All posts by Ryan Smith

Microsoft Launches Surface Laptop Ultra, Surface RTX Spark Dev Box

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Microsoft today launched its first two NVIDIA RTX Spark-powered systems, the Surface Laptop Ultra and Surface RTX Spark Dev box. Aimed at developers and other professionals, the high-end systems offer a fresh face to NVIDIA and Microsoft’s Arm ecosystem efforts

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Intel Xeon 6+ SKU List and Value Analysis: Clearwater Forest Runs Wide

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With Intel’s Xeon 6+ “Clearwater Forest” CPUs now shipping in volume, we are taking a look at the various SKU options among chips, and what configurations offer the best value for different needs

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Gigabyte TRX50 AERO D Motherboard Review

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Today we are taking a look at Gigabyte’s TRX50 AERO D motherboard. Aimed at the high-end desktop market, Gigabyte has designed the AERO D to be a basic but effective pairing for AMD’s Threadripper 9000 processors

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Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Elite Extreme Gen 6: Next Gen Flagship Mobile Chips

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This week Qualcomm unveiled its next generation of high-end mobile SoCs: Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, and Elite Extreme Gen 6. The flagship chips bring a slew of new features to the table, including new Oryon CPU cores, GPU matrix cores, and LPDDR6 support

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AMD Takes the Lid off of Next-Gen EPYC 9006 Venice As Zen 6 Comes to Servers

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The launch of AMD’s next-gen EPYC 9006 processors is quickly approaching. Today we are looking at AMD’s complete 6th gen EPYC lineup, and what to expect from the company between now and late 2027

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ASRock Rack SORANOD8-2L2T Review A New AMD EPYC 8005 Sorano Motherboard

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We review the ASRock Rack SORANOD8-2L2T which is a new motherboard providing lots of connectivity for the AMD EPYC 8005 Sorano series

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NVIDIA Announces DSX Ready Qualification Program for Data Center Power and Cooling Hardware

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NVIDIA this week has launched DSX Ready, a new qualification program for data center cooling and power hardware, for use with constructing AI data centers based on NVIDIA’s DSX AI factory blueprint

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Astera Labs Releases Leo 2 CXL Memory Controllers and Leo X Controller for Rackscale Fabric-Attached Memory

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Astera Labs is launching a new generation of Leo smart memory controllers. The Leo 2 series adds support for CXL 3.2 and PCIe Gen6, while the ambitious Leo X brings the ability to attach memory expanders directly to the fabric networks of AI accelerators

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Dell Pro 5 16 (AMD) Laptop Review

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Today we are taking a look at Dell’s 16-inch laptop for mainstream business segment, the AMD-based Dell Pro 5 16. The pro laptop hits all the high notes, pairing an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 470 processor with great modularity and a good balance between size, weight, and performance

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ASUS Pro WS W890E-SAGE SE Motherboard Review

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Today we are taking a look at ASUS’s premium motherboard for the new Xeon 600 workstation platform, the Pro WS W890E-SAGE SE. A showcase for the platform, the SAGE SE supports Xeon 600’s full capabilities, while looking to appeal to both businesses and enthusiasts alike

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QNAP QSW-M2130 2.5GbE and 10GbE Switches Shown

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At Computex 2026 QNAP was showing off a pair of new managed enterprise switches. The QSW-M2130 and 2130P offer 24x 2.5GbE ports and 6x 10GbE ports with both RJ45 and SFP+ backhaul connectivity

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AMD Announces Threadripper Halo Station: A High-End AI-Centric Developer Workstation

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At IFA 2026, AMD announced their Threadripper Halo Station, a high-end workstation for AI developers that combines AMD’s Threadripper Pro CPU and Instinct MI350P accelerators

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NVIDIA and Mediatek Ink $3.5B Investment Deal, Accelerate NVLink Fusion Adoption

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NVIDIA and MediaTek have inked a new deal this week that more closely ties together the two companies financially and technologically. With NVIDIA investing $3.5B into the Taiwanese fabless chip designer, MediaTek will now offer the NVLink Fusion platform to customers designing custom XPUs at MediaTek

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Dell Pro 5 14 Laptop Review A 14in Intel Core Notebook

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Today we are taking a look at Dell’s latest laptop for the mainstream business segment, the Intel-based Dell Pro 5 14. The 14-inch laptop hits all the high notes, pairing an Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processor with great modularity, particularly a LPCAMM2 LPDDR5X memory module

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NVIDIA Announces Jetson Orin Nano 2: Entry-Level Edge Board Gets New Ampere Silicon

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NVIDIA has announced a new entry-level edge AI board, the Jetson Orin Nano 2. The upgraded Nano is not only twice as fast as its predecessor, but unexpectedly, features an outright new Orin SoC at its heart

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Google’s TPUv8s for Training and Inference at Hot Chips 2026

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Hot Chips 2026 sees Google discussing its new eighth-generation TPU family for the technical crowd. One of the only hyperscalers to develop its own training hardware, the company has developed the TPU 8t for training, as well as the TPU 8i for inference

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Cerebras Talks Going Rack-Scale with Their WSEs at Hot Chips 2026

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At Hot Chips 2026, wafer scale engine developer Cerebras is talking about the next generation of their giant accelerators, as well as how the company is going rack-scale thanks to their Nexus platform architecture

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NVIDIA’s Groq 3 LPU Accelerators for Heterogeneous AI Compute at Hot Chips 2026

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The newest member of NVIDIA’s AI hardware family, at Hot Chips 2026 NVIDIA is diving into the use of LPUs as part of Vera Rubin clusters. The specialized chips from acquihire Groq are being tapped to offer significantly lower latency in the decode phase of inference

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