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China's YMTC aims to become the world's largest NAND maker by the end of 2027, report says — company plans to overtake Samsung and SK hynix
The target would require YMTC to nearly double its market share in 16 months.
Trump administration weighs expanding chip tariffs to laptops, consoles, and servers, report claims — January's data center exemptions may be scrapped
The Trump administration is weighing a second round of semiconductor tariffs that would extend duties beyond chips to products built with them.
Hot Chips 2026: Cerebras lays out the future of wafer-scale AI — Nexus system architecture triples rack-scale performance, CS-6 wafer to incorporate stacked DRAM
At Hot Chips 2026, Cerebras revealed the next two generations of its wafer-scale accelerator roadmap. It also discussed the benefits of its new Nexus rack design for the CS-4 rack-scale accelerator and the performance of the three WS-3T wafer-scale engines contained within.
Glass substrate roadmaps examined — Absolics in final qualification and a first product that keeps slipping
Glass-core substrates, the replacement for organic chip packaging that Intel promised in September 2023, are now in final qualification but still not in a single commercial product
Nvidia expects to sell $20 billion of Vera Rubin systems in Q3 as shipments begin — figure would account for 20% of its data center revenue mix, marks fastest ramp in company history
Nvidia expects Vera Rubin to become its fastest-ramping data center AI platform as it projects sales of Vera Rubin hardware to hit 20% of data center revenue in its third fiscal quarter.
Samsung's new Odyssey G6 monitor hits a ridiculous 1,100Hz refresh rate at 720p — displays each frame for less than a millisecond
Ironically, the display with the four-digit refresh rate is actually the bottom of the display stack Samsung is showing off at Gamescom 2026.
Many talks between data center developers and local governments are wrapped in secrecy behind non-disclosure agreements — residents question the need for NDAs, but developers argue it’s im
Researchers discovered that most negotiations between data centers and local governments are protected by NDAs. These documents keep details in secret, with residents having a difficult time finding information about these projects because of the agreements.
Save up to 61% on gaming PCs, laptops, and more in HP's Labor Day 2026 sale — huge discounts on a range of hardware, monitors, and peripherals
HP is hosting a Labor Day sale with up to 65% off our favorite tech products.
Ingenious indie hacker funds $3,000 MacBook purchase by selling advertising space on the lid — sticker space auction has already raised 111% of the price of the laptop
An enterprising individual has successfully pre-sold enough advertisement sticker space on their dream MacBook's lid to raise 111% of the laptop's retail price.
EPA faces lawsuit over claims it fast-tracked approval of toxic 'data center chemicals' — exposure to photoacid generators used for semiconductor manufacturing could result in ‘sudden deat
An environmental group said that two new chemicals approved by the EPA for semiconductor manufacturing do not come with enough safeguards, so they're suing the agency for 'turning the new chemical review process on its head.'
Nvidia to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, report claims — could strengthen Nvidia's open-model strategy and shore up position against rivals
Nvidia reportedly plans to buy Hugging Face at a price that exceeds its revenue by over 80 times, making it a major strategic investment in AI ecosystem.
Alienware AW3926QW 39-inch WUHD OLED gaming monitor review: Premium play and imagery in a large format
Alienware delivers an ultra-wide flagship with its AW3926QW. This curved 21:9 RGB Stripe Tandem OLED panel boasts 5120x2160 pixels (WUHD), 165 and 330 Hz modes, Adaptive-Sync, HDR10, Dolby Vision, HDR500 and wide gamut color.
Hot Chips 2026: OpenAI's Jalapeño AI ASIC unpacked — accelerator developed using AI achieves efficiency and throughput gains against power-hungry Blackwell
OpenAI's first AI accelerator fails to beat Nvidia's Blackwell in terms of raw performance, but it can offer very good performance-per-watt and low latency, which is exactly what the doctor ordered for inference workloads.
Quantum computing used in 'first commercial game development' — IBM simulator generated maps, characters, and graphics in C.L.A.Y. RPG
Game studio MiTale Ltd. is promoting a narrative-driven post-apocalyptic RPG, which it claims is 'the first commercial game on the market utilizing quantum computing.'
$215 discount turns Corsair's DDR5-6000 Vengeance memory kit into the cheapest 32GB of RAM at those speeds — 35% saving as stock dwindles and prices continue to rise
Corsair's Vengeance DDR5-6000 memory kit becomes the cheapest 32GB kit you can buy after a large $215 discount.
Beat PC component price rises with this unbelievably good value 9800X3D gaming desktop — get an RTX 5070, 32GB of DDR5, and a 2TB SSD all for less than $2,000
Get an RTX 5070, 9800X3D gaming PC with 32GB of DDR5 and a 2TB SSD for $1,999.
Resurrected RTX 3060 12GB price jumps 45% in the two months since it was revived — 2021-era GPU now costs nearly $500 across most retailers
The RTX 3060 12GB was revived to offer consumers a budget GPU with a relatively large VRAM pool, but it has succumbed to the same fate as every other SKU like it. Launched at around $330, most variants now cost close to $500.
Polls reveal local utility hikes and noise drive US data center protests, not anti-AI sentiment— beliefs and political affiliation had minimal impact on AI data center views
Data centers are facing bipartisan resistance from across the nation, but what's the reason behind this? The answer seems to be deceptively simple.
Hardware modder builds overclocked PS3 ‘Pro’ v3 with 3D-printed cooling mod — dual Noctua fans and server heatsinks provide FPS boost in 'almost every game'
A Sony PlayStation 3 console modder has shared images and details of their faster, cooler, and quieter PS3 Pro v3' design.
Atari revives 39 Activision games on cartridges that run seamlessly across five decades of hardware — Ultimate Deluxe collection that includes every title costs a wild $999.96
Atari teams up with Activision to launch the Atari x Activision Collection, featuring 39 iconic Activision titles.
Nvidia revenue tops $96 billion as memory commitments soar to $160 billion — CEO Jensen Huang says AI 'has reached its inflection point'
Nvidia's Q2 FY2027 revenue tops $96 billion as the company commits to buy up to $160 billion worth of memory, increasing its total commitments to $279 billion ahead of a major demand bump.
Nvidia custom 'NVHBM' promises 30% higher bandwidth, 15% lower power than commodity HBM4e — custom base die and PHY will be available to NVLink Fusion partners
Nvidia has unveiled NVHBM, a custom high-bandwidth memory implementation that promises higher bandwidth and lower power for customers building chips within the NVLink Fusion partner program.
Hot Chips 2026: Nvidia presents Groq 3 LPX architecture and unveils its first third-party inference benchmark — LP30-based rack already in production, company says
Igor Arsovski, now Nvidia's VP of hardware, presented the Groq 3 LPX rack's architecture and published the first third-party benchmark of the hardware.
US Justice Department seizes domains it says Chinese state-sponsored hackers used to infiltrate systems at NASA, Senate, Federal Reserve, and more — FBI moves forward with domain seizures
The U.S. Department of Justice and FBI announced domain seizures related to state-sponsored hacking activities that have impacted NASA, the Senate, and more.
Xbox announces new disc-to-digital feature for physical media — lets players claim digital versions of their games, with support for Play Anywhere and Cloud Gaming
Xbox announces new disc-to-digital feature for physical media
Kansas town drops charges against teacher arrested for clapping during public hearings on data centers — says that ‘case has been dismissed without prejudice’
The disorderly conduct case against Lux Claridge has been dropped by the city in municipal court, making the teacher breathe a little bit easier. However, it was done "without prejudice," and the city's attorneys have passed the case on to the county for review.
Hot Chips 2026: Nvidia touts benefits of its DSX MaxLPS site power management approach — tech allows for more compute from fixed data center power budgets
During Nvidia's Hot Chips presentation on the Rubin GPU, the company emphasized power as a hard limit on data center capacity and touted the amount of compute that Vera Rubin NVL72 systems can deliver within an example fixed facility power budget of 100MW.
Save $260 on this high-end AM5 gaming combo from Newegg — just $1,345.99 buys a Ryzen 9 9950X3D, 32GB Corsair DDR5 RAM, MSI X870E Carbon Wifi motherboard, along with a free 240mm AIO and AMD gam
Newegg bundles the Ryzen 9 9950X3D, MSI X870E Carbon Wifi, and 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 for only $1,345.99 - a solid $259.99 off, plus a free 240mm AIO and AMD game bundle. A wicked deal for gamers and creators alike
Hot Chips 2026: Fujitsu's Monaka CPU stacks its entire cache on a separate 5nm die and narrows to 256-bit SVE2 — 350W and 500W SKUs due in 2027
Fujitsu gave us a detailed look at its 144-core Monaka server CPU at Hot Chips 2026 on August 24, confirming for the first time that the Arm chip runs dual 256-bit SVE2 vector units, down from the 512-bit SVE in its A64FX predecessor.
Crypto bro faces 280 years in prison for defrauding investors with promises of an 'AI supercomputer' for mining — jury convicts businessman of running $24-million Ponzi scheme, claimed up to 30%
A man claiming to give massive returns to investors has been found guilty of wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering by a Nevada court. Brent Kovar now faces up to 280 years behind bars for his crimes, although sentencing will still be held on November 30.
Xbox marks 25 years with eye-catching translucent green PC accessories — Razer mouse, keyboard, and earbuds available to pre-order now
Microsoft has opened preorders for the Designed for Xbox 25th Anniversary Collection.
Chuwi UniBook Review: A budget rival to the MacBook Neo and Dell XPS 13
A budget-friendly ultraportable with premium aspirations, the Chuwi UniBook packs modern Intel hardware, excellent connectivity, and impressive battery life into a sleek metal chassis.
Hot Chips 2026: High Bandwidth Flash promises massive bandwidth and capacity, but its usability is extremely limited — new memory format strikes a balance between HBM and NAND flash
OXMIQ presented its High Bandwidth Flash (HBF) use-case scenarios at Hot Chips 2026, which dramatically narrow the circumstances under which HBF makes sense.
Rockstar releases statement after a week of GTA VI leaks, avoids mentioning leaker's demands — says that gameplay leaks have been ‘heartbreaking for our team’
The statement comes a day before GTA VI extended look drops on Netflix and about a week after leaks of gameplay clips and the entire map of Leonidas appeared on the internet.
Crucial SSD owner offered $200 refund for 4TB drive now selling for over $500 — company finally caves to warranty demands after protracted back-and-forth
Micron initially told a customer that no replacement Crucial X9 4TB SSDs were available and offered a refund based on last year's purchase price, but a firm pushback ultimately resulted in a replacement.
Hot Chips 2026: d-Matrix stacks AI accelerator directly on custom DRAM for 100 TB/s per card — TSMC 4nm compute die bonded face-to-face at a 36-micron pitch on top of a custom-designed die
d-Matrix presented Raptor, which it calls the first 3D DRAM accelerator for generative inference, showing a TSMC 4nm compute die bonded face-to-face at a 36-micron pitch on top of a custom-designed DRAM die.
Bill Gates calls for some jobs to be ‘Human Reserved,’ suggests taxing AI tokens and robots — billionaire says that ‘AI era will be one of the most turbulent times in human his
The billionaire philanthropist penned a 6,000-word essay raising the societal risks that AI bring and his proposed solutions to protect the average person.
Montech Titan PLA 750W power supply review: A powerful and stunning all-white Seasonic-built Platinum unit
The Montech Titan PLA 750W is a Seasonic-built Platinum unit with extraordinary power quality, a rare full-bridge LLC topology at this wattage, and a white aesthetic that genuinely sets it apart.
Hot Chips 2026: Arm details AGI server CPU with two 70-core N3P chiplets — touts 2 TB/s UCIe fabric link and 12-channel memory controller
Arm reveals more details about its AGI processors with up to 136 cores, but fails to disclose performance.
Mad scientist makes LEDs in his backyard — semiconductor wizard who made his own RAM turns his attention to using bathroom eBay laser to etch sapphire wafers
Mad scientist makes LEDs in his backyard - semiconductor wizard who made his own RAM turns his attention to blinkenlights
Get an RTX 5080 gaming PC for just $2,349 — $750 Best Buy discount is a great way to beat inflated component prices
Get an RTX 5080 PC with 32GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD for just $2,349.
Microsoft Paint and Photos apps add invisible watermark to AI-generated content — developer reverse engineers GUID embedding
A developer has uncovered some previously unknown GUID watermarking functionality deep within Microsoft's Paint and Photos apps.
U.S. gov't moves to suppress pushback on data centers by removing requirements for public input on pollution — EPA change would allow air pollution permits without publicizing them
A proposed change to the EPA's regulations would remove the requirement for states to seek public input on air pollution permits, particularly around AI data centers.
$50k worth of retro Nintendo NES games stolen in devastating home robbery — crooks took 850 games spanning 40 years from family
Thieves broke into a home in Washington and stole 850 retro NES games thought to be worth more than $50k.
OpenAI bans Russian ChatGPT accounts posing as a fake Israeli think tank — used VPNs to push pro-Kremlin narratives and steal academic papers for its website
Instead of using ChatGPT to write the articles, the operators used the chatbot to strip any wording that might mark them as Russian speakers.
Enthusiast turns a Lenovo Yoga laptop, an M.2 slot, and AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT into 'the world's stupidest' desktop for local AI chatbots — M.2 franken-rig crippled by laptop DRAM swap
Enthusiast turns a Lenovo Yoga laptop and an AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT into "the world's stupidest" desktop for local LLMs
Commodore unveils striking Cyberpunk 2077 version of its C64U made in partnership with CD Projekt Red — Commodore 77 special edition uses more powerful AMD Artix XC7A100T processor
A special edition of the Commodore 64 Ultimate made in collaboration with CD Projekt Red has been announced today. The new Commodore 77 takes its stylish inspiration from Cyberpunk 77, and is skillfully melded into the game's universe.
Hot Chips 2026: Samsung makes LPDDR5X smart with logic unit in memory — LPDDR5X-PIM is 3.01x faster than LPDDR5X in AI inference with 8x the bandwidth
Samsung detailed the industry's first LPDDR5X-PIM at Hot Chips 2026, adding logic directly to memory to speed up data-intensive workloads like AI inference.
OpenAI’s 700W Jalapeño ASIC outpaces 1,400W Nvidia flagship GPU — claims up to 1.9x throughput per kilowatt and 3.6x lower latency, co-developed with Broadcom
OpenAI arrived at Hot Chips on Tuesday with benchmarks claiming its first in-house chip beats Nvidia's GB300.
Hands-on with Hyte’s Y50 RGB case: Premium looks at an affordable price
Hyte's Y50 RGB is an affordable option for anyone looking to get a glass chassis with included ARGB fans.
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