Micron’s Crucial division today launched what the company says will be the next stage in the evolution of the PC’s humble memory module: CUDIMMs for laptops and CSODIMMs for desktops. Both will be necessary to…
Windows Security is the built-in antivirus suite within Microsoft’s operating system, and for most folks, it does a good job. But out of the box (so to speak), a couple of protections are turned off…
Memory is one of the crucial aspects of a graphics card, and faster is always better — so it’s no surprise that Nvidia’s next-gen GeForce RTX cards, expected sometime in 2025, will feature cutting-edge GDDR7…
More memory and faster memory are always big deals when it comes to new graphics cards, and the next generation of GDDR (Graphics Double Data Rate memory) is going to be fast indeed—approximately double the…
When it comes to gaming laptops and the hardware that powers them, the GPU and CPU are often the focal point for overall performance. Although the GPU and CPU are no doubt important, there’s one…
There’s no such thing as memory that’s too fast, especially when it comes to games. That’s why manufacturers stick memory right on the graphics card, and why it’s specifically optimized for visual applications. GDDR6 (that’s…
If you’re entering the crowded market of Steam Deck-inspired gaming handhelds, you need a gimmick to stand out—like the Legion Go’s detachable mouse thingy or the Claw’s Intel chipset. XPG decided on two key features…
CAMM2, short for Compression Attached Memory Module (and also 2), is one of the few truly exciting bits of hardware innovation to come out in the last few years. It’s poised to give us faster…
It’s getting pretty hard to find a laptop with a user-accessible SO-DIMM slot to upgrade the memory. And it’s about to get a lot harder. Starting with its upcoming Lunar Lake laptop CPU series, Intel…
CAMM2 is a new standard for laptop memory. It’s tiny, incredibly skinny, and compatible with modern DDR5 memory. That makes it a suitable replacement for space-hogging SO-DIMMs or soldered memory modules, which can’t be replaced…