reading: Nintendo to unveil successor to Switch before April 2025