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AMD Demonstrates Stacked 3D V-Cache Technology: 192 MB at 2 TB/sec

AMD Demonstrates Stacked 3D V-Cache Technology: 192 MB at 2 TB/sec

The AMD team surprised us here. What seemed like a very par-for-the-course Computex keynote turned into an incredible demonstration of what AMD is testing in the lab with TSMC’s new 3D Fabric technologies. We’ve covered 3D Fabric before, but AMD is putting it to good use by stacking up its processors with additional cache, enabling […]

AMD Formally Unveils FidelityFX Super Resolution: Open Source Game Upscaling

AMD Formally Unveils FidelityFX Super Resolution: Open Source Game Upscaling

Alongside announcing their new Radeon RX 6000M notebook GPUs, AMD this evening is also using Computex to formally unveil their FidelityFX Super Resolution technology. The game upscaling technology has garnered a lot of interest since AMD first announced last year that they were working on the technology, today AMD is finally lifting the lid on […]

Intel at Computex 2021: Tiger Lake-U Refresh, Mediatek 5G Solutions, NUC 11 Extreme

Due to the global pandemic, this year’s annual Computex event in Taiwan is being held virtually, but all the big-name companies have keynotes to present their latest news and wares. Intel is no different, and this year the hot ticket items stem from an expansion or ‘refresh’ of their Tiger Lake-U series processors (as we […]

Computex 2021: Intel's Keynote, a Live Blog (10pm ET)

This year is a busy one for Intel. A new CEO at the start of the year, a commitment to 7nm, and then the launch of new desktop Rocket Lake processors followed by Tiger Lake-H processors. There are promises of next-generation Alder Lake later in the year, and we’re all interested to see what happens […]

USB-C Power Delivery Hits 240W with Extended Power Range

USB-C Power Delivery Hits 240W with Extended Power Range

The USB-IF released a couple of new specifications recently – R2.1 for Type-C and R3.1 for USB-PD. The main update is the ‘Extended Power Range’ aspect that allows for delivery of up to 240W over Type-C setups supporting the relevant USB-PD profile. The first USB Power Delivery (USB-PD) specification was released in 2012, […]