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Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 Chipsets
Qualcomm has launched two new flagship mobile chipsets, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, featuring advanced AI capabilities, improved performance, and enhanced gaming and camera technologies. Both are built on a 2nm process and support agentic AI, with the Extreme variant offering additional upgrades.
4 outletsHardwareGDDR7 Memory Upgrades and Rare RTX 5090 Auction Highlight Industry Developments
Manufacturers reportedly plan 4GB and 6GB GDDR7 chips for 2027-2028, potentially boosting VRAM capacities for GPUs. Meanwhile, a rare ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 signed by Jensen Huang is set for auction, and a Walmart deal offers an MSI RTX 5090 at a discounted price.
3 outletsHardwareDLSS 5's Heavy Power and Performance Demands Draw Scrutiny After Melted RTX 5090 Connector
Nvidia's new DLSS 5 Neural Rendering feature, currently only officially supported in NBA 2K27, is drawing attention after a melted power connector on an RTX 5090 and reports of steep performance costs on lower-power hardware, even as modders rush to bring the feature to unsupported games and older GPUs.
2 outletsHardwarePC GPU Shipments Rise Despite Record Prices, but Desktop and Discrete Segments Tell Mixed Story
New data from Jon Peddie Research shows overall PC GPU shipments grew in Q2, driven largely by notebooks, even as component prices soared. Reports from TechPowerUp and Tom's Hardware highlight vendor market share shifts and some differing figures on discrete desktop GPU performance.
2 outletsHardwareDLSS 5 Debuts Officially in NBA 2K27 as Modders Push It Onto AMD GPUs
Nvidia's DLSS 5 has launched officially in NBA 2K27 for RTX 50-series cards, delivering a major visual leap at a steep performance cost, while a separate modding effort has forced the tech to run on AMD's RDNA 4 GPUs with far rougher results.
1 outletHardwareNvidia Unveils PAIR, Software to Turn Home GPUs Into a Shared AI Cluster
At IFA Berlin 2026, Nvidia introduced PAIR (Personal AI Router), a free, open-source app that distributes AI agent tasks across GPUs on a home network — including non-Nvidia hardware — to speed up local AI workloads without cloud reliance.
3 outletsHardwareASUS and Galax Hike RTX 50-Series GPU Prices by Up to $74
ASUS and Galax have raised prices on select NVIDIA RTX 50-series graphics cards starting September 1, marking one of several price increases this year driven by rising GDDR7 memory costs.
2 outletsBusinessNvidia Denies Pausing AI Cloud Partnership Deals After Report of Partner Pushback and Antitrust Concerns
The Wall Street Journal reported that Nvidia paused parts of its new AI Compute Partnership program amid partner irritation and internal antitrust concerns, but Nvidia says the initiative remains in place and is 'evolving.'
2 outletsHardwareDLSS 5 Leaks Early, and Modders Are Already Running It on Multiple Games and Older GPUs
A leaked file from NBA 2K27's early access build has given modders their first hands-on look at Nvidia's unreleased DLSS 5 neural rendering technology, leading to unofficial demos in Control and Skyrim, and even a patch enabling it on older RTX 4000 series cards.
2 outletsBusinessAWS and NVIDIA Expand AI Chip Partnership, Aiming for Up to 3 Million GPUs
Amazon Web Services and NVIDIA announced an expanded collaboration that will add 2 million more NVIDIA GPUs to AWS's infrastructure by 2027-2028, building on a prior 1 million GPU commitment, alongside new CPU, networking, and robotics initiatives.
2 outletsHardwareNvidia Launches DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction, Aiming to Clean Up Path Tracing's Visual Flaws
Nvidia has officially launched DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction, a new AI model designed to reduce ghosting, smudged reflections and 'boiling' noise in path-traced games. Early hands-on tests from Tom's Guide and Wccftech found clear image-quality gains with little performance cost, though Tom's Guide calls the change an iterative polish rather than a dramatic leap during actual gameplay.
2 outletsHardwareIntel Details 'Crescent Island' AI Inference GPU at Hot Chips 2026
Intel has unveiled architectural details of its upcoming Crescent Island data center and workstation GPU, a 350W, air-cooled AI inference accelerator built on the new Xe3P architecture with up to 480 GB of LPDDR5X memory.
2 outletsBusinessTaiwanese Retailer Sells RTX 5090 Only in Bundles Packed With Extra Motherboards, CPUs and GPUs
PChome24h in Taiwan is reportedly selling the Nvidia RTX 5090 exclusively in bundles that include as many as eight motherboards, extra GPUs, CPUs and power supplies, a practice tied to the ongoing AI-driven memory and GPU price surge.
2 outletsHardwareAMD Launches Radeon RX 9050 Entry-Level GPU in 4GB and 8GB Variants
AMD has introduced the Radeon RX 9050, its first new desktop graphics card in nearly a year, offered in both 4GB and 8GB GDDR6 configurations, with the 4GB version restricted to OEM pre-built systems.
2 outletsBusinessAMD Joins NVIDIA in Raising GPU Prices as Memory Costs Surge
AMD has told its board partners it will raise GPU-memory kit prices by at least 10% starting next month, following NVIDIA's own price increases. The moves come amid sharply rising DRAM costs, with real-world retail prices for high-end cards already running well above launch MSRPs.
3 outletsHardwareEarly Benchmarks Show AMD's New Radeon RX 9050 Trailing Nvidia's RTX 5050 by Roughly 20-30%
Preliminary testing of AMD's newly launched RDNA 4 budget GPU, the Radeon RX 9050, shows it losing to Nvidia's RTX 5050 across most games and synthetic benchmarks, though the AMD card does hold an edge in power efficiency.
2 outletsHardwareNvidia RTX 50 Series Prices Jump Up to 30% in South Korea Amid Memory and Wafer Cost Hikes
South Korean importers and distributors report price increases of up to 30% on Nvidia's GeForce RTX 50 series graphics cards, driven by rising GDDR7 memory costs and TSMC wafer price hikes, with the flagship RTX 5090 seeing the steepest jump.
2 outletsHardwareAMD Submits Linux Kernel Patches for RDNA 5's DCN6 Display Engine
AMD has released new AMDGPU patches to the Linux kernel introducing early support for Display Core Next 6 (DCN6), the display engine tied to the upcoming RDNA 5 GPU architecture, signaling continued driver development ahead of the cards' eventual launch.
2 outletsHardwareMSI Unveils DRACO EPIC Edition Lineup to Mark 40th Anniversary at Computex 2026
MSI has launched a limited-edition "DRACO EPIC" product line spanning GPUs, motherboards, cooling, power supplies, cases, and peripherals to celebrate the company's 40th anniversary.
2 outletsBusinessGIGABYTE Hikes GPU Prices by 20-40% in Japan, Some Pending Orders at Risk of Cancellation
Japanese distributor CFD-BIZ says GIGABYTE graphics card prices rose 20% to 40% starting August 1, with some existing orders possibly canceled. The move follows reported GPU price increases across Asia amid rising DRAM costs.
3 outletsBusinessNvidia Cancels RTX 5090 Order After Price Hike, Points Finger at Asus
A Redditor's order for an Asus ROG Astral RTX 5090 BTF, placed on Nvidia's marketplace, was cancelled and refunded after the price jumped roughly $500. Nvidia says Asus failed to honor the original price, while the buyer now faces a GPU listed far above MSRP.
2 outletsHardwareMotherboard and GPU Prices Rise Across ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte as Component Shortages Hit PC Market
Taiwan-based PC hardware makers ASUS, MSI, and Gigabyte have begun raising prices on both motherboards and graphics cards, citing shortages of PCBs, capacitors, and memory chips driven by enterprise and AI data center demand.
1 outletHardwareSpaceX and xAI Commit Exclusively to Nvidia GPUs, Cite Vera Rubin Design as 'The Best'
Elon Musk said SpaceX and xAI will use Nvidia GPUs exclusively, praising the Vera Rubin NVL72 architecture as superior, with plans to deploy the system on Earth and in orbit starting next year.
2 outletsHardwarePC Gamer Builds Free Tool to Shut Down System Before RTX 5090 Power Connector Melts
An RTX 5090 owner has created a free, open-source tool that automatically shuts down a PC if it detects a graphics card pulling too much current through its power connector, aiming to head off the melting issues that have plagued high-end Nvidia GPUs.
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