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Musk’s Terafab plan puts Intel 14A at the center of an AI chip push
Elon Musk’s Terafab plan would lean on Intel’s still-developing 14A process as SpaceX and Tesla look for more control over AI chip supply.
Talia Emily Rogic
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IBM's 1-megabit DRAM still marks a turning point in memory
IBM's 1986 use of 1-megabit DRAM in the 3090 mainframe helped move computing into the megabit memory era, even as Japan remained a memory powerhouse.
Talia Emily Rogic
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Nvidia Blackwell rollout puts AI hardware demand in focus
Nvidia's Blackwell platform remains central to the AI infrastructure race, with data center demand shaping the company's 2026 hardware roadmap.
Talia Emily Rogic
3 min read
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 targets developers with dual V-Cache
AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition uses dual 3D V-Cache for cache-sensitive developer and creator workloads, not just gaming.
Talia Emily Rogic
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Windows Task Manager was 80KB because speed mattered
Dave Plummer’s story about the original Windows Task Manager is not just nostalgia. It shows why small, reliable utilities still matter.
Talia Emily Rogic
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Framework warns personal computing could lose its ownership model
Framework’s Nirav Patel says AI infrastructure and cloud subscriptions threaten user-owned computing, while the company backs repairable hardware.
Talia Emily Rogic
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CPUID breach turned trusted CPU-Z and HWMonitor downloads into a malware risk
Attackers briefly abused CPUID’s official download infrastructure, redirecting some CPU-Z and HWMonitor users to trojanized files.
Talia Emily Rogic
3 min read
Silverstone IceMyst Pro 360: a capable AIO with an unusual RAM-cooling angle
Silverstone’s IceMyst Pro 360 stands out through optional fan modules for RAM and VRM airflow, mainly useful in dense overclocking builds.
Talia Emily Rogic
3 min read
Crimson Desert now runs on some Intel Arc GPUs, but the fix is still incomplete
Intel’s 32.0.101.8629 driver and later updates improved Crimson Desert on Arc GPUs, but crashes, XeSS issues and artifacts remain.
Talia Emily Rogic
4 min read
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Is Now a $899 Dual 3D V-Cache Option
AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 is now available at $899, offering 16 cores, dual 3D V-Cache and a steep premium over the earlier 9950X3D.
Talia Emily Rogic
3 min read
Intel Bartlett Lake Core 9 273PQE mod reaches Z790 benchmarks
A modded Intel Bartlett Lake Core 9 273PQE has reportedly run on an Asus Z790 board and topped 33,000 points in Cinebench R23, but the result remains enthusiast-only.
Talia Emily Rogic
3 min read