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Ben Funk

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Freelance Writer at HotHardware

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  • Apple Mac Studio With M4 Max Review: Big Gains, Petite Package

    2 weeks ago | hothardware.com | Ben Funk

    Apple Mac Studio (2025) with M4 Max: Starts @ $1,999 ($2,199 As Tested) If you crave the best performance an Apple Mac desktop system can offer, look no further than the latest Mac Studio and its very powerful M4 Max chip. It has all the tools you'll need.

  • Here's Nintendo's Switch 2 Backwards Compatibility Game Plan

    2 weeks ago | hothardware.com | Ben Funk

    All the hubbub the last couple of days has been about the Switch 2's preorder date, and how that's been delayed due to Trump's tariffs, but something else caught our ear during Nintendo Direct this past week. The company talked about "compatible" original Switch games working with the new system, in addition to the paid upgrades for certain titles.

  • NVIDIA Project DIGITS Renamed DGX Spark, and DGX Station Provides AI Domination

    1 month ago | hothardware.com | Ben Funk

    Back at CES, NVIDIA announced Project DIGITS, its AI acceleration developer workstation fueled by Grace Blackwell. That's a combination of its Arm CPU design coupled with a Blackwell GPU, all backed by a whopping 128GB of memory. It's powerful, small, and laser focused on giving AI developers a suitable workstation to do use for their efforts. Now, Project DIGITS has a new name: DGX Spark. That system is accompanied by a new behemoth based on Blackwell Ultra, DGX Station.

  • SiFive HiFive Premier P550 Review: A True RISC-V Dev Kit Platform Emerges

    1 month ago | hothardware.com | Ben Funk

    SiFive HiFive Premier P550 SiFive's latest development kit makes it easy to develop optimized software for the RISC-V platform, on real RISC-V hardware, while sporting lots of IO.

  • Apple Unveils MacBook Air With M4 Starting At $999 And A Big Mac Studio Upgrade

    1 month ago | hothardware.com | Ben Funk

    M4 generation of silicon last fall, one odd exclusion was the MacBook Air. It's Cupertino's most popular notebook, by the company's own metrics, and its continued existence with M2 and M3 versions was a head-scratcher. Well, the itch is finally gone as of today: Apple has announced the MacBook Air with M4 silicon, and the price is surprisingly agreeable. Also, Apple gave the Mac Studio a much-needed spec bump, but that one's a little weird.

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Go Benanas for Ben @TVsBen
9 Apr 25

The #MacStudio with M4 Max is a darn powerful desktop that's surprisingly adept at playing Windows games. Read all about it in my review for @HotHardware https://t.co/QBPxXh2CT2

Go Benanas for Ben
Go Benanas for Ben @TVsBen
18 Mar 25

Hey @retrotink2 you doing ok? I am getting shipping notification emails for stuff I ordered long ago.

Go Benanas for Ben
Go Benanas for Ben @TVsBen
13 Mar 25

Everyone likes something new and weird, and in the CPU space nothing is so new and weird as the RISC-V ISA. Check out the @SiFive HiFive Premier P550 review over at @HotHardware and see how things are progressing in that realm. https://t.co/abURVQLbOn