NVIDIA just barely made it with their laptop launch dates. On March 31, they started selling a small number of laptops with GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile, RTX 5080 Mobile, and RTX 5070 Ti Mobile chips. This counted as meeting their first quarter 2025 deadline by the skin of their teeth. Many people thought they would miss the date because of problems with ROPs across both desktop and laptop products.
The computer makers had to check all their already-made laptops with these new graphics chips. Earlier rumors from industry sources said that every model from RTX 5090 M down to RTX 5070 M might face delays. PC gaming experts noticed very few RTX 5090 Mobile laptops available on launch day in North America. After hearing about the Q1 launch on...
Apricorn just launched its Aegis Thunderbolt 4 Docking Station. They make the best software-free storage devices with 256-bit AES XTS hardware encryption for USB drives. This new station helps people connect all their devices smoothly. It works great for anyone who splits time between home and office work by giving them fast data transfers and many connection options.
A survey from Apricorn found that 54% of workers mix office and home time. About 48% share desks at work. Nearly 68% use docking stations every day as part of their regular setup. People mainly want these docks to link multiple screens (95%), cut down on cable mess (80%), and switch fast between work locations (65%).
The new dock lets you connect to many devices...
IBM just added Intel Gaudi 3 AI chips to their cloud service. They shared this news at Intel Vision 2025 yesterday. These special AI chips help companies run AI programs better. You can use them right away in Frankfurt and Washington, D.C. data centers. Dallas will offer them next quarter.
A recent IBM study found big money gains from AI. About 67% of business leaders saw their income jump by 25% or more after using AI. But many companies worry about how much AI systems cost to build. The new Intel chips aim to make things cheaper for businesses that want to test and build AI tools.
IBM and Intel have worked together for many years. They create systems that let businesses change their computer power as needed, saving money. Intel...
Jagex just announced a brand new game called RuneScape: Dragonwilds. You can add it to your Steam wishlist right away to find out when it launches. The game brings you to Ashenfall, a forgotten land where dragons have awoken. Your job includes gathering stuff, building shelters, learning skills, and making tools to stay alive.
The main goal asks you to beat the Dragon Queen. You might play by yourself or team up with three friends. This adventure runs on Unreal Engine 5 and lets you use powerful magic that changes how you interact with everything around you. Cast spells to chop down trees super fast or fix broken armor with nature energy.
The game happens on a continent nobody has seen before called Ashenfall. This secret place stayed...
Japan's NEDO just approved Rapidus Corporation's plans and budget for 2025. The approval covers two big projects about making advanced 2-nanometer chips. These projects focus on cutting-edge semiconductor technology and faster production times. They also include work on chiplet design and packaging for these tiny, powerful chips.
Rapidus started the first project back in 2022. They built a manufacturing center called IIM in Chitose, Hokkaido. Their engineers traveled to IBM in America to learn how to mass-produce these advanced chips. The company installed special EUV machines and started running their clean room. They met all their targets for last year.
The second project began in March 2024. It aims to create larger chiplet...
NVIDIA messed up quality control on their $2,000 GeForce RTX 5090 cards. Many buyers found that their expensive cards had only 168 ROPs instead of the promised 176. This 8 ROP shortage cut performance by about 5%. That stinks when you pay two grand for a graphics card. But here comes something wild – some cards actually have more ROPs than they should!
We tested an ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 LC graphics card with 192 active ROPs. This card uses the full GB202 chip capabilities, running 16 more ROPs than normal specs allow. Our test sample arrived recently, and we haven't finished all the tests yet because we're updating our testing methods with fresh games and drivers.
The ASUS card comes factory overclocked thanks to its liquid...
Micron told customers it plans to charge more for memory through 2025 and 2026. They can't make enough to meet the growing demand for their products. The company sees major increases in demand for DRAM, NAND flash, and high-bandwidth memory. Memory prices have started bouncing back after being very low for a long time.
Big suppliers cut back how much they made, which helped prices go up over the past year. Prices will keep rising as data centers, AI projects, and electronics makers fight over limited memory supplies. Micron told their business partners that AI and computing needs forced them to raise prices. They asked these partners to share detailed plans about what they'll need to help manage production during these tight times...
Microsoft and ASUS plan to team up on a new handheld gaming device. Recent ads show what's coming next. The video reveals an ASUS ROG Ally and an Xbox controller joining together into one unit that turns into a cartoon character. This partnership brings Microsoft's games and ASUS's portable tech skills together.
The project has a secret name—"Project Kennan." Xbox leaders said earlier that this would take 2-3 years to make. But new reports say we might see it hit stores late next year. They could even tell us more about it mid-year. After Steam Deck became popular, both companies speeded up their plans because more players wanted these small gaming computers.
The machine looks mostly black. We don't know much else about what's inside...
Microsoft has started bringing its Copilot+ features to more computers beyond just Snapdragon X devices. The company recently added these AI assistant tools to laptops running Intel and AMD chips. They also announced a new feature called Voice Access that will first work on Qualcomm Snapdragon systems before coming to Intel and AMD computers later. These changes came in the March 27 Preview update (KB505365). The privacy-troubled Recall feature remains missing from Intel and AMD plans.
The Windows Experience Blog tells us that people who use AMD and Intel computers can finally access several AI tools. These include Live Captions, Cocreator, Restyle Image, and Image Creator. These features work on machines with Intel Core Ultra 200V and...
