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Dell Pro Max Plus laptop is the first to feature an enterprise-grade discrete NPU It features a Qualcomm AI 100 PC Inference Card with 32 AI-cores and 64GB memory This offers the opportunity to carry out high-intensity AI tasks, even on the move Dell has unveiled an AI PC with a never-before-seen feature it hopes will spur on the next levels of productivity. Revealed at Dell Technologies World 2025 , the new Dell Pro Max Plus laptop is the first to feature an enterprise-grade discrete NPU, offering the opportunity to carry out high-intensity AI tasks even on the move. The mobile workstation features a Qualcomm AI 100 PC Inference Card with 32 AI-cores and 64GB memory, which Dell says should be more than enough to handle the needs of AI engineers and data scientists deploying large models for edge inferencing. Dell Pro Max Plus (Image credit: Dell Technologies) Speaking at the event, company CEO Michael Dell addressed the upcoming Windows 10 end of life , hinting th...

SN8100 tops flash-based SSD charts with record speeds and great thermals with no fan required Sandisk’s SN8100 delivers stunning PCIe Gen5 performance with nearly 15 GB/s read speeds Intel’s four-year-old Optane P5800X still outpaces the SN8100 in real-world speed tests SanDisk’s new WD Black SN8100 PCIe Gen5 SSD is fast, efficient, and engineered to meet the demands of gamers and power users alike. The drive uses a PCIe Gen5 x4 interface and is available in 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB capacities. Built around SanDisk's in-house 8-channel controller and BiCS 3D TLC NAND, it supports read speeds of up to 14.5 GB/s and write speeds up to 12.7 GB/s, placing it among the fastest Gen5 drives currently available. However, despite the SN8100’s cutting-edge design and impressive benchmarks, Intel’s now-defunct, four-year-old Optane P5800X still holds the crown as the fastest SSD in real-world use. Benchmarks suggest top speeds - but not across the board In synthetic benchmarks like Crys...

Solidigm’s monster 122.88TB D5-P5336 SSD is now officially available It's designed to meet demands of modern hyperscale data infrastructure Initial estimates suggested $14,000, but you can order it for "just" $12,399 Originally announced in November 2024, the 122.88TB model of Solidigm’s D5-P5336 SSD has officially gone on sale. If you’ve ever wondered how much one of these giant-capacity SSDs might set you back, the answer is: maybe not quite as much as you’d expect, as although early estimates placed its price close to $14,000, but you can actually pick up the drive from Tech-America for a much more affordable $12,399. Obviously, this isn’t a drive for your typical PC rig - it uses a PCIe 4.0 interface and comes in U.2 (available now) and E1.L (expected later this year) form factors. It’s aimed at enterprise storage environments handling large-scale AI, machine learning, and data-intensive workloads. Longer lasting QLC The drive is built with 192-layer QLC...

Kioxia CM9 Series SSDs use 8th gen BiCS FLASH for enterprise performance Faster NAND speeds and power efficiency support AI and data centers Offers 61.44TB max, dual-port design, and massive write improvements Kioxia has announced its CM9 Series PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSDs, marking the first enterprise drives built using its 8th generation BiCS FLASH 3D TLC memory. With PCIe 5.0 and NVMe 2.0 support, the CM9 SSDs are designed to meet modern standards for data center storage by offering high-efficiency storage capable of supporting AI, machine learning, and high-performance computing. These new SSDs feature CMOS directly bonded to array (CBA) architecture, an update designed to improve performance, power efficiency, and memory density. Kioxia’s use of CBA-based flash architecture promises faster NAND interface speeds and lower latency, which helps the drives deliver quicker data access and improved power efficiency. Top-tier bit density Compared to the previous CM7 series, the CM9 li...

Anthropic has debuted two new Claude AI models named Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4 Claude Opus 4 claims to be the best coding AI in the world Claude Sonnet 4 is a smaller, streamlined model with major upgrades from Sonnet 3.7 version. Anthropic has unveiled Claude 4, the latest generation of its AI models. The company boasts that the new Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4 models are at the top of the game for AI assistants with unmatched coding skills and the ability to function independently for long periods of time. Claude Sonnet 4 is the smaller model, but it's still a major upgrade in power from the earlier Sonnet 3.7. Anthropic claims Sonnet 4 is much better at following instructions and coding. It's even been adopted by GitHub to power a new Copilot coding agent. It's likely to be much more widely used simply because it is the default model on the free tier for the Claude chatbot. Claude Opus 4 is the flagship model for Anthropic and supposedly the best c...

A dual-GPU design returns, but it’s not meant for gamers this time around 48GB of memory sounds impressive, but will it actually deliver meaningful AI performance? With no benchmarks and specs, this card is more rumor than revolution right now Intel may be preparing to launch an unusual graphics card featuring two Arc B580 GPU chips and 48GB of memory, reports have claimed. While this isn’t an official Intel product, it appears to be a custom design developed by one of Intel’s board partners, who remains unnamed due to non-disclosure agreements. What makes this card notable is the return of a dual-GPU layout using consumer-class chips, something the industry hasn’t seen in several years. 48GB of memory hints at AI potential This particular model reportedly combines two B580 GPUs, each paired with 24GB of memory, for a total of 48GB on a single card. The intent doesn't appear to be gaming, which raises questions about the target audience. Given the high memory and compu...

Google I/O events are an often frustrating glimpse of the near future, with a lot of shiny software toys scheduled to land sometime "in the coming months". That often means a long wait of up to a year, so for Google I/O 2025 we've rounded every new announcement that you can actually try today. Naturally, some of the features below come with restrictions – a few are only available to try now in the US, while some are restricted to subscribers of Google's AI Pro or AI Ultra tiers. But many have also rolled out worldwide, so there are new features to take for a spin even if you don't currently pay Google a cent. What's missing from the list below and coming at a later date? Quite a bit actually, including some of the more futuristic ideas like Google Beam and Android XR , and it also isn't clear how long we'll have to wait for a worldwide rollout of AI Mode for Search, Veo 3, Flow, Virtual Try On in the Shopping app, and Google's top-tier AI Ultra...