CPU and GPU recycling could be just the thing
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 13 September 2016 13:34

CPU and GPU recycling could be just the thing


Cash in your chips

An American startup wants to offer a quick and easy way to get cash back for old hardware.

AMD details  RX 460 for Notebooks
Published in Graphics
Thursday, 18 August 2016 23:12

AMD details RX 460 for Notebooks


With a similar performance to desktop version

AMD has revealed a few more details about its up and coming Radeon RX 460 Notebook GPU that will appear in a recently unveiled HP 15.6-inch Omen Limited Edition notebook and offer performance similar to the desktop part.

Samsung beats TSMC up and wins Nvidia contract
Published in Graphics


14 nm FinFet process

Tech giant Samsung Electronics  won a contract to make Nvidia GPUs according to South Korea's Chosun Biz newspaper.

Pascal for notebooks shown off  this month
Published in Graphics
Monday, 01 August 2016 12:16

Pascal for notebooks shown off this month


Europe's Gamescom will be the release day

Nvidia will be showing off its Pascal-based discrete notebook GPUs at Gamescom in Europe, on August 17-21.

AMD sticks an SSD into a GPU
Published in Graphics
Tuesday, 26 July 2016 13:13

AMD sticks an SSD into a GPU


1TB close to hand

AMD ‘s Radeon Pro Solid State Graphics (SSG) card will have a 1TB SSD onboard for storage or as a supplement to on-board volatile memory.

AMD mulls GPU and CPU superchip for datacenres
Published in PC Hardware


Able to leap Nvidia and Intel in a single bound

AMD is drawing up a cunning plan to build a "super-chip" with a CPU and a GPU in a single box to put the fear of god into Nvidia and Intel in the data centre.

Nvidia Volta gets 16nm FinFET treatment
Published in Graphics
Thursday, 14 July 2016 13:26

Nvidia Volta gets 16nm FinFET treatment


While Vega sticks with 14nm

A little birdie told us that Nvidia is giving its Volta the 16nm FinFET treatment. This product uses stacked DRAM too so it looks like the whole thing will be pretty bleeding edge.

AMD RX 470 and RX 460 specification slides leaked
Published in Graphics


Highend Vega GPU coming in 2017

A set of new slides leaked online has confirmed most of the specifications for the upcoming Radeon RX 470 and RX 460 graphics cards while the newest roadmap shows that high-end Vega GPU won't be coming before next year.

RX 480 graphics cards listed briefly on Amazon.co.uk
Published in Graphics


“temporarily out of stock”

Amazon UK has a pair of XFX RX 480 Radeon graphics cards for sale but listed them as "temporarily out of stock" before taking the advert down. They didn't even give us time to get a screen shot.

Nvidia’s P100 gets PCIe
Published in Graphics
Tuesday, 21 June 2016 13:25

Nvidia’s P100 gets PCIe


Easy installation into server banks


Nvidia's Tesla P100 GPU has become accessible to server banks after the outfit hammered it into a PCIe form factor.