Police in Taiwan have cracked down on counterfeit HDMI cable sales, raiding online sellers across the island.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/taiwan-cracks-down-on-counterfeit-hdmi
Microsoft is actively testing a new power-saving technique that kills off uncontrolled background applications that are consuming too much power.
An open source NUC-based handheld gaming device called the NUCDeck has recently been completed. If you have any interest in crafting your own NUCDeck, YouTube videos and GitHub resources are available.
This 2.5-pound laptop comes with everything you need to be productive, including 16GB of RAM and 512GB SSD.
Amazon Web Services to offer Nvidia-powered supercomputing infrastructure for generative AI, including 65 ExaFLOPS AI supercomputer.
The WD Black SN770M impresses with its top-tier performance for an M.2 2230 SSD solution while offering TLC at an ample 2TB capacity. It does skirt the limits with high power consumption and heat, though.
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/wd-black-sn770m-2230-ssd-review
Nvidia's China-specific GeForce RTX 4090D will use a cut-down AD102 GPU, according to a leak, in order to comply with U.S. export rules.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-rtx-4090d-leaked-gpu
Intel Core Ultra H Meteor Lake chips will power most of Dell's soon-to-be-released Alienware gaming laptops.
Jen-Hsun Huang is skeptical about massive semiconductor projects in the U.S., saying it will take the U.S. 10 to 20 years to have independent chip manufacturing.
Data center CPU manufacturer Ampere has requested to boost the default Linux CPU core count from 256 to 512 to support its latest AmpereOne CPUs with core counts of up to 384 cores in dual-socket configurations.