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It's black, brown, and beige from here on out, as Noctua confirms it has ditched development on white fans and coolers
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/cooling/its-black-brown-and-beige-from-here-on-out-as-noctua-confirms-it-has-ditched-development-on-white-fans-and-coolers/

Destructive testing of six liquid cooling radiators reveals some don't match the marketing
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/destructive-testing-of-six-liquid-coolers-reveals-some-dont-match-the-marketing/
How do you find out what's actually inside your all-in-one liquid cooler? What's clear from an investigation by Igor's Lab is that the manufacturer's specs sheet won't always provide an accurate answer to that question. Wallossek found two out of the six coolers ripped apart and prodded for testing did not contain the copper parts the manufacturer advertised and were usually replaced by copper/zinc alloy, or brass by another name.

LG confirms its 32 inch OLED monitor with 4K 240Hz/1080p 480Hz Dual-Mode is priced at $1,399
https://videocardz.com/newz/lg-confirms-its-32-inch-oled-monitor-with-4k-240hz-1080p-480hz-dual-mode-is-priced-at-1399

AMD Gained 17% While NVIDIA Gained 4.7% Discrete AIB GPU Shipments In Q4 2023, Market Up By 32%
https://wccftech.com/amd-nvidia-intel-aib-discrete-gpu-market-share-report-q4-2023/
The latest market survey is out from Jon Peddie Research and covers the AIB Discrete GPU markets which includes graphics cards. It is reported that the graphics card shipments increased by 6.8% vs the previous quarter and 32% vs the previous year. Starting Q1 2000, a total of 2.3 billion AIB GPUs have been shipped which adds to a total value of $482 Billion.
When it comes to the market share breakdown, AMD was the one to gain +2 points with its share rising to 19% (17% last quarter) which mainly clawed away NVIDIA's share which remains at a dominant position of 80% (82% last quarter). Meanwhile, Intel still holds just 1% market share and that's despite its Arc A770, A750, and A580 lineup being available in the mainstream market at attractive price points.

ASUS offers up to €100/£110 cashback for Radeon RX 7000 GPUs
https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-offers-up-to-e100-110-cashback-for-radeon-rx-7000-gpus
ASUS has introduced a new cashback initiative targeting specific countries. The cashback offer extends to select TUF Gaming and Dual models featuring Radeon RX 7000 GPUs. The amount of cashback provided is dependent on the region and completion of required tasks by the user. Always make sure to check if your favorite retailer is included in this promotion.

AMD Teases Next-Gen FSR “FiedlityFX Super Resolution” Upscaling Tech With AI, Following DLSS & XeSS
https://wccftech.com/amd-teases-next-gen-fsr-fiedlityfx-super-resolution-upscaling-tech-ai-rival-dlss-xess/
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In a jam-packed session with No Priors, AMD's CTO, Mark Papermaster, highlighted the fact that they are working to bring AI-powered upscaling technology to gaming devices. By gaming devices, Mark may not just be talking about the Radeon GPU lineup but also consoles as they amount to a significant portion of AMD's gaming business. While we probably won't see this technology in the current iteration of consoles, rumors are already floating of a refreshed lineup from both Sony & Microsoft so that could be a pivot point for AMD to deploy its next-gen upscaling tech.

NVIDIA discontinues GeForce GTX 16 GPUs, the end of GTX series
https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-discontinues-geforce-gtx-16-gpus-the-end-of-gtx-series
Once the remaining stock of GTX 16 depletes, there will be no more cards based on this Turing architecture shipping to partners, distributors, retailers and in the end to gamers. Chinese sources report that the most recent product roadmap confirms that the product has been discontinued and will no longer be restocked.
>> Press F to pay respect to the GTX brand.

JEDEC Unveils GDDR7 As The Next-Gen Graphics Memory Standard, AMD & NVIDIA Onboard
https://wccftech.com/jedec-unveils-gddr7-as-the-next-gen-graphics-memory-standard-amd-nvidia-onboard/
JEDEC has officially announced GDDR7 as the next-gen graphics memory standard, having both AMD & NVIDIA onboard.
As of right now, both Samsung & Micron have laid out their plans for the development of next-gen GDDR7 memory modules. Samsung is aiming for 32 Gbps speeds while Micron is aiming for 24 Gb+ 32 Gbps dies too. Micron, in its latest roadmap, also unveiled up to 36 Gbps & 24Gb+ memory dies by 2026.

AMD next-gen “Sound Wave” APU spotted, might be using Zen6 architecture
https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-next-gen-sound-wave-apu-spotted-might-be-using-zen6-architecture
Gamm0burst is a site specializing in data mining, with particular focus on LinkedIn profiles of people working for major semiconductor companies. In the latest update, it is revealed that one of such profiles shows a list of five AMD codenames that were not released or some even named yet.

Intel Core i9-14900KS spotted in the wild with 6.2 GHz clocks and high voltage
https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-core-i9-14900ks-spotted-in-the-wild-with-6-2-ghz-clocks-and-high-voltage

Intel Arrow Lake series to feature up to 4 Xe-Cores, no hyper-threading and DDR4 support
https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-arrow-lake-series-to-feature-up-to-4-xe-cores-no-hyper-threading-and-ddr4-support
Intel Arrow Lake set to launch by the end of this year, will be Intel’s first top-to-bottom series for desktop, laptops and mobile devices featuring AI-acceleration cores. The move to Arrow Lake for desktop computers also means moving to a new computer platform with a socket called LGA-1851. Chinese leaker Golden Pig Upgrade, who has a good record of leaks from Intel, confirmed that there is no DDR4 memory support.

The post on Bilibili serves as a reminder on Arrow Lake specs, which are more or less set in stone at this point. It is also a response to some of the recent rumors that for some reason suggested Intel is working on 15th Gen Core series, which is not true. Instead, the next-gen client CPU series will likely adopt Core Ultra 200 series naming, or how Intel calls it Second Generation Core Ultra.

The leaker reaffirms that there is no hyper threading support in the Arrow Lake chips, as well that the new CPUs will not have LP (low-power) E(fficient)-Core as found in Meteor Lake chips. There will be a NPU core (Neural Processing Unit) which should offer similar performance to Meteor Lake NPU.