MSI wants to stop motherboards from stabbing you
PinSafe Design ditches PCB spikes for smooth hands and fewer shorts
MSI has finally admitted what every PC builder already knows: motherboards are tiny metal sadists. At Computex 2025, the company revealed its new PinSafe Design, aimed at ending the age-old bloodsport of assembling a rig with your bare hands.
SK hynix stacks 321-layer NAND for AI boost
Thinner, faster UFS 4.1 lands in 2026
SK hynix is doubling down on its love affair with stacking things high by stuffing 321 layers into its latest NAND chips, making its new UFS 4.1 modules thinner, slightly more efficient, and apparently clever enough to know what you’re doing before you do.
Computex brings keyboard vents, ancient chips and a lonely dock
Asus turned up to Computex with a pile of gaming laptops barely changed from last year, now dressed up with Nvidia’s RTX 5060 and not much else to show for it.
ET900N G3 is a supercomputer with a DVD player
Asus has pulled a fast one on the performance PC world by hiding Nvidia's GB300 Ultra chip in a chassis so dull it is like watching paint dry on a beige wall in an insurance office while listening to someone explain how envelopes are made.
Quantum power into a standard rack server
Boffin's from Equal1 have just emerged from their smoke filled labs with a box which can use both quantum and traditional computing.