What is a motherboard?
What is a motherboard, exactly? Although it's clear your motherboard is important, its purpose isn't as clear. Here's everything you need to know......»»
Unearthing Found Footage From One of the First Bitcoin Conferences
em1ly writes: Motherboard found old footage from one of the first major Bitcoin conferences: Bitcoin 2013 in San Jose. They filmed at the conference -- where Bitcoin cost $118 at the time -- and in the basement of the organizer and founder of BitInst.....»»
A Cosmic Web Connecting the Universe Shapes Dark Matter In Galaxies, Study Finds
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Our universe is connected by a cosmic web made of giant threads of dark matter and gas that stretch across millions of light years and intersect at "nodes" populated by dense clusters of galaxies......»»
AMD reverses course, will support Ryzen 5000 in old B350 and X370 motherboards
New AGESA update will add official support for A320, B350, and X370 boards. Enlarge / A Ryzen 1800X CPU in an X370 motherboard. This could now be replaced by a top-end Zen 3 model, if your motherboard maker releases a BIOS update. (cre.....»»
DFI upbeat about demand from infrastructure construction
Industrial motherboard and computing solution provider DFI is optimistic about demand arising from infrastructure construction along with fast growing demand for digital transformation including smart manufacturing, according to company vice chairman.....»»
The Best Compact Graphics Cards
Today's top-of-the-line graphics cards tend to get pretty beefy. Your motherboard may not have room for the latest and greatest cards, especially if you're putting together a slim media center or a portable fragbox for LAN parties. We scoured.....»»
Mobo and graphics card makers turn cautious amid demand uncertainty
Taiwan-based main motherboard (mobo) and graphic card vendors including Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI), as well as smaller peers Rock and TUL, have turned conservative about their business prospects for 2022.....»»
Company Plans To Dig World"s Deepest Hole To Unleash Boundless Energy
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: A company that plans to drill deeper into Earth than ever before, creating holes that would extend a record-shattering 12 miles under our planet's surface, has raised a total of $63 million since.....»»
Transparency Org Releases Alleged Leak of Russian Censorship Agency
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Transparency organization Distributed Denial of Secrets has released what it says is 800GB of data from a section of Roskomnadzor, the Russian government body responsible for censorship in the cou.....»»
Doctor Apologizes For Ranting About "Console Wars" From Operating Room
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: People are review-bombing a hospital in India with one-star reviews after a doctor tweeted a video of himself during a procedure with an unconscious patient. The anesthesiologist, who goes by Dr......»»
New motherboard supports DDR5 and DDR4 — but there’s a flaw
Chinese manufacturer Onda has just announced its upcoming Micro-ATX motherboard with support for both DDR4 and DDR5 RAM......»»
Russian Shelling Damaged a Nuclear Research Facility, Ukraine Says
A research center housing a nuclear neutron source facility held at the Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology in eastern Ukraine was hit by Russian forces on Sunday, per a report from the state nuclear inspectorate. Motherboard reports: In a re.....»»
New Alder Lake motherboard supports both DDR4 and DDR5 memory
News of the motherboard comes from prolific leaker momomo_us (via Tom’s Hardware). The H610M+ board is made by Onda, and it supports DDR4-3200 and DDR5-4800 memory modules up to a maximum capacity of 32GB......»»
Intel wants 700-series chipset motherboards to support only DDR5 memory
According to TechPowerUp, Intel is already pushing to make 700-series chipsets DDR5-only when they arrive later this year. The company has reportedly been asking motherboard makers to avoid developing DDR4-compatible 700-series mobos, likely as a way.....»»
PSA: Don"t Buy This Asrock Motherboard
In testing new Intel B660 motherboards for an upcoming VRM roundup, we felt compelled to stop and look at the Asrock B660M-HDV, only because Asrock is at it again, misleading consumers with a garbage product......»»
Russian Cybersecurity Giant Kaspersky Tries To Maintain Neutrality During Ukraine War
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard, written by Joseph Cox: Around the same time Russian forces launched a massive rocket into a square in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, killing and wounding an as of yet unknown number of pe.....»»
Roblox Currency "Robux" Is Outperforming the Ruble
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: As of this writing, the Ruble is worth about 0.012 U.S. dollars. The Robux, the money people use to buy things in Roblox, is worth about 0.0125. This means that the Robux has slightly more buying.....»»
Chinese Cybersecurity Company Doxes Apparent NSA Hacking Operation
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: A Chinese cybersecurity company accused the NSA of being behind a hacking tool used for ten years in a report published on Wednesday. The report from Pangu Lab delves into malware that its researc.....»»
German retailer sees Intel"s motherboard revenue surpass AMD"s for the first time in years
Twitter's TechEpiphany (via Tom’s Hardware) reports that during week 7 of 2022, Mindfactory’s data showed Intel motherboards generated €234,656 (around $266,604) while AMD variants managed €208,236 (~$236,587). That means Pat Gelsinger’s fi.....»»
Newegg apologizes for customer service shortcomings, will discuss matter on camera soon
Steve Burke from Gamers Nexus recently purchased a Gigabyte motherboard from Newegg and opted for expedited shipping as he needed it quickly for a content piece. By the time it arrived, however, he had already sourced a different board and no longer.....»»
Newegg reverses "open box" return policy following Gamers Nexus scandal
After an incident between YouTube channel Gamers Nexus and Newegg over a motherboard that went public, the latter has changed course on its “open box” product return policy......»»