The Nvidia Control Panel is no more, an ex-control panel, kicked the bucket, run down the curtain and joined the choir invisib… okay, it’s being retired

We are gathered here today in solemn reverence to celebrate our old friend, the Nvidia Control Panel. Okay, so it’s not actually dead. Nvidia has announced its “retirement”, but we all know what that means. Yep, it’s a short walk and a sharp drop, and I’m going to miss the cantankerous old rogue. “After 20…

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CD Projekt Red confirms it’s working on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt expansion after accidentally leaking it on its own storefront

The prophecy has been fulfilled. After much speculation CD Projekt has finally confirmed that it is indeed working on a Witcher 3: Wild Hunt expansion, going even further to confirm its release window as well. “Medallion’s humming, which can only mean one thing,” CD Projekt says in a blog post. “It’s time to announce we’re…

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Two memory manufacturers join Samsung in the $1 trillion market cap club, global DRAM revenue is nearing $100,000,000,000, and I’m here with my head in my hands

You might be forgiven for thinking there’s something very worrisome going on in the PC hardware industry, what with memory modules staying at their skyrocketed shortage-induced prices. But don’t worry folks, because memory makers are doing very well indeed, with revenue shooting up to nearly $100 billion as of the last quarter, according to Counterpoint…

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“They Had No Idea What They Were Doing” – Amico Teardown Sheds Light On Doomed Intellivision Console

“They had to know this thing was a dead duck back in early 2020”. The Intellivision Amico feels like a distant memory now, but there’s still plenty of interest in picking through the wreckage of Tommy Tallarico’s ill-fated home console. Electrical engineering legend and long-time Analogue collaborator Kevin ‘Kevtris’ Horton has gotten his hands on…

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A rumoured Intel Nova Lake mobile chip that’s 100% E-cores with a beefy iGPU would be great news for handhelds, if it wasn’t destined for edge computing only

With Intel riding high at the moment, thanks to its excellent Panther Lake and Arrow Lake Refresh processors, any news about its forthcoming Nova Lake chips is worth paying attention to. Point in case: it’s rumoured that Team Blue will release a 100% E-core mobile chip, with a big integrated GPU, with its next-generation architecture….

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