PC

Intel aims for lower-power GPUs as Nvidia pushes pricey energy guzzlers

GPU boss vows 'dramatic shift in the PC graphics landscape' with next-gen CPU

Systems12 Dec 2022 | 6

Asus' latest single-board computer packs a 12-core, 4.5Ghz Intel i7

Too bad the RAM is baked on

Personal Tech08 Dec 2022 | 16

Creator of spec for melting RTX 4090 cables urges Nvidia, others to 'ensure user safety'

Testing is your responsibility, not ours, says PCI-SIG

Systems02 Dec 2022 | 22

GPU shipments saw biggest nosedive since noughties recession

A sign of the computer industry’s sad state, but at least there’s supply!

Systems23 Nov 2022 | 13

HP Inc to lay off up to 6,000 staff, cut costs by $1.4 billion

‘Portfolio optimization’ plan aims to cull some PCs, sell more pricey subscriptions

Personal Tech23 Nov 2022 | 41

Windows 10 – a 7-year-old OS – is still having problems with the desktop and taskbar

If your device is becoming unresponsive, there's a workaround

Software17 Nov 2022 | 77

Qualcomm faces fresh competition in world of Arm-based Windows PCs

Comment Let the games begin...

Systems16 Nov 2022 | 10

Intel's top-spec Raptor Canyon NUC can double as a 700+W space heater

Stay warm this winter by fragging some baddies

Personal Tech08 Nov 2022 | 30

Intel plans to cut products — we guess where they’ll happen

Analysis To help save x86 titan some cash, we look at the components Intel may want to lose

Systems05 Nov 2022 | 30

Dell hit with Oz court case for misleading prices on monitors

Watchdog claims add-ons to computer purchases appeared to be discounted but did not reflect the standalone RRP

Personal Tech04 Nov 2022 | 4

Lenovo revenues drop due to falling demand for PCs

But overall profits are up thanks to cost cutting and success in other divisions

On-Prem03 Nov 2022 | 2

AMD says it's looking into gaming performance issues on Ryzen 7000

They better hop to it – Team Red's PC chip business nosedived in the third quarter

Systems02 Nov 2022 | 10

Microsoft mulls cheap PCs supported by ads, subs

Want a low-cost machine? Agree to be bombarded and the Windows giant could have a solution for you

Personal Tech02 Nov 2022 | 86

Thanks to 'resilient' American cloud plus games consoles, AMD squeezes into winter

PC chip slump forces break-even non-profit impression for a few months

On-Prem02 Nov 2022 |

Your next PC should be a desktop – maybe even this Chinese mini machine

Desktop Tourism They're tidy, speedy, small – and wall off your working life

Personal Tech27 Oct 2022 | 113

Microsoft realizes it hasn't updated list of banned dodgy Windows 10 drivers in years

Hope no one was relying on that to block threats, er, yeah?

Patches26 Oct 2022 | 13

Logitech, that canary in PC coal mine, just fell off its perch

Pandemic gold rush for hardware slingers is over?

Personal Tech26 Oct 2022 | 35

Microsoft fixes printing gremlin, ends that block on Windows 11 upgrades

Bet ya can't wait to slap that 22H2 on your machine

OSes25 Oct 2022 | 22

Microsoft's Chinese website reveals free PC Manager utility

Yet more nagware to use the Edge browser, plus some usefully re-imagined tools liberated from the maze of the Settings menu

Software24 Oct 2022 | 10

Why are PC webcams crap? Lenovo says it knows the reason

Canalys Channels Forum Can expensive tech save this reporter's ugly mug? Not likely

Personal Tech21 Oct 2022 | 62

Hardware makers criticized for eco double standards

Canalys Channels Forum Don't penalize resellers for selling refurbished kit, educate shareholders on being Earth's friend

Personal Tech20 Oct 2022 | 20

When the chips fall: Intel preps for $16b Mobileye IPO

Far cry from the $50 billion valuation Gelsinger hoped would fuel foundry empire

Systems18 Oct 2022 | 2

Loathsome eighties ladder-climber levelled by a custom DOS prompt

Who, Me? This wasn't WarGames – it was far more serious

Software17 Oct 2022 | 114

Junk cellphones on Earth would stack higher than the International Space Station

Happy International E-waste Day!

Personal Tech14 Oct 2022 | 28

Microsoft arms Surface Pro 9 with Qualcomm SQ3, 12th-gen Intel chips

Ignite Plus, the Surface Laptop drops AMD, Studio arrives with an even higher price, and more

Personal Tech12 Oct 2022 | 8

The new GPU world order is beginning to take shape

Comment As Nvidia hikes prices, Intel is only too happy to profit from your discontent, and AMD remains a wild card

Personal Tech11 Oct 2022 | 53

PC shipments are still on the decline – unless you're Apple

Cupertino managed to buck the trend with year-on-year growth of 40%

Personal Tech10 Oct 2022 | 9

Because you've all stopped buying PCs, AMD's wiped $1b+ off expected sales

Q3 revenue still set to be up overall, Ryzen biz says in FYI to Wall St

Personal Tech07 Oct 2022 | 10

Intel's 13th-gen CPUs are hot, hungry, loaded with cores

X86 giant's 24-core i9 doubles as a space heater

Systems27 Sep 2022 | 47

Nvidia unveils RTX 4090 – but it's the 4080 to watch out for

GTC And don't forget AMD's RDNA 3 GPUs are right around the corner

Personal Tech20 Sep 2022 | 15

Warning: That new AMD Ryzen 7000 laptop may not be as fresh as you think

The House of Zen is back to its tricks: Chips with three-year-old cores

Personal Tech20 Sep 2022 | 14

Don't say Pentium or Celeron anymore, it's just Processor now, says Intel

Logowatch Totally not confusing

Personal Tech16 Sep 2022 | 82

Intel's stock Raptor Lake chip will do 6GHz and overclock another 25%, if it keeps cool

Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines

Systems12 Sep 2022 | 58

Asus packs 12-core Intel i7 into a Raspberry Pi-sized board

Or if you're looking for something lower power, it can be had with a pentacore Celeron

Personal Tech08 Sep 2022 | 23

AMD admits its Ryzen mobile naming scheme is a mess, promises to clean it up

Finding Zen just got a little easier

Personal Tech07 Sep 2022 | 9

Windows 10 business refresh will revive PC shipments

Or so says a hopeful IDC after releasing latest forecast of doom

Personal Tech02 Sep 2022 | 22

HP's consumer PC biz shrinks by a fifth as inflation bites

The solution? Inventing another 'transformation programme' to transform previous transformation

Personal Tech31 Aug 2022 | 8

AMD refreshes desktop CPUs with 5nm Ryzen 7000s that can reach 5.7GHz with 16 cores

Prices start at $300, you'll also need a new motherboard, RAM, etc

Personal Tech30 Aug 2022 | 45

China's Chongqing manufacturing hub extends factory power cuts indefinitely

PC component manufacturers won't get priority as area faces fires and heatwaves

Personal Tech25 Aug 2022 | 3

AMD has a lot riding on its 5nm Ryzen 7000 CPUs. And so here begins the hype

You'll need a new motherboard, RAM, beefier PSU. But hey, at least GPUs are cheap again

Personal Tech16 Aug 2022 | 16

Microsoft tests new features in last year’s Windows 10

Still waiting for 22H2? Have a 21H2 release preview to tide you over

OSes16 Aug 2022 |

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 | 82

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 | 35

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