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Updated 2025-10-02 18:15
Nvidia's 16-pin time bomb could be defused by this $95 gadget — Ampinel offers load balancing that Nvidia forgot to include
Aqua Computer launches the Ampinel, an active power management module for graphics cards that utilize the 16-pin power connector.
This early Prime Day deal has MSI's gorgeous 34-inch curved ultrawide QD-OLED gaming monitor dropping to $649 at Amazon
MSI's MAG 341CQP QD-OLED gaming monitor is now only $649.99 in these early Prime Day deals.
AMD and Intel's unlikely chipmaking partnership isn't without its benefits — how AMD could divest reliance on TSMC
Intel and AMD have competed at opposite ends of the x86 spectrum for decades, but a potential deal could be mutually beneficial for both companies.
Grab an Acer Nitro 60 desktop with a Ryzen 9 CPU and RTX 5070 Ti or 5080 graphics cards for 30 to 50% off
Get a Acer Nitro 60 with Ryzen 9 and RTX 5070 Ti or RTX 5080 for 30-50% off.
ASRock issues longer warranty amid failing CPU controversy — but only in Japan
Just after Gamers Nexus dropped a video about CPU failures on ASRock motherboards, the company started offering extended warranties.
Phison CEO claims NAND shortage could last a staggering 10 years — says memory 'supercycle' imminent and 'severe' 2026 shortages are at hand
Phison CEO Pua Khein-Seng has claimed in an interview this week that the upcoming forecasted NAND flash shortage will last "for the next ten years", rather than the more optimistic 1 year claimed by other industry insiders. The negative implications of the AI boom continue to grow by the day.
Harvard researchers hail quantum computing breakthrough with machine that can run for two hours — atomic loss quashed by experimental design, systems that can run forever just 3 years away
This breakthrough will allow researchers to run quantum computers continuously from just a few seconds to several hours at a time.
Ingenious modder turns Lego Game Boy into an actual Game Boy that can run real cartridges — new Lego set gets outfitted with custom PCB in less than a day, 3D printing required for future button
Natalie the Nerd has modded the Lego Game Boy into one that actually plays real cartridges, outfitted with a custom PCB and screen that takes retro gaming to another level. This is not emulation; this Lego kit has original Game Boy chips inside to make it all possible, with even 3D-printed pieces planned for the future.
$568 million of GPUs allegedly misused for crypto mining caught in tax evasion and money laundering probe — EU claims 10,000 Nvidia H100 units acquired by Northern Data may not have been used fo
Northern Data is under investigation for allegedly misusing AI tax breaks on 10,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs, despite the hardware being ill-suited for crypto mining.
Monstrous SSD cooling solution strapped to iPhone 17 Pro Max delivers unparalleled performance — clocks 90% stability in 3D Mark Stress Test, jury still out on hideous aesthetics
A smartphone performance enthusiast has shown pictures of their PC SSD cooler-boosted iPhone 17 Pro Max on Reddit.
Lenovo Legion Go 2 review: AMD’s Ryzen Z2 Extreme makes gains at 800p
The Lenovo Legion Go 2 is packed with an AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme processor, an OLED display, and improved controls and ergonomics.
U.S. Commerce Sec. Lutnick says American AI dominates DeepSeek, thanks Trump for AI Action Plan — OpenAI and Anthropic beat Chinese models across 19 different benchmarks
NIST just released a study showing OpenAI's and Anthropic's models defeating DeepSeek in several benchmarks.
Wi-Fi signals can now create accurate images of a room with the help of pre-trained AI — 'LatentCSI' leverages Stable Diffusion 3 to turn Wi-Fi data into a digital paintbrush
Researchers have cracked the code to fast and accurate image generation with Wi-Fi signals. Previously, Wi-Fi-based imagery was all but rough sketches, but with the help of a pretrained Stable Diffusion model, these Wi-Fi signals can now create realistic visuals of the space they're bouncing around in.
Undersea cable attacks drive sea drone development — Stark's Vanta unmanned vessels could be an affordable solution to protecting vital infrastructure
Anglo-German autonomous systems specialist Stark has demonstrated its first unmanned surface vessels (USVs) - sea drones.
AI-generated security camera feed shows Sam Altman getting busted stealing GPUs from Target — ironic video shows OpenAI CEO saying he needs it for Sora inferencing
OpenAI showcased the capabilities of Sora 2 by getting its CEO busted.
AMD in early talks to make chips at Intel Foundry, report says
AMD is in early talks to be an Intel Foundry customer, according to reports from Semafor. It's the latest in a line of companies considering an investment in the American fab.
TSMC reduces peak power consumption of EUV tools by 44% — company to save 190 million kilowatt-hours of electricity by 2030
TSMC, which is responsible for about 9% of Taiwan's electricity use, has launched a global EUV Dynamic Energy Saving Program that reduces EUV tool power consumption by 8% - aiming to save 190 million kWh and 101 kilotons of CO by 2030.
M5-powered iPad Pro breaks cover in GeekBench, scoring 4,133 in single-threaded tests — matches M4 Max and beats every single-core PC chip score
M5 chip beats every PC CPU in GeekBench single-threaded tests
Microsoft slaps Game Pass Ultimate with a 50% price hike — PC Game Pass is now almost 38% more expensive, with hardly any new benefits
Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass subscription service is undergoing a significant restructuring regarding its pricing and benefits.
OpenAI's Stargate project to consume up to 40% of global DRAM output — inks deal with Samsung and SK hynix to the tune of up to 900,000 wafers per month
Samsung and SK hynix have agreed to supply undiced DRAM wafers to OpenAI's Stargate project, which could consume up to 900,000 wafers per month, or about 40% of global DRAM output, as Stargate is gearing up for unprecedented expansion.
Pick up a Ryzen 9 9950X3D for less than a 9800X3D in this Early Prime Day deal bundle from MSI — Tomahawk motherboard deal is cheaper with AMD's flagship than with its top gaming CPU
MSI's Ryzen 9 9950X3D and mobo combo is cheaper than pairing with even the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, saving you $$$ on the best hardware you can buy.
OpenAI's Sam Altman had secret TSMC meeting over future chip supply, report claims — AI pioneer in Asia as South Korea confirms 20MW data center deal with ChatGPT maker
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has reportedly held secretive meetings with TSMC and Foxconn in Taiwan as he looks to secure chip production for future facilities and his own internal chip design plans.
Qualcomm scores big win over Arm in contentious lawsuit — U.S. court rejects Arm’s lawsuit, confirms Qualcomm’s can use Oryon cores acquired via Nuvia
The ruling builds on Qualcomm's 2024 trial win, rejecting Arm's attempt to force destruction of Oryon CPU designs.
Intel affirms commitment to $28 billion Ohio project despite delays — company responds to U.S. Senator's hint of 'a charade or potential fraud'
Following life-changing investments from Nvidia, SoftBank, and the White House, Intel has just reiterated its commitment to the ambitious Ohio One project. The fabs, now expected to open their doors in 2030, were questioned by a U.S. Senator over concerns of fraud, but Intel remains confident.
Taiwan refuses to move half of U.S.-bound chip production to American shores — trade discussion to be focused on Section 232 investigation for preferential deal on semiconductors
The White House wants to move at least 50% of U.S.-bound chip production into the United States, but Taiwan says no.
DJI fervently rejects Chinese Military Company designation following court ruling — drone maker says it 'is not controlled by the government and has no ties to the military'
DJI has rejected a court ruling upholding its designation as a ''Chinese Military Company' by the DoD, and says that certain findings by the court affirm it does not have any military affiliaton.
Meta reportedly buying RISC-V AI GPU firm Rivos — acquisition to bolster dev team and possibly replace Nvidia internally
Meta is reportedly set to acquire startup Rivos, according to sources close to the matter. The startup specializes in RISC-V based GPUs for AI workloads, a perfect match for Meta's wishlist.
DeepSeek’s new AI model debuts with support for China-native chips and CANN, a replacement for Nvidia's CUDA — Chinese chipmakers Huawei, Cambricon, and Hygon get first-class support
Chinese AI firm DeepSeek has released its latest large language model, DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp, with first-day optimizations for Huawei's Ascend hardware and CANN software stack.
AMD Fluid Motion Frames 3 spotted in the upcoming AMD Adrenalin driver branch — could lean on AI model used in FSR 4
Data mining has revealed that AMD is working on a third iteration of Fluid Motion Frames, according to developer notes discovered in the preview version of Adrenalin driver 25.20. AFMF 3 will likely incorporate the same ML model used in FSR 4.
$7.3 billion worth of cryptocurrency recovered from newly convicted 'Bitcoin Queen' — funds from fraudster thought to be the largest seizure to date
The Metropolitan Police announced a conviction against the so-called "Bitcoin Queen" from whom they seized approximately $7.3 billion worth of cryptocurrency.
Portable 1TB bamboo SSD is fast, but smells even better due to built-in aroma diffuser — essential oil diffuser billed as bringing harmony to your workplace
Apacer launches the AS712 portable SSD, made from natural bamboo and reservoir silt and featuring an essential oil diffuser.
Early Prime Day deals kick off as Crucial's superfast 4TB T705 PCIe 5 SSD hits a new all-time low price of $320
Crucial's 4TB PCIe 5.0 T705 SSD hits an all-time low price ahead of Amazon's Prime Day sales.
Redditor quoted absurd $11,000 labor fee for $4,000 PC build — bemused customer questions $6,300 labor, $4,700 pre-project labor, and $4,000 cancellation fee
A Redditor received an eye-popping quote for a cute custom PC from a well-known boutique vendor.
New York firm faces China investigation over $17M advanced trading hardware smuggling — accused of installing customized processors and networking hardware at Shanghai Futures Exchange
Tower Research Capital is under fire by a Chinese regulator for using possibly-illicit hardware.
OpenAI might be building its own chip, but it’ll still be dependent on Nvidia — custom chip developed with Broadcom reportedly slips to Q3 2026
OpenAI is widely understood to be developing a custom AI accelerator with Broadcom, part of a $10 billion partnership to design chips specifically for OpenAI's internal workloads.
'Next-gen 3D printing' enables printing with two different materials at once — faster, lighter, and more precise multiplexing nozzle tech demoed by U.S. gov't scientists
A 'next-generation 3D printing system' has been demonstrated by scientists from the ORNL.
Orange Pi AI Studio Pro mini-PC debuts with Huawei Ascend 310 and 352 TOPS of AI performance — also features up to 192GB of memory, but relies on a single USB-C port
Orange Pi's AI Studio Pro mini-PC promises up to 352 TOPS of AI performance with up to 192GB of LPDDR4X 4266 memory.
Microsoft adds Grok 4 to Azure AI Foundry following cautious trials — Elon Musk's latest AI model is now available to deploy for "frontier‑level reasoning"
Grok 4, the latest AI model produced by Elon Musk's xAI, is now available for enterprise customers inside Azure AI Foundry. Microsoft has added Grok 4 to its library after a series of prior internal testing to make sure it doesn't go on tangents again. It has a 128K-token context window and focuses on STEM workloads over basic tasks.
Maingear debuts new premium desktop PCs — Apex Rush, Force models start at $6,259, with top-end model featuring hardline tubing and dual 420mm radiators
Maingear has today unveiled a couple of new desktop PCs, a new Apex Rush and a new Apex Force.
Amid Intel's deals, Intel Foundry Services remains notably absent — 18A and 14A are on the way, but success isn't guaranteed
It has been a busy few weeks for semiconductors, but among various announcements and rumors, IFS has remained conspicuously absent.
Wee Beastie crowdfunding project promises 4.75L fish tank SFF PC packing a 'desktop' RTX 4070 — $699 design features modded 12GB GPU mounted on a circuit board
Compact new 4.75-liter Mini PC packs a 'desktop' RTX 4070 with 12GB VRAM for improved gaming and AI.
Data center boom sends some wholesale electricity prices soaring up to 267% in five years, says report — as global rollout of AI factories continues apace
People living near many of the new data centers being built as part of the AI boom are finding their power costs rising dramatically, in some cases making it hard to afford day-to-day living.
Nvidia's new CPX GPU aims to change the game in AI inference — how the debut of cheaper and cooler GDDR7 memory could redefine AI inference infrastructure
Nvidia has introduced Rubin CPX, a specialized GPU designed to accelerate compute-heavy context phase of long-context inference in large AI models, enabling more efficient handling of million-token workloads by offloading this task from 'Big' GPUs with HBM memory to smaller GPUs with GDDR7 memory.
China's 96-core x86 CPU taps chiplet design to rival AMD EPYC and Intel Xeon — 13 chiplets per processor provide up to 384 cores on a single motherboard, but no word on power consumption
Zhaoxin announces the company's latest KH-50000 series of server processors, leveraging a chiplet design with up to 96 cores.
Logitech launches MX Master 4 flagship productivity mouse – the best mouse we've tested adds haptic feedback, circular Action Ring shortcuts
Logitech updates its MX Master 4 flagship mouse with haptic feedback and a quick, customizable Action Ring shortcut circle.
Tile exploit could let stalkers follow you with your own tracker — Bluetooth broadcasting flaw is relatively simple to exploit, researchers discover
Georgia Institute of Technology researchers found design flaws in Tile location trackers that can be abused to stalk their owners.
Intel aims at AMD's Threadripper with its new Granite Rapids-WS CPU — chip armed with core count approaching the flagship AMD Threadripper 9995WX, boasts a 4.8GHz boost clock
A new Granite Rapids-WS CPU has appeared on openbenchmark.org, sporting a 4.8GHz boost clock and a hefty core count.
Amazon and Google tip off Jensen Huang before announcing information about their homegrown AI chips — companies tread carefully to avoid surprising Nvidia, says report
According to a recent report by The Information, Amazon and Google each provide advance notice to Huang before unveiling updates to their custom silicon.
Get a 4TB Crucial P310 SSD for just 5 cents per gigabyte — PCIe 4.0 drive is available now with heatsink for $202
The Crucial P310 PCIe Gen 4 SSD features QLC NAND-flash memory for up to 7,100 MB/s sequential read speeds.
Sandisk launches officially licensed SSDs and MicroSD cards for the ROG Xbox Ally series — up to 4TB of storage for new Asus flagship handheld
Sandisk is launching Xbox-branded storage accessories for the new Asus ROG Xbox Ally handheld systems.
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