Wayne Williams

Wayne Williams

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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

Microscopy of a hypergolic, nanoporous carbon engineered at Cornell to have the highest surface area ever reported

11 basketball courts in 1 teaspoon: this new material, borne from the space age, could hold the key to next-generation batteries and ultra small power cells

By Wayne Williams published

Hypergolic reactions have been adapted to create novel nanostructures.

Comino Grando H100 Server

AMD-powered, liquid cooled Comino Grando AI sever gets reviewed but I still can't see any octo Nvidia RTX 5090 GPUs configuration

By Wayne Williams published

AMD-powered, liquid cooled Comino Grando H100 AI server gets its first review.

SK Hynix 61.44TB PCIe 5.0 SSD

SK Hynix will launch 122TB SSD in 2025 and plans to launch 244TB SSD probably in 2026; for now, here's a puny 61TB SSD to whet your appetite

By Wayne Williams published

SK Hynix launches 61TB SSD with a 122TB SSD to follow in 2025 and a 244TB SSD in 2026.

Netflix

Netflix? More like Netfix - world's most popular streaming service is tied at the neck with its biggest rival, and doesn't even know how much it spends on cloud computing

By Wayne Williams published

Netflix relies on its rival’s technology to deliver its own service and doesn’t know how much it’s paying.

Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive Apple Vision Pro

Apple Vision Pro gets extraordinary $30,000 dual-lens camera that can handle almost 118 million pixels

By Wayne Williams published

Apple Vision Pro gets $30,000 dual-lens camera that can handle almost 118 million pixels.

System76 Pangolin Linux laptop

This is probably the best value 16-inch Linux laptop right now; just make sure you don't try to upgrade it to 8TB SSD or you'll double its price

By Wayne Williams published

System76’s new 16-inch Linux laptop is affordable but upgrading to an 8TB SSD doubles the price.

Trillium TPU

You can now rent Google's most powerful AI chip: Trillium TPU underpins Gemini 2.0 and will put AMD and Nvidia on high alert

By Wayne Williams published

You can now rent Google's Trillium TPU, the AI chip that underpins Gemini 2.0.

broadcom

Apple's new BFF, Broadcom, reveals three hyperscalers want to deploy 1,000,000 GPUs or XPUs by 2027; something that will make Nvidia wince

By Wayne Williams published

Three hyperscalers approach Broadcom to deploy 1,000,000 GPUs or XPUs by 2027.

Castrol ON Immersion Cooling Fluids

Fluid-as-a-service? No, it's not what you think - F1 stalwart is quietly innovating to bring its expertise in cooling to data centers and beyond

By Wayne Williams published

F1 stalwart Castrol is quietly innovating to bring its expertise in cooling to data centers and beyond.

An Intel Arc B580 on a table

Arc B580 surprises in content creation review: Intel's 12GB GPU is more than a match for the competition but driver issues dampened my enthusiasm

By Wayne Williams published

Intel's new Arc B580 "Battlemage" GPU competes well, but driver issues hold it back.

Xerox buys Lexmark

Xerox buys Lexmark for $1.5 billion to build US printer giant capable of rivaling HP

By Wayne Williams published

Xerox is buying Lexmark in $1.5 billion deal which could build a printer giant capable of taking on HP.

Marvell cHBM benefits

A $100bn tech company you've probably never heard of is teaming up with the world's biggest memory manufacturers to produce supercharged HBM

By Wayne Williams published

$100bn tech company is teaming up with the world's biggest memory manufacturers to produce supercharged HBM.

Dell Pro Max 18 Plus

Could this be Dell's fastest laptop ever built? Dell Pro Max 18 Plus set to have 'RTX 5000 class' GPU capabilities and Tandem OLED display

By Wayne Williams published

Dell Pro Max 18 Plus set to have 'RTX 5000 class' GPU capabilities and Tandem OLED display.

Ayar Labs TeraPHY

'Copper’s time has run out': Nvidia, AMD and TSMC have invested millions in a startup which may hold the key to faster chip connectivity to quench AI's thirst for bytes

By Wayne Williams published

Nvidia, AMD and TSMC have invested millions in a startup that may hold the key to faster chip connectivity to quench AI's thirst for bytes.

Asus business monitor

Asus just launched two business monitors with a unique feature I think all display manufacturers should copy

By Wayne Williams published

Asus just launched two business monitors with a unique feature I think all display manufacturers should copy.

Apple

Apple set to build a server chip to service its own AI and may have sacrificed the company's fastest ever chip to achieve this; report suggests a strategic tie-in with $850bn Broadcom

By Wayne Williams published

Apple is developing a server chip designed to power its AI capabilities, potentially at the cost of what would have been its fastest chip yet.

Huawei logo

Huawei looks set to launch a new server chip with HBM technology to challenge Xeon and Epyc; yes, that's the same memory powering AI GPUs from Nvidia and AMD

By Wayne Williams published

Huawei could be set to launch new server chip with HBM technology to challenge Xeon and Epyc.

Slim Llama

Slim-Llama is an LLM ASIC processor that can tackle 3-bllion parameters while sipping only 4.69mW - and we'll find out more on this potential AI game changer very soon

By Wayne Williams published

Slim-Llama is an LLM ASIC processor that can tackle 3-bllion parameters while consuming only 4.69mW.

Polysoft StudioDrive Mac Studio storage

Uh-oh; Plucky French startup takes on Apple with cheap upgradable storage for the Mac Studio, but installing it will definitely void your warranty

By Wayne Williams published

Plucky French startup takes on Apple with cheap upgradable storage for the Mac Studio.

Minisforum MS-A1

Build your own super mini PC with this $338 AMD AM5 barebone workstation that has OCuLink, two 2.5Gb LAN ports and can drive four 8K monitors once you add a GPU to its dock

By Wayne Williams published

$338 gets you a customizable AM5 barebone mini PC with eGPU dock

GPD Pocket 4

Hey sysadmin, this is the perfect Christmas laptop gift for you; HX 370-powered Pocket 4 has a RS232 port, KVM, RJ45, 32GB of RAM and 2TB SSD

By Wayne Williams published

GPD Pocket 4 is an 8.8-inch laptop than can be customized by adding different ports.

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“6G can efficiently enable intelligent computing everywhere”: Qualcomm offers an exclusive sneak peek at what to expect from the next generation of mobile internet

By Wayne Williams published

Qualcomm exclusively reveals what to expect from 6G - and it's not just faster speeds and better connectivity

BlueFive processor

British startup launches low-power RISC-V processor design to address the twin problems of memory and energy; promises up to 50% faster calculation speeds

By Wayne Williams published

British startup launches low-power RISC-V processor design to address the twin problems of memory and energy.

Aoostar GEM12 Pro Max

No, you can't run Windows on its tiny screen; minuscule mini PC has built-in display, fingerprint reader, OCuLink, double 2.5Gb LAN port and can drive four 8K monitors without an extra GPU

By Wayne Williams published

Upgraded mini PC has built-in display, fingerprint reader, OCULink and can drive four 8K monitors.

Asustor Flashstor Gen 2 NAS drive

This NAS drive takes up to 12 SSDs and looks like a PS4 gaming console; but Asustor Flashstor Gen 2 is not cheap, and a dozen 8TB SSDs will cost more than $8,000

By Wayne Williams published

Asustor Flashstor Gen 2 NAS drive takes up to 12 SSDs and looks like a PS4 gaming console.

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