Some AI startups are grabbing crates of consumer graphics cards, stoking fears of a repeat of the GPU crypto-crunch.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/evidence-shows-ai-driven-companies-are-buying-up-gaming-gpus
There is no immediate threat to the supply of gallium and germanium-based components, but prices may go up.
Loongson publishes test results of its quad-core 3A6000 processor at 2.50 GHz.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/loongson-next-generation-cpu-matches-intels-tiger-lake
Omer Hasanov is using a Raspberry Pi 4 to power a handheld system alongside a couple of ESP32 devices in this cool family of custom-made 3D-printed electronics.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-4-powers-handheld-in-family-of-3d-printed-projects
According to a report from Windows Central, Lenovo is preparing a new handheld PC gaming device powered by Windows 11. The Lenovo Legion Go aims to take market share from the Steam Deck, ASUS ROG Ally, and other handhelds, but details are currently extremely scarce.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/lenovo-preps-legion-go-steam-deck-competitor-report
Ivan Kuleshov has managed to pull off PoE with his Mac Mini thanks to his latest mod shared to Twitter/X.
German publication Computerbase discovered that enabling Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) helps lower idle power consumption on AMD's RDNA 2 and RDNA 3 graphics cards.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-rdna-2-rdna-3-gpu-idle-power-draw-reduced-by-enabling-vrr
Intel expands the company's mobile Arc Alchemist series graphics cards.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-silently-launches-arc-a570m-a530m-mobile-gpus
A company by the name of Dasung launched an Indigogo campaign promoting its first-ever E-ink computer display that will support color. The monitor will come in a 25.3” display size with a resolution of 3200 x 1800.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/worlds-first-e-ink-display-with-color
China uses more Arm-based servers than any other country, according to Bernstein.