You can now buy a delidded Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition for $1,403 — stripped dual-cache offering is $500 more expensive than regular version

Of course, before you decide if the extra $500 over MSRP for a delidded Dual Edition is worth it, you need to figure out why you’d want a Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 in the first place. Our own coverage of AMD’s dual-CCD X3D proces…

Supermicro fires several employees following investigation into $2.5 billion China AI chip smuggling — claims that senior management had no knowledge of illicit

“The investigation team reviewed the customer transactions that were the subject of the federal indictment, as well as transactions with a selection of other customers who bought restricted products, and did not find any…

You can now buy a delidded Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition for $1,403 — stripped dual-cache offering is $500 more expensive than regular version

Of course, before you decide if the extra $500 over MSRP for a delidded Dual Edition is worth it, you need to figure out why you’d want a Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 in the first place. Our own coverage of AMD’s dual-CCD X3D proces…

Samsung raises advanced foundry prices by up to 15% as AI demand fills its 4nm lines, report claims — Chinese customers accepting the largest hikes

Customers in China and the U.S. saw quotes for the 4nm SF4 process climb 10% to 15% from June, while customers in Taiwan saw smaller increases of 5% to 10%, one source said. Wafers on the 5nm SF5 process rose 10% to 15%,…

Synopsys validates a PCIe 6.0 PHY inside a face-to-face 3D stack at 64 GT/s — says it got there by pulling apart an existing 2D test chip

In monolithic chips, PCIe PHYs sit at the perimeter of the die, right next to the package I/O connections, helping keep traces to the substrate short so attenuation and reflections remain manageable. A 2.5D package prese…