Miscellaneous Aspects and Concluding Remarks

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1033 words  |  Patria Henriques

The performance of the PSSDs in various real-world access traces as well as synthetic workloads was brought out in the preceding section. We also looked at the performance consistency for these cases. Power users may also be interested in performance consistency under worst-case conditions, as well as drive power consumption. The latter is also important when used with battery powered devices such as notebooks and smartphones. Pricing is also an important aspect. [Read More]

MSI MAG Z690 Tomahawk WIFI (DDR4)

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  288 words  |  Billy Koelling

Perhaps one of the most bang for buck motherboard series in recent times is back for Z690, the Tomahawk. The MSI MAG Z690 Tomahawk WIFI DDR4 includes a fairly premium feature set, but at a very reasonable price point, which puts it firmly in the mid-range of models. Looking at the aesthetics, the Tomahawk features an all-black design with matte and metallic contrasts throughout the rear panel cover, M.2 heatsinks, and the chipset heatsink for a two-toned look. [Read More]

Netflix boss claims a successful show has never been canceled, anyone with eyes and a subscription d

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  391 words  |  Martina Birk

Furious Netflix subscribers blasting the company for wielding the axe and killing off a smash hit show before its time has been a regular occurrence for several years now, but the company’s head honchos are adamant that they’ve never canceled a popular series during their entire time at the helm. Recommended Videos That’s a curious sentiment to say the least, especially when literally dozens of them have instantly entered the Top 10 most-watched list in countless countries around the world, but the almighty algorithm would seem to have a different definition of success from most people with an account. [Read More]

New DSU-110 L3 & Cluster: Massively More Bandwidth

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  720 words  |  Martina Birk

Alongside the new CPU microarchitectures, Arm today is also announcing a new L3 design in the form of the new DSU-110. The “DynamIQ Shared Unit” had been the company’s go-to cluster and “core complex” block ever since it was introduced in 2017 with the Cortex-A75 and Cortex-A55. While we’ve seen small iterative improvements, today’s DSU-110 marks a major change in how the DSU operates and how it promises to scale up in cache size and bandwidth. [Read More]

PCIe 4.0 Ready for Ryzen 3000

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  456 words  |  Kelle Repass

In preparation for the launch of AMD's next generation of Ryzen processors, GIGABYTE has released a wave of firmware updates for its X470 and B450 AM4 socket motherboards. The new firmware adds listed support for AMD's Ryzen 3000 series (Matisse) processors prior to launch. GIGABYTE has launched its own firmware updates offering users support AMD's upcoming Ryzen 3000 series processors. This not only means users can use their existing AM4 motherboards with the upcoming CPUs when they launch later this year, but upon some investigation with a GIGABYTE X470 Gaming 7 Wi-Fi motherboard we had in the lab, I flashed it to the latest F40 firmware update, and found that PCIe 4. [Read More]

PSU Buyer's Guide: Holiday 2014

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  9 minutes  |  1754 words  |  Tandra Barner

In this Holiday Buyer's Guide, we will be evaluating and recommending desktop PC power supply units. We should clarify that the selection of a PSU is based on parameters both objective (e.g. wattage, performance) and subjective (e.g. design, modular cables). That makes it very difficult to limit the selection of a PSU to just one per possible target class. We will be recommending at least two options for each market, based on objective parameters and our subjective opinion. [Read More]

RHONY: Who is Abraham Lichy?

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  570 words  |  Tandra Barner

The Real Housewives franchise persists as one of television’s most enduringly popular reality franchises. Recommended Videos After launching with The Real Housewives of Orange County in 2006, the Real Housewives blossomed into a titanic franchise. A full 11 American series were born of that single concept, along with a whopping 21 international iterations. These days, the show — which follows a group of affluent women as they live their lives, stir up drama, and talk endless smack — has a foothold in nearly every region of the States, and its spin-off series’ are nearly as popular. [Read More]

Ringo Starr Once Explained How the Abbey Road Cover Was the Result of The Beatles Shooting Dow

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  651 words  |  Martina Birk

Music Ringo Starr once explained the famous photo on the 'Abbey Road' cover was a result of The Beatles shooting down several more ambitious ideas. Published on September 29, 2022 3 min read Depending on which fans you ask, The Beatles reached their high water mark with Abbey Road. The album remains a testament to the band’s prowess, even though it contains a mistake that made the final cut. [Read More]

Software - Nokia Lumia 830 Review

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  618 words  |  Tandra Barner

Software In our past Lumia reviews, we have gone over a lot of the new features brought to the table by the Lumia line. It makes little sense to rehash the same thing again, so I will just make mention of those before looking at a few new things. Refer back to the Lumia 630 and Lumia 930 reviews for a more in-depth look at the base software. First, like the other new Lumias launched this year, the 830 also supports “SensorCore” to track movement data. [Read More]

Spectacular Spider-Gwen fan poster reunites Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  314 words  |  Tandra Barner

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home. Recommended Videos This spectacular Spider-Gwen fan poster reunites Andrew Garfield’s Spidey with his one true love, or at least her superpowered variant. With the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home, the Amazing Spider-Man franchise is being reappraised and championed by fans once more, with many campaigning for Sony to revisit and expand the sadly truncated franchise going forward. And one way to do that would be to bring back Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy. [Read More]