Xiaomi built their XRING 01 chip using advanced 3nm technology from TSMC. Engineers wanted to match other top chips without wasting battery power. They made smart choices about what parts to add and remove. The team focused on making every piece of the chip work well together. Space costs money when making chips smaller.
The XRING 01 chip has 10 processing cores instead of the usual 8 cores. Xiaomi gave these cores 16MB of special fast memory called L3 cache. Each core type gets different amounts of cache memory to work with. The graphics chip has 16 cores and 4MB of cache memory. The AI chip has 6 cores and 10MB of cache memory.
Xiaomi left out something called SLC cache from their chip design. This choice might make some tasks run...
TechPowerUp updated their GPU-Z program for computer users. The popular software helps people check graphics card details on computers and laptops. Version 2.66.0 supports many new graphics cards. The program shows hardware information through a simple interface. Computer fans use GPU-Z to watch their graphics card work.
The new version detects recent NVIDIA and AMD graphics cards. GPU-Z finds the fresh GeForce RTX 5060 desktop and laptop types. The software also spots RTX 5070 mobile graphics cards that were missing earlier. Professional RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell and Quadro RTX 5000 cards work with the program. AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT graphics cards show up on the supported list.
AMD displayed the RX 9060 XT graphics card at Computex...
Hideo Kojima does not want to make extra downloadable content for Death Stranding 2. The famous game maker talked about this on his radio show recently. He thinks people no longer care about buying extra game chapters after release. Kojima Productions will fix bugs and add small improvements instead. They might include features that the first game never had.
The game almost featured a hair and beard system for the main character. Players could have cut Sam's hair and shaved his face at special mirrors. The hair would grow back over time and players could dye it different colors. Kojima removed this feature because Sam represents a specific character rather than a blank avatar. The system felt out of place for the story they wanted to...
Erin Fitzgerald will not voice Chie Satonaka again for the Persona 4 remake. She posted on Bluesky that nobody asked her to return. Yuri Lowenthal also confirmed he will not play Yosuke anymore. The remake appears to have completely new actors like Persona 3 Reload did last year. ATLUS seems to be replacing all the original voices.
Game companies have not announced the Persona 4 remake officially. Summer gaming events might reveal the project soon. Summer Game Fest happens on June 6 and SEGA partners with that show. Xbox Games Showcase takes place on June 8. Both events could feature the remake announcement.
Rumors suggest ATLUS works on other classic Persona games. A Persona 2 remaster may combine both Innocent Sin and Eternal...
Trump wants Apple to build iPhones inside America. The government will charge Apple 25 percent extra taxes if the company keeps making phones overseas. Kevin Hassett works for the National Economic Council and says customers will not pay more money. Most experts think this claim makes no sense because companies always pass taxes to buyers. Apple has not said anything about these new rules.
President Trump calls Apple CEO Tim Cook his friend but wants him to stop building factories in other countries like India. The White House demands Cook focus on American manufacturing instead. Hassett calls the taxes small but they could cost Apple millions of dollars. The tariffs will hurt Apple's profits and force difficult business choices. Some...
Electronic Arts shut down Cliffhanger Games yesterday. The Seattle studio opened six years ago under Kevin Stephens. Stephens had worked on Middle-earth Shadow of Mordor before starting the company. The team was making a Black Panther video game. EA closed the studio without warning.
The company fired 300 to 400 workers at Respawn Entertainment last month. Spanish insider eXtas1s says more cuts are coming. EA plans to close Codemasters headquarters and fire 400 more people. The remaining workers will move to EA Sports F1 and Need for Speed teams. Gaming companies have cut thousands of jobs this year.
EA paid 1.2 billion dollars for Codemasters four years ago. Take-Two had offered nearly one billion but lost the bidding war...
Intel will change the socket design for Nova Lake processors. The company moves from LGA 1851 to LGA 1954 for these new chips. Computer builders must buy different motherboards to use Nova Lake processors. People who upgrade from older systems face the same requirement. The socket switch follows Intel's normal pattern of changes every few generations.
Users can keep their current cooling systems with Nova Lake processors. The LGA 1954 socket measures 45 x 37.5 millimeters across. This matches the exact dimensions of LGA 1851 and LGA 1700 sockets. Shipping documents confirm these measurements for the first time. Most existing coolers will attach properly to the new socket design.
Nova Lake processors will pack more cores than any...
Former Sony leader Shuhei Yoshida spoke at Gamescom LATAM about gaming subscriptions. He worked at Sony Worldwide Studios for eleven years before leaving this past January. Yoshida thinks Microsoft Game Pass creates problems for game makers. He believes subscription services could control what games companies can make. The former executive calls this approach risky for the gaming world.
Yoshida prefers how Sony handles PlayStation Plus subscriptions. Sony waits before putting new games on their service. People buy games first at full price for a few years. Sony later adds these titles to PlayStation Plus when fewer people want to purchase them. This method helps game companies make money from direct sales.
Microsoft says they will...
Zimbabwe's Hwange Local Board wants business owners to pay 80 dollars and 50 cents each year for snooker tables. Town Secretary N. Mdlalose sent letters to local shops on May 16. The council said businesses must follow local laws about entertainment equipment. Shop owners have until May 30 to send their money. Officials will shut down snooker tables if people refuse to pay.
Small business operators feel angry about the new charge. One shop owner said the government already takes money through many different taxes. Another person complained that snooker tables do not make enough profit to cover such fees. Business people think the council should help them instead of asking for more cash. Many call this demand unfair to struggling...
