AMD's new Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor has just gotten the delidding treatment, giving us a look at the next-gen 3D V-Cache that will see AMD with the "Fastest Gaming CPU" on the planet when it releases.

Our friends at Wccftech have delidded AMD's new Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor, which once delidded "will look like a standard Ryzen 9000 chip with a single CCD and IO die". There are multiple power caps on the outskirts, and the CCD and IOS are positioned in the same manner as the Ryzen 9000 series CPUs based on the Zen 5 core architecture, but Wccftech teases "there's one big change that's evident by looking at the CCD".

Hassan writes that on previous generations of 3D V-Cache like the Ryzen 5000X3D and Ryzen 7000X3D processors, "you can see traces of the 3D V-Cache stack when light is reflected at a certain angle".

Sony's first-party developers are currently rolling out PS5 Pro updates to its games so early adopters can take advantage of the new console's hardware on day one. With a GPU featuring 67% more Compute Units, 28% faster memory, new advanced ray-tracing hardware, and AI-powered upscaling with PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR), it's set to become the world's most powerful gaming console when it launches on November 7.

With Naughty Dog updating The Last of Us Part 1 and The Last of Us Part 2 last week with new PS5 Pro modes, it was Insomniac Games' turn over the weekend. The celebrated studio released new PS5 Pro updates for Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. Surprisingly, the studio is adding PC-like graphics controls beyond the choice of Performance and Fidelity modes.

In Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Version 1.004, PlayStation 5 Pro owners are given new graphical toggles to adjust the game's real-time ray-tracing effects. The game now includes individual controls for RT shadows, reflections, and ambient occlusion - with the ability to turn these on or off one by one and adjust the quality setting.

With the launch of the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K CPU last week, Team Blue's latest flagship has been tested in several workloads. Per our in-depth review, the new chip is more efficient than previous Intel generations (though still power-hungry), and performance excels in multi-threaded workloads. However, regarding gaming performance, "Arrow Lake feels underdone," with results falling below the entire Zen 5 lineup from AMD.

Our review also examined the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K's iGPU performance. The built-in 4 x Xe Cores using Arc graphics technology present a sizable step up for Intel compared to previous generations. Although it's not something that most people will use - for example, Zen 5 Ryzen 9000 desktop chips only feature integrated graphics for basic troubleshooting - it's still cool to see.

In addition to our review that tested the iGPU in games like F1 22 and Far Cry 6, YouTube channel ETA Prime has put together a video focusing primarily on the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K's integrated graphics performance. 60+ FPS DOOM Eternal, anyone?

Kingston is proudly announcing its new FURY Renegade DDR5 CUDIMM memory has been overclocked, and broken the memory OC world record at an insane 12,108MT/s running on Intel's new Z890 platform.

The new Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5 UDIMM memory modules were used on an MSI MEG Z890 UNIFY-X motherboard running Intel's new Core Ultra 200 series "Arrow Lake-S" desktop processor. The DDR5 CUDIMM memory modules were cooled with liquid nitrogen (LN2 cooling) to hit these lofty speeds, with timings of 42-120-120-127-2.

The CPU of choice was Intel's new Core Ultra 7 265KF processor (KF = no integrated GPU) and its E-Cores disabled, and the CPU frequency down quite low to just 400MHz, allowing for the insane DDR5-12108 world record for Kingston and its new FURY Renegade DDR5 CUDIMM memory modules.

The new AYANEO AG01: Starship is the company's first eGPU or external graphics solution and is now available for purchase. Shipping is slated for the end of November. For the $599 USD price, you get a portable AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT GPU with 8GB of DDR6 memory that can connect via OCuLink, USB4, or Thunderbolt.

Additional features and functionality of the device include additional USB-A and Ethernet ports, a slot for an M.2 2280 SSD, SD Card expansion, and multiple HDMI and DisplayPort outputs. Designed for gaming handhelds, laptops, and Mini PCs, the AYANEO AG01: Starship is an all-in-one gaming dock for various devices. The SSD slot is an excellent touch as the AYANEO AG01: Starship can store all of the games it's used to play on the device.

Setting all of that aside, the physical design and look of the AYANEO AG01: Starship is impressive, like something out of a sci-fi film from the 1980s. The big round button is not only the "engine" start for the unit, but it also includes a dial to boost and overclock the GPU by upping the power from 100W to 120W.

Intel is struggling... we all know it, Samsung is struggling... we all know it... but now rumors are swirling that Intel Foundry and Samsung Foundry could combine forces to compete against the semiconductor leader: TSMC.

In a new video from leaker Moore's Law is Dead, his sources have said that Intel and Samsung could combine resources in their foundries, to compete with TSMC. As I was writing this story, I noticed that South Korea's Daily Economic News that Intel and Samsung are in discussions to form a "wafer foundry alliance" to fight TSMC.

UDN reports that the industry is concerned that Intel could shift its processor outsourcing orders as a "conditioin of exchange" with Samsung, which will affect TSMC (but not too much, they're too busy fabbing chips for NVIDIA, AMD, Qualcomm, MediaTek, Apple, and more).

A disappointing ending has been reached by the massive effort made to preserve video game history following the recent ruling from the US copyright office.

For three years, the Video Game History Foundation (VGF), along with the Software Preservation Network (SPN), has been backing and pushing a petition to the US copyright office to request a DMCA takedown exemption to build online libraries and archives of video games that are no longer being printed. These digital game libraries of archives would grant researchers or historians the right to access the games through emulators. The VGF argues this is particularly important considering 87% of all video game releases in the US before 2010 are now out of print.

So, what happened? The new ruling has cited the Entertainment Software Association's and other industry lobby groups' belief that there would be a "significant risk that preserved video games would be used for recreational purposes." This line of reasoning sounds ridiculous when you consider that current libraries already lend out digital forms of media, which the majority of people consume for recreational purposes.

Kingston has confirmed its new FURY Renegade DDR5 CUDIMM memory modules are coming, with up to DDR5-6400 speeds and in up to 48GB kits.

The new Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5 CUDIMMs are compatible with Intel's new 800 series chipset, which is ready for the just-launched Core Ultra 200 series "Arrow Lake-S" desktop CPUs. The new Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5 CUDIMM memory comes in RGB and non-RGB form, with speeds out of the box of 8400MT/s and available in 24GB single module, and 48GB dual-channel kits.

Kristy Ernt, DRAM business manager, Kingston said: "Our new 8400MT/s CUDIMM modules have been thoroughly tested, qualified by the top motherboard manufacturers, and Intel XMP certified on the new Intel Z890 motherboards with Intel Core Ultra Series 2 processors. The introduction of overclockable DDR5 CUDIMM modules allows us to reach a broader range of professionals who demand top-tier performance and want to push the limits of their systems without compromising signal integrity".

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang says that AI will do some jobs with 1000x higher productivity than humans, but AI will never fully replace the humans that perform these jobs.

At NVIDIA's October AI Summit held in Mumbai, India, CEO Jensen Huang said: "As we speak, AI has no possibility of doing what we do. Depending on the jobs we do, it could do 20% of our jobs 1000 times better. For some people, it could do 50% of their job 1000x better. But in no job can they do all of it".

Jensen was asked if AI would take his job -- as the CEO of NVIDIA -- to which he replied: "absolutely not".

Can you imagine the world as we know it, if Intel had acquired NVIDIA back in 2005 for just $20 billion? That's exactly what CEO at the time Paul Otellini floated to the board at Intel, but the "deal of a lifetime" was denied.

In a new report from The New York Times, we're learning that former Intel CEO Pat Otellini pitched the idea of buying NVIDIA during a board meeting at the time, with the intent that the design of graphics chips would be fundamental for data center scalability in the future, but the pitch was rejected... I bet that hurts now, real, real bad.

We don't know exactly why the board at Intel denied the pitch to buy NVIDIA at the time, but it would've been a rather big acquisition at the time and $20 billion would've been a decent chunk of coin in 2005... however, that $20 billion is now worth $3.5+ trillion now.

AMD's new Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor will feature "next-generation 3D V-Cache" and "better thermal performance" according to AMD, with around 16% more IPC performance and boost clocks of up to 5.2GHz on the 9800X3D.

In a new post on X by leaker "HXL" we're finding out that the Ryzen 9000X3D series processors will see AMD rearranging the order of the 3D V-Cache on each chiplet. AMD's previous-gen Zen 4-based Ryzen 7000X3D processors had 3D V-Cache positioned on top of each CCD (Core Complex Die) which features 8 cores, while the new Zen 5-based Ryzen 9000X3D processors will have the CCDs sitting on top of the V-Cache... interesting.

AMD moving the CCDs to on top of the next-gen 3D V-Cache could be to get the CCDs closer to the IHS, which would provide the "better thermal performance" claims from the company. I can't wait for the geeky tech break down of AMD's upcoming Ryzen 9000X3D series CPUs, especially the upcoming Ryzen 7 9800X3D that will destroy Intel's just-released flagship Core Ultra 9 285K processor.

SK hynix has reported its Q3 2024 financial report, noting new records in revenue and net profit, achieving the best-ever quarterly performance with "increasing premium product sales" on based on its #1 AI memory technology.

The South Korean memory leader noted strong demand of memory for AI servers, with HBM memory share of DRAM revenues for SK hynix in Q3 2024 hitting 30% and forecasted to reach 40% in Q4 2024 (especially as NVIDIA's new Blackwell B200 and GB200 are now in the wild with the fastest HBM3E memory on-board).

SK hynix reported revenues of 17.5731 trillion won (around $12.6 billion USD or so), operating profits of 70.3 trillion won (around $5 billion USD or so) and net profits of 5.7534 trillion won (around $4.1 billion USD or so). The company emphasized that the demand for AI memory continued to be strong centered on data center customers, and the company marked its highest revenue since its foundation by expanding sales of premium products such as HBM and eSSD. In particular, HBM sales showed excellent growth, up more than 70% from the previous quarter and more than 330% from the same period last year.

Tesla released its Q3 2024 earnings with stock surging 17% on Thursday morning, including the fact that the EV automaker shipped 462,890 vehicles in Q3 2024.

Tesla explained in its press release: "In the third quarter, we produced approximately 470,000 vehicles, delivered approximately 463,000 vehicles and deployed 6.9 GWh of energy storage products".

The company said in its earnings deck: "We delivered strong results in Q3 with growth in vehicle deliveries both sequentially and year-on-year, resulting in record third-quarter volumes. Preparations remain underway for our offering of new vehicles - including more affordable models - which we will begin launching in the first half of 2025".

V-color has just launched its first DDR5 CUDIMM memory with the introduction of its new Manta Xfinity memory, launching in a 48GB kit (2 x 24GB sticks) in two color schemes: black and silver, or black and gold... both of them look real nice.

Just like the other CUDIMM memory unleashed in the last couple of weeks, v-color's new Manta Xfinity CUDIMM memory modules have a client clock driver (CKD) on each module, dynamically adjusting clock speed and voltages based on system status. This helps drop the power consumption and increase stability, but mostly it allows for higher speeds than regular DDR5 memory modules.

The new v-color Manta Xfinity DDR5 CUDIMM memory comes in a single kit right now with 48GB (2 x 24GB sticks) with speeds of 8800MT/s and timings of 42-56-56-134. We have operating voltages of 1.45V, with an RGB version available which adds even more flair (but even with the RGB lighting off, these new modules look sleek AF).

Elon Musk's brain implant company Neuralink has some new competition as a company whose founding members were previously at Neuralink announced a new eye implant capable of enabling blind people to read once again.

Former President of Neuralink and now current CEO of California-based brain-computer interface company Science Corporation, Max Hodak, acquired the new technology from Pixium Vision earlier this year, and according to reports the specific implant is referred to as the Prima. Notably, the implant doesn't stimulate the retina, but instead bypasses it and directly communicates with the brain through electrical signals.

Here's how it works. The Prima is placed under the retina in the backmost part of the eye over just an 80-minute procedure. The patient wears a pair of glasses that capture visual information and then convert that information into patterns of infrared light that are processed on the tiny implanted 2 mm chip. The implant has 378 light-powered pixels, and once the chip has converted the infrared light pattern into electrical signals, they are sent to the brain. The electrical pulses from the chip mimic natural sight electrical pulses, and as a result, the user can achieve "form vision," or the perception of shapes, patterns, and objects.

Corsair is already pushing the boundaries of new DDR5 CUDIMM memory modules, with its new Vengeance DDR5 CUDIMM modules shown off overclocked to a lofty 10000MT/s.

In a new post on X, the official Corsair account posted "Our Vengeance DDR5 CUDIMM modules can run at up to 10000MT/s, and look good while doing it. Be on the lookout for the sticks to drop in early November". Corsair hasn't made its new Vengeance DDR5 CUDIMM memory modules official just yet, but early November is... well, within the next two weeks, so we're not far away.

Corsair has some early samples of its new Vengeance DDR5 CUDIMM memory modules in-house, where their OC teams have been playing around and pushed them to past 10000MT/s which is an impressive feat.

A few weeks ago we heard about Nintendo sending out Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) to players requesting they participate in an upcoming online playtest for a secret title.

As with every NDA, individuals who agree to the contract are unable to share footage, images or even discuss the contents of what they will witness. However, Nintendo's playtest involved more than 10,000 players, and this is the internet we are talking about here. As I predicted earlier this month, with thousands of players involved, it's more than likely something is going to get leaked. In response, Nintendo's DMCA machine gun is running red hot as it fires off takedown notices for any published content of the unannounced title. But that hasn't stopped the leaks.

Enough images and videos have surfaced online that we can work out what the new title will entail for players. Judging by what has popped up online here, here, and here, it appears Nintendo is working on an MMO that combines Minecraft and Roblox but with Nintendo shine. Players will be able to populate an entire planet with various creations and explore to discover new lands, enemies, and resources. Furthermore, players will be able to build up and eventually connect their floating islands with other islands, expanding their domain and creative possibilities.

CrowdStrike, the company behind the software that caused the largest IT outage in history has been hit with a lawsuit by Delta Airlines, after the IT outage caused millions of Windows machines to be thrown into boot loops and as a result, Delta lost hundreds of millions of dollars.

It was back in early August that Delta Airlines CEO sat down for an interview and fired off accusations at CrowdStrike for its catastrophic IT failure. For those that don't know, CrowdStrike is a cybersecurity company that provides security solutions that operate within the kernel of Windows machines. CrowdStrike rolled out an update to its Falcon sensor (the company's cybersecurity software), and since this update contained a faulty driver, approximately 8.5 million Windows machines around the world were thrown into bootloops that required in-person remediation.

Delta Airlines was hit the hardest of any airline, and according to the company's CEO, the airline had to manually reset 40,000 servers and cancel more than 7,000 flights. In early August, the company's CEO said it hired a new legal team to pursue damages from CrowdStrike as it claims it has sustained approximately $500 million in damages from the outage.

Despite breaking exclusivity with multiple first-party games, Microsoft's latest annual report says that "exclusive games content" is a measure of growth of its interactive entertainment business.

Microsoft has lofty goals for Xbox. The company wants to bring its gaming business everywhere that people currently are, including mobile phones, the living room, PCs, even directly to TVs via cloud streaming. Microsoft has the service infrastructure and technology, and now that it's armed with 20x game franchises that have made over $1 billion each, it also has the content.

But there's just one issue: delivery. Xbox consoles have been flagging for years, leading Microsoft to not only purchase some of the biggest third-party publishers on the planet with Activision-Blizzard and ZeniMax, but also start releasing its games in competing platforms. Earlier this year, Microsoft brought four more first-party games to PlayStation and Nintendo Switch, a trend that will continue with Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. At one point, Microsoft even had more first-party games on the PS Store's top 10 best-sellers than Sony did. The age of exclusivity seems to be behind us, or at the very least, behind the overarching goal of higher numbers and better margins.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 seemingly has a serious problem which renders upscaling tech like NVIDIA DLSS, AMD FSR, and Intel XeSS pretty much useless in the game.

This is the rather shaky state of affairs according to reports on Reddit, where Redditor 'Important_Shake_1491' has led the charge with pinning down evidence to the effect that DLSS and the other upscalers are essentially broken.

As you can see in the above post (which was noticed by Wccftech), the Redditor reckons that turning on DLSS (or whatever your chosen upscaling solution happens to be) in Black Ops 6 kicks in a performance overhead of something like 40%.