AMD's latest product for the AI accelerator market, the MI300X, is a tour de force for the company's High Performance Computing (HPC) chops, but with great performance also come great power requirements.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-mi300x-guzzles-power-rated-for-750-watts
A new user report shows that Nvidia's 12VHPWR power connectors are now melting from a connectors housed inside a Gen 3 power supply.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/12vhpwr-connector-melting-psu-side
Intel has a big customer for its two-phase immersion cooling technology integrating coral structures and vapor chambers - the U.S. Department of Energy
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-lands-us-energy-department-funding-for-2kw-cooling-tech
If you're on the hunt for a great CPU deal to pair with a budget gaming or productivity PC then consider this excellent deal on Intel's Core i5-13500 processor.
Apple has discovered a peculiar software bug where specific SATA hard drives disappear when the Mac Pro 2023 wakes up from sleep.
Forgotten BIOS passwords can be reset or disabled using a simple screwdriver trick on some laptops.
Clayton from Design Build Make has created a custom scoreboard that tracks baseball scores in real time for his favorite team, the Cardinals.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-baseball-scoreboard
The Corsair Darkstar is a wireless gaming mouse aimed at MMO/MOBA players with 15 programmable buttons, mouse-tilt gestures, and a 2,000 Hz polling rate.
Intel announced sweeping changes to its desktop PC chip branding, including introducing a two-tier naming scheme and dropping the 'i' from its iconic Core branding.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intels-new-core-ultra-branding-drops-the-i-looks-like-amds-ryzen
The PNY RTX 4070 delivers similar performance to Nvidia's reference design, but with higher temperatures and noise levels. The only real draw is its use of a single 8-pin power connector.