AMD announces its Ryzen 8040 Hawk Point series processors
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A total of nine SKUs and coming with improved NPU performance

At its recent Advancing AI event in San Jose, AMD announced its new Ryzen 8040 series mobile processors, promising an increase in generative AI workloads.

Apple tries to save sales by bringing out new models
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More Macs and iPads expected

Fruity cargo cult Apple plans to rescue its falling sales figures by releasing several new models and upgrades for early next year.

Boffins break logical qubit record
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More cats make fewer errors

A team of boffins has built a quantum computer with the largest number of logical qubits (quantum bits).

Micron unveils new 3500 NVMe SSD
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Aimed at gaming, content creation, and scientific computing

Micron Technology has announced its latest Micron 3500 NVMe SSD. Based on 232-layer NAND, the Micron 3500 SSD series comes in M.2 form-factor and in capacities of up to 2TB.

Noctua releases NM-M1 Torx-based SecuFirm2+ mounting kits
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Significantly improving performance on AMD AM5 socket

Noctua has released its new NM-M1 multi-socket mounting kits that are meant as an upgrade for Noctua's existing coolers and are based on Noctua's new SecuFirm2+ standard.