The Gen 5 APU expands. AMD has updated its Ryzen 7000 mobile stack with the introduction of the Ryzen 5 7545U processor featuring Zen 4 and Zen 4c architecture for improved power efficiency and scalability, providing more performance below 15W. The Ryzen 5 processors come with a four-core…
A critical flaw in EDK II, the open-source UEFI firmware code that most PC and server makers build their BIOS on, lets an unauthenticated attacker on the network interfere with a machine while it is booting over the network, before…
A memory-corruption bug in TianoCore EDK II, the open-source codebase that underpins much of the UEFI firmware industry, became public on October 27, 2026. Ars Technica reported that the flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-97631, sits in an ICMP component and may allow code…
Printed circuit boards (PCBs) are the foundation of every PC component, as they mount everything and connect the entire system using electrical components, wiring, and more. However, we are about to enter another phase of consumer electronics price hikes, as…
The second-hand component market and unofficial stores continue to bring unpleasant surprises for buyers. The specialized store PC One’s has uncovered one of the most unusual scams in recent months after receiving an AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D processor that turned out to…
On Nov. 4, Intel’s 12th Generation Core “Alder Lake” CPUs go on sale. (See our early primer on the new Alder Lake CPU lineup.) With it comes a whole new platform and CPU socket, so anyone who wants to jump on this…
Scale memory capacity in the enterprise with dual x8 EDSFF interfaces for CXL architectures, designed for flexibility in demanding environments The PCI6-AD-x162x8-EDSFF connects to the host via a PCIe x16 edge connector and features two 84-pin EDSFF device connectors at a…
I'm working on oss-pce-cd-bios, an open-source effort to create a redistributable replacement for the PC Engine / TurboGrafx-CD System Card BIOS. In my October 22 update, the project had eight project-defined implementations connected to its 81 candidate entry points. As of October 29, the…
The Dell 16 Touch Business Laptop (Amazon ASIN B0HMW795CZ) carries the following confirmed specifications, corroborated by the NeweggBusiness listing for this configuration: One spec discrepancy worth noting: some Dell configurations in the Ryzen AI 7 350 ecosystem use LPDDR5x at 7,500 MT/s, which offers higher…
Defenders across the world face the burden of responding to yet another botched code-execution vulnerability, this time in boot-time firmware used by most of the world’s server vendors and data centers. As the official advisory puts it: Other recently discovered…
Number of slots, CPU vs chipset lanes, and heatspreaders for M.2 drives.
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