by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#70EGV)
The White House wants to move at least 50% of U.S.-bound chip production into the United States, but Taiwan says no.
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by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#70EF6)
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.
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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.
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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.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#70DW7)
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.
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The Metropolitan Police announced a conviction against the so-called "Bitcoin Queen" from whom they seized approximately $7.3 billion worth of cryptocurrency.
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Apacer launches the AS712 portable SSD, made from natural bamboo and reservoir silt and featuring an essential oil diffuser.
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Crucial's 4TB PCIe 5.0 T705 SSD hits an all-time low price ahead of Amazon's Prime Day sales.
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on (#70DWB)
A Redditor received an eye-popping quote for a cute custom PC from a well-known boutique vendor.
on (#70DWC)
Tower Research Capital is under fire by a Chinese regulator for using possibly-illicit hardware.
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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.
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A 'next-generation 3D printing system' has been demonstrated by scientists from the ORNL.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#70DS3)
Orange Pi's AI Studio Pro mini-PC promises up to 352 TOPS of AI performance with up to 192GB of LPDDR4X 4266 memory.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#70DS4)
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.
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by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#70DN8)
Maingear has today unveiled a couple of new desktop PCs, a new Apex Rush and a new Apex Force.
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It has been a busy few weeks for semiconductors, but among various announcements and rumors, IFS has remained conspicuously absent.
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on (#70DJA)
Compact new 4.75-liter Mini PC packs a 'desktop' RTX 4070 with 12GB VRAM for improved gaming and AI.
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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.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#70DJC)
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.
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on (#70DGJ)
Zhaoxin announces the company's latest KH-50000 series of server processors, leveraging a chiplet design with up to 96 cores.
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on (#70DET)
Logitech updates its MX Master 4 flagship mouse with haptic feedback and a quick, customizable Action Ring shortcut circle.
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on (#70D02)
Georgia Institute of Technology researchers found design flaws in Tile location trackers that can be abused to stalk their owners.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#70CX6)
A new Granite Rapids-WS CPU has appeared on openbenchmark.org, sporting a 4.8GHz boost clock and a hefty core count.
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According to a recent report by The Information, Amazon and Google each provide advance notice to Huang before unveiling updates to their custom silicon.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#70CX7)
The Crucial P310 PCIe Gen 4 SSD features QLC NAND-flash memory for up to 7,100 MB/s sequential read speeds.
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Sandisk is launching Xbox-branded storage accessories for the new Asus ROG Xbox Ally handheld systems.
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Major tech firms building gigawatts of power-hungry new AI data centers are investing in small, modular nuclear reactors as a potential solution for on-site, year-round power without the fluctuations in output of renewables, though questions remain over how long they'll take to receive approval and reach operative capacity.
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on (#70CT6)
OpenAI's vision for world needs 10 billion GPUs
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A PC enthusiast reports successfully shunt modding his Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile GPU for a ~15% performance uplift.
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by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#70CT8)
EA has been acquired for $55 billion.
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Testing the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme made me wonder how Intel and AMD are going to respond. Qualcomm's new flagship chip looks ready to dominate on all fronts.
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by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#70CQG)
A new report documents how a Russian military spy ship has been tracked surveilling and mapping undersea cables in Europe's Atlantic coastline.
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A Dutch coalition has brought together all EU member nations to revise the 2022 Chips Act to encourage greater investment in silicon manufacturing, with estimates suggesting it is on track to miss its 2030 target of 20% of global chip production in the EU by a wide margin.
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A hardware enthusiast has repaired an iconic 90s Sound Blaster 2.0 ISA card.
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CraftGPT puts a functioning AI chatbot on a computer built inside Minecraft.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#70C9N)
TSMC said that it's not considering investing in Intel, contrary to what some sources said.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says China is just nanoseconds behind" the U.S. in chipmaking and that Washington should stop trying to wall off the market.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#70C6F)
YMTC's efforts to expand its presence in the 3D NAND memory market have stalled as US export restrictions prevent the company from acquiring advanced tools needed to scale production.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#70C6G)
If you're looking for a solid gaming laptop that doesn't break the bank, Lenovo has got you covered with the 2025 LOQ 15. It comes with an RTX 5060, Core i7-13650HX, 16GB of RAM and decent battery life. For $999, you can't get better gaming performance with this quality.
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US electronics warfare specialist Epirus recently demonstrated its new flagship Leonidas weapon at a live fire trial in Indiana, disabling 'all 61-of-61 drones.'
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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Saturday that a major semiconductor deal with Taiwan was coming pretty soon," signaling a potential breakthrough in U.S. efforts to shore up domestic chip production.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#70C4Y)
The U.S. government is considering aggressive new semiconductor-related tariffs that aim to force more chip manufacturing onto American soil, but risk triggering inflation, disrupting supply chains, and posing serious implementation challenges.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#70C4Z)
DJI sued the DoD, saying that it's not a Chinese military company, but the courts ruled otherwise.
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The first game that uses Apple's AirPods as a motion controller has hit the App Store.
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Acer packs a lot of performance and flexibility into its Predator XB273K V5. It's a 27-inch 4K IPS panel with 160 Hz, 320 Hz in FHD resolution, Adaptive-Sync, blur reduction, HDR10, and wide gamut color. It's also a great value.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#70BRP)
Nvidia's rumored RTX 50 Super mid-gen refresh has no concrete launch window, but there have already been plenty of leaks. Rumors suggest a CES 2026 announcement, and we now have what appears to be our first substantial confirmation of RTX 50 Super GPUs, courtesy of Seasonic's PSU calculator.
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Asus has begun rolling out beta BIOS updates to address widespread stuttering and performance issues on ROG laptops. The company confirms it has identified the root cause and will release finalized firmware soon.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#70BP0)
If you've been holding out for your next big purchase to expand your NAS, your wish has been granted. The 22TB WD Red Pro is currently on sale at Amazon for just $400. Add reliable hard drive storage to your collection for a neat discount, while enjoying a 5-year warranty.
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While you can spend $2,000 or more on a $1,000 machine, instead, don't.
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Russia outlines EUV litho chipmaking tool roadmap through 2037 — country eyes replacing DUV with EUV
by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#70BP2)
The Russian Academy of Sciences has unveiled a 2026-2037 roadmap for domestic 11.2nm EUV lithography tools that reject ASML's architecture in favor of xenon plasma, Ru/Be mirrors, and solid-state lasers, aiming for simplified, tin-free, cost-effective alternatives.
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