HW News: CTS Labs Avoids Questions, R5 2600X Specs, Dead Wafers
2,520This hardware news recap follows-up on our CTS Labs story from last week, talks about the R5 2600X specs leak, and about 60,000 wafers dying in a power outage.
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Our hardware news recap starts with a revisit of the CTS Labs report, which drew ire for its professionalism and mode of disclosure. The report also drew criticism for Viceroy Research's lengthy tirade against AMD, which seemed of questionable motivation. We further discuss industry topics, like the R5 2600X's accidental specs listing on Amazon, Intel Meltdown/Spectre performance updates, NVIDIA's RTX (real-time ray-tracing), an ASUS ROG X470 motherboard for AM4 Ryzen 2, and more. Additional topics include ASRock's GPU vendor confirmation, Samsung's power outage killing Flash supply, and a Logitech G announcement.
Oh, and a leaked Corsair Obsidian 1000D.
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Host, Editorial: Steve Burke
Additional Research: Patrick Lathan & Eric Hamilton
Video: Andrew Coleman
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