hardware

AMD’s next-gen 10-core ‘Medusa Point’ APU shows up on Geekbench again, with its best score yet — leaked SKU outpaces every other x86 mobile chip in the single-c

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Hassam Nasir is a die-hard hardware enthusiast with years of experience as a tech editor and writer, focusing on detailed CPU comparisons and general hardware news. When he\u2019s not working, you\u2019ll find him bendin…

China is considering export controls on AI technologies, including banning local companies from using TSMC, report claims — restrictions would also cover advanc

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zsydeepsky Tom’s (or the entire American) news coverage deficiency led to this amazing piece. China just held WAIC (World AI Conference) in Shanghai from 7.17 to 7.20, which you won’t even notice if you only follow tradi…

SMIC’s third-gen 7nm node shows smaller metal pitch than Intel 18A, higher transistor density than TSMC N6 without EUV — analysis of N+3 shows significant advan

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SemiAnalysis’ teardown indicates that SMIC’s N+3 fabrication process supports a minimum metal pitch of 32.5nm, which is nominally tighter than the approximately 36nm pitch used for many high-performance cells in Intel’s …

China is considering export controls on AI technologies, including banning local companies from using TSMC, report claims — restrictions would also cover advanc

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zsydeepsky Tom’s (or the entire American) news coverage deficiency led to this amazing piece. China just held WAIC (World AI Conference) in Shanghai from 7.17 to 7.20, which you won’t even notice if you only follow tradi…

Memory chip boss admits RAM prices are ‘abnormally high’ — SK Group chairman considering building a semiconductor plant in the US to expand supply, calm ‘chipfl

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Jowi Morales is a tech enthusiast with years of experience working in the industry. He\u2019s been writing with several tech publications since 2021, where he\u2019s been interested in tech hardware and consumer electron…

Samsung cuts hundreds of US consumer electronics jobs ahead of Texas HQ move — 739 roles affected in New Jersey as chip division posts record profit

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SEA employs about 1,200 people in New Jersey, according to U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer’s office, which said the Englewood Cliffs campus opened last September, replacing the Ridgefield Park headquarters Samsung had occupied…

Nvidia has shipped ‘hundreds of thousands of Grace standalone servers’ — GPU firm pivots messaging as CPUs take center stage in agentic data centers

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But just as chiplet-based designs made trade-offs in per-thread performance, Vera will likely make trade-offs for its unique architecture. The majority of data center workloads are still “legacy” tasks that hyperscalers …