Samsung announces 990 EVO PCIe 5.0 M.2 SSD series
Up to 43% faster compared to 970 EVO Plus
Samsung has now officially announced the new 990 EVO PCIe 5.0 M2 SSD series, supporting both PCIe 4.0 x4 and PCIe 5.0 x2 interfaces, standard M.2 2280 form-factor, and coming in 1TB and 2TB capacities. According to Samsung, the new 990 EVO SSD series is up to 43 percent faster compared to the 970 EVO Plus.
Intel ditches Hyper-Threading for Arrow Lake
First time since Pentium 4
Chipzilla is likely to pull hyper-threading for the first time since the technology was first launched in the Pentium 4 era in the early 2000s.
Georgia Tech boffins claim to make the first graphene chip
Could be ten times faster
Boffins at Georgia Tech, in Atlanta, have made what they call the world's first working graphene-based chip.
Altman wants his own AI chip factories
Working flat out to build fancy AI chips
OpenAI boss Sam Altman wants to build chip factories to come up with his new fancy AI models.
Asus confirms NUC Extreme is no more
Would be competing with Asus ROG Strix
Asus' spokesperson has confirmed that the company won't have an update to the NUC Extreme 7.5 liter device. The Raptor Canyon remains the last NUC of its kind, as Asus has ROG Strix systems in the same ballpark.