DDR5 Deep-Dive — Real Latency, Gear Ratios, and Tuning That Actually Matters
DDR5 Deep-Dive: Real Latency, Gear Ratios, and Tuning That Actually Matters Sticker speeds don’t tell the whole story. With DDR5, real-world performance is a tug-of-war […]
High-Power Microwave Weapon Downs 49 Drones in One Shot — The New Frontier of Electromagnetic Warfare
One Shot, 49 Drones Down: The Rise of High-Power Microwave Warfare Epirus’ Leonidas HPM weapon disabled 61 drones in a trial, including 49 in a […]
Russia Lays Out EUV Roadmap to 2037 — Ambition Collides with Tooling Realities
Russia’s EUV Roadmap to 2037 — Ambition vs Reality in Litho Sovereignty Russia’s researchers sketch out a plan to replace DUV with EUV by 2037. […]
YMTC’s Sanctions Squeeze: Competitive NAND, Constrained Tools
YMTC’s Sanctions Squeeze: Competitive NAND, Constrained Tools China’s premier NAND maker can build competitive 3D NAND but can’t scale without new tools. We examine market […]
PCIe Explained: From 1.0 to 8.0 — Bandwidth, Bottlenecks, and the Road to 9.0
PCIe Explained: From 1.0 to 8.0 — Bandwidth, Bottlenecks, and the Road to 9.0 PCIe is the plumbing of modern PCs. GPUs, SSDs, NICs, capture […]
Jensen’s “Nanoseconds Behind” Line: What Nvidia Really Wants From Washington
Jensen’s “Nanoseconds Behind” Line: What Nvidia Really Wants From Washington Nvidia’s CEO says China is “nanoseconds behind” U.S. chip tech and calls for fewer export […]
TSMC Shoots Down Intel JV Rumors — What That Really Means for Foundry Power
TSMC Shoots Down Intel JV Rumors — What That Really Means for Foundry Power TSMC says there were no investment asks and no JV talks […]
Intel Z890 Motherboard Mega Guide (2025) — ASUS, ASRock, GIGABYTE & MSI
What this guide is (and isn’t) — Z890 for LGA1851 / Core Ultra (Series 2) looks simple on a datasheet, but real builds succeed or […]
VRM Deep Dive 2025: How Motherboard Power Design, Load-Line & LLC Shape Stability, Thermals, and Real-World Performance
Table of contents VRM fundamentals: what your CPU is really asking for The control loop you never see: SVID (Intel) and SVI3 (AMD) Phases, doublers, […]
Intel Arc & Iris Xe Driver 32.0.101.8132 (WHQL)
Intel has pushed out a new WHQL graphics package — 32.0.101.8132 — for Arc B-series/A-series and Core Ultra with built-in Arc graphics. On paper it’s […]