MSI announces beautiful Toy Story 30th anniversary PC — plastered in branding from the GPU down to the CMOS battery By Sunny Grimm published 21 June 25 To infinity and beyond, or at least while supplies last.
Chinese researchers invent silicon photonic multiplexer chip that uses light instead of electricity for communication — CCP says China's early steps into light-based chips precede 'major breakthroughs' in three years By Sunny Grimm published 21 June 25 Chinese state-run tabloids report a new silicon photonic microchip coming out of research labs
White House crypto and AI adviser warns China catching up to the U.S. — 'Before DeepSeek, people thought that Chinese AI models were years behind and we realized that they are only months behind' By Sunny Grimm published 20 June 25 Overly tight hardware export controls have helped Huawei, China pull within two years of U.S. chip design
Huawei's brute force AI tactic seems to be working — CloudMatrix 384 claimed to outperform Nvidia processors running DeepSeek R1 By Sunny Grimm published 20 June 25 A new report says that Huawei's CloudMatrix 384 outperforms Nvidia processors running DeepSeek R1, which is to be expected given the energy use involved.
16 billion accounts exposed in one of the largest data breaches in history — enormous data haul holds two accounts for every human alive By Sunny Grimm published 19 June 25 Another major security event acts as a stark reminder to regularly change passwords and login credentials.
Texas Instruments commits $60 billion to U.S. semiconductor manufacturing — includes planned expansions to Texas, Utah fabs By Sunny Grimm published 18 June 25 Texas Instruments follows the semiconductor industry in announcing its new investments in expanding U.S. facilities, though we already knew about most of the projects.
Misguided copper thieves plunge LA into internet blackout — perps cut lines only to find fiber-optic cables By Sunny Grimm published 18 June 25 Spectrum internet went down across L.A. thanks to vandals who didn't even find any copper
Microsoft has broken Windows Hello facial recognition — it no longer works in the dark By Sunny Grimm published 17 June 25 The newest revision of Windows Hello Face requires a color camera to authenticate logins in addition to the use of IR sensors, somewhat limiting the function's usability in low-light scenarios.
ChatGPT touts conspiracies, pretends to communicate with metaphysical entities — attempts to convince one user that they're Neo By Dallin Grimm published 13 June 25 'What does a human slowly going insane look like to a corporation? It looks like an additional monthly user.'
AMD RX 9070 XT GDDR6 sources have a small effect on performance — testing reveals 1 - 2% delta By Dallin Grimm published 12 June 25 Bilibili hardware tester finds discrepancies between SK hynix and Samsung memory across Radeon 9070 XT models
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says Huawei will take advantage if AI chip restrictions continue — 'our technology is a generation ahead of theirs', but not for long By Dallin Grimm published 12 June 25 If AI developers continue flocking to China, the US will lose its competitive edge
Banned China chipmaker YMTC sues Micron again, now over serious defamation claims — Micron funded anti-Chinese tech misinformation campaigns to get ahead, says YMTC By Dallin Grimm published 11 June 25 The third YMTC/Micron lawsuit has legs to stand on.
AMD RX 9060 XT still available at MSRP at most retailers post-launch — 8GB and 16GB versions still in stock By Dallin Grimm published 6 June 25 The 8GB variant, much-maligned online, is sticking on shelves
'Rising ASIC coalition' seeks to jettison Nvidia — Industry report claims firms are accelerating development in order to reduce dependence on the giant By Sunny Grimm published 6 June 25 TSMC, as always, seems to be the true winner in this story
AMD RX 9060 XT 16GB flies off shelves, 8GB lingers - GPU launch highlights demand split between variants By Dallin Grimm published 5 June 25 On the bright side, there is one GPU you can find at MSRP in 2025.
Intel draws a line in the sand to boost gross margins — new products must deliver 50% gross profit to get the green light By Dallin Grimm published 5 June 25 Lip-Bu Tan is "laser-focused" on getting Intel back to maximizing shareholder value
Scientists print 'world's smallest violin' in platinum with nanolithography — UK physicists push toward nanoscale computing By Dallin Grimm published 5 June 25 Now, tardigrades can play a sad song for you on the world's smallest violin
Asus responds to concerns over 9,000+ routers compromised by botnet — firmware updates and factory reset can purge routers of persistent backdoor By Dallin Grimm published 5 June 25 Some concerns over a persistent SSH backdoor left by a stealthy exploit soothed by Asus
GlobalFoundries announces $16 billion U.S. chip production spend — striking spending boom follows demand from domestic customers By Dallin Grimm published 4 June 25 Contract fab GlobalFoundries has announced a commitment to spend $16 billion on plant expansion and advanced packaging research. The move comes with no expected spending date.
MSI China is so confident in its power supplies, its warranties now cover all your PC's components By Sunny Grimm published 30 May 25 MSI China has announced a new after-purchase warranty program, covering all PC components connected to MSI's 80+ Gold or higher units in the event of major failure.
AMD acquires Enosemi to enter photonics race — chasing Nvidia into light-based interconnect tech By Dallin Grimm published 28 May 25 AMD has acquired photonics firm Enosemi, highlighting a desire to push into photonics and to become a full software stack supplier in the datacenter, chasing Nvidia in both respects.
AI chip boom sparks BT substrate materials shortage — TSMC's huge demand causes supply disruptions for NAND flash controllers, SSDs By Dallin Grimm published 27 May 25 TSMC's demand for CoWoS material has cascaded to impact suppliers of BT substrate base materials, causing the memory market to react quickly to avoid shortages and other negative effects.
B650 chipset allegedly on the way out — Chinese forum declares stock to dry up by Q3 2025 By Dallin Grimm published 27 May 25 A generational shift in favor of the B850 is expected to follow
Super Flower shows off not one but two 3000W PSUs at Computex 2025 By Dallin Grimm published 22 May 25 Super Flower continues to show off its impressive range
Adata launches 'Trusta' enterprise line at Computex — SSDs and RAM for Edge AI and Enterprise users By Dallin Grimm published 20 May 25 Adata's booth at Computex 2025 includes the launch of the company's new Trusta brand, aimed at the enterprise and AI fields, as well as an array of other new SSD toys.
