AMD's Zen 4 I/O Die Shot Reveals A Fascinating Ryzen CCD Detail

Hot Headlines In Tech For Today [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [AMD's Zen 4 I/O Die Shot Reveals A Fascinating Ryzen CCD Detail]( By Zak Killian on Mar 06, 2023 02:51 pm [AMD's Zen 4 I/O Die Shot Reveals A Fascinating Ryzen CCD Detail]( Most of the details of the design and fabrication of microprocessors are not public. A major source of information on these components is actually various analyses performed by enthusiasts using the detailed die shots released by Intel, NVIDIA, and AMD. One component we'd been lacking a die shot for was the cIOD, or "I/O die" on Zen 4 processors, [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Microsoft Unveils Edge Web Browser Video Super Resolution On NVIDIA And AMD GPUs]( By Mark Tyson on Mar 06, 2023 12:34 pm [Microsoft Unveils Edge Web Browser Video Super Resolution On NVIDIA And AMD GPUs]( Microsoft is preparing a new AI-powered upscaling technology for distribution as part of its Edge browser experience, dubbed Video Super Resolution (VSR). The technology behind VSR sounds a lot like NVIDIA’s recently enabled RTX Video Super Resolution, or RTX VSR. However, Microsoft's implementation has a great advantage in that it works on [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [A GeForce GPU Driver Bug Is Causing Major CPU Spikes On Gaming PCs]( By Ryan Whitwam on Mar 06, 2023 12:23 pm [A GeForce GPU Driver Bug Is Causing Major CPU Spikes On Gaming PCs]( People buy expensive video cards to make their computers faster, but the opposite is happening for some owners of NVIDIA GPUs, that's to an apparent driver bug. Affected individuals report strangely high CPU usage at various times, causing higher temperatures and sluggish performance. The issue seems to trace back to a recent driver update. [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Meta Slashes Quest 2 And Quest Pro VR Headset Prices But Should You Pounce?]( By Tim Sweezy on Mar 06, 2023 12:12 pm [Meta Slashes Quest 2 And Quest Pro VR Headset Prices But Should You Pounce?]( Meta has slashed prices for its Meta Quest 2 256GB and Meta Quest Pro VR headsets. However, you may want to hold off on pulling the trigger on either. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared the news on his Instagram profile, letting everyone know that the company would be cutting the cost of its 256GB version of the Meta Quest 2 by $70, and slashing [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Samsung Said To Be Developing Its Own CPU Dubbed Galaxy Chip For Its Laptops]( By Aaron Leong on Mar 06, 2023 11:11 am [Samsung Said To Be Developing Its Own CPU Dubbed Galaxy Chip For Its Laptops]( A recent rumor suggests Samsung Electronics Co. may be developing CPUs for its ARM-based Windows laptops, possibly arriving as soon as 2025. In an interesting potential strategy shift, Samsung Electronics has shown signs that it may be planning in-house designed and built CPUs to reduce its reliance on third-party ARM CPU suppliers, according [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Could Bring High Speed Cortex-X4 For A Big Android Performance Lift]( By Paul Lilly on Mar 06, 2023 10:50 am [Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Could Bring High Speed Cortex-X4 For A Big Android Performance Lift]( It remains to be seen if Qualcomm will end up releasing a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 2 refresh, but either way there is already chatter (unofficial) pointing to a true next-gen release, that being the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. According to what's being said, the upcoming system-on-chip (SoC) will offer a bigger generational jump in performance than last [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [NASA Captures An Incredibly Powerful X-Class Solar Flare Erupting On The Sun]( By Tim Sweezy on Mar 06, 2023 10:32 am [NASA Captures An Incredibly Powerful X-Class Solar Flare Erupting On The Sun]( NASA just shareed some amazing images of a powerful solar flare emitted by our Sun on March 3, 2023. The images were taken by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), and show a subset of extreme ultraviolet light, highlighting the immensely hot material contained within the solar flares. Solar flares are mammoth eruptions of electromagnetic [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [iPhone 15 Video Leak Reveals Key Design Changes Headed To Apple's Next-Gen Smartphone]( By Aaron Leong on Mar 06, 2023 09:58 am [iPhone 15 Video Leak Reveals Key Design Changes Headed To Apple's Next-Gen Smartphone]( The iPhone 15 series might be getting thinner display bezels and Dynamic Islands all around, if parts that recently leaked from China are an indicator. Purported videos of the iPhone 15 front glass panels were leaked on Bilibili and then by ShrimpApplePro on Twitter, with the latter stating that their source had confirmed the authenticity [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Pure Storage Claims Its Monster 300 Terabyte NVMe SSDs Are Coming For Data Centers]( By Paul Lilly on Mar 06, 2023 09:44 am [Pure Storage Claims Its Monster 300 Terabyte NVMe SSDs Are Coming For Data Centers]( The world's first commercial flash-based solid state drive checked in at a meager 20MB when it shipped over three decades ago. A lot has changed since then and these days 1TB and 2TB SSDs are commonplace, while 4TB and even 8TB SSDs lay on the fringe of high-end consumer systems. 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