Chinese quartz approved for semiconductor equipment and DRAM manufacturing, but it still can’t break America’s monopoly — China secures domestic supply for chip

Pacific Quartz has supplied Lam Research and Tokyo Electron with ultra-high-purity quartz consumables, such as LPCVD diffusion tubes, wafer boats, quartz ingots, quartz plates, and high-purity quartz tubes, since 2019–20…

At IFA 2026, computing chased the high and low ends — AI and budget-focused machines left little for the rest of us

The other computers at IFA were all largely focused on running agentic AI. There are finally systems getting ready to ship with AMD’s Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 495, with up to 192GB of unified memory. Those include the Lenovo Th…

Save 40% on Autodesk’s Media and Entertainment Collection — thousands of dollars worth of software in a single bundle

The Autodesk Media and Entertainment Collection is a comprehensive software bundle that includes industry-standard programs, such as Maya and 3ds Max. Professionals and aspiring students aiming to thrive in the 3D animat…