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Updated 2026-02-08 14:15
Microsoft's draconian Windows 11 restrictions will send an estimated 240 million PCs to the landfill when Windows 10 hits end of life in 2025
With too many outdated PCs afloat, Windows 10 EOL in late 2025 could generate massive amount of e-waste.
U.S. Govt and researchers seemingly discover new type of superconductivity in an exotic, crystal-like material — controllable variation breaks temperature records
Researchers with the Argonne National Lab and the University of Washington report strain-switchable, field-induced superconductivity in a synthetic material. Doped EuFe2As2 (a sandwich of Europium and Iron Arsenide layers with a sprinkle of Cobalt) provides a look into the moment superconductivity is switched on.
Intel's comeback appears on track — CEO Gelsinger says 18A process node performance is 'a little bit ahead' of TSMC's N2, but Intel's process arrives a year earlier than TSMCs
The chief executive of Intel believes the company's 18A process node is years ahead of TSMC's N2 due to backside power delivery.
Nvidia's problems with melting GPU connectors intensify — CableMod issues safety recall of 16-pin power adapters for Nvidia GPUs due to overheating and melting, advises disconnecting them immedi
Due to an influx of melting complaints with its 12VHPWR adapters, CableMod announced a voluntary safety recall for all its 90-degree and 180-degree adapters both v1 and v1.1.
Raspberry Pi mailbox brings in the mail like the old days
Guy Dupont is using a Raspberry Pi to block push notifications until he downloads them by inserting his phone into a toy mailbox.
Testing GPUs with AMD FSR3 and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora — 16 graphics cards and hundreds of benchmarks
AMD FSR3 with frame generation finally feels ready to use in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. We've run benchmarks with FSR and DLSS on a collection of 16 modern GPUs, including a few tests with the 'Unobtanium' preset on the highest-end cards. The game isn't great, but the upscaling and frame generation worked well in our experience.
Silverstone IceMyst 360 and 240mm AIO Review: Unique VRM and RAM fans, chart-topping noise-normalized performance
It's not often we review a cooler with genuine innovation. But the Silverstone IceMyst AIOs' unique fans provide cooling where competitors don't.
Firm predicts it will cost $28 billion to build a 2nm fab and $30,000 per wafer, a 50 percent increase in chipmaking costs as complexity rises
As wafer fab tools are getting more expensive, so do fabs and, ultimately, chips. A new report claims that
U.S. mulls imposing tariffs on legacy chips as Chinese companies prepare to flood the market with the simple but vital chips, undercutting Western rivals to deprive them of R&D funding
U.S. Commerce Department set to survey companies in other sectors to find out how they procure simplistic, but vital chips.
Blacklisted Chinese chipmaker SMIC is working on 3nm process technology despite US sanctions that limit access to advanced tools: Report
Without access to leading-edge chip production tools, SMIC remains committed to 5nm and 3nm process technologies.
ChatGPT designed a processor, and it has been successfully fabricated — demo video shows it powering a Christmas light show
ChatGPT chip design team has now successfully fabricated the QTCore-C1 chip they designed - and you can watch it powering a Christmas light show.
First look at a prototype of the fastest SSD we're likely to see in 2024 — Phison’s E26 'Max14um' will hit 14 GB/s, and we'll test performance early next year
Phison's E26 'Max14um' SSD provides our first look at the upcoming PCIe 5.0 drives that will top out at 14 GB/s of throughput. We have the drive in house and will be putting it through its test paces in the coming days, but here's a look at the work that went on behind the scenes to hit such high levels of performance in an M.2 drive.
New CPU from China's sole x86 chipmaker grapples with AMD's Bulldozer in Geekbench results — lower-end model isn't the fastest, but it gives Zhaoxin a full roster of CPUs for use in the country
Zhaoxin's KX6640MA x86 processor has popped up on Geekbench 6, and it's about as good as AMD's old Bulldozer chips.
Microsoft is deprecating Windows Mixed Reality — it will be removed from a future version of Windows
Microsoft has deprecated Windows Mixed Reality, and the software will be removed from a future version of Windows.
ASML ships groundbreaking new chipmaking tool to Intel — High-NA lithography tool needed for next-gen process nodes could cost ~$400 million
ASML on Thursday announced that it had begun shipping the industry's first extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography tool with a 0.55 numerical aperture (High-NA) to Intel.
Toshiba exec claims hard drives are 7X cheaper than SSDs and will continually evolve for large datacenters
A Toshiba exec believes that hard drive technology will continue to improve, enabling HDDs to be used well into the future admist growing energy costs.
HP FX700 2TB SSD review: HP strikes back with YMTC's newest QLC flash memory
The HP FX700 takes a winning formula and drops in new QLC NAND, creating an efficient and cool-running SSD that lacks high performance but makes for a good secondary drive.
One of my favorite-looking PC cases, the Fractal Design North, is now only $119
I'm not kidding when I say this is one of my favorite-looking PC cases. You can pick up the Fractal Design North PC case on sale for just $119.
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H and AMD Ryzen 7 7840U have an iGPU-bound benchmarking rematch in Linux
The Intel Core Ultra 7 155H gets benchmarked under Linux against the Ryzen 7 7840U and the Core i7 1280P, revealing significant improvements over past-generation iGPU architecture.
Pricing leaks for three AMD Ryzen 8000G desktop AM5 APUs, ranging from $190 to $400 — new AM4 CPUs, too
Some retailers have listed Ryzen 8000G desktop APUs ahead of launch, and the prices could be high.
Raspberry Pi cinewhoop drone swoops in with a Zero 2 W to run the live video feed
Artur Pkosz has created a custom cinewhoop drone that uses a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W to relay video feed to FPV goggles.
Unreleased Intel Core i3-14100 teased at $150 price point by early listing
A yet-unreleased Intel Core i3-14100 was listed on the ShopBLT platform, priced within a few dollars of its 13th Gen counterpart.
LG's new gaming monitor lets you switch monitor refresh rates up to 480 Hz on the fly — Ultragear flips between 1080p at 480 Hz and 4K at 240 Hz with the press of a button
LG announced a few monitors in about 16:9 and 21:9 curved format, but one monitor features a handy feature which allows the user to swap between 4K at 240Hz or 1080p at 480Hz!
Intel CEO says Nvidia’s AI dominance is pure luck — Nvidia VP fires back, says Intel lacked vision and execution
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has publicly characterized Nvidia's AI industry success as purely accidental, and if his Larrabee project hadn't been canceled, Intel would be reaping the rewards.
Sony's PlayStation 5 sales hit 50 million despite price hikes — more than twice the sales of Xbox X|S
As unit shipments of Sony's PlayStation 5 hit 50 million, the company says it is gaining momentum despite price hikes.
WeCreat Vision 20 Watt Review: Simple, Powerful, and Fast
The WeCreat Vision features a powerful 20 watt diode laser with a unique auto-focus system that can quickly and safely cut through a variety of materials. Combined with the optional fume extractor and rotary engraver, the Vision has everything you need to start creating custom laser engraved products today.
Transparent processor found in vintage HP computer – exotic silicon-on-sapphire chip discovered on a humble floppy drive PCB
Investigations into a 1977-era transparent chip from HP have concluded it was fabricated on a sapphire substrate. HP used these for various purposes in the 70s but they suffered from low yield and high cost.
Samsung claims its new AI chip is 8x more power efficient than Nvidia's H100
Samsung and Naver team up for power-efficient inference chips, tout eight times higher efficiency compared to Nvidia's GPUs.
Intel lays off over 300 in California, over 700 layoffs in the state this year
Intel cuts hundreds of positions at its Folsom and Santa Clara sites.
Chinese province sets up $1.5 billion chip fund to boost local semiconductor industry
Guangdong province in China sets up $1.5 billion fund to finance local semiconductor industry.
MSI's 4K, 144Hz curved gaming monitor drops to $399
MSI's Optix G321CUA is large gaming monitor that also offers a high-resolution UHD display and high refresh rate, at a reduced price.
Intel is buying leading-edge lithography tools — report says Intel will acquire six of 10 high-NA EUV tools produced by ASML next year
Intel is gearing up to be high-NA EUV lithography champ with orders for six additional Twinscan EXE machines.
Meteor Lake die shots show off inner workings of SoC and GPU tiles
Die shots for Meteor Lake's SoC and GPU tiles have just come out, and it's the first time we've seen detailed images of the TSMC-made tiles.
HWInfo adds preliminary support for Panther Lake and Nova Lake CPUs, Battlemage and Celestial GPUs
Thanks to HWInfo's update details, it looks like upcoming graphic architectures for future CPUs with new iGPUs and discrete solutions are shaping up!
I tested Meteor Lake CPUs on Intel's optimized AI tools: AMD's chips often beat them
We tested Intel's new AI-friendly chips on real-world inference workloads such as music and image generation. The results may surprise you.
AMD's Ryzen mobile chips beat Intel's new Meteor Lake in Linux benchmarks — Ryzen 7 7840U and Intel Core Ultra 7 155H go head-to-head
The Intel Core Ultra 7 155H was tested against the AMD Ryzen 7 7840U by Phoronix in a gauntlet of over 300 CPU benchmarks. The Core 7 was tested with an Acer Swift Go 14, and the Ryzen 7 with a Framework laptop.
Intel adds support for new Xe-HPCVG and Ponte Vecchio VG variants with disabled AI features
Xe-HPCVG and Ponte Vecchio VG make an appearance in Intel's latest LLVM compiler update, but there are scant details.
Maker creates remote control Christmas tree ornament robot to spy on Santa and sneaky gift bandits
Milos with Element14 has created an Arduino-powered ornament robot that uses a winch motor to raise and lower itself from the Christmas tree.
1-bit CPU for ‘super low-performance computer’ launched – sells out promptly
A 1-bit CPU packing super low performance computer' has been launched, offering a very limited scope of use, but may be a fun DIY project.
Hands-On: Lian Li's LCD Screen fans turn heads and are surprisingly affordable, but not as configurable as I'd like
Lian Li's Uni Fan TL LCD fans look great and start at under $50. But you'll have to decide which side you want the screen on before buying the fans, and you can't mix LCD and non-LCD fans together, which is a shame.
Chinese company claims chipmaking tool breakthrough — announces 28nm-capable litho tool
Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment Group claims to have developed a 28nm-capable lithography machine for chip manufacturing, a breakthrough for the Chinese tech industry.
Samsung Odyssey Neo 57 G9 Gaming Monitor Review: Extreme Size and Resolution
Samsung's Odyssey Neo 57 G9 can only be called extreme with DUHD (7680x2160) resolution, 240 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR10+ with a 1,000-nit Mini LED backlight, 1000R curve, wide gamut color and 2,392 dimming zones.
World's first RISC-V handheld gaming system announced — retro gaming platform uses Linux
Sipeed unveiled its Lichee Pocket 4A handheld gaming platform, using a RISC-V processor and running Debian Linux.
NASA streamed 8K cat video over 18 million miles with a laser at 267 Mb/s — next transmission will come after traveling 2.2 billion miles
NASA successfully was able to transmit a UHD video with minimal or no degradation from its spacecraft using lasers, indicating it can receive a high-quality video stream over great distances.
Inside Cooler Master's heatsink-themed Taipei headquarters: Even the cafe is cutting edge
We visited the Cooler Master HQ in Taipei just as the firm was preparing to send piles of new products to Las Vegas for CES 2024.
Dell's RTX 4070-Powered Alienware M16 gaming laptop falls back to $1,399 — its lowest price
Back to the lowest price I've seen since the sales in October, this powerful Dell Alienware laptop is back on offer and is a much more affordable proposition this holiday season.
AMD FSR 3 Frame Generation gets modded into games that support DLSS 3
Now that AMD released the FSR 3 source code, modders are now hacking FSR 3 into many games that come with baked in DLSS 3 support.
New AMD Ryzen 7840U handheld gaming device to compete with ROG Ally and Steam Deck
The AOKZOE A2 is another Ryzen 7840U gaming handheld with power similar to the AMD Z1 Extreme inside the ROG Ally. Both handhelds are more powerful than the Steam Deck, but what sets apart the A2 in such a competitive handheld market?
Intel's China-optimized AI processors purportedly move closer to launch — mysterious Gaudi2C chips show up in new Linux drivers
Intel adds support for unannounced Gaudi2C AI accelerator to Linux drivers.
Raspberry Pi 5 Industrial PC brings the heat with Integrated NVMe SSD
Edatec's latest Raspberry Pi 5-based PC comes with integrated SSD options and will be shipping to consumers in early 2024.
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