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Chinese tech giants boosted Nvidia GPU purchases by 4x to 6x during Q1
Chinese tech giants continue to buy Nvidia AI GPUs despite DeepSeek impact, demand slowdown.
2025-04-02 21:00
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Russian spy infiltrates ASML and NXP to steal technical data necessary to build 28nm-capable fabs
A Russian engineer is accused of leaking confidential technical data from ASML, NXP, TSMC, and GlobalFoundries to Russia, allegedly to support construction of a 28nm-capable fab.
2025-04-02 17:43
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Defective RX 9070 XT card with pitted silicon GPU surface runs extremely hot — report indicates it's unclear if this was an isolated incident
A PowerColor RX 9070 XT Hellhound was found to have defective silicon out of the factory, resulting in unsustainable hotspot temperatures that caused the GPU to overheat and throttle.
2025-04-02 17:33
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Defective RX 9070 XT card with pitted silicon surface runs extremely hot — report indicates it's unclear if this was an isolated incident
A PowerColor RX 9070 XT Hellhound was found to have defective silicon out of the factory, resulting in unsustainable hotspot temperatures that caused the GPU to overheat and throttle.
2025-04-02 17:33
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WD's Blue SN5000 4TB SSD is only $209 while supplies last
The WD Blue SN5000 is a single-sided 4TB SSD that pairs well with a PC or the PS5 and is on sale at Amazon for just $209.
2025-04-02 17:15
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AMD pins Ryzen 9000 'failures' on compatibility issues — BIOS update recommended to avoid boot problems
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D issues on ASRock motherboards have been caused by a BIOS issue, which has since been rectified.
2025-04-02 16:13
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RTX 5080 laptop GPU beats RTX 4090 counterpart — delivers 10% less performance than RTX 5090
RTX 5080 laptop benchmark results show only an 8% to 15% difference from the top-end RTX 5090 laptop.
2025-04-02 15:37
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President Trump's 25% tariff on aluminum sparks concerns over rising PC enclosure and GPU costs
PC vendors initially believed the 25% tariff applied only to raw aluminum and steel, but the policy also extends to finished products
2025-04-02 15:02
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Amazon reserves RTX 5070, RTX 9070 XT GPUs as Amazon Prime exclusives, to the dismay of scalpers
Club386 has reportedly discovered a selection of RTX 5070 and RTX 9070 XT graphics card listings over at Amazon reserved exclusively for Amazon Prime members.
2025-04-02 14:31
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Amazon reserves RTX 5070, RX 9070 XT GPUs as Amazon Prime exclusives, to the dismay of scalpers
Club386 has reportedly discovered a selection of RTX 5070 and RTX 9070 XT graphics card listings over at Amazon reserved exclusively for Amazon Prime members.
2025-04-02 14:31
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Chinese DRAM maker reportedly mulls DDR4 hike prices
Chinese memory maker CXMT is reportedly preparing to raise DDR4 prices after months of aggressive discounting, as demand stabilizes and major suppliers shift focus to newer memory types.
2025-04-02 13:24
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Nintendo Switch 2 will release June 5 priced at $449 with 4K support in docked mode, mouse functionality, and a Chat button
Nintendo has pulled the wraps off the Switch 2 in a Direct live stream. It will release on June 5.
2025-04-02 13:07
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Nintendo Switch 2 will release June 5 with 4K support in docked mode, mouse functionality, and a Chat button
Nintendo has pulled the wraps off the Switch 2 in a Direct live stream. It will release on June 5.
2025-04-02 13:06
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Puget Systems says it will absorb PC tariff costs for now, but will increase prices when it becomes inevitable
Puget Systems expects graphics cards, network controllers, storage controllers, chassis, and coolers to see major price increases in the coming months. Eventually, it will have to pass on the cost to its customers, though in the near term it may absorb...
2025-04-02 11:00
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Lightmatter unveils high-performance photonic 'superchip', claims world's fastest AI interconnect
Lightmatter proposes to use photonic interconnect platform for ultra-high-performance multi-chiplet processors.
2025-04-02 10:48
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Arm aims to capture 50% of data center CPU market in 2025
Arm Holdings aims to boost its data center CPU market share from 15% to 50% by the end of 2025, betting on AI-driven servers and growing support from major cloud service providers.
2025-04-01 22:20
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Lip-Bu Tan's first speech as Intel CEO focuses on innovation and working with foundry customers
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan made his first keynote speech, laying down the path he intends to take for the company and soliciting customer feedback.
2025-04-01 19:39
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Open-source tool designed to throttle PC and server performance based on electricity pricing — lightweight CLI will automatically limit clocks during peak hours
ML Engineer Naveen Kulandaivelu built a CLI power management app that automatically throttled his CPU and GPU based on Time of Use pricing.
2025-04-01 19:07
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Intel announces 18A process node has entered risk production — crucial milestone comes as company ramps to Panther Lake chips
At its Vision 2025 conference, Intel announced that its 18A process node has entered risk production, a crucial milestone. This comes as the company gets ready to ramp up production of the upcoming Panther Lake chips and signifies the final steps of th...
2025-04-01 17:13
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Rapidus to begin trial production of its 2nm process this month — Japan gets closer to cutting-edge silicon manufacturing
Japan chipmaker Rapidus is preparing to launch pilot production of 2nm-class wafers using gate-all-around transistors later this month, with first wafers expected by July and full-scale manufacturing targeted for 2027.
2025-04-01 16:54
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