Intel’s long-lost data center prototype ‘Arctic Sound’ Xe-HP multi-tile GPU surfaces in new engineering sample — Company’s cancelled AI processor features 32GB of HBM2E

Intel’s cancelled “Arctic Sound” AI GPU based on the original Xe-HP architecture has been pictured sporting two tiles and 32GB of HBM2E.
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Amazon UK has slashed 43% off this excellent 4K 32-inch OLED gaming monitor — lowest-ever price on this ASUS ROG Strix OLED now just £599

Get 43% off this excellent Asus ROG Strix OLED monitor.

AMD takes over MEXT for memory tiering tech that enables flash to appear as DRAM to applications — tech to ‘address growing memory constraints’ in the data center

AMD acquires MEXT to get Predictive Memory Engine that offloads infrequently accessed data from DRAM to NAND storage.
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Score 32GB of DDR5 RAM from only $240 in these Newegg hardware bundles for Intel and AMD gaming PC builds — huge savings on premium Gigabyte motherboards coupled with popular Corsair Vengeance memory

These Newegg bundles for Intel and AMD gaming PC builds feature 32GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR5 RAM from only $240, featuring Gigabyte motherboards.
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42% slashed off Samsung’s 990 Pro SSD, 2TB now $369 — $270 savings brings one of the fastest PCIe 4.0 SSDs to its lowest price in months

Samsung’s 990 Pro 2TB is one of the fastest PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSDs around, delivering excellent performance and efficiency and backed by a 5-year warranty – now priced at $369.99, it’s not the cheapest around, but is a well-rou…

Intel’s upcoming ‘Raptor Lake Next’ will reportedly top out at 20 cores and retain Core 200 branding — Lineup may include a special 10-core SKU with 24MB of L3 cache

Intel’s Raptor Lake family might be coming back for a third time and sit alongside Nova Lake on shelves as the budget-oriented offering from the company.
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Grab this MSI Codex Z2 16-thread gaming Ryzen PC with a 2TB SSD at a $400 discount — system packs a Ryzen 8700F, 16GB DDR5, and RTX 5060 Ti 8GB for $1,499

MSI’s prebuilt gaming desktop pairs a Zen 4 processor with Nvidia’s latest RTX 5060 Ti graphics card and comes housed in an airflow-focused chassis with ARGB lighting.
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Nvidia raises RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell GPU pricing to $13,250 — 55% increase over MSRP in a year’s time

Nvidia now sells the RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell graphics cards for $13,250, while partner offerings start at $11,359.99.
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Intel reportedly preparing surprise return to DDR4 systems with ‘Raptor Lake Next’ — LGA 1700 platform apparently slated for first half of 2027, takes a page from AMD’s book by extending budget platform longevity

The name came up a few times during our conversations at Computex. Intel has declined to comment on it.

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Nvidia preps to sell its Vera CPUs into China as its GPU sales stay frozen — customers encouraged to place orders for CPU shipments as early as August

Nvidia has told Chinese clients that its Arm-based Vera server CPUs could be available as soon as August.

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