According to the latest report from ComputerBase, Intel had a strong presence at the recently concluded Embedded World 2024 conference. The company officially showcased its Arc series of GPUs for the embedded market, based on the existing Alchemist chips rebranded as the "E series." However, industry whispers hint at a more significant development—the impending launch of Intel's second-generation Arc Xe² GPUs, codenamed "Battlemage," potentially before the lucrative Black Friday shopping season. While Alchemist serves as Intel's current offering for embedded applications, many companies in attendance expressed keen interest in Battlemage, the successor to Alchemist. These firms often cover a broad spectrum, from servers and desktops to notebooks and embedded systems, necessitating a hardware platform that caters to this diverse range of applications.

Officially, Intel had previously stated that Battlemage would "hopefully" arrive before CES 2025, implying a 2024 launch. However, rumors from the trade show floor suggest a more ambitious target—a release before Black Friday, which falls on November 29th this year. This timeline aligns with Intel's historical launch patterns, as the original Arc A380 and notebook GPUs debuted in early October 2022, albeit with a staggered and limited rollout. Intel's struggles with the Alchemist launch serve as a learning experience for the company. Early promises and performance claims for the first-generation Arc GPUs failed to materialize, leading to a stuttering market introduction. This time, Intel has adopted a more reserved approach, avoiding premature and grandiose proclamations about Battlemage's capabilities.

TechPowerUp and Team Group got together for the 2023 Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping season to announce a hardware giveaway open worldwide. The Giveaway spans three of the company's most popular consumer memory brands, Team Xtreem, T-Force Cardea, and T-Create. Up for grabs were some of their fastest memory kits and client SSDs. The entries are in, and we have four lucky winners!

• Adam from Hungary, wins a Team Group T-Force Xtreem DDR5-8200 48 GB (2x 24 GB) memory kit!
• Nicolas from France, wins a Team Group T-Create Expert DDR5-7200 32 GB (2x 16 GB) memory kit
• Ruben from the United States, wins a Team Group MP44 2 TB M.2 NVMe Gen 4 SSD
• Faron from the United States, wins a Team Group T-Force Cardea A440 Pro 1 TB M.2 NVMe Gen 4 SSD

A huge Congratulations! TechPowerUp and Team Group will return with more such interesting giveaways!

Welcome to Epic Games Store's Black Friday Event 2023! Why launch it on a Tuesday? With the return of the Epic Coupon, delivering 33% off of eligible transactions, and a boost to 10% Epic Rewards, we couldn't wait until Friday to tell you! Save on a range of top games!

From Nov. 21, 2023 at 11 AM ET / 4 PM GMT / 5PM CET until Nov. 28, 11 AM ET / 4 PM GMT / 5 PM CET, any eligible transactions (see the Terms and Conditions), or shopping carts of $14.99 or over will have a 33% discount applied at checkout. And the coupon is limitless, so you'll receive one following each eligible transaction completed for the duration of the event. We'll also be boosting our Epic Rewards program to 10% for the duration of the event. We've crafted a Black Friday Buyer's Guide to help you out. We've gathered some highlights below, listing great titles new and old, but it's just a taste of the range of games that you can buy this Black Friday. Enjoy!

TechPowerUp partners with Team Group to bring you the Black Friday and Cyber Monday (BF-CM) Bonanza Giveaway! Open worldwide, our Giveaway presents a chance to grab one of four Team Group high performance memory and SSD products spanning across its popular brands, T-Force Xtreem, T-Force Cardea, and T-Create. There are four prizes up for grabs, which include a Team Group T-Force Xtreem DDR5-8200 48 GB (2x 24 GB) memory kit, a Team Group T-Create Expert DDR5-7200 32 GB (2x 16 GB) White memory kit; a Team Group T-Force Cardea A440 Pro Graphene 1 TB M.2 NVMe SSD, and a Team Group MP44 2 TB M.2 NVMe Gen 4 SSD.

The T-Force Xtreem DDR5-8200 48 GB memory kit is the star attraction here, the perfect match for a high-end build. The T-Create Expert DDR5-7200 32 GB is pretty much all the speed and capacity you need to crush creator workloads. The MP44 is a well balanced Gen 4 SSD with 2 TB for your entire game library. The Cardea A440 Pro would make for an excellent game library addition to your build. To participate, simply fill up a short form to help us get back to you if you've won, and answer and answer a few Team Group product-related questions. The Giveaway is open until November 15, 2023. Good Luck!

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MSI, the world's leading PC gaming hardware brand, is thrilled to unveil an exciting Black Friday promotion that will double your vision and amplify your joy. In a tech world where bigger and better are always on the horizon, MSI is proud to offer a deal that will elevate your workspace and gaming experience to new heights. With the purchase of two MSI eligible 27" monitors, you will get a dual monitor arms for free. This promotion is a limited-time offer, so act fast to seize this opportunity for upgrade your gaming area or workplace.

Two monitors are indeed better than one, and MSI is here to empower you to double your productivity and amplify your joy. Whether you're a gamer seeking a competitive edge or a professional in need of more screen real estate, a dual-monitor setup is the ultimate solution. Boost your productivity, immerse yourself in games like never before, and create a dynamic and efficient workspace.

Samsung seems to be preparing follow ups to its current selection of Portable T7 SSDs—the series debuted back in early 2020, so a couple of successors are more than due. Last week TechRadar started to pick up on various retail listings popping up in Australia, France and the Netherlands. This information was posted online prematurely and by mistake—the involved organizations have since removed entries from their web stores. Samsung's Dutch division has been slow to respond, and its portal for a "MU-PG2T0B" model is still active (at the time of writing). France's Grosbill and P12.fr had listings for two T9 variants (1 TB and 2 TB configurations) sporting the aforementioned product code. Similar details appeared over in Australia, courtesy of the Microboss site. One of the French e-tailer spec sheets mentioned that Samsung's T9 SSD read and write speeds maxed out at 2 GB/s.

TechRadar believes that Samsung will be blowing out current T7 models during November's Black Friday sales week, in anticipation of clearing the way for all things T9. The publication managed to catch some (likely) placeholder prices from its sources, prior to removal: "There's also every chance it could be cheaper at launch than the T7, with PC12.fr retailing the T9 SSD for €236.52 including VAT (roughly $250) and Gosbill Pro retailing the device for just €199 (roughly $215) - though it's unclear if this is inclusive of taxes." There is also speculation regarding the integration of Thunderbolt 4 connectivity, since the older T7 generation relies on the preceding standard.

The definitive Black Friday 2022 super-sale of genuine, globally-valid software is here! Planning a next-generation hardware PC build? Bought a discount laptop without a preinstalled OS? Wanting to upgrade an older PC? Let URCDKeys solve your software woes, with some of the lowest prices on the web for the software you actually need—Windows 10, which can be upgraded to Windows 11 later; or straight up Windows 11. Supercharge your domestic productivity with one of many available editions of Office 2021, Office 2019, and Office 2016; and free yourself of annual 365 subscriptions. Better yet, combine your preferred edition of Windows and Office, to save even more! URCDKeys is an international merchant with multiple payment options for safe online purchasing.

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TechPowerUp partners with Team Group to bring you the year's Black Friday + Cyber Monday (BFCM) Giveaway. Open worldwide (wherever legal), we give you a chance to pick up one of six pieces of premium Team Group hardware to spice up your gaming PC with. Up for grabs are one Team Group Delta RGB DDR5-6400 CL40 32 GB (2x 16 GB) memory kit; and five Team Group Vulcan Z 1 TB SATA SSDs. To participate, answer five quiz questions related to the various Team Group gaming hardware brands; and give us your contact details. Entries close on November 24, and the winners will be announced shortly after. All the best!

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While demand for TVs underwent a slowdown in China and Europe due to the onset of the cyclical downturn, quarterly TV sales in North America reached a historical high in 1Q21 thanks to the proliferation of the stay-at-home economy and government-issued economic stimulus plans, such as the March 2021 handout of US$1,400 stimulus checks to most US citizens, according to TrendForce's latest investigations. Bullish TV sales in North America propelled global TV shipment for 1Q21 to 49.96 million units, a 24.2% QoQ decrease but an 11.5% YoY increase.

TrendForce further indicates that Hisense has been particularly aggressive in expanding in the overseas markets via consumer-friendly prices. Not only did Hisense successfully enter the top five list of the largest TV brands in North America in 1Q21, but the company's market share also surpassed 10% and reached 11.1%, with a 4.19 million unit quarterly TV shipment, which represents an 8.8% increase YoY.

It's time to loosen your purse strings and spend wisely on the things you've been wanting the most all year. GoodOffer24 brings you their lowest prices for 2020 on genuine, globally-valid software for your brand spanking new next-gen gaming PCs and notebooks. Get Genuine Windows 10 Pro for as little as 10.77€. Free yourself from annual Office 365 subscriptions, as the latest and greatest productivity suite, Office 2019 Professional Plus, can be had for just 30.09€ (lifetime valid). Better yet, combine your preferred edition of Windows 10 and Office to save even more. GoodOffer24 uses reputed third-party payment gateways that secure your payment instruments. Start saving, with GoodOffer24!

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TechPowerUp and Seagate brought you the IronWolf Black Friday Giveaway, throwing three of Seagate's finest pieces of consumer storage up for grabs. The IronWolf series from Seagate represent durable internal HDDs and SSDs for NAS, DAS, NVR, and other high-uptime client applications. Among the prizes are the 14 TB IronWolf internal SATA HDD, and 480 GB IronWolf 110 high-endurance SSD. Without further ado, the winners:

• Neil from The Philippines, wins a 14 TB IronWolf SATA HDD and 480 GB IronWolf 110 SATA SSD (one of each)
• Lisa from Virginia, USA, wins a 480 GB IronWolf 110 SATA SSD

A huge Congratulations to you two! TechPowerUp and Seagate will return with more such interesting Giveaways!

Update Dec 17th: Unfortunately Lisa never responded to us to claim her prize, so we randomly picked another lucky winner: Frank from Washington, US.

What happens when GoodOffer24, an online retailer that specializes is the lowest prices on genuine software year-round, decides to do a Black Friday sale? The lowest prices ever! Genuine, globally-valid licenses to popular operating systems, productivity suites, games, DLCs, in-game currency, and more, are listed with unprecedented discounts at GoodOffer24. Windows 10 Pro, the recommended operating system for PC enthusiasts and power-users, is priced at US $10.62 after applying a TechPowerUp-exclusive discount. Office 2019 Professional Plus, the most powerful workplace productivity software, is going for $46.10. Find combos of the two and more in the links below.

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TechPowerUp and Seagate partner to bring you the IronWolf Black Friday Giveaway. The IronWolf line of storage solutions from Seagate are targeted at NAS, DAS, and other high-uptime, quasi-enterprise environments, spanning both HDDs and SSDs. Two lucky winners stand to bring home IronWolf gear. The first lucky winner receives a 14 TB IronWolf internal SATA HDD and an IronWolf 110 SSD 480 GB (one of each). The second lucky winner gets an IronWolf 110 SSD 480 GB. The Giveaway is open worldwide (wherever legal), till December 4th. Do check out great Black Friday deals on Seagate IronWolf storage products at your favorite retailer.

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BZFuture is a small-business focused discount genuine software digital retailer with an irresistible Black Friday deal: pick up the Antivirus or Security Software Suite of your choice, and get a lifetime-valid Windows 10 Pro license for free. This is a boon for small businesses especially, as they can not only renew the annual licenses of their preferred security software, but also freely upgrade any Windows 7-powered machines they may have over to Windows 10 Pro. That's not all, the security software on sale is going for half the prevalent prices. All big popular security software brands are covered, including Kaspersky, Bitdefender, ESET, Avira, and McAfee. Don't need security software at this time? No worries, browse through other useful system software on offer, such as AOMEI, Flexepin, etc., and get your Windows 10 Pro license as well. Two popular deals are recommended below.

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GOG, the store-front for DRM-less game titles from CD Projekt Red, have also joined in on the Black Friday craze. It's just so much of what makes the world great - from hardware to software - that's vying for our limited wallets that it's hard to know how to focus - unless you have a pretty strong will to commit to your pre-made listings (which you did do; right?).

The DRM-less storefront is listing titles with up to 90% discounts over their current RRP. This includes gems you can only find on GOG such as the Soldier of Fortune Titles, CD Projekt Red's The Witcher games, all manner of older Fallout and The Elder Scrolls titles, Spore (remember that one?) Stellaris, Battletech... As well as many more, less-mainstream offerings. Go on over to GOG - the sale is live through November 27th.

Black Friday is indisputably the best time of the year for any computer enthusiasts because we can get new toys for cheaper prices. Whether it be computer hardware or consumer electronics, Newegg has become the preferred place for many enthusiasts. We here at TechPowerUp have put together a list of the amazing deals currently available at the online retailer. The promotions are grouped into different categories for your viewing convenience. If you've been eyeing a particular piece of hardware or gadget, come take a look at our list. Who knows? Maybe you can save yourself a few hard-earned dollars. Don't forget to come back periodically to check for new deals!

The holiday season is almost here-get ready to spread some epic cheer! From now through November 27, 2017, we're offering some big savings around Black Friday on the following digital purchases for World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Heroes of the Storm, and Destiny 2-plus some Blizzard Gear Store goodies. Snag a little something for yourself, or send a gift to a friend.

Overwatch
Whether you're a soldier, scientist, adventurer, or oddity, you can jump into the fight for the future with savings of 50% on the digital versions of Overwatch and Overwatch: Game of the Year Edition for Windows PC.

• Overwatch includes 26 heroes, 21 different maps, and endless fun for just $19.99 (reg. $39.99).
• Overwatch: Game of the Year Edition includes all the excitement of Overwatch along with 10 Loot Boxes, five special hero skins, plus in-game goodies for Heroes of the Storm, World of Warcraft, Diablo III, and StarCraft II for $29.99 (reg. $59.99).

Aquantia Corp., a leader in high-speed, Multi-Gigabit Ethernet connectivity solutions, today announced its plan to help PC gamers and hardware enthusiasts squeeze new levels of performance out of their systems. Today, Aquantia announced a special holiday promotion with international distribution partners Arrow, WPGA and WPI, to deliver the industry's fastest Ethernet adapters - Aquantia AQtion Network Interface Cards (NICs) - to gamers and performance PC users at a giftworthy price point for a limited time. The Aquantia AQtion AQN-108 5G NIC is now available for $59.00 and the Aquantia AQtion AQN-107 10G NIC is available for an unprecedented $69.00.

The super-low latency and in-game advantage that AQtion Multi-Gigabit NICs deliver make them the perfect holiday surprise for any hardware enthusiast. The performance PC user - whether a gamer, video editing enthusiast, designer, engineer or just a tried and true geek - wants the ability to move huge volumes of digital life data seamlessly and quickly. In a home or office, that seamless capability requires a 5G or even a 10G NIC card.

SteelSeries, leader and innovator in gaming peripherals, kicks off the holiday season with massive Black Friday and Cyber Monday promotions and the SteelSeries Holiday Gift-a-thon. SteelSeries is celebrating the holiday season with big sales on its most popular products and the first-ever "SteelSeries Gift-a-thon," a giveaway in which more and more prizes are added as more people enter. Prizes include new SteelSeries gear, exclusive in-game codes, Apple TVs, custom-built PCs, and "SteelSeries for life" - a program where winners will receive one new product in each category every year for life!

The Gift-a-thon starts on November 21 and ends on November 30. Participants can enter at steelseries.com. Participants will also receive 50 additional giveaway entries with any purchase on SteelSeries.com (limit one per customer).

Futuremark, the developer of the world's most widely used benchmarking software, today announced a new partnership with Newegg, the leading tech-focused e-retailer in North America. The partnership sees Newegg complement its comprehensive selection of PC components and complete systems with Futuremark's popular 3DMark, VRMark and PCMark 10 benchmarks. It's a winning combination: everything you need to build and benchmark a new PC in one place.

Newegg has long been the preferred destination for tech-savvy PC users when buying or building a new PC or upgrading individual components. Futuremark benchmark tests have helped millions of people test, compare and understand PC performance. Now for the first time, PC enthusiasts can buy Futuremark benchmarks from the same place they buy their components and accessories.