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Updated 2025-06-26 14:30
Cadence says its AI-driven chip design tools provide a process node's worth of performance gain, but without moving forward to a new node
Cadence says that using its AI-assisted design tools can enable 5% to 20% performance, power, and area improvements, akin to adopting a next-generation process technology.
This Raspberry Pi Pico 2 Groovebox is ready to jam
Rheslip20 has created a Raspberry Pi Pico 2-powered groovebox that can play up to 16 samples for a cool Pi-powered concert experience.
The humungous 8TB WD Black SN850X SSD crashes to a new all-time low price
Western Digital's massive 8TB WD_Black SN850X SSD drops dramatically to a new all-time low.
Corsair RM750x (2024) PSU review
The Corsair RM750x (2024) brings modern connectivity with ATX 3.1 compliance, excellent voltage regulation, and efficient performance.
Minisforum launches $559 RX 7600M XT OCuLink eGPU docking station for mini-PCs
Minisforum is launched an RX 7600M eGPU with an OCuLink port.
Intel lost $16.6 billion in Q3, reports $13.3 billion in revenue
Restructuring charges and new products ramp deepen Intel losses to $16.6 billion as products group remain profitable.
Microsoft again delays Recall feature, says it will arrive for Windows Insiders on Copilot Plus PCs in December
Microsoft says Recall will be available for Windows Insiders in December.
Diabatix and Asus hit new overclocking records with LN2-optimized heatsink – Intel Core Ultra 9 285K hits 7.448 GHz
Diabatix creates an LN2-optimized heatsink enabling Asus ROG to set new overclocking records on Intel Core Ultra 9 285K.
Nintendo launches Nintendo Music, an Android/iOS streaming app for paid Switch Online members
Nintendo Music arrives for smart devices, though a Nintendo Switch Online membership is required to use it.
Microsoft will charge Windows 10 users $30 per year for security updates
Microsoft offers consumers an option to keep using Windows 10 with security updates after support expires: an Extended Security Updates subscription for $30 per year.
It’s been 30 years since Intel’s infamous Pentium FDIV bug reared its ugly head – a math bug caused Intel’s first CPU recall
2024 marks the 30th anniversary since Intel announced a math glitch on some of its Pentium CPUs.
Meta is using more than 100,000 Nvidia H100 AI GPUs to train Llama-4 — Mark Zuckerberg says that Llama 4 is being trained on a cluster “bigger than anything that I’ve seen”
Mark Zuckerberg says that Meta is training its Llama-4 models on a cluster with over 100,000 Nvidia H100 AI GPUs.
Elon Musk spent roughly $10 billion on AI training hardware in 2024
xAI and Tesla spend billions on AI training hardware.
Raspberry Pi drives daily Calvin and Hobbes comic fun via E-ink display
Doctr_sbaitso has created a Raspberry Pi-powered display that shows a new Calvin and Hobbes comic every day using a Waveshare E-Ink display.
Computer monitors poised for price cuts this year — analyst says falling demand to impact prices until end of 2024
Monitor prices are expected to fall towards the end of the year as demand for new displays drops.
Shuttle launches barebones 4.7-liter mini-PC with room for dual-slot GPUs — XH610G2 sports Intel LGA1700 with support for 12th Gen and newer CPUs and PCIe 5.0
Shuttle debuts a new 4.7-liter mini-PC.
New York State to get new $825 million semiconductor R&D facility
The NSTC is getting a flagship facility in Albany, New York that's dedicated to EUV research and development.
AMD crowns the Ryzen 7 9800X3D a ‘gaming legend’ in a surprise announcement — chipmaker claims $479 Zen 5 3D V-Cache chip is up to an average 20% faster than Intel Core Ultra 9 flags
AMD has announced its highly anticipated Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor.
Razer Basilisk V3 Pro 35K review: You've seen this before
Razer's flagship all-purpose wireless gaming mouse gets a super minor update in the Basilisk V3 Pro 35K.
Nvidia's Arm-based PC chips for consumers to launch in September 2025, commercial to follow in 2026: Report
Nvidia will challenge AMD and Intel on the PC platform front from 2025 to 2026, according to the report.
Smuggler packs 200 pounds of meth into PC cases, gets busted — Australian Border Force foil drug smuggling plot
Earlier this month, the Australian Border Force (ABF) found 100kg of methamphetamine hidden inside a consignment of imported PC tower cases. This week, after all the contraband had been removed, the ABF and Australian Federal Police (AFP) arrested a 45-year-old Malaysian man when he allegedly accepted delivery of the imported cases.
Analyst firm raises alarm about EUV chipmaking tools — each consumes as much power as a small city, fabs to consume 54,000 Gigawatts by 2030
Leading-edge semiconductor fabs to consume 54,000 Gigawatts a year by 2030, which is more than some countries consume today.
MSI Cyborg 15 Review: An overly budget gaming laptop
MSI's Cyborg 15 is cheap, but its below-average performance and screen will make you wish you spent more.
SK hynix's superfast 1TB Tube T31 USB flash drive is now $61, hitting its lowest-ever price
SK hynix's Tube T31 is a best-in-class storage drive for just $61.
Steam game listings must now flag any kernel-level anti-cheat software integrations
Valve requires game developers to now explicitly mention if their game features anti-cheat tools that operate in the kernel.
SRAM scaling isn't dead after all — TSMC's 2nm process tech claims major improvements
TSMC's N2 fabrication process shrinks SRAM bit cell size, increases SRAM density to ~38 Mb/mm^2.
AMD's gaming-optimized Ryzen 7 9800X3D rumored to cost $479 — $30 price bump over prior-gen Ryzen 7 7800X3D
A leak suggests that AMD is eyeing an MSRP of $479 for its new Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor launching next week.
Ubisoft quietly launches blockchain RPG with playable NFTs priced up to $63K
Ubisoft launches free PvP blockchain RPG with NFTs priced as high as $63,000.
UALink Consortium poised to compete with Nvidia's NVLink — AMD and Intel-led group opens doors to contributor members
The Ultra Accelerator Link, or UALink, Consortium has officially incorporated, becoming a legal entity. The group, made up of AMD, Intel, Meta, Google, and other major tech players, seeks to create a standard to dethrone Nvidia's NVLink for server cluster communication.
Google now uses AI to write 25% of its new code — Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai underlines the company's role in the AI industry amidst strong Q3 24 financials
Sundar Pichai reports that artificial intelligence is responsible for writing 25% of Google's code.
Chinese mineral restrictions spur Australia to scavenge waste for new sources of chipmaking materials — country turns to mining waste for rare earths
Australian scientists are developing techniques to extract rare earth metals crucial to semiconductor manufacturing more efficiently from mining waste.
Supermicro's stock plummets 35% in one day as accounting firm resigns — storm brews after DOJ probe into manipulated finances
Supermicro's stock tanked 35% today after its accounting firm resigned, citing unreliable management and an inability to comply with company expectations and the law.
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K cooling testing: How much does it take to keep Arrow Lake cool in MSI's MPG Gungnir 300R Airflow PC Case?
We tested Intel's Core Ultra 9 285K in MSI's MPG Gungnir 300R Computer Case to determine what coolers are best paired with Intel's new Ultra 9 CPU.
Intel hasn't sold a single Arrow Lake CPU at Germany's largest retailer — Core Ultra 200S sales stagnate after just one week
One week after its release, Intel's Core Ultra 200S series still has not sold a single unit on Mindfactory, Germany's largest online PC component retailer. While the chips have sold out on most American retailers, Mindfactory's provided numbers show that Intel sales have plummeted to nearly zero on Mindfactory.
Linux's true BSOD equivalent, DRM Panic, is now supported by the current AMD GPUs
Recent AMD GPUs now support Linux's BSOD equivalent.
Apple refreshes MacBook Pros with M4 Pro, M4 Max, and up to 24 hour battery life
Apple has refreshed its MacBook Pro lineup with its M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max chips.
TSMC is in a heated tussle with a golf course to build the most advanced 2nm chip plant on the planet
The Central Taiwan Science Park is having some issues with the land acquisition for its phase 2 expansion that will house TSMC's 2nm fab.
OpenAI reportedly builds custom AI chips as it embraces AMD — company also abandons plans to build its own fabs
OpenAI is advancing the development of an inference chip with Broadcom but abandons plans to build a fab network.
Ryzen AI 300 takes big wins over Intel in LLM AI performance — up to 27% faster token generation than Lunar Lake in LM Studio
A new AMD blog post shows off Ryzen AI 9 HX 375's performance on LM Studio, a desktop app for hosting powerful LLMs locally. The Ryzen chip handily beats the Intel Core Ultra 7 258V in a bevy of performance tests.
Cooler Master's unique Sneaker X gaming PC is on sale - save $690 if the shoe fits
If you're looking for something a little different, this sneaker-designed gaming PC from Cooler Master has been heavily discounted from its original $2,299 price tag.
'Jensanity' continues in Taiwan, Mini-Jensen Huang cosplayer sports massive Nvidia GPU for Halloween
The Jensen Huang Halloween costume shows his continued popularity on the island country of Taiwan.
Intel rolls out microcode fix for crashing 13th/14th Generation processors through the Linux Kernel
Intel's latest microcode fix for Raptor Lake CPUs is now available at the Linux Kernel level.
AMD rakes in cash with best quarterly revenue ever amid datacenter business rise, but gaming business craters
AMD records its highest quarterly revenue ever, but the modest guidance disappoints investors.
AMD says RDNA 4 GPUs are coming in early 2025 — RX 8000 will deliver ray tracing improvements, AI capabilities
AMD confirms RDNA 4 incoming in early 2025, bringing AI, graphics, and ray tracing improvements.
AMD research suggests plans to catch up to Nvidia using neural supersampling and denoising for real-time path tracing
AMD appears to have plans to use a neural network to perform denoising and reconstruct scene details. It's not yet available, but it sounds a lot like Nvidia's Ray Reconstruction feature in DLSS 3.5.
Nvidia's future Blackwell Ultra GPUs reportedly renamed to the B300 series
Nvidia will reportedly rename its Blackwell Ultra GPUs for AI and HPC to the B300 series to better differentiate them from existing offerings.
Despite US sanctions, China has enough AI processors to build the world's largest AI training cluster: Report
Despite export restrictions, enough AI processors have been smuggled into China to build world-class AI supercomputers. Workarounds including proxies and imports via other countries haven't stopped China from procuring large quantities of modern equipment.
Build your next PC in the panoramic NZXT H6 Flow PC case — on sale at its lowest-ever price
Reduced to its lowest-ever price, NZXT's H6 Flow can be a new, beautiful home to your PC components.
Intel Processor N-series CPU specifications leaked — Intel dishes up paltry clock speed improvements
Intel is preparing to refresh its Alder Lake-N series of processors, but it appears that the company will reutilize the same architecture with minor bumps in frequency.
RISC-V CPU demoed with RX 7900 XTX GPU in Debian Linux — AMD flagship GPU paired with Milk-V Megrez board and SiFive P550 cores
RISC-V firm Milk-V demonstrated that it can get AMD's RX 7900 XTX graphics card to work on one of its RISC-V boards.
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