Micron unveils its client PCIe 4.0 SSDs
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Based on 176-layer 3D TLC NAND flash memory

During its Computex 2021 presentation, Micron announced it has started shipping its first PCIe 4.0 SSDs, the Micron 2450 and Micron 3400, both featuring the latest 176-layer 3D TLC NAND flash memory.

Samsung Galaxy Book Go with Snapdragon 7c starts at $349
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Optional 4G LTE and Snapdragon 8cx 5G

Although it was leaked back in April, Samsung has now officially announced the small 14-inch Galaxy Book Go, which starts at $349 for the WiFi-only version with Snapdragon 7c SoC.

MSI announces MPG Gaming Maverik bundle
Published in PC Hardware


Motherboard, CPU, memory, cooling, and a case

During its presentation at the online version of the Computex 2021 show, MSI unveiled a rather neat bundle, the MSI MPG Gaming Maverik, featuring its own motherboard, cooler, and case, as well as Intel 11th gen CPU and a 32GB DDR4 memory kit from G.Skill.

Intel Raja Koduri teases Xe-HPG DG2 with 512 EUs
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Driver optimizations underway

Intel's Raja Koduri has teased the Xe-HPG (DG2) chip with 512 EUs on Twitter, showing that the chip is ready but that there are still a lot of things to be done, including upcoming game and driver optimizations from the software team.

AMD announces Ryzen 5000G APUs for desktop
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7nm Zen 3 with Vega 8 IGP

Although previously available to OEMs, AMD has now announced its two Ryzen 5000G SKUs for the retail/e-tail market, the Ryzen 7 5700G and the Ryzen 5 5600G, offering impressive performance with Zen 3 CPU architecture and Vega graphics at $359 and $259.

AMD announces Advantage design framework initiative
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First gaming notebooks coming this month

During its Computex 2021 event, AMD has announced its new Advantage design framework initiative, a program that will help notebook makers to create the best possible gaming notebooks.

AMD confirms raytracing and VRS in Samsung Exynos RDNA GPU
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Coming to next-generation Samsung flagship Exynos SoC

During its keynote Computex 2021 event, AMD CEO, Dr. Lisa Su, confirmed that the RDNA GPU in the next-generation Exynos SOC will support both raytracing and variable rate shading (VRS).

Nvidia officially announces Geforce RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3070 Ti
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Coming on June 3rd at $1,199 and June 10th at $599

Nvidia has officially announced the new GeForce RTX 3080 Ti and GeForce RTX 3070 Ti graphics cards that will be available on June 3rd at $1,199 and June 10th at $599.

Nvidia DLSS and Raytracing comes to eight new games
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DOOM Eternal looks impressive

Nvidia has announced that its DLSS and Raytracing tech is coming to eight new games, pushing the number of RTX titles to over 130.

Nvidia Founders Edition cards won't be getting the LHR treatment
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LHR series reserved for Nvidia AIC partners

Nvidia has confirmed that it won't be making LHR versions of its RTX 30 series Founders Edition as these are reserved for its AIC (add-in-card) partners.