Microsoft introduces newest in-house AI chip — Maia 200 is faster than other bespoke Nvidia competitors, built on TSMC 3nm with 216GB of HBM3e By Sunny Grimm published 26 January 26 30% more performance per dollar than Maia 100, and faster than Amazon or Google.
Gaming PC charges you quarters every time you want to power it on, restoring oldest form of microtransactions — $135 in tools and supplies, plus a lifetime supply of quarters to kick it old school By Sunny Grimm last updated 25 January 26 Arcade dreams come true
Samsung refutes claims of '80% price hike' across all memory products — leaks and rumors denied by Samsung PR amidst historic RAM shortages By Sunny Grimm published 22 January 26 Claims of cataclysmic price increases spun fast this morning, but the leak may be bunk.
Engineer turns E-ink tablet into computer monitor in Linux — perfect secondary reading screen to reduce eye strain over the network By Sunny Grimm published 17 December 25 E-ink enjoyers can upgrade old tablets into part of the desktop experience using a simple server setup
HKC announces world's first RGB Mini LED monitor — M10 Ultra will have 4,788 addressable full-color backlight zones By Sunny Grimm published 15 December 25 China beats everyone else to announcing an RGB Mini LED panel in a monitor.
Dell preps massive price hikes up to 30% citing memory pricing 'out of our control' — company reminds commercial customers that placing an order today for future delivery will not guarantee current prices By Sunny Grimm published 13 December 25 The corporate world will soon see the effects of AI-driven RAM scarcity.
Nvidia decries 'far-fetched' reports of smuggling in face of DeepSeek training reports — unnamed sources claim Chinese company is involved in Blackwell smuggling ring By Sunny Grimm published 10 December 25 DeepSeek's next priorities for training future LLM generations conveniently line up with Blackwell's biggest strengths.
Research commissioned by OpenAI and Anthropic claims that workers are more efficient when using AI — Up to one hour saved on average, as companies make bid to maintain enterprise AI spending By Sunny Grimm published 8 December 25 These counter studies released by MIT and Harvard in August, claiming the opposite.
Bolt Graphics brings its RISC-V graphics cards to Ubuntu Summit — Zeus path tracing GPUs target film and animation industry By Sunny Grimm published 31 October 25 Bolt talks the software behind its upcoming GPU; AI not mentioned once
WD launches investigation into problems with its controversial SMR hard drives — same drives that got WD sued in 2021 now reporting failure rates due to 'fundamental' flaws By Sunny Grimm published 30 October 25 SMR haters have years of wariness towards the hard drive tech vindicated.
China builds brain-mimicking AI server the size of a mini-fridge, claims 90% power reduction — BI Explorer 1 packs in 1,152 CPU cores and 4.8TB of memory, runs on a household power outlet By Sunny Grimm published 28 October 25 Following in the footsteps of Intel's Hala Point
China releases 'UBIOS' standard to replace UEFI — Huawei-backed BIOS firmware replacement charges China's domestic computing goals By Sunny Grimm published 23 October 25 Support for chiplets, heterogeneous computing, and a step away from U.S.-based standards are key features of China's BIOS replacement.
'Diamond blanket' transistor cooling method delivers incredible success in testing, drops temps by 70C — micrometer-scale diamond layer grown directly on transistors reduces heat by 90% By Sunny Grimm published 21 October 25 Tomorrow's chips could be cooled by diamonds.
New $1 US coins to feature Steve Jobs and Cray-1 supercomputer — US Mint's 2026 American Innovation Program to memorialize computing history By Sunny Grimm published 17 October 25 Steve Jobs and the Cray-1 supercomputer are joining the heads of former presidents and the Statue of Liberty as icons on United States coinage.
Chinese victims of convicted 'Bitcoin Queen' may have trouble getting their $7.3 billion back from UK government — lawyers predict a lengthy cross-border ordeal for 130,000 investment scheme victims By Sunny Grimm published 14 October 25 While con artist Qian Zhimin has been convicted, the victims may spend a long while waiting for full justice.
RISC-V set to announce 25% market penetration — open-standard ISA is ahead of schedule, securing fast-growing silicon footprint By Sunny Grimm published 9 October 25 RISC-V International will announce that silicon on the ISA has reached 25% market penetration later this month. This outpaces projections set just last year by other research groups like Omdia.
Three Steam Deck-ready 2230 SSD upgrades are at record low prices — Crucial P310 2TB at lowest-ever 49% off, WD and Kingston 1TB models dip as low as $65 By Sunny Grimm published 6 October 25 Three gaming handheld-friendly M.2-2230 SSD upgrades are on sale, some for their lowest-ever prices, with the Crucial P310 2TB sitting at $121.99 for the first time ever.
Microsoft says Xbox hardware isn't going anywhere — company reaffirms commitment to AMD-powered next-gen console By Sunny Grimm published 6 October 25 Xbox Game Pass' painful price hikes aren't tied to a desire by Microsoft to softly exit the gaming hardware market.
Microsoft inks $33 billion in deals with 'neoclouds' like Nebius, CoreWeave — Nebius deal alone secures 100,000 Nvidia GB300 chips for internal use By Sunny Grimm published 2 October 25 Microsoft is renting external GPU data centers for internal use so it can, in turn, rent out its own facilities to other customers.
Phison CEO claims NAND shortage could last a staggering 10 years — says memory 'supercycle' imminent and 'severe' 2026 shortages are at hand By Sunny Grimm published 2 October 25 AI profits are changing the landscape of storage and memory, perhaps fundamentally
Meta reportedly buying RISC-V AI GPU firm Rivos — acquisition to bolster dev team and possibly replace Nvidia internally By Sunny Grimm published 30 September 25 Meta is reportedly set to acquire startup Rivos, according to sources close to the matter. The startup specializes in RISC-V based GPUs for AI workloads, a perfect match for Meta's wishlist.
Large-scale simulated 10-year OLED monitor torture tests confirm burn-in haunts all models — Testing also reveals edge-lit TVs are insanely failure-prone By Sunny Grimm last updated 27 September 25 RTINGS.com continues its legendary endurance tests for TVs and monitors, and competiting panels are dropping like flies
Teen suspected of holding $1.8 million in bitcoin from hacking Vegas casinos is out on bail — alleged perp could be tried as an adult, face possible prison time By Sunny Grimm published 26 September 25 The youth is accused of contributing to a Vegas Strip cyberattack that cost casinos over $115 million.
Windows 10 extended support is now free, but only in Europe — Microsoft capitulates on controversial $30 ESU price tag which remains firmly in place for the U.S By Sunny Grimm published 26 September 25 Americans and everyone else outside the European Economic Area must still pay $30 per year to keep Windows 10
Elon Musk's Grok AI to be used by US government at a price of 42 cents per agency — Trump admin joining Meta, OpenAI in recent trend of AI govt contracts By Sunny Grimm published 25 September 25 The chatbot will be one of several available to workers in any opting-in federal agency.
