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AMD Ex-Chip Architect, Jim Keller Says He Worked on Zen 1, Zen 2, Zen 3 But K12 ARM CPU Was Cancelled By His Former Employer The ‘Future of Compute’ conference was held by the Department of Computer Science and Automation, Indian Institute of Science where Jim Keller gave a brief overview of the various projects he has worked on and the fundamentals of chip design. Jim states that while he was at AMD, he worked on Zen 1 and laid down the plans to do Zen 2 and Zen 3 which means that Zen 3 could probably be the last Jim Keller design we got from him as the latest Zen 4 and Zen 5 projects could be designed internally by a new team at AMD....

Digital numbers aren’t available for Nintendo games, but as reported by GamesIndustry.biz, the latest mainstream Pokémon entry was the biggest boxed release of the year in the UK, surpassing those of the previous biggest, FIFA 23, by 4%. In unit numbers, the launch of the Pokémon games for the Nintendo Switch is the second biggest launch in the series of all time, only behind Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon. It should be noted that when it comes to generated revenue, Pokémon Scarlet and Viol harvested more money than Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon did in 2016....

Free ASUS Z690 Motherboard With Intel 12th Gen Core i7 CPUs, Free Gigabyte B450M Board With AMD Ryzen 5 3600 In Latest Microcenter Deals In the last deal, we saw Microcenter giving away a free DDR5 memory kit and up to $150 US worth of savings on AMD’s Ryzen 7000 CPUs and AM4 motherboards. Now, the company has two brand new bundles targetting Intel’s 12th Gen and AMD’s AM4 Ryzen CPUs....

During the Q&A session held after the company’s latest financial briefing, the Japanese company’s representatives were asked about backward compatibility and how easy it now seems to transfer software across multiple hardware generations with the Nintendo Account system. The Nintendo General Manager and creator of the Super Mario Bros. series did agree that it is now much easier to have backward compatibility, as the software development environment has become more standardized in the past few years....

Moss: Book II is one of those VR games that has shattered expectations in its field. The game has been received with critical acclaim by fans and media, already ranking alongside Moss as one of the top-rated VR games of all time. Now, the game is going to be available for Meta Quest 2 users on July 21 according to the latest announcement. Quest 2 users can now wishlist the game....

MSI & the popular Ubisoft game series Assasin’s Creed will combine for the GeForce RTX 3080 SUPRIM X 10G LHR Assassin’s Creed SE graphics card The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 SUPRIM X 10G LHR Assassin’s Creed Special Edition utilizes the newest GeForce RTX 3080 GPU generation, one of MSI’s meticulously manufactured GeForce RTX 30 - SUPRIM series. The GPU uses the new TRI FROZR 2S cooling system through the TORX FAN 4....

MSI’s WS WRX80 Is A Monster Motherboard For AMD Threadripper PRO With CPU & Memory OC Support & Frozr Cooling Design From what we have been able to gather, MSI is working on a brand new motherboard and its first-ever design for AMD’s Threadripper PRO family. This new product will be marketed as the MSI WS WRX80 motherboard and is loaded with features and technologies. The board is designed for both, AMD Threadripper PRO 3000WX and Threadripper PRO 5000WX CPUs which is kind of interesting since AMD only recently announced its Zen 3 workstation family but so far has limited it to Lenovo but this would be our first confirmation that the 5000WX parts are just timed-exclusive for Lenovo and will be coming to the wider DIY segment soon....

MSI H610 Mini-ITX motherboard offers a thin board with enough power for businesses & professionals with support for 12th and 13th Gen Intel Core processors MSI has created a super thin Mini-ITX-based motherboard, supporting Intel’s 12th Gen Core Alder Lake and the newer Raptor Lake processors, measuring 17cm x 17cm (6.7 in x 6.7 in). The new board offers HDMI, DP, and USB and only runs on an external 19V DC power adapter....

MSI Officially Rolls Out AMD AGESA 1.2.0.7 BIOS Support For X370, B350, A320 Motherboards Press Release: AMD has announced great news about extending the portfolio for system builds. The Ryzen 5000 Series desktop processor will now support the oldest socket AM4 motherboards, which include the X370, B350, and A320 chipset. This substantial improvement offers a seamless way to upgrade to “Zen 3” performance, including the AMD Ryzen™ 7 5800X3D that has ground-breaking AMD 3D V-Cache technology....

MSI AIO Liquid Coolers Are Prepped & Ready For AMD AM5 Socket & Ryzen 7000 CPUs Within its announcement, AMD has made an interesting revelation which is that their AIO Liquid coolers will be compatible with the AMD AM5 socket. This will be made possible on motherboards that feature the stock AM5 backplate featured on the next-generation motherboards that will offer support for AMD’s Ryzen 7000 Desktop CPUs featuring the Zen 4 core architecture....

MSI X670E AM5 Motherboard Prices Revealed, Starting at $289 US & Up To $1299 US The prices have been listed at MSI’s official store webpage where the company has listed its only four X670E motherboards, the MEG X670E GODLIKE, the MEG X670E ACE, the MPG X670E Carbon WiFi & the PRO X670-P WiFi. The prices are listed below: MSI MEG X670E GODLIKE - $1299.99 US MSI MEG X670E ACE - $699....

Consumer PCIe Gen 5.0 SSDs Will Be Limited To 10 G B/s Transfer Rates or Lower Based on The NAND Flash They Use The recent PS5026-E26 controller from Phison offers eight NAND channels that aid varying transfer data rates but require a 3D NAND memory with a 2400 MT/s interface to permeate the newer PCIe 5.0 x4 interface. 3D NAND memory with the required interface can push PCIe 5.0 x4 interfaces by transferring 15....

Back in July of 2020, the source codes for various major N64 titles leaked online, including the ever-popular Ocarina of Time, Mario 64, and Mario Kart 64. Some skilled programmers already managed to reverse-engineer Mario 64, and we now have someone working on an unofficial PC port of Ocarina of Time, complete with widescreen and upscaling support. You can watch for the first gameplay of Ocarina of Time running on PC down below:...

The Apple Watch is Capable of Detecting Heart Attack Symptoms With Accuracy, According to a New Research The Myocardial Infarction condition occurs when certain muscles of the heart do not get enough oxygen due to a blockage in the blood flow. According to new research published by the Texas Heart Institute Journal, the Apple Watch can be used to help diagnose myocardial infarction symptoms using the ECG feature on various models (via MyHealthyApple)....

The Windows development also said that it will now start releasing SDKs for new Dev Channel builds again. You can download these from this link. Fixes coming with Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25131 Windows 11 Preview Build 25131: Known issues For more details, head over to the official blog post.

Gamers & Workstation Users Get Ready! Next-Gen NVIDIA AD102 GPUs Powering the GeForce RTX 4090 and RTX L6000 To Consume Up To 600W TBP In Reference Designs From what we know so far, the NVIDIA AD102 GPU is going to be a power-chugging monster & has been reported to feature a TBP of 850W. But as NVIDIA tries to optimize it, the TBP figure is going to come down eventually. As such, the latest TBP figure for NVIDIA’s flagship graphics card is set to 600W (Total Board Power)....

So, let’s get started with the Ray Tracing stuff. Game Ready Drivers include optimizations, enhancements, and more, to support the latest releases and newest title updates. The latest update brings several optimizations for five different popular games so they can support RTX ON features, giving players an even better experience when gaming on GeForce RTX graphics cards, desktops, and laptops. As we said earlier, Resident Evil 2, 3, and 7 got a ray tracing update that came with a next-gen version for PlayStation and Xbox consoles....

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB Graphics Card Leaks Out In 3DMark Time Spy, Up To 60% Faster Performance Than The RTX 3080 The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB graphics card was spotted over at Chiphell Forums and based on the data provided, it posted a score of 28,929 points within the 3DMark Time Spy benchmark. It should also be pointed that the graphics card was running at a GPU clock speed of up to 3000 MHz which is a +490 MHz increase over the listed boost clock of 2510 MHz for the 16 GB variant....

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, RTX 4080, RTX 4070 Graphics Card Detailed Once Again, Flagship To Feature An Insanely High Clock Speed of Over 2.75 GHz at 450W TGP The latest tweet by the leaker seems to stick with the previous specifications for all three graphics cards, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, RTX 4080, and the RTX 4070. The leaker does provide some new information too in the form of clock speeds for the flagship GeForce RTX 4090 which will be some of the highest clocked chips we have ever seen from the green camp....

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Founders Edition Graphics Cards Get An Official Price Increase For The European Market The information comes from Notebookbilinger/LDLC Discord group (via Videocardz & HardwareLuxx). According to the details, NVIDIA has decided it will raise the price of its entire GeForce RTX 30 Founders Edition lineup by up to 6.4%. This definitely is a shocking surprise since the crypto market has almost entirely crashed but despite that, NVIDIA is somehow deciding that they can increase the prices of their FE cards further up....