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

Issy les Moulineaux, France - January 2020 : Microsoft France headquarters entrance in Issy les Moulineaux near Paris

Microsoft wants to ban pre-owned software, cheap Office keys and Windows 11 serials but is that a lost battle already?

By Wayne Williams published

Microsoft faces appeal tribunal in long-running dispute with ValueLicensing over the resale of Windows and Office licenses.

Seagate

Seagate invests $135 million in its European photonic center to deliver 100TB hard drives by 2030

By Wayne Williams published

Seagate commits £115 million to Northern Ireland research facility aiming to advance Mozaic and photonics technology with a focus on developing 100TB hard drives.

NVIDIA COMPUTEX KEYNOTE

This is probably the most important graph of 2025 so far and shows how Nvidia's fortunes are changing for the worse

By Wayne Williams published

Nvidia data center compute revenue falls for the first time in a decade despite record overall earnings and rising networking sales in fiscal 2026 results.

Nvidia Rubin CPX GPU

Nvidia has launched a GPU with 128GB of GDDR7 RAM but yeah, there's no way it will sell one to us to run games

By Wayne Williams published

Nvidia reveals Rubin CPX GPU for enterprise AI, delivering 30 petaFLOPs compute and 128GB GDDR7 memory.

AMD Advancing AI

'No asterisk generation' : AMD promises its MI450 AI GPU will be faster than ANYTHING Nvidia has, yes, that includes even Rubin Ultra

By Wayne Williams published

AMD says its MI450 GPUs will outperform Nvidia Rubin Ultra as it positions the launch as a Milan-style turning point in AI accelerator markets next year.

Dynabook G6 G8 laptops

Dynabook just launched a trio of laptops each weighing 849g - and I can't believe that's barely heavier than two cans of Coke

By Wayne Williams published

At 849g Dynabook’s new G8, G6, and GS laptops bring Intel Ultra processors, 16GB memory, and 13.3-inch WUXGA displays.

broadcom

Nvidia's biggest customers are lining up to take it down using ASICs and Broadcom could be the winner of that battle

By Wayne Williams published

Broadcom secures fourth custom XPU client, believed to be OpenAI, joining Meta, Google and ByteDance in turning to ASICs to reduce reliance on Nvidia GPUs.

UltiMaker Secure Line 3D printers

Ultimaker debuts secure 3D printer range without Wi-Fi, cameras but with hacker-proof firmware and chassis

By Wayne Williams published

Secure Line 3D printers sidestep potential vulnerabilities by operating offline with USB-only workflows.

OWC Thunderbolt 5 Dual 10GbE Network Dock

This Thunderbolt 5 docking station can do something no other can: combine two 10GbE LAN ports to deliver a virtual 20Gbps connection

By Wayne Williams published

OWC’s Thunderbolt 5 dock combines dual 10GbE ports into a 20Gbps virtual connection, and includes 2.5GbE Ethernet and multi-display support.

Acer TravelMate X14 AI Business Laptop

Acer unveils superlight Travelmate X4 14 AI laptop with an OLED display and Wi-Fi 7 connectivity

By Wayne Williams published

Acer TravelMate X4 14 AI weighs just 1.27kg and comes with Intel Core Ultra processors, OLED display option, and 65Wh battery rated 12 hours.

XCENA MX1

A chip with 'thousands' of cores could change the way servers are designed - bringing compute nearer to RAM thanks to CXL is a lightbulb moment

By Wayne Williams published

XCENA launches MX1 computational memory, featuring thousands of RISC-V cores and near-data processing to improve efficiency.

Acer Chromebook Plus Enterprise Spin 514

Acer's new Chromebook is the most powerful ChromeOS business laptop ever launched - and it even has a 5-megapixel webcam and touchscreen display

By Wayne Williams published

Acer unveils Chromebook Plus Spin 514 and Enterprise Plus at IFA 2025, featuring AI, dual display options, and durable design.

Solidigm

Solidigm confirms 245+ TB SSDs set to launch before end of 2026

By Desire Athow published

Roger Corell, senior director of AI and leadership marketing at Solidigm, tells us about soaring SSD capacities, the future of QLC, and why AI workloads are driving the shift from HDDs.

Geekom GeekBook X14 Pro

This is probably the most powerful ultraportable money can buy - 999g laptop has Core Ultra 9 285H CPU, OLED display and I'd be surprised if it sells for more than $1000

By Wayne Williams published

Geekom's new GeekBook X14 Pro laptop features a Core Ultra 9 processor with Arc graphics in an ultraportable magnesium alloy chassis.

Lenovo ThinkBook VertiFlex concept laptop

The leaks were right, Lenovo ThinkBook VertiFlex concept laptop is as outlandish as I thought - Project Pivo's rotational display looks like a solution looking for a problem

By Wayne Williams published

Lenovo ThinkBook VertiFlex features a rotating display and Smart Connect smartphone tethering.

Geekom QS Series

Geekom will present its first Qualcomm mini PC at IFA 2025 - it even comes with Windows 11 Pro and a rather mindboggling four microphones (yes, 4)

By Wayne Williams published

Geekom QS1 Pro could appear at IFA 2025 with Snapdragon power and upgraded connectivity options for professionals.

Lenovo ThinkVision P40WD-40

Lenovo's new 5K 40-inch curved monitor can push 140W power, enough for a MacBook Pro, but I'm more impressed by its 2.5G Ethernet port

By Wayne Williams published

Lenovo unveils new ThinkVision P40WD-40 curved ultrawide monitor at IFA 2025 with 140W charging and integrated 2.5G Ethernet port.

Lenovo ThinkPad P16 Gen 3

Lenovo finally joins HP and Dell in launching a mobile workstation with Core Ultra 9 285 HX CPU and Nvidia RTX Pro 5000 Blackwell GPU

By Wayne Williams published

Lenovo unveils ThinkPad P16 Gen 3 flagship workstation with Core Ultra 9 285 HX CPU and Nvidia RTX Pro 5000 Blackwell graphics.

Magic Bay Tiko Pro

Lenovo confirms that its innovative Magic Bay HUD is getting real - and I wonder whether its designers will free the webcam

By Wayne Williams published

Lenovo Magic Bay HUD features magnetic attachment and AI Now integration for smarter multitasking workflows.

Google Ironwood TPU

Google's most powerful supercomputer ever has a combined memory of 1.77PB - apparently a new world record for shared memory multi-CPU setups

By Wayne Williams published

Google Ironwood TPU scales to 9216 chips with record 1.77PB shared memory.

Philips Brilliance 27E3U7903

Philips drops a 5K monitor to match Mac Studio display - 27-inch, Thunderbolt 4, 600nits and a very Apple-esque design

By Wayne Williams published

Philips launches affordable 27-inch Brilliance monitor for creatives with 5K resolution, Smart KVM for multitasking, and Thunderbolt 4 support.

Acer Veriton GN100 AI Mini Workstation

Acer joins Nvidia GB10 superchip fan club with $3,999 Veriton AI mini workstation PC - and yes, you can link two to get even more power

By Wayne Williams published

Acer unveils Veriton GN100 compact AI workstation with Nvidia GB10 superchip at $3,999, with support for linking two devices for added compute capacity.

Nvidia GTC 2025 Jensen Huang keynote

Mediatek's crucial role in building the Nvidia GB10 highlighted in new presentation - so could Jensen Huang mull a potential $73 billion acquisition?

By Wayne Williams published

GB10 presentation highlights how industry-standard interfaces enable Nvidia GPUs and Mediatek CPUs to work seamlessly together.

Acer Swift Air 16

Acer's new 16-inch laptop weighs less than a McDonald's Big Mac meal - shame about the small 50WHr battery

By Wayne Williams published

Acer's new Swift Air 16 laptop weighs less than 1kg with a 16-inch display, slim magnesium alloy body, and disappointingly small 50Wh battery.

Flag of the People's Republic of China overlaid with a technological network of wires and circuits.

Could Cambricon create a Deepseek moment in AI hardware? The rise of China's answer to Nvidia has been nothing short of meteoric - but is it too good to be true?

By Wayne Williams published

With profits and revenue surging, is Cambricon becoming "China’s Nvidia", or an overvalued AI player that risks collapse?

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