Gordon Ung

We dive into the benchmarks to show how AMD's new Zen 5-based Ryzen AI 300 does against Intel's Core Ultra and Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite

Intel said the cause of its CPU instability has been identified with a fix due in August.

Intel has denied a recent news report that it has gotten to the bottom of instability issues with some 13th and 14th Gen desktop CPUs, and continues to search for the “root cause.” “Contrary to recent media reports, Intel has not confirmed the root cause and is continuing, with its partners, to investigate user reports regarding instability issues on unlocked Intel Core 13th and 14th generation (K/KF/KS) desktop processors,” an Intel spokesman told PCWorld on Friday afternoon. “The microcode pa…

With the iPhone 15 adopting USB-C, you’re probably wondering what’s the “best USB-C charger” to pair with your new phone for the fastest charging. The good news for iPhone 15 chargers (unlike Samsung Galaxy owners) is you don’t need to take a night-class in chargers to figure it out. Just buy this charger for the iPhone 15 In fact, I’ll break it down in the easiest possible way for those who want the elevator pitch: Just buy this $15 Anker 511 GAN charger that’s tiny and can charge your phone…

If you want to anger a PC hardware nerd, just use the incorrect nomenclature when referring to the clock--err--transfer rate of a computer’s RAM subsystem. Example: If a PC has 32GB of DDR5/4800 and you say the RAM is running at 4,800MHz, you’ll immediately hear a million nerds suddenly cry out in unison: “It’S NoT MeGaHeRtZ!!!” That shriek has apparently finally caught the ear of Microsoft, because the company looks to be ready to use the correct nomenclature in Windows Task Manager when refe…

MacBook buyers still fuming from Apple’s decision to sell expensive laptops with just 8GB of RAM wish they had what Lenovo’s new ThinkPad P1 has: The ability to offer fast and power efficient RAM that you can upgrade. Upgradeable RAM in PC laptops isn’t a new thing of course, but Lenovo’s new ThinkPad P1 (announced on April 23) appears to be the first to use Micron’s LPCAMM2. LPCAMM2 is built to solve the problem that’s vexed laptops for years now: RAM power consumption. Laptops using DDR5 SO-…

I’m an Olympic gold-medal trash talker -- on the level of the best NBA haters raining 280-character S*&T talk on X.com micro-seconds after your team’s tearful exit from the play-in (sniff, go Warriors). Example: When I’d see a fellow journalist or analyst at a trade show sporting a laptop using Qualcomm’s previous Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 running Windows, it was the perfect opportunity to do some class-A trash talking. “I guess, you’re okay with Arm -- because you must not do any work on your lapt…

If you’ve ever toppled your phone, tablet, or laptop by tripping over the power cable, you probably wondered why, oh why, the connector tip doesn’t have a magnetic safety release such as what Apple has on its MacBooks and Microsoft on its Surface laptops. But you’ve found a cheap solution: An $11 magnetic-tip adapter that attaches to any USB-C cable! Problem solved. Unfortunately, while it seems like a no-name adapter off Amazon is a great idea, there’s actually plenty of evidence to suggest y…

While Intel continues to investigate sporadic stability issues with its 14th gen and 13th gen, famed PC maker Falcon Northwest is offering stopgap advice for some.

Hey, Samsung owners, I know you’re confused AF about which GAN charger to buy for your shiny new Galaxy S24 Ultra or Galaxy S23 Ultra flagship phone. Luckily, I’ve also been in pursuit of the same goal of fast charging my Galaxy, and here’s what I learned. I miss included chargers Remember when you paid for a phone and received the best charger in the box? Those days are unfortunately long gone to “save the environment,” but that also means that most consumers who don’t have a modern charger a…

One nerd’s obsession with saving charger weight taught him a lesson about GaN chargers.

Bluetti’s new AC180 offers class-leading efficiency, great value, LFE chemistry, and even expansion options.

Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 4090 launch has been marred by reports of melting connectors. Here’s everything you need to know about what is going on.

You may feel like the ignored child next to the new baby, but Nvidia gave you AI first.

Despite the lack of app support, the Jackery Explorer 1500 Pro leads in performance per pound.

You keep saying no ones needs a printer, but yet you still ask me to print things, so you’re officially cut off.

An Intel update to the ATX power supply spec doesn’t mean your current 12VHWPR adapter or PSU is obsolete or dangerous.

Why is the Internet so angry about the Ryzen 9 X3D chips? And what is the state of PC gaming?

With AMD’s new V-Cache-infused Ryzen 9 7950X3D and 7900X3D processors now formally on sale, the company’s “best of both worlds” design is creating confusion. Both Ryzen 9 X3D chips ship with two dies inside. One die comes stacked with V-Cache on top to speed up gaming, while the other non-cache-laden die can hit higher clock speeds. AMD said it made this decision—rather than topping both dies with V-Cache—because many applications don’t care about the additional 64MB of cache and benefit from h…

We test the DirectStorage performance of various SSDs and find SATA drives finally falling behind NVMe in games.