AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT, RX 6850 XT, RX 6750 XT To Feature 7nm RDNA 2 Refresh GPUs With 18 Gbps Memory The AMD Radeon RX 6000 graphics cards are rumored to see a new RDNA 2 refresh around mid of 2022 (June-July). So far, the rumors only stated that they will be getting a graphics & memory clock bump but Moore’s Law is Dead says that his sources have confirmed that these chips will retain a 7nm process node and won’t utilize the newer 6nm RDNA 2 design as featured on the Navi 24 and its several mobile GPU outings....

AMD ROCm 5.3.3 updates today, with ten Linux operating systems showing full support of the newest implementation The recent change for ROCm fixes a problem with the rocPRIM and rocTHRUST libraries. The two libraries did not recognize the iteration types and other commands inside ROCm 5.3.x. The changes are now active within the latest 5.3.3 version, which went out yesterday. No other information or code was updated from AMD open-source engineers for ROCm 5....

AMD Ryzen AM4 Desktop CPU Refresh Specs & Prices Leak: Based on Zen 3D, Cezanne ‘Zen 3’, Renoir ‘Zen 2’ Dies The information comes from Videocardz and from our sources who have confirmed to us what the AMD Ryzen 5000 & Ryzen 4000 AM4 Desktop CPU refresh lineup would look like. It looks like AMD is going to offer at least nine new SKUs that will be using a mix of different Zen dies ranging from Zen 3D, Zen 3 ‘Cezanne’, Zen 3 ‘Vermeer’, and Zen 2 ‘Renoir’....

Better Late Than Never! AMD Brings Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5000 CPUs To The DIY Segment At one point, the Threadripper 5000 PRO CPUs from AMD were only available to Lenovo systems starting this March, leaving consumers with no access to the chipset. Lenovo exclusivity was standard practice for AMD, as the Threadripper line has seen multiple systems with exclusive access only given to Lenovo. Four months after Lenovo launched its products, system builders and OEMs were granted access to use their systems for sale....

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D For $449 US & Ryzen AM4 Desktop CPU Refresh Starting at $99 US Official, Launching Next Month The unveil for today happens to confirm just the specs, pricing, and launch dates of the upcoming chips. The retail availability is planned for next month and it looks like AMD isn’t disclosing the full lineup either. The Ryzen 7 5800X3D is the only 3D V-Cache chip in the lineup while there are a total of six standard Zen 3 and Zen 2 CPUs that start at $99 US....

Well, today Skydance New Media announced a new partnership with Lucasfilm Games to work on a ‘richly cinematic action-adventure game’ featuring an original story based on the Star Wars IP. Amy Hennig, President at Skydance New Media, said: Julian Beak, Executive Vice President & GM at Skydance New Media, added: Douglas Reilly, Vice President at Lucasfilm Games, stated: In late 2021, Hennig and Skydance had already announced their first project with another Disney subsidiary - Marvel....

Android Automotive 13 Brings a Host of Under the Hood But Extremely Notable Changes Google has also shared official release notes for Android Automotive 13, and the notes reveal that the update has improvements for the camera sub-system, car framework, connectivity, privacy sensors, telemetry, user management, and vehicle integration. Some of the most noteworthy inclusion include ultra-wideband support as well as Privacy Dashboard from Android 12 and a new version of Android’s Bluetooth stack known as Gabeldorsche....

GIGABYTE reveals AORUS Gen5 AIC Adaptor with 4 Built-in NVMe M.2 SSD Slots By configuring a RAID array, the bandwidth can boost up to 60 GB/s to permit tremendous data files to transmit quickly. The eight integrated temperature sensors and active temperature-controlled double ball bearing fan help to offer large-capacity, ultra-fast, and ultra-cool data access. AORUS Gen5 AIC Adaptor showcases a brushed aluminum armor and a baseplate for refined heat dissipation with a stylish aesthetic....

Apple Has Begun Development of The 20-Inch Foldable Display, Potentially For the Future MacBook Pro Citing industry sources, The Elec reports that Apple has already begun the development process of a 20-inch foldable display. To be exact, the display will be a 20.5-inch OLED panel manufactured by an unspecified South Korean supplier. When folded, the display would come down to a 15.3-inch screen which is bigger than the display on the iPad Pro....

You Can Still Get Your Hands on The iPad 9 at The Same $329 Starting Price As mentioned earlier, the 64GB and 128GB variants of the iPad 9 are still being sold by Apple, starting at $329 and $479, respectively. Both of these variants are available in Space Gray and Silver finishes. If you are up for it, the iPad 9 is still a pretty great option. If you are unfamiliar, the iPad 9 features a 10....

Prominent YouTube Channel “Apple WWDC Videos” Issued Multiple Takedown Strikes As mentioned earlier, Apple has issued multiple takedown requests for a popular YouTube channel that archived past WWDC videos. Brendan Shanks, owner of the channel “Apple WWDC Videos” shared the news on Twitter, highlighting screenshots of DMCA notices sent by YouTube. The YouTube channel contains hundreds of videos from WWDC keynotes, and it was quite popular amongst fans. — Brendan Shanks (@realmrpippy) November 4, 2022 YouTube channels usually share short clips from the WWDC events that are relevant to their audience....

Apple Seeds macOS 13 Ventura, watchOS 9.1, and tvOS 16.1 RC Builds to Developers Ahead of Public Release Next Week As mentioned earlier, Apple has released the RC builds of macOS 13 Ventura to developers ahead of the public release next week. If you are a registered developer, you can download and install the latest build on your compatible Mac from the Apple Developer Center. Make sure that you install the proper configuration profile....

The Fitness App Can Now Work on Your iPhone without The Apple Watch Now, of course, the support will not be the same as you would get when you are using the Fitness app with an iPhone but it is still close enough. For those wondering, the app will use your iPhone’s motion sensors to track things like steps, a feature that we have seen in a lot of phones in the past....

TSMC’s 3nm Process May Also Be Leveraged to Mass Produce an Apple Silicon Specifically Designed for the Upcoming AR Headset Jumping from 4nm to 3nm will likely be an astronomical challenge for TSMC, and according to analyst Jeff Pu, it will commence mass production on Apple’s M2 Pro and M2 Max later this year. Unfortunately, even if the mass production schedule does not witness any delay, it does not mean consumers will see new products with the next-generation Apple Silicon launch any time in 2022....

Apple is Evaluating iPhone 14 OLED Display Panels Ahead of Mass Production in July-August Time Frame According to a new report by The Elec, Apple is testing and evaluating the OLED panels for the iPhone 14 models. To be precise, the OLED display panels being tested are for the standard iPhone 14 model, and mass production is reportedly scheduled to begin between July and August. As mentioned earlier, the iPhone 14 Pro models will feature a circular and pill-shaped cutout for the front-facing camera and Face ID components....

iPhone 15 Pro Models to Switch to Solid-State Buttons With Three Taptic Engines and USB-C According to the prominent analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, next year’s iPhone 15 Pro models will come with solid-state buttons along with three Taptic Engines. What this means is that the Power and Volume buttons on the iPhone 15 Pro models will not be clicky and instead use a solid-state design. Apple implemented a similar solution with the iPhone 7’s Home button....

2023 Mac mini Will Retain the Same Design as Current Models, Says Analyst Apple recently introduced the Mac Studio with an M1 Ultra chip that resembles Mac mini, apart from its height. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo now states that Apple will keep the same design and form-factor for the Mac mini as the current model. The current model features an aluminum unibody design which has been kept the same for more than a decade....

ASRock’s Intel Arc A380 Graphics Card First To Launch In The Use Market, Cheaper Than The AMD RX 6400 at $139.99 US Just a few days ago, ASRock launched its Intel Arc A380 Challenger ITX OC graphics card in the Chinese market for a price of $150 US which was cheaper than what most APAC retailers have AMD’s card listed at. Now, ASRock has officially become the first manufacturer to bring Intel’s discrete Arc A380 graphics card to the US market....

ASRock Rack Debuts Brand New SP5 Motherboards & Server Options With AMD EPYC Genoa CPU Support ASRock Rack revealed its line of mainboards and servers which fully support the AMD EPYC Genoa CPUs. The newest products from ASRock Rack carry the new EPYC Zen 4 processors, offering customers support for PCIe 5.0, DDR5 compatibility, and 96 cores. The main focus of ASRock Rack’s new server products is the future of technology, spanning through advanced technology such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, high-performance computing, and high-level computations....

ASRock 13.3" Side Panel Kit Will Give You A Secondary IPS Panel On Your PC Cases’ Side Panel The ASRock Side Panel Kit is straightforward, it is a 13.3" IPS display which comes with a 16:9 ratio, a viewing angle of 293.76 x 165.24 (H x V), an Anti-Glare LED with a maximum brightness of 300 cd per m2, & a contrast ratio of 800:1. It can display up to 16....