The Medium will offer two Ray Tracing modes, will support reflections, RTAO, hybrid translucent & shadows

Bloober Team has detailed all the Ray Tracing effects that The Medium will support on the PC. According to the team, the game will feature ray-traced reflections, ambient occlusion, hybrid translucent, and shadows. Continue reading The Medium will offer two Ray Tracing modes, will support reflections, RTAO, hybrid translucent & shadows

Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux, calls out Intel on the importance of ECC RAM in the consumer market space

Linus Torvalds, the principal developer and creator of the Linux kernel, recently criticized INTEL for undermining the importance of error-correcting code (ECC) memory. In a recent tech forum post discussing ECC memory, Linus openly blamed Intel for not making ECC RAM mainstream on consumer market, while at the same time praised AMD for supporting it on their Ryzen platforms. Continue reading Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux, calls out Intel on the importance of ECC RAM in the consumer market space

Rumor: AMD might be prepping new NAVI RDNA 2-based GPUs, “XTXH” and “Nashira Point” codenames spotted

According to a recent listing spotted in the USB Implementers Forum website, it is expected that AMD might have few more NAVI RX 6000-series Graphics cards based on the RDNA 2 architecture in the pipeline. However, the submitted entries do not confirm whether the GPU codenames listed refers to the Navi 21 or Navi 22 variants. Continue reading Rumor: AMD might be prepping new NAVI RDNA 2-based GPUs, “XTXH” and “Nashira Point” codenames spotted

INTEL’s leaked roadmap confirms 11th gen Rocket Lake-S CPU lineup’s launch date window between Q1-Q2 2021 [UPDATE]

Back in October, Intel officially revealed its upcoming 11th Gen Rocket Lake-S desktop CPU lineup, based on the Cypress Cove core architecture. Rocket Lake (RKL) is a planned microarchitecture designed by Intel as a direct successor to the Comet Lake-S series of desktop CPUs and high-performance mobile devices. Continue reading INTEL’s leaked roadmap confirms 11th gen Rocket Lake-S CPU lineup’s launch date window between Q1-Q2 2021 [UPDATE]

AMD submits a new patent for an MCM “GPU chiplet” design for future RDNA architectures

It appears that AMD has recently submitted a new patent to the US Patent and trademark Office/USPTO on December 31 2020, which outlines the company’s plan for its future GPU technology. This leak comes via Twitter user @davideneco25320 who spotted this entry. Continue reading AMD submits a new patent for an MCM “GPU chiplet” design for future RDNA architectures