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3 days ago | extremetech.com | Jon Martindale |Josh Gulick |Devesh Beri

Credit: Der8auer Famed overclocker Roman "Der8auer" Hartung has pushed the RTX 5090 to its absolute limits, raising the power limit to close to 800W using a shunt modification. It needed water cooling to prevent serious overheating, but the result is impressive, with the extra performance pushing the 5090 beyond even the capabilities of the professional RTX Pro 6000, which has more CUDA cores and four times the memory.

4 days ago | extremetech.com | Jon Martindale |Devesh Beri |Josh Gulick

A leaker with a strong record of accuracy is claiming to know some key details of Microsoft's "Next Xbox" console, and the rumored PlayStation 6. Although they don't provide any proof for the claims, they suggest that the next-gen systems will both be based on AMD's next-generation UDNA architecture (the sequel to the latest RDNA4). They also claim that the new systems won't use AMD's 3D V-Cache technology on the CPU, but will offer a sizeable performance uplift over existing consoles.

1 week ago | extremetech.com | Josh Gulick |Jon Martindale

Credit: Asus If you paid any attention to the launch of Nvidia’s flagship GeForce RTX 5090 GPU, you know that some PSU connectors weren’t up to handling the GPU’s 575W power draw. Third-party cables were to blame for some of the melting incidents, but even cables and connectors from big names sometimes couldn’t take the heat. But Asus thinks its new PSU is up to the task—and not just for one GPU.

1 week ago | extremetech.com | Devesh Beri |Josh Gulick |Jon Martindale

Google has launched a new option in its AI Mode for Search called Search Live. It lets users have a voice conversation, back and forth, with the search engine itself. This is now available to users in the United States who have joined the AI Mode experiment through the Google app on Android and iOS. With Search Live, users can tap a new "Live" icon in the app to ask questions aloud and receive AI-generated audio responses. They can also ask follow-up questions without restarting the conversation.

1 week ago | extremetech.com | Josh Gulick |Jon Martindale

Credit: Texas Instruments Texas Instruments gave its US manufacturing capabilities a huge boost with the announcement of a new $60 billion investment. As the White House has pushed chipmakers to bring manufacturing to the US, several industry leaders, including Apple, Micron, Nvidia, and TSMC, have announced significant investments, both in new projects and construction already underway. TI has plants in various stages of construction in Utah and Texas.