Earlier this morning, Micron let it slip that NVIDIA’s upcoming GeForce RTX 3090 Ampere graphics cards will ship with 12GB of GDDR6X memory. According to Micron’s documentation, the GeForce RTX 3090 will be capable of achieving 1TB/sec of memory bandwidth.

However, that’s not all that Micron had in store via its Tech Brief, which is inexplicably still hosted

One of the things Intel shared during its Architecture Day 2020 event earlier this week was a new set of details related to its Xe GPU efforts for gamers. Up to this point, the bulk of information surrounding Xe—both official and from various leaks and rumors—has been tied to Intel’s upcoming Tiger Lake CPUs for laptops, along with a spattering

In this episode of HotHardware’s Two And A Half Geeks, we’ll be chatting about all of the juicy news to come out of Intel’s Architecture Day 2020, Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, Maingear’s pint-sized Turbo gaming PC with Ryzen 3000 XT inside, Google’s Pixel 4a affordable Android phone and lots more!

Show Notes:
06:13 – Samsung

Gamers worldwide have been anticipating the official launch of Microsoft Flight Simulator for many months. The game was in alpha form for a long time before entering beta last month. Developers have been offering tidbits, including game details, video, and screenshots during those periods that have gamers excited. Developers are reminding

Roughly a month ago, we reported that SpaceX was seeking beta testers to try out its Starlink internet service. Starlink consists of a “constellation” of over 600 micro-satellites, which are currently in orbit around the Earth. SpaceX eventually hopes to put as many as 30,000 of these micro-satellites in orbit – if it gets FCC approval —

New Canalys data for the smartphone market looking at Q2 of 2020 has been published. Overall during the quarter, smartphone vendors shipped 31.9 million devices in the US. Compared to Q1 2020, the number is an 11% gain, but a 5% decline compared to Q2 of 2019. The increase in quarter-to-quarter shipments comes thanks to the resumption of Chinese

Intel held a virtual Architecture Day 2020 event this week, and similar to its late 2018 event, the company disclosed a number of details regarding its Six Pillars of technology innovation — Process, Architecture, Memory, Interconnect, Security and Software. During the event, Intel’s execs and architects discussed new transistor and…

Motorola first announced its new Razr late last year, and officially launched the smartphone in early 2020. Unfortunately for Motorola, Samsung showed up not long after with its Galaxy Z Flip sporting a similar form-factor, faster SoC, better features, and a lower price point. Motorola eventually was relegated to selling the Razr with BOGO

Remember the little yellow handheld console called PlayDate? It is an adorably sized game system with a monochrome display and unique hand crank, and it is still being developed for an eventual release. While we wait, the company behind the PlayDate, Panic (the same company that published the popular Untitled Goose Game), bombarded Twitter

For better or worse, tech companies have increasingly been pushing monthly subscriptions for various services, and it can be both expensive and unwieldy trying to juggle them all. In an effort to make its own services more manageable and attractive, Apple is said to be readying a bunch of “Apple One” bundle offers at reduced prices.

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