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AMD confirms next-gen Xbox will arrive in 2027, and says Steam Machine will launch soon

We should expect new Xbox hardware next year and the Steam Machine imminently, according to AMD Chairman and CEO Dr Lisa Su.

Western Digital shows off 570MB/s HDDs thanks to novel dual-actuator design

Western Digital aims to 8x the performance of HDDs thanks to its dual-pivot technology, which increases the parallel access of the drive.

AMD will prioritise 8GB Radeon graphics card production and raise prices by up to 10%, according to rumour

The ongoing memory crisis is apparently causing AMD to increase the cost of Radeon GPUs, while focussing manufacturing on 8GB SKUs.

Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus benchmark leak shows 10% speed boost over 285K

Intel’s upcoming Core Ultra 9 290K Plus Arrow Lake Refresh CPU appears in the Geekbench results browser, showing a 10% uplift over its predecessor.

Beware of this fake Samsung 990 Pro SSD – it’s slower than a USB 2.0 flash drive

This highly convincing Samsung 990 Pro SSD counterfeit turned out to be 99.7% slower than the real thing, barely scratching 20MB/s.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and 5070 suddenly boom in popularity among PC gamers

For the first time, all top five GPUs on the Steam Hardware Survey have dedicated ray tracing and AI hardware, as RTX 5070 and 5060 storm the charts.

Modders get multi-frame gen working on Radeon GPUs before AMD

AMD Radeon users can now taste multi-frame generation thanks to DLSS Enabler, which injects DLSS MFG via FSR single-frame gen.

Windows 11 updates are messing up apps and ROG Xbox Ally handhelds

Smart App Control is stopping some Windows 11 built-in apps from working, and locking ROG Ally users out of device software.

Rumours say AMD Zen 6 Ryzen CPU packs 12 cores per CCD without requiring much more silicon area

AMD's next-gen Zen 6 processors may feature a compact CCD design with 50% more cores and L3 cache, built on TSMC’s N2 node.