
MSI drops Godlike X870E monster with Zen-boosted max mobos
Limited-edition board hits 7.3 Ghz while rest of lineup promises 15 per cent Ryzen uplift
MSI has wheeled out its full range of AM5 “X870E MAX” motherboards, topped off with a limited-edition monster that comes with gold trim and a stuffed dragon [no really? ed].

ASRock announces H810TM-ITX mini-ITX motherboard
Mini-ITX H810 motherboard for commercial environments
ASRock has announced its new H810TM-ITX mini-ITX motherboard that is part of its Thin Mini-ITX motherboard series nd designed for commercial environments that require stability and performance.

Korean overclocker "Phantom" to blame
G.SKILL was keen to brag about a new overclocking record of its DDR5 R-DIMM memory, where a renowned Korean overclocker has managed to hit DDR5-8400 frequency with CL38 timings on a high-capacity 256GB (8x32GB) kit. The overclocking was done on the Asus Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE SE motherboard and the latest AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9985WX processor.

Innovative 32-die stack memory gets it the "Best of Show" award
KIOXIA's LC9 Series 245.76TB enterprise SSD, which uses a 32-die stack KIOXIA BiCS FLASH 8th generation QLC 3D flash memory, shone at the Future of Memory and Storage 2025, earning it the FMS "Best of Show" award in the SSD Technology category.

Intel confirms AVX-512 for future desktop CPUs
AVX10.2 512b coming with Nova Lake
A brief note in the latest oneDNN update confirms that Intel plans to bring back 512-bit AVX instructions to future desktop CPUs, most likely with Nova Lake.