The silicon goldrush is coming, but chip demand is evaporating Leave it to the economy to throw another wrench into the semiconductor supply chain Systems10 Aug 2022 | 4
Intel challenges Nvidia, AMD with trio of workstation GPUs For those that just can't wait for AV1 encoding Systems09 Aug 2022 | 13
Too little, too late: Intel's legacy is eroding Comment Can Pat stop the rot – or is the chip giant facing a Kodak moment? Systems05 Aug 2022 | 90
Specs leak of 5.7GHz AMD Ryzen 7000 chips with double the L2 cache These might be the 5nm Zen 4 desktop processors due to land this quarter Personal Tech04 Aug 2022 | 16
AMD boasts of record sales, says 5nm Zen 4 Ryzen 7000 coming this quarter When Intel said demand was down, did it mean just for its chips? On-Prem03 Aug 2022 | 13
Shanghai surprise? Another analyst sees historic PC decline Remember when China's tech execs warned lockdown in its biggest city would have 'severe consequences?' Personal Tech28 Jul 2022 | 5
This credit card-sized PC board can use an Intel Core i7 Or an eight-core AMD Ryzen. Not made for personal use, but what's stopping you? On-Prem26 Jul 2022 | 83
NAND flash prices expected to plummet 8-13% in Q3 Did someone say cheap SSDs in time for the holidays? Systems19 Jul 2022 | 4
British boffins make touchless computing tech on the cheap No special hardware, internet connection, or cloud service needed, just a regular CPU and webcam Personal Tech19 Jul 2022 | 30
Intel’s first discrete GPUs won't be a home run Comment High-end Arc A750 will compete with *checks notes* a GeForce RTX 3060 Personal Tech18 Jul 2022 | 36
Intel plans chip price hikes due to 'inflationary pressures' Customers to start paying more for CPUs, chipsets and other products from October Systems14 Jul 2022 | 12
IT spending set to ride out wave of global economic uncertainty Market watchers see device spending downturn as blip in robust bigger picture On-Prem14 Jul 2022 |
Global PC market falls at fastest rate in 9 years Nothing shiny about US Chromebook sales anymore, plus war in Ukraine and inflation hits EMEA shipments Personal Tech12 Jul 2022 | 7
PC sales take double-digit tumble in Q2 amid economic downturn PC market is resting, not dead despite Shanghai lockdown, fears of global recession Personal Tech11 Jul 2022 | 8
Gartner predicts 9.5% drop in PC shipments Stark contrast to 11 percent increase year-over-year in 2021 shipments Personal Tech30 Jun 2022 | 4
ZTE intros 'cloud laptop' that draws just five watts of power The catch: It hooks up to desktop-as-a-service and runs Android – so while it looks like a laptop ... PaaS + IaaS24 Jun 2022 | 30
Lenovo reveals small but mighty desktop workstation ThinkStation P360 Ultra packs latest Intel Core processor, Nvidia RTX A5000 GPU, support for eight monitors Personal Tech23 Jun 2022 | 10
Intel delivers first discrete Arc desktop GPUs ... in China Updated Why not just ship it in Narnia and call it a win? Personal Tech15 Jun 2022 | 9
PC shipments sink amid steady waves of supply chain, war disruptions 320 million units forecast, still well above pre-pandemic, but boom is over for now Personal Tech09 Jun 2022 | 5
HP turns back on $1b in annual sales by quitting Russia and Belarus Revenue hit for HP far larger than many tech providers post-pullout but PC, print giant stays course Systems01 Jun 2022 | 12
Dell's rugged Latitude 5430 laptop is quick and pretty – but also bulky and heavy Desktop Tourism Survives all manner of indiginities in Reg tests but may stuggle to cross over from boots to suits Personal Tech23 May 2022 | 54
AMD reveals 5nm Ryzen 7000 powered by Zen 4 cores AM5 socket to bring desktop CPUs to life in late 2022, mid-range laptop CPU to follow Personal Tech23 May 2022 | 15
Demand for PC and smartphone chips drops 'like a rock' says CEO of China’s top chipmaker Markets outside China are doing better, but at home vendors have huge component stockpiles Personal Tech16 May 2022 | 19
Demand for GPUs used to mine crypto 'disappearing', says ASUSTeK Less demand will see prices fall, and gaming laptop sales rise – which is nice as the rest of the PC market has cooled Systems13 May 2022 | 17
Intel blames software, COVID lockdowns for Arc GPU delays Intel Vision And China to get first dibs when graphics chips do ship Personal Tech11 May 2022 | 3
UK government preps tech suppliers for £8bn mega framework Software? Ticked. Hardware? Ticked. Kitchen sink? Oh go on then, why not On-Prem21 Apr 2022 | 6
Intel’s neurochips could one day end up in PCs or a cloud service The brain-like chip technology could aid with low-power AI tasks like speech recognition Systems15 Apr 2022 | 9
Chromebook sales train derails as market reaches saturation Vendors didn't 'diversify' adoption beyond education, CIOs flirted with form factor and nothing more Systems14 Apr 2022 | 25
PC sales start to ebb as pandemic buying spree ends: IDC Analyst says it's not a 'downward spiral' as sales are still defying predictions Personal Tech11 Apr 2022 | 19
The Souls noob's guide to Elden Ring The RPG FromSoftware's magnum opus, made with input from George R R Martin, invites new and veteran players alike Offbeat09 Apr 2022 | 23
AMD Threadripper CPU supply severely low, PC makers say Special report Some fear they'll lose workstation sales to Lenovo, AMD's exclusive launch partner for the T Pro 5000 Systems08 Apr 2022 | 15
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway buys 11.4% stake in HP Even notoriously tech averse stock market gambler can't resist piece of pandemic-boosted PC extravaganza Systems07 Apr 2022 | 14
TSMC sees slowdown in demand for PCs, smartphones Foundry giant's staff could be sleeping at work during new COVID lockdown Personal Tech31 Mar 2022 | 6
APAC region's PC market growth flattens out COVID saw sales surge, but there's less reason to buy in the new normal Personal Tech25 Mar 2022 |
Lost Ark: A pulpy Korean MMO-lite for idle hands The RPG Approach with caution Offbeat26 Feb 2022 | 6
Dell PC backlog woes strike again amid component shortfall Servers, storage parts challenges too, according to Q4 earnings call On-Prem25 Feb 2022 | 4
India surpasses a billion active mobile subscriptions Also has more than 100 million 2G subscribers, and a tiny PC market Networks25 Feb 2022 | 7
God of War: How do you improve on perfection? You port it to PC, obviously The RPG The migration of PlayStation exclusives continues to be a great idea Bootnotes29 Jan 2022 | 39
Even desktops showed up on growth radar in global PC shipment stakes for 2021 341 million units sold last year, up 15% Personal Tech12 Jan 2022 | 5
Halo Infinite ups the nostalgia factor for fans of the originals, but it's not without limits The RPG 343 Industries brings open world to the long-running military sci-fi epic Columnists05 Jan 2022 | 11
PC market pulls past peak pandemic demand, and IDC says it will keep growing Lappies are leaping – albeit a little lower – and gamers are growing, but tablets are turgid Personal Tech09 Dec 2021 | 9
Battlefield 2042: Please don't be the death knell of the franchise, please don't be the death knell of the franchise The RPG Another terrible launch, but DICE is already working on improvements Bootnotes04 Dec 2021 | 31
Dell: We and our customers understand the supply constraints now. The 'wildcard is logistics' Over at rival HP, the story is more about building too many Chromebooks and watching demand for them ebb away Personal Tech24 Nov 2021 | 7
Indian PC market sets all-time records as Q3 shipments top 2019 total Wearables also soared, with Apple pushed out of the charts by local brands like Fire-Boltt Personal Tech19 Nov 2021 |
New World: Grindy? Check. Repetitive? Check. Fun? We hate to say it... but check The RPG Goddamn it, Jeff Bezos' lot can make a passable MMORPG after all Columnists30 Oct 2021 | 31
Inflation hits PC market as laptop and desktop prices jump, and most businesses are last in the line for kit Constrained supply of parts like USB-C among reasons for price hikes Personal Tech29 Oct 2021 | 3
Apple arms high-end MacBook Pro notebooks with M1 Pro, M1 Max processors x86 is an eighty-sixed ex Personal Tech18 Oct 2021 | 103
Is that a meteor crashing to Earth? No, it's Chromebook makers coming back to reality US market – where 70% Chromies are sold – nears saturation Personal Tech13 Oct 2021 | 41
IDC: Global PC market growing pains in Q3 due to 'softening' of sales in America Ok, time to call death to PC again? No, definitely not. Did we mention prices due to go up again? Personal Tech11 Oct 2021 | 3
Real world not giving you enough anxiety? Try being hunted down by the perfect organism in Alien: Isolation The RPG 2014 stealth-em-up hasn't aged a day Personal Tech28 Aug 2021 | 21
Indian tech market settles into second year of coronavirus as PC and smartphone sales soar Lighter lockdowns meant more effective manufacturing and logistics Personal Tech13 Aug 2021 |
Beige Against the Machine: The IBM PC turns 40 5150: Not just a medical emergency, also the beginning of the office brick Personal Tech12 Aug 2021 | 79
Chromebooks fighting for mind share at PC makers with higher-margin Windows 11 machines in the lead, says IDC Colour us surprised Personal Tech02 Aug 2021 | 11
Desktop PC sales bounce back – but only because of laptop component shortages HP missed the boom for both, posted 2.7 per cent growth as market surged 13 points over 2020 Personal Tech12 Jul 2021 | 5
UK artists seek 'luvvie levy' on new gadgets to make up for all the media that consumers access online 'Smart Fund' would be redistributed among creators and performers Offbeat29 Jun 2021 | 101
Wish you could play tabletop Dungeons & Dragons but have no friends? Solasta: Crown of the Magister offers a solution The RPG Plus: A tale of tech woe and E3 best bits Bootnotes26 Jun 2021 | 30
Days Gone PC: Melting pot of open-world influences makes for one of the more immersive zombie slayers out there The RPG Decent port of a PlayStation 4 'exclusive', but it's far from original Bootnotes29 May 2021 | 20
Desktop renaissance? Nope, rebound of hefty PCs is just because there's notebook shortage – analysts Lenovo ops chief adds: 'Everything that is able to be built is selling' Personal Tech28 May 2021 | 25
ASUS baffles customer by telling them thermal pad thickness is proprietary Updated Replacing such cooling measures are the PC equivalent of an oil change Personal Tech20 May 2021 | 119
Octopath Traveler: Love letter to JRPG golden age has great combat but retro graphics highlight the genre's tedium The RPG You sure have to press 'A' a lot Bootnotes01 May 2021 | 7
PCs continue to sell like hot cakes and industry can barely keep up with demand – analyst Retailers prep for what could be the biggest sales year on record Personal Tech26 Apr 2021 | 51