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HWiNFO64 is a diagnostic tool that tracks live data across CPU, GPU, motherboard, RAM, drives, and sensors, presenting it through a system summary, full report, and active sensor windows. It supports logging, custom alerts, and can display VRM temperatures when motherboards expose that data, though its fan control feature is a secondary function rather than its main purpose.
Supply-chain sources cited by DigiTimes say Intel is preparing to raise CPU prices by roughly 10% starting October 5, as CEO Lip-Bu Tan reviews pricing, manufacturing costs and the product lineup. The report also points to possible layoffs of 5-10% of Intel's global workforce and the discontinuation of lower-margin, lower-core chips used in industrial PCs, IoT and embedded systems.
According to Digitimes, Intel is preparing to raise prices on its PC processors by about 10 percent starting in October, following earlier increases this year. The outlet also reports Intel may cut 5 to 10 percent of its workforce while still hiring in some areas, and could phase out its Small Core line, which mainly affects industrial and IoT devices rather than consumer PCs.
The developer behind the MartyPC emulator commissioned a 5.6-gigapixel die photograph of an NEC V20 CPU (fabricated by second-source manufacturer Sharp) to extract its microcode. The goal is to replace MartyPC's existing V20 emulation core, which was essentially a modified 8088 core rather than a true cycle-accurate model, with one based on the chip's actual internal logic.
Nvidia has officially detailed its RTX Spark chip, branding it the N1X and confirming it will ship in laptops and mini PCs starting in October. The lineup includes a top config pairing a 20-core Grace CPU with a 6,144-core Blackwell GPU and up to 128GB of unified memory, plus a lower-tier laptop-only version with 18 CPU cores, 5,120 CUDA cores, and up to 32GB of memory. Lenovo and Acer have already unveiled devices using the chip ahead of IFA Berlin, with more OEMs expected to follow.
Lenovo has published detailed specifications for two Nvidia RTX Spark-based laptops: the Yoga Pro 9n clamshell and the Yoga 9n 2-in-1 convertible. Both use Grace CPUs with up to 20 cores and Blackwell RTX graphics with up to 6,144 cores, but differ in memory, storage type and screen size, with the Pro model offering higher-end specs overall.
A leaked slide reportedly sourced from an OEM or motherboard partner outlines Intel's production and launch plan for its Nova Lake-S desktop chips, showing mass production starting in Q4 2026. Only a 28-core unlocked model would debut in Q1 2027, with the flagship 52-core chip pushed to later in the year, possibly between May and September 2027. Unlike Intel's usual practice of leading with flagship parts, the top-tier 52-core SKU appears positioned above a normal flagship, aimed more at HEDT-style users.
The Asahi Linux project has released version 7.2 of its Progress Linux distribution, continuing its effort to bring full Linux support to Apple Silicon Macs. This update focuses heavily on improving power management, particularly around how the application CPU cores enter and exit sleep states using ARM's Wait For Interrupt instruction and Apple's deep-sleep variant. The team is also working to align its downstream power management driver with the standardized Power State Coordination Interface required for upstream kernel acceptance.
CPUID has released CPU-Z version 3.01, updating its long-standing hardware information utility with a diagnostic feature called Validator V3. The tool scans a system for more than 100 possible problems, such as overheating components, outdated drivers, hardware faults, and unwanted preinstalled software.
An Exxact listing has confirmed pricing for Nvidia's DGX Station desktop tower, the Valence VWS-158270643, at $94,930 to start. The system pairs a GB300 Superchip—Blackwell Ultra GPU with 252GB of HBM3e memory—with a 72-core Grace CPU over NVLink-C2C, adding 496GB of LPDDR5x RAM for a combined 748GB of unified memory. Nvidia had unveiled the machine at Computex 2026 without disclosing a price, leaving partners like Dell, HP and Exxact to quote figures individually.
YouTuber TrashBench cut apart the stock coolers on Nvidia GTX 1060, 1070 and 1080 Ti cards and bolted on a dual-tower CPU cooler with extra fans instead. The frankenstein setup dropped GPU temperatures by as much as 32°C, cut power draw by roughly 30W, and boosted overclocked frame rates by about 9% in Shadow of the Tomb Raider.