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

"AI requires cold data to be warmer" — energy-efficient Tape-as-a-Service (TaaS) combines the benefits of traditional 18TB LTO-9 storage with the convenience and flexibility of cloud services

By Wayne Williams published 3 December 24

Cloud-based Tape-as-a-Service (TaaS) solution hits general availability.

Nvidia's closest rival once again obliterates cloud giants in AI performance; Cerebras Inference is 75x faster than AWS, 32x faster than Google on Llama 3.1 405B

By Wayne Williams published 2 December 24

Cerebras Inference leads in AI performance; 75x faster than AWS, 32x faster than Google on Llama 3.1 405B.

A hand reaching out to touch a futuristic rendering of an AI processor.

OpenAI spent $80M to $100M training GPT-4; Chinese firm claims it trained its rival AI model for $3 million using just 2,000 GPUs

By Wayne Williams published 2 December 24

Chinese firm claims it trained rival GPT-4 model for $3 million using just 2,000 GPUs.

World's largest PCIe Gen5 SSD gets tested and reaches almost 13GBps in sequential read; 60TB Micron 6550 Ion is super fast as it swaps QLC for TLC

By Wayne Williams published 1 December 24

Micron 6550 Ion, the world's largest PCIe Gen5 SSD, impresses in first review.

Famous GoT actor lifts more than $20 million worth of 122.88TB SSDs for charity; 'The Mountain' carried 2,316 drives, totaling almost 283PB

By Wayne Williams published 30 November 24

“The Mountain" from Game of Thrones lifted a record-setting 282.624PB of data on Phison Pascari D205V drives.

Microsoft dips toes into DPU with Azure Boost: Data Processing Unit market gets further validation as Microsoft seeks to disaggregate the data center

By Wayne Williams published 29 November 24

Microsoft announces Azure Boost DPU, its first in-house data processing unit for cloud workloads.

Elon Musk raises $6 billion for xAI’s Memphis data center; will purchase 100,000 Nvidia chips to boost Tesla’s full self-driving capabilities

By Wayne Williams published 28 November 24

Elon Musk raises $6 billion to buy 100,000 Nvidia chips for xAI’s Memphis data center

This is the largest USB Flash Drive you can buy right now: 4TB USB 3.2 Gen2 thumb disk from Oyen Digital uses 3D TLC NAND — and can reach speeds of up to 1050MBps

By Wayne Williams published 27 November 24

4TB USB 3.2 Gen2 thumb disk from Oyen Digital uses 3D TLC NAND and can reach speeds of up to 1050MBps

Another Apple Mac Studio mini PC clone emerges with a Core i9 and a Geforce RTX 4090 GPU — but you won't be able to buy it just yet

By Wayne Williams published 26 November 24

This mini PC looks like an Apple Mac Studio — but supports Core i9 CPU and a Geforce RTX 4090 GPU.

AMD's fastest CPU gets surprising 33% price cut in time for Black Friday and just one month after it launched; is there something else happening?

By Wayne Williams published 25 November 24

AMD’s 192-core 5th generation Turin EPYC 9965, arrived last month and is suddenly selling for 33% cheaper

Necessity is the mother of invention: Huawei is pairing its supercharged SSD with a 60-year old piece of technology — seemingly because of US export restrictions

By Wayne Williams published 24 November 24

Huawei is pairing its supercharged SSD with tape storage in response to US export restrictions.

Here's a great idea! MSI is giving away Microsoft 365 office suite with some of its laptops in Japan — so when will that be extended globally?

By Wayne Williams published 24 November 24

MSI has launched two new business laptops with Microsoft Office Home & Business 2024 and Microsoft 365 Basic included.

T-CREATE EXPERT P32 Desktop External SSD

Here's the largest external SSD ever at 16TB; and yes, we've asked for a review sample already

By Wayne Williams published 24 November 24

T-CREATE EXPERT P32 external SSD has a massive 16TB capacity.

Phison unleashes 122.88TB '128TB-class' SSD that delivers PCIe Gen5 performance but we will have to wait till Q2 2025 for a proper review: D205V could rival the Crucial T705 on tests

By Wayne Williams published 24 November 24

Phison unleashes its D205V 122.88TB SSD with PCIe Gen5 performance.

This ultra-lightweight portable 15.6-inch monitor and magnetic stand could be the ideal productivity accessory for professionals on the go

By Wayne Williams published 23 November 24

This ultra-lightweight 15.6-inch portable display and magnetic stand could significantly boost your productivity.

This standing desk doubles as the coolest PC case ever and you can even add a second system — just don't look at the eye-watering price tag

By Wayne Williams published 23 November 24

Lian-Li DK07 is a standing desk that doubles as the coolest PC case ever

Want to save energy by identifying cold spots? This 5G rugged tablet has a thermal camera — and it's on sale at Amazon for Black Friday now

By Wayne Williams published 23 November 24

Ulefone Armor Pad 4 Ultra Thermal rugged tablet can detect cold spots, helping save you energy.

MIT researchers say nanoscale 3D transistors made from ultrathin semiconductor materials promise more efficient electronics; quantum mechanics offers a path beyond silicon limits

By Wayne Williams published 23 November 24

MIT researchers say nanoscale 3D transistors promise more efficient electronics.

Dynabook unveils a laptop that weighs less than 1Kg with a feature I couldn't find anywhere else: a replaceable battery

By Wayne Williams published 22 November 24

Dynabook unveils a laptop that weighs less than 1Kg and comes with an easily replaceable battery

Would you pay $2000 for the most extravagant laptop of 2024? GPD's double foldable convertible laptop goes on sale — with world's fastest mobile CPU and even an OCuLink connector

By Wayne Williams published 21 November 24

GPD Duo double foldable convertible laptop finally goes on sale, priced around $2000

Someone fused a 3D printer and a vacuum robot to create a mobile 3D printer that can print on almost any flat surface — including your floor

By Wayne Williams published 20 November 24

This mobile 3D printing robot can print designs on floors and other flat surfaces.

This extraordinary 4-legged standing desk gives a glimpse of how this popular piece of home office furniture might evolve in the future

By Wayne Williams published 19 November 24

COFO JSF Table is a versatile four-legged height-adjustable desk with built in USB ports.

Vaio releases 999g, 14-inch laptop with up to 64GB of RAM, 5G SIM — and even a physical Gigabit Ethernet port

By Wayne Williams published 18 November 24

999g, 14-inch Vaio SX14-R laptop offers up to 64GB of RAM, 5G SIM and a physical Gigabit Ethernet port.

The ultimate steampunk machine? Toshiba glued an old-school dot matrix printer with a DVD drive, a touchscreen display and a PC with two SSDs — and it even runs Windows 10

By Wayne Williams published 17 November 24

Toshiba’s Jimucon SJ-9500 office computer combines a whole load of random features into a Frankenstein PC.

After iPhone and iMac, Apple may be courting Foxconn to build AI servers based on its M-series CPU to accelerate Apple Intelligence potential

By Wayne Williams published 17 November 24

Apple "courting" Foxconn to build AI servers based on its M-series CPU to accelerate Apple Intelligence potential.

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