Articles by Wayne Williams, Editor

Wayne Williams is a freelancer writing news for TechRadar Pro. He has been writing about computers, technology, and the web for 30 years. In that time he wrote for most of the UK’s PC magazines, and launched, edited and published a number of them too.

Articles by: Wayne Williams

Microchip on a motherboard with Flag of China and USA. Concept for the battle of global microchips production.

Potentially tens of thousands of faulty Nvidia AI chips end up in these obscure Chinese repair shops — it may mask something even more vital

By Wayne Williams published 3 August 25

China's underground AI chip repair industry thrives as demand soars and smuggling continues.

Here are all the Radeon AI Pro R9700 cards that have been announced: MSI, XFX, Biostar and Acer are still missing

By Wayne Williams published 2 August 25

Asus, Gigabyte, Sapphire and others unveil custom Radeon AI Pro R9700 cards for professional and AI workstation markets.

Watch how Chinese are converting thousands of Geforce RTX 5090 cards into AI accelerators and there's nothing Nvidia can do to stop it

By Wayne Williams published 1 August 25

Chinese firms are converting RTX 5090 gaming cards into AI chips inside domestic factory lines.

A stylized depiction of a padlocked WiFi symbol sitting in the centre of an interlocking vault.

Asus releases security updates for its routers after major vulnerabilities surface - here's how to stay safe

By Wayne Williams published 31 July 25

Asus responds to recent security disclosures with MyAsus update and confirmation of wider router firmware patches.

Best business tablet deals of 2025

By Wayne Williams last updated 30 July 25

Updated Top professional tablets for work and productivity at the most affordable prices.

A Tesla Roadster, Optimus Robot and Elon Musk

Tesla just signed a $16.5 billion contract with Samsung to manufacture an AI chip used in humanoid robots, data centers and, oh yes, autonomous cars as well

By Wayne Williams published 29 July 25

Tesla signs $16.5 billion contract with Samsung to produce AI6 chips for robots, autonomous vehicles, and AI data centers.

Wi-Fi signals could be used to uniquely identify individuals — WhoFi complements biometrics prompting privacy fears

By Wayne Williams published 28 July 25

WhoFi tech can identify people by how they disrupt Wi-Fi, raising major concerns over privacy and surveillance potential.

AMD Threadripper Pro 9995WX goes on sale at Amazon and Newegg — for as little as $11699 you can get the world's fastest CPU but I don't think it's worth it

By Wayne Williams published 28 July 25

AMD’s Threadripper Pro 9995WX hits Amazon and Newegg at $11,699 with powerful specs, but limited appeal for most users.

Samsung's largest SSD to date goes on sale for $5,593 — 61.44TB PCIe Gen5 SSD costs only $0.09/GB

By Wayne Williams published 27 July 25

Samsung’s giant 61.44TB SSD offers massive storage for $5,593 after discounts.

The semiconductor industry is losing billions of dollars ever year because of this obscure little quirk

By Wayne Williams published 27 July 25

Semiconductor fabs may be losing hundreds of millions annually to poorly understood stochastic defects.

Frozen AMD Threadripper Pro 9995WX CPU breaks flurry of world records — a 6GHz processor is pretty cool, literally

By Wayne Williams published 27 July 25

AMD's Threadripper Pro 9995WX hits 6GHz and crushes world records with ASUS motherboard and liquid nitrogen cooling.

Next-gen iPhone CPU could be 500x more powerful than the SoC in the original iPhone

By Wayne Williams published 27 July 25

The next iPhone chip performance could surpass original CPU by more than 500x, according to a new report.

Sandisk recruits RISC cofounder, AMD graphics legend to spearhead cheaper rival to HBM — high bandwidth flash could bring SSD-capacities to AI GPUs without the cost

By Wayne Williams published 26 July 25

Sandisk brings in RISC and GPU pioneers to lead development of HBF, a cheaper HBM alternative.

The end of an era? At $250, Dell's cheapest laptop is almost half the price of its most affordable PC so are desktops on the way out?

By Wayne Williams published 26 July 25

Budget shoppers may skip desktops entirely as Dell’s laptop handles everyday use for less.

Tape storage is not dead yet - but $300 LTO-10 cartridges and inflated exabyte numbers won't help its cause

By Wayne Williams published 26 July 25

Tape storage sees strong shipment numbers, but its affordability is undermined by LTO-10’s high cost per terabyte.

VRLA Tech AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro Workstation

First AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9995WX workstation PC goes on sale for just over $20,000 - but it's not from HP, Lenovo or Dell

By Wayne Williams published 26 July 25

VRLA Tech ships first workstation with 96 core AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9995WX processor.

LG's Gram Pro 2025 is one of the lightest 17-inch laptops ever built — and it now comes with an Nvidia RTX 5050 GPU

By Wayne Williams published 25 July 25

LG’s Gram Pro laptops bring hybrid AI, RTX 5050 graphics, and 2TB SSD to ultra-thin frames.

AMD's fastest GPU ever will sell for as little as $1244 — Radeon AI Pro R9700 will come with 32GB GDDR6 memory

By Wayne Williams published 24 July 25

AMD's fastest GPU ever will sell for as little as $1240 - Radeon AI Pro R9700 comes with 32GB GDDR6 memory.

Dell will have a laptop with 256GB RAM later this year thanks to CAMM2 - Pro Max 18 Plus eschews AMD Ryzen and I can't quite understand why

By Wayne Williams published 23 July 25

Dell Pro Max 18 Plus supports 128GB RAM right now, with 256GB option arriving later in 2025.

The Ryzen AI Max+ 395 could power the latest generation of powerful mini PCs

Finally, Minisforum set to launch its own AI Max+ 395 Mini PC - benchmarks of a 128GB RAM beast emerge on Geekbench

By Wayne Williams published 22 July 25

Minisforum may launch new mini PC with Ryzen AI Max+ 395 chip and 128GB RAM.

Your Gmail inbox could soon be filled with adverts as Google tests new shoppable ad formats — and yes, it's as bad as it sounds

By Wayne Williams published 21 July 25

Google tests Gmail ads that expand into product carousels, turning inboxes into mini shopping experiences.

AMD ThreadRipper PRO 9995WX could sell for $13,000 — yes, it's over 2x the price of the 96-core EPYC 9655 and I just wished Intel had a direct competitor

By Wayne Williams published 20 July 25

Rumors say AMD’s Threadripper PRO 9995WX could be the most expensive desktop CPU ever listed at nearly $13,000 dollars.

Nearly 2 million people watched this spellbinding video of a mini PC being built from a slab of aluminium to a complete computer

By Wayne Williams published 19 July 25

From aluminum slab to powered-on Beelink mini PC, this factory video shows it all - and it’s brilliant.

'A 1,000-year-plus memory crystal': SPhotonix’s CEO tells us how its glass-based data tech is the future of high-density archival storage

By Desire Athow published 19 July 25

We talk durability, density, and the future of data storage with Ilya Kazensky, CEO of SPhotonix.

Criminals are targeting hundreds of legitimate banking & crypto apps using an advanced virtualization technique — here's how to stay safe

By Wayne Williams published 18 July 25

GodFather malware clones apps into hidden environments to steal crypto and bank logins.

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