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245.76 Terabytes of storage is an impressive number, but it's what's called for in the age of generative AI and the insatiable demand for flash memory and storage. KIOXIA's new LC9 Series is the industry's first high-capacity 245.76 TB NVMe SSD built for the enterprise data center market, available in 2.5-inch and Enterprise and Datacenter Standard Form Factors (EDSFF).

It's a game changer not only because of the capacity, but because KIOXIA's new LC9 Series is built using the company's latest flash memory technology. Powered by KIOXIA's new 8th Gen BiCS FLASH with CBA (CMOS directly Bonded to Array) technology, you're getting 32 2-Terabit (Tb) dies to be stacked together to deliver industry-leading density.

And yes, this also means PCIe 5.0 speeds, with sequential read speeds of up to 12,000 MB/sec and sequential write speeds of up to 3,000 MB/sec. On an SSD offering nearly 250TB of storage capacity, it's impressive, alongside meeting the demands of cutting-edge generative AI setups.

The upcoming billiards simulator Pure Pool Pro has been confirmed to run at native 8K 60FPS without the use of PSSR upscaling on the PlayStation 5 Pro. Check it out in all of its 33 million pixels below:

Pure Pool Pro will run at native 8K 60FPS on the PS5 Pro console, and at native 4K 120FPS on the standard PS5, all without PSSR upscaling. Ripstone Games' boss George Holland explains: "We know this sounds like a tall claim, but the nature of the pool being fixed around the table, our relatively lightweight proprietary engine, and our initial pre-alpha testing before any optimisations leads us to believe it's achievable".

Holland continued, adding that because of the pool being fixed around the billiard table, the relatively lightweight proprietary engine, and in the studio's initial pre-alpha testing (this is before any optimization is done), the team believes that Pure Pool Pro will run at native 8K 60FPS on the PS5 Pro without upscaling.

Samsung Electronics is reportedly focusing on substance over speed when it comes to its bleeding-edge 2nm process node, with the South Korean company "preparing for a 3-4 year long-term competition with TSMC".

In a new report from DigiTimes picked up by insider @Jukanrosleve on X, we're hearing that the launch of Samsung's new 2nm process node is expected to launch in the second half of this year, behind TSMC in yield, but "steadily identifying areas for improvement".

US chip giants Apple, AMD, and NVIDIA are running to TSMC to have their next-gen 2nm chips made at the Taiwanese semiconductor fabs, but Samsung plans to leverage its improved yields and cost-effectiveness by 2026 to prepare for the long game.

NVIDIA and MediaTek have reportedly delayed their collaborative Arm-based AI PC processor into Q1 2026, after rumors that there were issues with the silicon in the last few days.

In a new report from DigiTimes, the outlet says their supply chain sources say that a combination of delays in Microsoft's operating system roadmap, ongoing chip revisions at NVIDIA, and weakening demand in the overall notebook market have seen the Arm-based AI PC processor delayed until the first quarter of 2026.

The two companies originally aimed to launch the "N1X" processor in Q3 2025, aiming at both the premium consumer and commercial sectors, but after the unveiling event not taking place at Computex 2025 in late May, and now the new issues with the silicon and Windows on Arm, we're looking at a possible CES 2026 reveal and Q1 2026 release.

Tesla has just opened its first 1950s-inspired retro-futuristic diner and drive-in Supercharger station in Los Angeles, but there are plans for more if this one is a success.

SpaceX and Tesla boss Elon Musk explained on his X post: "if our retro-futuristic diner turns out well, which I think it will, Tesla will establish these in major cities around the world, as well as at Supercharger sites on long distance routes. An island of good food, good vibes & entertainment, all while Supercharging!"

The new Tesla Diner has massive screens in the car park that display videos, but those videos will play inside of your Tesla Model S, Model 3, Model X, Model Y, or Cybertruck, too. So if you're Supercharging your Tesla and want to sit in the car in favor of sitting in the diner, you can enjoy some videos while you wait (even though your Tesla has multiple apps for video streaming such as Netflix, YouTube, and more).

We can expect the upcoming Battlefield 6 open beta to kick off on August 4, revealed by members of the 1BF Telegram group after they discovered the news inside the API on EA's backend servers.

They spotted the Battlefield 6 open beta build is expected on August 4, and while the open beta might not go live on that day, it should be very close to that from recent reports. EA is expected to officially unveil Battlefield 6 during a three-day event later this month, where the open beta should kick off shortly after.

Battlefield 6's big reveal event later this month will be joined by the opening of pre-orders -- which gamers should be careful about considering the mess of the last few entries in the franchise -- and according to another Redditor, a "early open beta access" line has been spotted in the API, which continues the trend of pre-orders giving gamers early access to beta tests.

ASUS has just launched its ExpertCenter Pro ET900N G3: its first desktop system powered by NVIDIA's new GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra Desktop Superchip. Check it out:

The new NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell Desktop Superchip combines the Grace Arm-based CPU with NVIDIA's new GB300 Blackwell Ultra GPU, the same hardware combination that powers the new DGX Station announced earlier this year at GTC 2025.

We have up to 784GB of unified LPDDR5X and HBM3E memory inside of the new ASUS ExpertCenter Pro ET900N G3 system, with next-gen Tensor Cores with enhanced FP4 precision, making the ASUS ExpertCenter Pro ET900N G3 desktop supercomputer perfect for AI training, inference, and large-scale model deployment.

The new Doom total conversion mod Fallout Bakersfield gets an official trailer, showing what Interplay's 1997 cRPG would have been like as a first-person shooter.

The volunteer dev team at Red888Guns has released a new gameplay trailer for Fallout Bakersfield, a new Doom WAD that brings the post-apocalyptic world of Fallout 1 into the first-person realm. The gritty, old-school pixelated graphics from the 90s RPG are retained in Bakersfield, complete with a HUD that hearkens back to this golden age of gamin--there's even a status pane that shows text-based world state updates in real time.

"Fallout Bakersfield is a non-commercial 1993' Doom total conversion (GZDoom WAD). The main goal was to transfer the original atmosphere to the first-person mode. It's a sprite-based game running on the GZDoom engine," the description reads.

SIXUNITED might be a brand you've never heard of before, but the company has just revealed its new XN77 laptop that features AMD's powerful Ryzen AI Max+ 395 "Strix Halo" APU. Check it out:

The new SIXUNITED XN77 laptop features the flagship AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 "Strix Halo" APU with an 85W and 120W TDP mode, sporting a dual-fan cooling system to keep the chip cool. The flagship Strix Halo APU packs 16 cores and 32 threads of Zen 5 processing power, and a powerful 40-core RDNA 3.5-based Radeon 8060S integrated GPU.

Inside we've got support for LPDDR5X memory at 8000MT/s with no options for upgrades, with the Strix Halo APU supporting up to 128GB of RAM, we should see somewhere between 64GB and 128GB of RAM inside of the SIXUNITED XN77 laptop. There's also support for up to dual Gen4 SSDs in M.2 2280 form factor.

AMD's new Threadripper PRO flagship processor has had a mighty overclock applied which has seen the chip reach a towering Cinebench score, given that it's not using exotic cooling. However, what's even more eye-opening is the wattage consumed in doing so.

The Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX managed to attain a score of 186,800 in Cinebench R23, while reaching 5GHz across all 96 cores. SkyWalkerAMD pulled off this feat as VideoCardz noticed in the HWBOT rankings.

Given the number of cores involved here, and the fact that they were being driven to 5GHz across the board, the power pulled was massive: 947W to be precise.

As fears rise of generative AI replacing art and artists, Microsoft's head of AI says that real human creativity will still be important.

Artificial intelligence is here, and it's shaking up the tech world with billions invested in the new tech. Microsoft, one of the biggest supporters and accelerators of AI, is reportedly restructuring its business around AI. The fear is high that AI will heavily disrupt art, entertainment, and interactive content production, especially in gaming; Microsoft's proprietary MUSE generative AI can create games with controller inputs alone.

Mustafa Suleyman, the CEO of Microsoft's AI division, tries to allay these worries with assurances that humans will still be integral to the new AI revolution. Especially when it comes to creation and production--Suleyman, like most proponents of the tech, believes that AI will augment human skills and abilities in various fields.

Apple has been rumored for quite some time to be developing a foldable iPhone that is scheduled to be released in 2026, and with the launch of that product, the company will be deviating away from its traditional strategy.

The foldable iPhone is one of, if not the most exciting, product Apple is working on behind the scenes, as many are expecting the device to reshape what we currently know as a foldable smartphone. This assumption comes from Apple's prowess and self-description that when it enters a new product category, it, while it may be late, is typically the best.

That statement is true for the most part as Apple has reshaped many product categories and in many ways legitimized new ones. For example, the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and AirPods were all massive commercial successes that revamped the aforementioned categories.

NVIDIA's laptop version of the RTX 5090 has been a disappointment for some gamers - at least in some respects - but what if you could make it 20% faster, or more?

That's what an intrepid YouTuber, GizmoSlipTech, has managed to do, but it involves a complex and risky form of overclocking known as shunt modding.

This involves replacing a resistor on the graphics card (or adding one in parallel) to mess with the voltage controls, and essentially pipe through more power than would otherwise be allowed.

Tactical shooter Ready or Not has sold 1 million copies in just four days on the console market, developer Void Interactive has announced.

Ready or Not made a splash in the FPS world when it launched in 2023, and since then, the game has amassed more than 10 million total sales. The gritty shooter takes players on high-octane SWAT missions where split-second timing is critical, simulating dangerous situations like hostage negotiations and all-out firefights.

Void Interactive recently released Ready or Not on consoles, and the response has been massive to say the least, with 1 million sales in less than a week on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. Considering the game is priced at $50, that's a sizable breakout performance for the independent studio. One million sales in such a short time is enviable of even AAA productions.

When it comes to modern GPUs, raw performance remains a key metric for determining whether you can game in 1080p, 1440p, or 4K. However, in the age of Super Resolution and Frame Generation technologies, including NVIDIA DLSS, AMD FSR, and Intel XeSS, raw performance is only a part of the overall picture and story.

In fact, without DLSS, real-time Path Tracing in games like DOOM: The Dark Ages and Half-Life 2 RTX runs slow and looks noticeably worse, even on a GeForce RTX 5080. With new AI-enhanced rendering technologies designed to boost image quality, such as Neural Radiance Cache and Ray Reconstruction, overall image quality and presentation are now key metrics for measuring a GPU's performance and the experiences it can deliver. NVIDIA has already confirmed that when it comes to its latest generation of GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs, over 90% of users are gaming with DLSS enabled.

This is where Intel's latest tool, the Computer Graphics Visual Quality Metric (CGVQM), enters the picture. Although it evaluates gameplay video, it's a tool built for the new era of DLSS, FSR, and XeSS-powered gaming.

Foxconn is pushing hard into its AI server business, after pumping out NVIDIA GB200 AI servers in Q2 2024, and beginning production of NVIDIA's new GB300 AI servers, it's also preparing for NVIDIA's next-gen Vera Rubin AI servers starting this month.

In a new report from UDN picked up by insider @Jukanrosleve, the Chinese manufacturer expects NVIDIA's next-gen Vera Rubin AI servers to be the main product to drive performance growth in 2026 to 2027. Foxconn boss Liu Yangwei has previously said that the company has always been a major customer's co-development partner when it comes to AI servers, and that "major customer" is NVIDIA.

Foxconn participates in the development of next-gen products with NVIDIA, with supply chain sources saying that according to Foxconn's shipping schedule, GB200 AI servers are being shipped this year, next-gen GB300 AI servers have already started small-scale production, and will become its main product for AI server shipments in the first half of 2026.

Patriot has launched its new flagship SSD, the Viper Gaming PV593 PCIe Gen5 x4 M.2 2280 SSD. With its cutting-edge TSMC 6nm-powered Silicon Motion SM2508 controller, offering intelligent power management and cool temperatures during heavy workloads, the Viper Gaming PV593 boasts read and write speeds of up to 14,000 MB/s and 13,000 MB/s, making it an excellent choice for all enthusiasts.

PCIe Gen5 storage has advanced significantly in recent years, not just in terms of speed. With new controllers like the Silicon Motion SM2508, you're now getting the thermal performance and efficiency to match the incredible speeds. Patriot notes that its latest flagship SSD is just about twice as fast as PCIe Gen4 and over four times faster than Gen3 SSDs.

The new Viper Gaming PV593 also features DRAM cache and dynamic SLC technology for improved application performance and faster loading, resulting in impressive 4K random read/write speeds of up to 2000K/1650K IOPS. This is the sort of fast zero-lag responsiveness that creators, editors, and AI enthusiasts are looking for.

AMD has introduced its most affordable Ryzen AI processor yet, with the new AMD Ryzen AI 5 330 offering up to 50 TOPS of AI performance for portable and mobile devices. It joins the company's growing line-up of Ryzen AI 300 Series processors, with this budget option sporting a quad-core processor with a 4.5 GHz boost clock.

This is more than enough power to meet Microsoft's Copilot+ PC requirements for accessing native Windows AI capabilities, including real-time translation and subtitles, image generation, AI-enhanced search, and more. The Ryzen AI 5 330 is also optimized for efficiency, featuring a configurable TDP range of 15W to 28W.

As a more budget-friendly option that will power a new wave of more affordable AMD-powered Copilot+ PCs, it's worth noting that this new silicon is based on AMD's Krackan Point technology and not the newer Strix Point. Additionally, to keep the price down, the integrated RDNA graphics have been significantly cut down.

ASRock's DeskMini series of mini PCs offers a portable, ultra-compact solution designed for efficiency and performance, catering to businesses, students, enthusiasts, and those seeking a simple all-in-one PC gaming solution. ASRock has announced two new additions to its DeskMini lineup, the DeskMini X600 and DeskMini B860, powered by AMD and Intel hardware.

The new DeskMini X600 Series features AM5 Ryzen 9000/8000/7000 series processors, paired with fast DDR5 memory clocked at 6400+ MHz. This new DeskMini is upgraded with a USB4 port, multiple M.2 SSD slots, and triple display support, covering USB-C, HDMI, and DisplayPort. AMD's portable AM5 Ryzen APUs include integrated Radeon and RDNA graphics, providing owners with an efficient and powerful device for both productivity and gaming.

The new DeskMini B860 Series includes support for Intel Core Ultra Series 2 processors, which all feature an NPU for lightweight AI workloads. These variants also include quad-video output over HDMI 2.1, two DisplayPort ports, and Thunderbolt 4.

Previously exclusive to Asia, Razer has confirmed that its officially licensed Pokémon gear is now available in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. This collaboration with The Pokémon Company sees Razer transform several of its PC gaming peripherals into vibrant Pikachu and Pokémon-themed gear.

The lineup includes a keyboard, headset, mouse, and mouse mat, covering all the main essentials you need. The Razer BlackWidow V4 X - Pokémon Edition ($169.99) keyboard provides a wired solution featuring clicky, tactile mechanical switches, a scroll wheel, RGB lighting, and a design that showcases popular Pokémon, including Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle.

The Razer Kraken V4 X - Pokémon Edition ($99.99) features a similar design, replacing the usual Razer green with a more fitting Pikachu and Pokémon yellow. This wired headset features Razer's impressive TriForce drivers and HyperClear microphone, as well as RGB lighting and support for 7.1 surround sound.