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In 2023, Intel's operations in Russia were drastically pared back, leaving just one employee as the director of both Intel AO and Intel Technologies.

A museum contends that MS-DOS 4 suffers from "git mutilation" due to being improperly open-sourced.

MS-DOS 4 suffers "git mutilation" due to being improperly open-sourced.

Intel issues a state regarding stability issues concerning 13th and 14th Generation CPUs on 600-and 700-series motherboards made by respective manufacturers.

The Dutch government may ban ASML from servicing high-end wafer fab tools in China, but the outgoing ASML CEO says this will not be a major problem for earnings.

The Dell S3221QS gaming monitor is currently marked down to its lowest price at Amazon, just $249 instead of its usual $359.

Manor Lords was the most wishlisted game on Steam prior to its launch today. We've tested the initial early release version on a collection of 25 graphics cards to see just how much GPU horsepower you'll need to run the game well.

Loongson revealed two domestically made CPUs for China's mainstream market due to independent research and development, having its IPC matching with Zen 3 and Intel Comet Lake CPUs.

Listings of Ryzen 8000F Series CPUs with their iGPUs and NPUs disabled appear on Funtech and PC-Canada, with some pricing, ahead of a confirmed global release.

According to a leak, Huawei's upcoming Kirin processor for PCs will feature next-generation Taishan V130 cores and next-generation graphics.

Intel is reportedly in talks with Apollo, KKR, and Stonepeak regarding funding for a new plant in Ireland.

AMD's Zen 4-based entry-level EPYC 4004-series processors for the AM5 socket have surfaced on eBay.

After a short break, Pi Wars 2024 sees the return of the premier in-person robotics event and with 58 teams competing for the crown, competition was fierce, but competitors were friendly.

Despite efforts of U.S. government, HiSilicon continues to develop high-end SoCs and SMIC continues to make them.

TSMC preps 8x reticle size or larger interposers for gargantuan AI and HPC SiPs.

King Yuan sells off its China subsidiary due to geopolitics, U.S. sanctions against China, rising competition, and ability to earn more in Taiwan.

A Chinese company backed by the state, Beijing Xinzhida Neurotechnology, introduces its Neucyber brain interface tested with a monkey and a mechanical arm.

Almost all of Intel's business units were profitable in Q1, except manufacturing unit that made record $2.5 billion loss.

BenQ Zowie XL2586X is announced and given specifications ahead of a May release.

Two Chinese nationals were charged of being part of a scheme to illegally smuggle semiconductor processing machinery out of the US to China, breaking export law.

Too many flagship graphics cards are suffering unnecessary irreparable damage, reckons NorthWestRepair. The graphics card repair specialist has published a new video where he bemoans a rash of Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 failures due to poor shipping and improper mounting practices.

MSI is apparently withdrawing from the AMD GPU market as a whole. All MSI RX 7000 series supply has disappeared worldwide, save for one or two RX 7900 XTX listings.

AI models are now an established aspect of modern game development.

The Corsair's K70 Pro Mini wireless 60% gaming keyboard not only has a cut-down size but also a cut-down price thanks to a 65% discount at Best Buy.

With shipments of AI-capable PCs taking shape, Canalys estimates that AI-enabled PCs will command a 60% share by 2027, with industry-leading players from hardware and software integrating it on a rapid phase.

We recommend the best PS5 SSDs for the Sony PlayStation 5 for every need and budget based on our extensive lab tests.

Gigabyte and MSI have officially addressed stability concerns with Raptor Lake i9 processors. Gigabyte has provided new beta BIOS updates addressing the issue while MSI has provided a new tutorial on how to fix stability problems.

With a price of around $650, the Apex Encore is a premium motherboard focused on overclocking and pushing your hardware to its limits. It also looks good, performed well in our tests, and is a solid, albeit expensive, daily driver even if you don't overclock.

Huawei is reportedly behind CXMT's development of HBM memory.

Microsoft has released the MS-DOS 4.00 source code, binaries, disk images, and documentation. The source code, which is nearly 45 years old, has been released under the MIT license, allowing tinkerers free rein.

Igor's Lab prototypes and develops an easy thermal paste applicator for various use cases. The applicator applies paste in a fixed grid on the entire CPU for optimal performance and no concerns about misapplying paste.

TSMC plans to integrate HBM4 with system-on-wafer designs in 2027.

Today's best flash drives are faster and speedier than ever. We've tested dozens to find the best.

Nintendo has issued takedowns on 20 years of Nintendo-based user content in Garry's Mod, confirms Garry himself.

Asus ROG Ally enables Frame Generation on handhelds.

Russia's server and storage supply was hampered by U.S.-imposed sanctions, but the state seems to have returned to normalcy nevertheless.

In an attempt to make its users aware, Microsoft will be overlaying a watermark on PCs with Windows 11 24H2 which will not have compatible CPUs using SSE 4.2 instructions as its native apps use it for AI.

China's latest KX-7000 was tested against the Core i5-7500, Core i7-7700K and Ryzen 7 1700X and found to have performance very similar to the i5-7500.

Sabrent's new Rocket 4 SSD is a DRAM-less PCIe 4.0 drive and a welcome update to its popular Rocket NVMe 4.0. It's better in every way, from performance to power efficiency to being single-sided for laptops.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang hand-delivered the world's first DGX H200 computer to OpenAI's CEO and president, continuing a trend of connecting OpenAI with bleeding edge AI compute power.

Zhaoxin, the Chinese tech firm behind CPUs like the Kaixian KX-6000 and KX-7000 series, has announced several important design wins. It says companies including Lenovo, Tsinghua, Ziguang, Ruijie, Honghe, and Seewo have Kaixian-powered devices ready.

Sir Walter Richardson is using a Raspberry Pi to power his AI-based robot that follows runners, shouting messages of encouragement or discouragement depending on their performance.

TSMC says it will not need a high-NA litho tool for its A16 technology but will keep exploring it for A16 and beyond.

Not everything should cost the earth, and the Montech Air 903 Max is a great example of good value for a reasonable price.

TSMC rearchitects N4P process technology to make it cheaper.

SemiAccurate reports that it has independently determined that Qualcomm's freshly announced laptop chips are being marketed erroneously to consumers and OEMs.

TSMC's 2nm is on track for mass production in H2 2025, but there is a catch with N2P.

TSMC's A16 fabrication process features Super Power Rail backside power delivery, will be available to customers in H2 2026

AMD Zen 5's upcoming 2024 release continues getting foreshadowed in AMD Linux patches.