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

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.

There are 14 AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 mini PCs in the world right now: here's where you can buy them... if you can

By Wayne Williams published 17 July 25

Prime Day There are 14 AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 mini PCs in the world right now, here's where you can buy them.

This 34-inch business monitor is curved, fast, has Ethernet, Smart KVM, and a webcam — shame there’s no 5K option for creative users

By Wayne Williams published 16 July 25

AOC's 34-inch curved WQHD panel features Ethernet, Smart KVM, a webcam, and a 120Hz refresh rate.

Ex-Dyson engineer to launch LTO tape holographic rival that uses cheap $5 laser diode, promises 200TB cartridges on 100m reels — but read/write speeds are unknown

By Wayne Williams published 15 July 25

Former Dyson engineer builds low-cost holographic storage with polymer ribbon which works seamlessly inside existing LTO libraries.

36TB Seagate Exos SATA hard drive goes on preorder for $800 - world's largest HDD is already sold as refurbished, but why?

By Wayne Williams published 13 July 25

Seagate’s 36TB Exos M hard drive opens for preorder with refurbished listings already live.

Want a quad-socket server with 768 cores? Sure, Intel's 192-core Diamond Rapids Xeon CPU will deliver that in 2026 — but I wonder whether it will be too little, too late

By Wayne Williams published 12 July 25

Intel’s Diamond Rapids Xeon CPU will offer 192 cores and support quad-socket racks with up to 768 cores total.

LPDDR6 likely to debut in 2026 as JEDEC publishes new standard document and targets mobile devices and AI - desktop PCs and workstations will have to wait

By Wayne Williams published 12 July 25

Next-generation LPDDR6 memory targets power efficiency and high speed in portable systems.

AWS is working on proprietary innovative cooling tech to use on Nvidia GPUs for now — I wouldn't be surprised if Graviton chips get it as well

By Wayne Williams published 12 July 25

Amazon built a new custom liquid cooling system to support Nvidia’s GB200 NVL72 GPUs.

World's fastest CPU finally goes on sale for $5,198 - AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9980X smashes records and most probably your bank account

By Wayne Williams published 10 July 25

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9980X launches at $5,198 with 64 cores and industry-leading multi-thread performance in early benchmarks.

Want the most powerful laptop for Prime Day? There are only 5 laptops with the Ryzen 9 9955HX3D chip and I found the best prices for all of them

By Wayne Williams last updated 10 July 25

Prime Day I've found all top 5 laptops with the Ryzen 9 9955HX3D CPU at the cheapest prices possible.

Imagine a gaming console that could be used as an AI workstation? GPD may be working on a prototype with the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 at its core

By Wayne Williams published 9 July 25

GPD handheld leak shows Ryzen AI Max+ 395 achieving desktop-class performance in a compact portable gaming device.

G.Skill Trident Z Neo DDR4-3600 C16 4x8GB

Rising prices of DDR4, DDR5, GDDR6 RAM set to cause havoc on PC, smartphone and GPU prices - and no, AI is not the one to be blamed

By Wayne Williams published 8 July 25

RAM prices rising massively across DDR4, DDR5, GDDR6 and LPDDR5X segments.

UK Police wants to spend $100 million to turn millions of hours of VHS footage into digital format — now that's something AI could help with

By Wayne Williams published 8 July 25

UK police launches £100 million framework to digitize VHS tapes and analog media for evidence systems.

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