AMD’s secret Zen 3 gaming CPU had 128MB of game-boosting L3 cache but never saw the light of day
AMD’s secret Zen 3 gaming CPU had 128MB of game-boosting L3 cache but never saw the light of day

A user from the Chinese Chiphell forums shows off AMD’s unreleased Ryzen 9 5900X3D, the X3D variant of the Ryzen 9 5900X.

Toshiba to double HDD production capacity amid devastating shortages
Toshiba to double HDD production capacity amid devastating shortages

Toshiba doubles HDD capacity in the Philippines in fiscal 2027, in time for 30TB-class HDD ramp in 2027.

Leaked Intel Nova Lake product list has three ‘BFC’ chips with up to 144MB of game-boosting L3 cache
Leaked Intel Nova Lake product list has three ‘BFC’ chips with up to 144MB of game-boosting L3 cache

A table rumored to hold Intel’s upcoming models for Nova Lake processors as surfaced, now referring to the heavily-rumored bLLC as “BFC.”

BiWin’s CL 100 Mini is a particularly puny but potent SSD for portable gaming
BiWin’s CL 100 Mini is a particularly puny but potent SSD for portable gaming

BiWin’s CL 100 Mini is a particularly puny but potent SSD for portable gaming — 15 x 17mm in size and up to 2 TB in capacity

Nvidia introduces 64GB DGX Spark to throw local AI fans a lifeline amid the RAMpocalypse

Nvidia is introducing a 64GB version of its DGX Spark local AI workstation that’s tailored for a new generation of highly intelligent yet compact local models. Starting at $4999, the more affordable configuration is otherwise identical to the original 128GB Spark and its GB10 siblings.

OpenAI’s Jalapeño ASICs are deployed alongside AMD EPYC ‘Turin’ CPUs as hosts, not Nvidia’s Vera
OpenAI’s Jalapeño ASICs are deployed alongside AMD EPYC ‘Turin’ CPUs as hosts, not Nvidia’s Vera

OpenAI chose to pair rack-scale deployments of its Jalapeño ASIC with AMD EPYC Turin CPUs, not the wave of high-performance agentic chips like Arm’s AGI or Nvidia’s Vera.

Micron now has an 88% margin on consumer memory as price hikes drive profits
Micron now has an 88% margin on consumer memory as price hikes drive profits

Micron’s consumer business is its most profitable by margin according to the company’s fiscal Q4 2026 financial report, despite shipping less memory in the quarter.

Micro Center requires photo ID and signed no-export pledge to buy RTX 5090 gaming GPU

The form requires RTX 5090 buyers to input their personal data before getting approved to make the purchase. However, it remains unclear how Micro Center can use this information to track illegally exported GPUs.

Get over 70% off this Cherry Xtrfy MX 3.1 wired mechanical gaming keyboard
Get over 70% off this Cherry Xtrfy MX 3.1 wired mechanical gaming keyboard

Buy the full-size Cherry Xtrfy MX 3.1 mechanical gaming keyboard for only $34 with promo code WOOTCHERRY. That’s over 70% off, an all-time low, and new Woot customers can drop it $29

Gears of War E-Day is an uncharacteristically CPU-heavy Unreal Engine 5 game
Gears of War E-Day is an uncharacteristically CPU-heavy Unreal Engine 5 game

Gears of War E-Day is a surprisingly heavy Unreal Engine 5 game on the CPU. We benchmarked the game with 25 processors, as well as investigated what the “low core mode” actually does.