Cooler Master has released the V Platinum 1600 V2, a 1600W ATX 3.1 power supply designed for top-end gaming and workstation PCs. It is an 80PLUS Platinum certified PSU, offering maximum compatibility with modern ATX directives. The power supply is aimed at budget-conscious users who need a powerful and efficient PSU without breaking the bank.

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Intel will launch its next-generation Core Ultra laptop chips, codenamed Lunar Lake, on September 3rd. The chips have been touted for nearly a year and were previewed at Computex in June. The launch event will take place ahead of IFA.

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AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su unveiled the Zen 5 microarchitecture at Computex 2024, announcing the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, a new Zen 5-powered mobile SoC codenamed Strix Point. The chip brings significant architectural improvements across AMD's entire IP portfolio. The Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 is expected to launch within weeks of its desktop counterpart.

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ASRock has launched a passively cooled Radeon RX 7900 XT, a compact and affordable option for those looking for an AMD Radeon card for their server. The card is a response to the high demand for GPU-based AI accelerators and the limited availability of official server cards from NVIDIA and AMD. The passively cooled design eliminates the need for a power supply, making it a cost-effective solution for those who cannot afford or do not want to pay for official server cards.

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SK hynix plans to release a 60 TB SSD, marking its entry into the ultra-premium enterprise SSD league. The company expects eSSD sales to be more than quadrupled compared to last year. Currently, there are only two standard form-factor 61.44 TB SSDs on the market, both built from proprietary controllers.

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AMD delays the launch of its Ryzen 9000 series desktop processors due to quality issues. The initial launch date was July 31st, but it will now be a staggered launch, with the Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X launching on August 8th, and the Ryzen 9 9900X and flagship Ryzen 9 9950X launching on August 15th. The announcement was made by AMD's SVP and GM of Computing and Graphics, Jack Huynh.

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Micron has launched its 9550-series SSDs, which are claimed to be the fastest enterprise drives in the industry. The drives feature a PCIe 5.0 x4 interface, 232-layer 3D TLC NAND memory, and will be available in capacities ranging from 3.2 TB to 30.72 TB.

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JEDEC is working on standards for DDR5 Multiplexed Rank DIMMs (MRDIMM) for servers and an updated LPCAMM standard to go with next-generation LPDDR6 memory. Micron has introduced the industry's first DDR5 MRDIMMs, which are timed to launch alongside the new standards. The new standards aim to improve memory efficiency and performance in servers.

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HighPoint Technologies has updated their NVMe switch and RAID solutions with PCIe 5.0, introducing the Rocket 1600 and 7600 series. The new cards support up to eight NVMe drives and are based on a Broadcom PCIe switch. The Rocket 7600 series runs the RAID stack on an integrated ARM processor.

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Intel has addressed the desktop Raptor Lake instability issue, which started as a handful of reports last year and grew into a larger problem. The company has been working to identify the cause since at least February and has now found the root cause. A microcode fix will be rolled out next month to resolve the issue.

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