Nvidia touts Vera CPU’s single-threaded performance as its agentic AI advantage, reveals next-gen ‘Rigel’ Arm CPU cores — frames chip as a ‘max single-threaded CPU at scale,’ not a parallel monster
Nvidia touts Vera CPU’s single-threaded performance as its agentic AI advantage, reveals next-gen ‘Rigel’ Arm CPU cores — frames chip as a ‘max single-threaded CPU at scale,’ not a parallel monster

Nvidia lifts the veil a little bit more on its Vera CPU and reveals a single-thread performance monster — company claims a 1.8x uplift versus x86 competition in agentic workloads and 1.5x in coding.

Unannounced Nvidia RTX 50 Super GPUs appear in Seasonic PSU calculator — unreleased graphics cards shown with 10-17% higher TGP over original models
Unannounced Nvidia RTX 50 Super GPUs appear in Seasonic PSU calculator — unreleased graphics cards shown with 10-17% higher TGP over original models

Total graphics power figures for Nvidia’s unanounced, unreleased RTX 50 Super-series graphics cards have appeared in Seasonic’s PSU capacity calculator, revealing potentially higher TGPs of those products.

AVX-512 support is reportedly returning with Intel’s next-gen Nova Lake CPUs — Latest Linux kernel patches reveal P-cores and E-cores will gain native 512-bit execution
AVX-512 support is reportedly returning with Intel’s next-gen Nova Lake CPUs — Latest Linux kernel patches reveal P-cores and E-cores will gain native 512-bit execution

It looks like Intel is adding back AVX-512 support to its client CPUs starting from the upcoming Nova Lake desktop lineup. Previously, we expected to see AVX-256 debut on a consumer family, allowing E-cores to execute 256-bit code, but now it seems that even the E-cores will gain native 512-bit registers.

Snag 32GB of DDR5 memory, Ryzen 7 9800X3D, and Gigabyte X870E motherboard for $233 off — deal includes ‘free’ AIO in a four-item combo from Newegg
Snag 32GB of DDR5 memory, Ryzen 7 9800X3D, and Gigabyte X870E motherboard for $233 off — deal includes ‘free’ AIO in a four-item combo from Newegg

Missed Prime Day? You can still soften the blow of buying PC parts with this three-item AM5 Newegg combo – 32GB of DDR5, 9800X3D, Gigabyte X870E motherboard, and a free AIO to take the sting out of buying

Hands-on with Corsair’s 2800X RS-R ARGB Micro-ATX PC Case – smaller footprint, roomy internals, includes three fans
Hands-on with Corsair’s 2800X RS-R ARGB Micro-ATX PC Case – smaller footprint, roomy internals, includes three fans

Corsair’s 2800X RS-R ARGB brings a compact MicroATX design with room for full-size hardware, strong cooling support, and three pre-installed ARGB fans. Priced under $90, it offers solid value for a small-form-factor chassis.

Kioxia and Sandisk sample world’s densest 3D NAND — new 332-Layer beats Samsung’s 400-Layer NAND

Kioxia, Sandisk begin to sample BiCS10 3D NAND: 332 active layers and over 29 Gb/mm2 areal capacity.

China-made CXMT memory now supports faster speeds on MSI’s AMD motherboards — new BIOS adds DDR5-8200 validation on dual-DIMM, DDR5-7200 on quad-DIMM models
China-made CXMT memory now supports faster speeds on MSI’s AMD motherboards — new BIOS adds DDR5-8200 validation on dual-DIMM, DDR5-7200 on quad-DIMM models

MSI has officially validated region-bound Chinese RAM using CXMT modules to run at up to 8,200 MT/s on its AM5 motherboards. Models with two RAM slots can handle these high frequencies a bit better than four-DIMM variants.

AMD Ryzen AI Halo review: AMD builds a DGX Spark of its own
AMD Ryzen AI Halo review: AMD builds a DGX Spark of its own

The Ryzen AI Halo is a turn-key AMD local AI box that’s backed up with first-party software support, handy utilities, and plenty of documentation for local AI explorers. But the performance and application compatibility of the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (aka Strix Halo) SoC still trails Nvidia’s GB10, and it’s pricey for what it offers.