Daily Tech News 7 January 2026

• AMD's VP of its client division has hinted that AM4 might see a return. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  Socket AM4 runs on DDR4 memory, where AM5 is DDR5 only. And DDR4 memory hasn't increased in price as much as DDR5, but more importantly, people already have it.
  
  Several AM4 chips are still in production, but some of AMD's most popular CPUs like the 5700X3D and 5800X3D were cancelled because the competed too well with newer models, while others like the 5600X3D and 5700G were never widely available in retail channels.
  
  Don't expect anything actually new, but a return of the 5800X3D would be welcome.
  
  
  
• AMD also hinted at open-sourcing FSR4 upscaling. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  They accidentally made the code public for a short ehile, which quickly led to experimental backports that supported RDNA3 and even RDNA2 graphics cards.

• How about an overpriced keyboard for that new computer you can't build? The Asus ROG Falchion Ace 75 is a 75% mechanical keyboard for $219. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  It's... Okay, I guess. It has the Four Essential Keys but that's no great achievement in a desktop keyboard. It has a "programmable touchbar" but that just means you can change what it does; you can't change the display.
  
  
  
• Corsair's Galleon 100 SD has a 1280x720 display. (Notebook Check)
  
  Strange thing: It's another keyboard.
  
  It's ten-keyless, which is to say, it has no numeric keypad.
  
  But in its place it as twelve fully programmable keys - with LCD keycaps, the aforementioned 1280x720 display (I'm not sure it's really 1280x720 because the article also says it's a 5" screen and it's definitely not that big) and two small rotary dials. A mini Stream Deck built right into your keyboard.
  
  At $350 it is very not cheap though. You can get 16GB of RAM for that. Or a Corsair TKL keyboard like the K70 and a Stream Deck.
  
  
  
• AMD has announced its P100 series of embedded Ryzen chips. (Serve the Home)
  
  These are identical to existing Zen 5 desktop and laptop chips - including embedded version of the Strix Halo AI processer - but the family includes models rated for industrial and automotive conditions (-40C to 105C) and for operating 24/7 for ten years.
  
  
  
• WiFi 8 is at CES. (The Verge) (archive site)
  
  It's no faster than WiFi 7 but is instead designed to be more reliable and use less power.
  
  
  
• Powerbanks got bedazzled. (The Verge) (archive site)
  
  A righteous rant from The Verge about useless features ruining the functionality of what should be simple, inexpensive devices.

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