During Computex 2024, ASRock held an event to unveil some of its upcoming X870E motherboards, designed for AMD’s Zen 5-based Ryzen 9000 series processors. ASRock’s announcement includes a pair of Taichi-branded boards, the X870E Taichi and the lighter X870E Taichi lite, which uses AMD’s X870E (Promontory 21) chipset for AM5. The current flagship model announced from…
A fresh Arrow Lake leak seemingly gives us a look at the upcoming 800 series motherboards for the next-gen CPUs (using the LGA 1851 socket), and if genuine, it shows that Intel is providing a total of 32 PCIe lanes – with two NVMe SSD slots connected to the CPU – and no support for…
One of Qualcomm’s indisputable strengths are its 5G modems – something which even Apple has yet to successfully ween itself from. And while Qualcomm is not integrating a modem into its first-generation Oryon-based Snapdragon X chips, the company is still looking to leverage that technology advantage via discrete modems that can be installed in Snapdragon…
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The Conservative Party has launched its 2024 general election manifesto, and its plans for technology should the party be returned to power focus largely on a continuation of existing government policies, rather than any major new commitments. The Tory manifesto document highlights many of the programmes and investments put in place by the government in…
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The curtains are drawn and it’s almost showtime for Qualcomm and its Snapdragon X SoC team. After first detailing the SoC nearly 8 months ago at the company’s most recent Snapdragon Summit, and making numerous performance disclosures in the intervening months, the Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus launch is nearly upon us. The…
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Rounding out our Computex 2024 SSD controller news, let’s talk about the final major controller vendor at the show: Silicon Motion. Silicon Motion has been somewhat late to the PCIe Gen5 SSD party, as its rival Phison has been offering their high-end PS5026-E26 controller for almost 18 months now. But as Silicon Motion gets ready…
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The Labour Party manifesto for the 2024 general election has promised to support the tech and digital sectors through a new industrial strategy and a plan to reform planning rules to boost digital infrastructure such as datacentres. An Industrial Strategy Council will be set up on a statutory basis to provide advice from businesses, with…
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Since OpenAI first released ChatGPT, we’ve witnessed a constant cat-and-mouse game between the company and users around ChatGPT jailbreaks. The chatbot has safety measures in place, so it can’t assist you with nefarious or illegal activities. It might know how to create undetectable malware, but it won’t help you develop it. It knows where to…
This ‘Godmode’ ChatGPT jailbreak worked so well, OpenAI had to kill it Read More »
Single-board computers in the 3.5-inch form-factor have become extremely popular for embedded applications involving a mix of high performance requirements as well as extended peripherals support. Typical use-case scenarios include digital signage, edge inferencing solutions, retail applications, and IoT gateways. The requirements in these deployments call for processors and components that can operate in a…
UPDATE 5/17, 6 PM: Western Digital has confirmed that the new 2.5-inch T GB HDDs uses 6 SMR plattersThe vast majority of laptops nowadays use solid-state drives, which is why the development of new, higher-capacity 2.5-inch hard drives has all but come to a halt. Or rather, it almost has. It seems that the 2.5-inch form…
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