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AMD's Ryzen 8000G lineup gets a price drop — high-end integrated graphics get cheaper ahead of 9000-series release

By Sunny Grimm published 21 June 24

Prices have dropped on AMD's Ryzen 8000G series of desktop APUs with integrated graphics, indicating a planned price change ahead of Ryzen 9000's launch on desktops in July.

Samsung GPU investment plan given green light — digital twins and lithography purposes likely, consumer GPU improbable

By Sunny Grimm published 18 June 24

Don't expect a Samsung GPU to power your gaming rig.

World's smallest, cheapest network switch developed by US high school robotics team — Murex Robotics makes the hardware fully open-source

By Sunny Grimm published 17 June 24

Murex Robotics, a high school robotics team, makes their world's-smallest network switch fully open-source. The move comes as part of their mission to democratize technology.

IBM and AIST collaborate on 10,000-qubit quantum computer — 75x more qubits than rivals

By Sunny Grimm published 17 June 24

All 10,000 qubits arriving by 2029.

$2.4 million Texas home listing boasts built-in 5,786 sq ft data center with full liquid cooling immersion system, no bedrooms

By Sunny Grimm published 16 June 24

Unfortunately, it doesn't have much in the way of bedrooms.

DNA data preserved in amber-like polymer by MIT scientists — Jurassic Park inspires new long-term 'T-REX' preservation method

By Sunny Grimm published 16 June 24

"T-REX" method is somehow the best way to preserve DNA.

DJI drone ban passes in U.S. House — 'Countering CCP Drones Act' would ban all DJI sales in U.S. if passed in Senate

By Sunny Grimm published 16 June 24

Another major Chinese company risks Congress's banhammer.

Cooler Master X Silent family of power supplies

Cooler Master bundles free 27-inch 240 Hz gaming monitor with 850W fanless power supply — X Silent Edge Platinum 850 goes up for preorder at $399

By Sunny Grimm published 15 June 24

A killer combo for early bird buyers

Russian chipmaker unveils Raspberry Pi competitor — despite US sanction woes, Elbrus packs its homegrown chip into the smallest form factor yet

By Sunny Grimm published 14 June 24

Elbrus's confusing naming conventions come to a tiny form factor.

Red reference laptops with Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite.

Snapdragon X Elite in the wild is allegedly slower than iPhone 12 — first benchmarks of Samsung Book4 Edge disappoint

By Sunny Grimm published 13 June 24

Wait for firmware updates before condemnation

China's chip exports are booming but may be nearing overcapacity, stoking fears of chip glut — SMIC revenues rise as profits fall

By Sunny Grimm published 12 June 24

China's semiconductor imports and exports have both grown in the first half of 2024, but growth falls behind competing nations and points to long-term problems.

The US is spending more money on chip manufacturing construction this year than the previous 28 years combined

By Sunny Grimm published 12 June 24

The United States is on pace to add more investment into electronics manufacturing construction this year as it did from 1996 to 2023. The CHIPS Act is largely to credit for the meteoric growth.

Intel is trucking a 916,000-pound 'Super Load' across Ohio to its new fab, spawning road closures over nine days

By Sunny Grimm published 12 June 24

Intel is trucking a 916,000-pound cold box from the Ohio River to its new fab near Columbus. This load is one of the largest of Intel's approximately 20 super loads making their way across the state.

Multiple ChatGPT instances work together to find and exploit security flaws — teams of LLMs tested by UIUC beat single bots and dedicated software

By Sunny Grimm published 10 June 24

Apes (or AI) together strong.

Newegg offers up a GTX 1080 Ti for $1.63, if you ignore the $400 shipping — strange GPU 'bargain' sparks many questions

By Sunny Grimm published 10 June 24

A Newegg listing for a GTX 1080 Ti has hit the web with a sale price of only $1.63, or four payments of 41 cents. But the GPU ships from Hong Kong for $400.

Tuxedo Snapdragon X Elite prototype at Computex 2024

Linux Snapdragon X Elite laptop Shown at Computex — Tuxedo OEM hopes to ship by the end of the year

By Sunny Grimm published 10 June 24

Laptop and desktop OEM Tuxedo, which specializes in Linux-based computers, showed off a Snapdragon X Elite laptop shipping with Linux at Computex 2024.

PowerColor's new tech uses the NPU to reduce gaming power usage — vendor-provided benchmarks show up to 22.4% lower power consumption

By Sunny Grimm published 8 June 24

PowerColor's booth at Computex 2024 featured its "new gen" Radeon GPUs, which leverage NPUs to reduce power consumption by up to 22.4%.

Adata shows off hybrid air/water cooling tower at Computex — new PSUs and PCIe 5.0 SSDs also on deck

By Sunny Grimm published 6 June 24

Adata's display at Computex includes a pair of new styles of CPU cooler, a line of interlocking fans, a new SFX power supply, and an SSD with intense cooling.