Intel Corporation’s chief executive officer Mr. Patrick Gelsinger made an appearance at the World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland, this week. The conference was the first time the event was held in person since the coronavirus pandemic, and Mr. Gelsinger’s interview with CNN’s Julia Chatterley covered a wide variety of topics ranging from the multi-billion dollar U.S. CHIPS Act to the vulnerability of the global semiconductor supply chain to geopolitical tensions....

MSI Wants Gamers To Know That The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Offers Better Value Than The RTX 4080 Graphics Cards When the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 GPU was released, the MSRP for the new graphics card was $1,199.99. Since its release, the price has not dropped, especially considering AMD released its graphics card line at a lower price than its competitors. On Twitter, the company advertised the new GeForce RTX 4070 Ti on its account, commenting that the graphics card is “not as bad as a 4080!...

However, that assumption is challenged by analyst forecasts. For example, Kenji Fukuyama, Director of Equity Research at UBS Securities, said in a statement: Sales in the recent holiday season were not that strong even with improved supply. People will soon start speculating about next-generation hardware and are likely to refrain from buying the old system. A slowdown in Switch sales momentum is unavoidable. Historically, sales of Nintendo consoles have largely been driven by the company’s biggest first-party exclusives....

Speaking on their public Discord server, as reported by Insider Gaming, well-known insider The Snitch revealed that PlayStation is about to announce third-party stuff very soon. Unfortunately, no hint has been provided as to what is about to be announced, but this seems to suggest that a State of Play may be coming in the near future. It has been some time since Sony hosted a State of Play to showcase upcoming PlayStation titles....

Samsung Unveils Large-Scale Computing System Featuring Almost 100 AMD Instinct MI100 GPUs With PIM Technology PIM chips integrate a processor with RAM onto an individual chip. This technological advancement is anticipated to assist with the large-scale performance of AI workloads. In October, Samsung revealed that the company demonstrated how a PIM chip’s performance could be combined with an AMD graphics processing unit. When the company trained the language model algorithm T5 with this next-gen breakthrough, the performance increased over twice as much while lowering the power consumption in a system without PIMs present....

There’s been some speculation about how The Last of US HBO series will adapt the games. Will the show stick strictly to the plot of the games or will it eventually forge off and tell its own stories? According to The Hollywood Reporter article, the first season will cover the entirety of the first game. After that, it’s hinted, but not entirely confirmed, that season 2 will jump immediately to adapting The Last of Us Part II....

According to modder Nukem, who released the HBAO Plus mod on Nexus Mods, the ambient occlusion option is still implemented in the game, and its unavailability seems to be an oversight from the developer, so its removal was likely not intended. The modder also revealed they might add XeGTAO (Ground Truth Ambient Occlusion) to The Witcher 3 in the future. Q. How does this patch work? A. HBAO+ is still implemented in the game code....

Well, insider Tom Henderson, who has delivered accurate Ubisoft-related info multiple times in the past, has attempted to shine some light on the situation. Henderson spoke to five current and former Ubisoft employees, and according to them, the reason for the cancellations and delays was that the games simply weren’t measuring up when presented to playtesters. It seems one issue is Ubisoft’s fixation on the battle royale format, with one employee saying there were at least a dozen games in the genre in various states of development at one point....

Last week, I was given the chance to try Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty for the second time with a more welcoming demo featuring the first two story chapters. Back in September 2022, console players had the chance to try out the game, but getting dropped into an advanced mission with no knowledge of the basic mechanics did the public demo no favor. Still, I felt it was a solid showing, and with plenty of development time left, I thought Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty had a strong chance of becoming even better....

XMG sells a premium gaming laptop for performance-hungry gamers, with pricing starting at almost €2,200 for RTX 4060, €4000 For RTX 4090 Specs XMG revealed the newest XMG Neo 16, a premium laptop that houses NVIDIA’s RTX 4060, 4070, and 4080, and up to an RTX 4090 mobility GPU & the latest Intel Core i9-13900HX CPU. However, the pricing may throw many off, as the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 version will be €3,886 ($1,810....

AMD Ryzen 7045 ‘Dragon Range’ & Ryzen 7040 ‘Phoenix’ Mobility CPUs Official: Zen 4 & RDNA 3 For Laptops AMD kicked off its Ryzen 7000 Mobility portfolio with the introduction of the Mendocino CPUs last year and today, they are introducing two new families, the Ryzen 7045 ‘Dragon Range’ and Ryzen 7040 ‘Phoenix’ CPUs. The current AMD Ryzen 7000 Mobility product stack is as below: Mendocino (Ryzen 7020 Series) - Everyday Computing Barcelo-R (Ryzen 7030 Series) - Mainstream Thin & Light Rembrandt-R (Ryzen 7035 Series) - Premium Thin & Light Phoenix Point (Ryzen 7040 Series) - Elite Ultrathin Dragon Range (Ryzen 7045 Series) - Extreme Gaming & Creator...

AMD Ryzen 7000 Non-X CPUs Shows Up At Various Retailers Globally, The retail embargo on the AMD Ryzen 7000 Non-X CPUs including the Ryzen 9 7900, Ryzen 7 7700, and Ryzen 5 7600 doesn’t lift until next week on Tuesday (10th January) but that has not stopped retailers from starting retail activities. Following we have a few of the several retailers who already listed these CPUs including Newegg Canada and Athema UK....

Apple could delay or potentially cancel the 14.1-inch iPad Pro with a mini-LED display It was reported by reliable display analyst Ross Young that Apple plans to launch a 14.1-inch iPad Pro with a mini-LED display in the first quarter of 2023. Ross Young now states that the company has abandoned its plans to launch the iPad Pro with a 14.1-inch mini-LED next year. Apple could potentially delay or cancel the device altogether....

AYN begins presales on the Loki series to debut in the first and second quarters of 2023 Prices range from $299 to $759, but then information drops off. In September 2023, the company unveiled the Loki Max PCB board to be used in the premium handheld from AYN. A few days later, the company unveiled “possible” internals being tested for the new systems, and then it was October when they discussed the LCD screens....

The update is dubbed a hotfix but includes numerous fixes and improvements nonetheless. Aside from fixes to Heist Battlegrounds, it packs fixes for strikes, gambit, and the crucible alongside improvements to vendors, bounties, abilities, armor, and more. In addition, this patch improves the UI loader by improving snappiness when switching between multiple screens quickly. We’ve included the official release notes, as released by Bungie, down below: Destiny 2 Patch 6....

200MP images from the Galaxy S23 Ultra can consume up to 40MB, depending on various circumstances Each image snapped from the 200MP of the Galaxy S23 Ultra is said to have a resolution of 12240 x 16320, according to details shared by Ice Universe. Though the tipster does not reveal where he came across such findings, it is interesting to note that the previous resolution is barely different from an image captured by the Galaxy S22 Ultra’s 108MP camera....

This wasn’t the only Gran-Turismo-related news revealed at CES. Sony also shared a first sneak peek at the Neill-Blomkamp-direct Gran Turismo movie driving into theaters this summer. Blomkamp boasted the use of new cutting-edge camera technology from Sony, which allowed him to capture a variety of unique angles reminiscent of those from the GT games without the use of CGI. The first teaser trailer seems to back that claim up with footage that really does look ripped from the games in some ways....

Intel Xeon W-3400 & Xeon W-2400 Sapphire Rapids Workstation CPUs To Be Unveiled Next Month It seems like our report from November seems to be on the spot as Intel has confirmed that the Xeon W-3400 & Xeon W-2400 CPUs will be unveiled on the 15th of February. Intel not only confirms the unveiling date but also highlights the various tiers we will get for each family. For Intel’s Xeon W-3400 CPUs, we will get the Xeon W9, W7, and W5 series chips while for the Xeon W-2400 family, we’ll get Xeon W7, W5, and W3 chips....

One-Netbook introduces the next-gen OneXPlayer 2 handheld PC with options for work, leisure, and play and the AMD Ryzen 7 6800U processor In addition to a new look and features, OneXPlayer introduces the new Play Center integrated software that supports features like frame locking, management over power consumption and GPU frequency, and fan speed. Users interested in pre-buying the OneXPlayer 2 can do so through the company’s current Indiegogo campaign, with pricing currently at $989....

Below you’ll find a recap of the official Edge specifications: During the showcase, Razer also demonstrated the so-called Project Carol Concept Design, a head cushion featuring near-field surround sound and haptics. Unlike traditional speakers, Project Carol’s near-field surround sound provides closer, more direct rear audio, giving a more enveloping soundscape. Project Carol is powered by the award-winning Razer HyperSense technology. The cushion converts game sounds into haptic feedback in real-time, allowing gamers to feel everything behind them, placing them firmly in the middle of the action....