Paul Alcorn

Paul Alcorn

Managing Editor: News and Emerging Tech

As a teenager, Paul scraped up enough money to buy a 486-powered PC with a turbo button (yes, a turbo button). Back when floppies were still popular he was already chasing after the fastest spinners for his personal computer, which led him down the long and winding storage road, covering enterprise storage. His current focus is on consumer processors, though he still keeps a close eye on the latest storage news. In his spare time, you’ll find Paul hanging out with his kids or indulging his love of the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals.

Articles by: Paul Alcorn

Western Digital HDD

WD's 18TB external hard drive is on sale for an incredible $199 — only 1 penny per GB — and it's shuckable

By Paul Alcorn published

The WD Easystore 18TB hard drive is on sale for a mere $199, which is half the normal pricing and works out to a mere penny for each gigabyte of storage.

WD BLACK SN850X 4TB M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 NVMe

Massive 4TB WD Black SN850X SSD is only five cents per GB for Cyber Monday

By Paul Alcorn published

The WD Black SN850X is only $229 for the 4TB model for Cyber Monday 2023.

Intel Optane 905P

Optane Lives! This exotic 1.5TB SSD is a great Cyber Monday Deal at an all-time low $399

By Paul Alcorn published

The 1.5TB Optane 905p is on sale for a mere $399 for Cyber Monday, an all-time low.

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D

AMD's Ryzen 9 7950X3D is now 20% off for Black Friday 2023, an incredible price for Intel-beating gaming with a monstrous 16 cores and 32 threads

By Paul Alcorn published

The gaming specialist Ryzen 9 7950X3D CPU is 20% off for Black Friday 2023.

Alienware Monitor

Screaming-fast 500 Hz Alienware gaming monitor at all-time low pricing for Black Friday 2023 — 39% off

By Paul Alcorn published

The 500 Hz Alienware AW2524H is a 25-inch FHD monitor with IPS, G-Sync, and HDR400 support. It's now only $499 for Black Friday 2023.

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D

AMD's beastly Ryzen 9 7900X3D gaming CPU drops to all-time low pricing for Black Friday 2023

By Paul Alcorn published

The gaming specialist Ryzen 9 7900X3D CPU is down to an all-time low pricing of $433 for Black Friday 2023.

Aurora

AMD-Powered Frontier Remains Fastest Supercomputer in the World, Intel-Powered Aurora Takes Second With Half-Scale Result

By Paul Alcorn published

Intel's oft-delayed Aurora remains a work in progress.

Intel Supercomputer

Intel SC23 Update: 1-Trillion Parameter AI Model Running on Aurora Supercomputer, Granite Rapids Benchmarks

By Paul Alcorn published

Intel shares the latest info on its HPC and AI initiatives.

Intel Arc A770 Limited Edition

Alienware Shoves Intel Arc A770 Into Last-Gen Aurora R15, Because Why Not?

By Anton Shilov published

Dell uses Intel's mid-range Arc A770 as default graphics card for high-end gaming desktop.

Ryzen Threadripper

AMD Announces Threadripper HEDT and Pro 7000-Series CPUs: 96 cores and 192 threads for Desktops and Workstations

By Paul Alcorn published

AMD announced two new families of Threadripper processors, the Threadripper 7000-series CPUs for the HEDT market and the Threadripper Pro 7000 WX-series for the workstation market.

Intel 14th-Gen Core

Intel Core i9-14900K, i7-14700K and i5-14600K Review: Ryzen X3D Stays On Top

By Paul Alcorn published

We put Intel's Core i9-14900K, Core i7-14700K and Core i5-14600K through our extensive battery of gaming and productivity benchmarks.

Stable Diffusion sample images

AMD Acquires AI Software Company Nod.ai to Bolster Open Source Portfolio

By Paul Alcorn published

AMD announced today that it has agreed to acquire open-source AI software company Nod.ai to improve its open source AI capabilities.

CAMM memory

Samsung Unveils LPCAMM: up to 128GB of DDR5 for Laptops in 60% Less Space

By Paul Alcorn published

Shrinking the memory, increasing the speed.

Intel

Intel Adopting 3D-Stacked Cache for CPUs, Challenging AMD's 3D V-Cache

By Paul Alcorn published

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger said that Intel will adopt 3D stacked caches that are similar to AMD's approach with its 3D V-Cache processors.

Innovation 2023

Intel Innovation 2023 Liveblog: Meteor Lake, AI, and a Whole Lotta Wafers

By Paul Alcorn last updated

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, along with several other leaders in the company, will take to the stage at 8:30 a.m. PT to outline the company's latest advances.

288-core CPU

Intel Announces 288-Core Sierra Forest CPU, 5th-Gen Xeon Arrives December 14

By Paul Alcorn published

Intel’s new behemoth packs a threaded punch.

Intel UCIe

Intel Flashes World’s First UCIe-Connected Test Chip Package

By Paul Alcorn published

Standardization comes to fore.

Arrow Lake

Intel Displays Arrow Lake Wafer With 20A Process Node, Chips Arrive in 2024

By Paul Alcorn published

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger displayed a wafer filled with Arrow Lake test dies based on the 20A process node at Intel Innovation 2023, saying the chips remain on-track for launch in 2024.

CPU

Intel Details Core Ultra ‘Meteor Lake’ Architecture, Launches December 14

By Paul Alcorn published

Intel shared the deep-dive architectural details of its upcoming Core Ultra ‘Meteor Lake’ processors as it readies them for launch on December 14, 2023.

Intel factory

Inside Intel's CPU Packaging Factory: From Wafer to Chip

By Paul Alcorn published

We visited Intel's Malaysian campuses, where it performs leading-edge packaging on its latest and greatest processors.

Thunderbolt 5

Thunderbolt 5 Debuts, 120 Gbps Speed is 3x Faster Than Previous Gen

By Paul Alcorn published

Intel announced its Thunderbolt 5 specification, which offers up to 120 Gbps of bandwidth, 3X its predecessor, employs universal 240W charging cables and steps up to PCIe 4.0.

Nvidia Grace Hopper

Nvidia Submits First Grace Hopper CPU Superchip Benchmarks to MLPerf

By Paul Alcorn published

Nvidia submits the first AI inference benchmarks for both its Grace Hopper CPU Superchip and its L4 GPUs.

Ryzen die

AMD Zenbleed Vulnerability Fix Tested: Some Apps Drop 15%, Gaming Unaffected

By Paul Alcorn published

We tested a patch for the Zenbleed vulnerability to measure the performance impact in both gaming and productivity applications.

Lenovo ThinkStation P620

AMD Threadripper Pro 3995WX Review: Ripping With 8 Memory Channels

By Paul Alcorn published

Editor's Choice

AMD's Threadripper Pro 3995WX barrels into the workstation market with 64 cores, 128 threads, eight memory channels, and class-leading performance.

Intel

Intel Demos 8-Core, 528-Thread PIUMA Chip with 1 TB/s Silicon Photonics

By Paul Alcorn published

Intel demoed a non-x86 chip with eight cores, 528 threads, and 1TB/s of optical I/O at Hot Chips 2023.

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