No Outlet Needed: Mac Mini Mod Powered By Ethernet Only

Ivan Kuleshov has managed to pull off PoE with his Mac Mini thanks to his latest mod shared to Twitter/X.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/mac-mini-poe-mod

 AMD RDNA 2, RDNA 3 GPU Idle Power Draw Reduced By Enabling VRR

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

 Dasung Touts World's First Color E-Ink Computer Monitor

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 is Now Home to 40% of All Arm Servers: Report

China uses more Arm-based servers than any other country, according to Bernstein.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/china-arm-servers

 TeamGroup Launches JEDEC-Compliant DDR5-6400 for Raptor Lake Refresh CPUs

TeamGroup's Elite and Elite Plus memory modules are now available at DDR5-6400 with 1.1V and very loose timing.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/teamgroup-jedec-ddr5-6400-raptor-lake-r

 AMD 4800S Xbox Chip Shows Perils of Pairing CPUs with GDDR6

Digital Foundry recently tested an AMD 4800S desktop kit, featuring an Xbox Series SoC, and found the chip provides underwhelming performance due to its high-latency GDDR6 memory.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/4800s-xbox-chip-shows-us-why-cpus-do-not-come-with-gddr6

 NES-Inspired Keyboard Comes With Giant Programmable Super Buttons

8BitDo is launching its first mechanical keyboard, inspired by the classic NES and Famicom consoles — it even comes with two giant Super Buttons.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nes-inspired-keyboard-comes-with-giant-programmable-super-buttons

 Amazon AWS To Charge for Public IPv4 Address Next Year

AWS is introducing hourly charges for services with public IPv4 addresses. From next Feb users will be charged half a cent per address per hour.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amazon-aws-to-charge-for-public-ipv4-address-next-year


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