Hardware

US lawmakers fire back at government's chip sanctions against China, alleging glaring loopholes that let China access the latest technology
The primary weakness of the new export rules lies in their reliance on a fab-specific approach instead of an entity-wide strategy, asserts John Moolenaar, the chairman of House Select Committee on the CCP.
2024-12-06 14:32
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Crucial P310 (2280) SSD Review: Same great taste, but with a new look
The Crucial P310 is back, but this time in a longer form factor. Performance and power efficiency are still good, but it’s also still QLC-based.
2024-12-06 13:00
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Seagate's HAMR HDDs qualified by customers — volume shipments imminent
Qualification of Seagate's HAMR hard drives by major customers is complete, mass shipments due in coming weeks.
2024-12-06 11:16
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Intel appoints two new board members with semiconductor backgrounds following Gelsinger exit
Intel strengthens board of directors with two new members from ASML and Microchip.
2024-12-05 21:37
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Polysoft offers $849 8TB SSD upgrade module for Mac Studio — reverse-engineered SSD vastly undercuts Apple's $2,220 price
Polysoft's custom SSD PCBs allow users to easily upgrade the storage on their Mac Studio at a fraction of what Apple charges.
2024-12-05 19:39
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Nvidia bids goodbye to GeForce Experience — Nvidia App officially replaces it in the latest driver update
The GeForce Experience app won't receive updates anymore.
2024-12-05 18:07
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TSMC is reportedly in talks with Nvidia to make Blackwell GPUs in Arizona — Blackwell silicon needs to be shipped back to Taiwan for assembly
If TSMC reaches a deal with Nvidia, it could reportedly produce Nvidia's Blackwell GPUs at its Fab 21 in Arizona.
2024-12-05 16:49
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Valve publishes Powered by SteamOS brand guidelines — logo readied for third-party hardware bundled with this Linux-based OS
Valve has published branding guidelines which make its intentions to deliver SteamOS 3 to a wide range of third party hardware platforms clearer than ever.
2024-12-05 16:12
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3DMark gets new DirectStorage benchmark — GDeflate measures transfer rates from NVMe SSD to GPU VRAM
3DMark adds a DirectStorage feature test benchmark.
2024-12-05 16:00
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Jobs eviscerated at Chinese Arm chip design firm in wake of restrictions from TSMC — lack of access to 7nm node could cause 150 employees to be laid off
Half of Hongjun Microelectronics Technology’s 300 workers might be fired after the server CPU firm lost access to TSMC’s 7nm node.
2024-12-05 16:00
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Scientists develop the world’s first carbon-14 diamond battery, offering a 5,000-year lifespan — the device uses radioactive decay to generate low power levels
A UK research team built carbon-14 diamond batteries that could potentially deliver power for thousands of years.
2024-12-05 15:37
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With this Raspberry Pi powered mask you can 'become anyone' hidden behind 2,960 LEDs
Sean Hodgins has created a Raspberry Pi-powered mask that's comprised of matrix panels that can play videos and display images of any face you want.
2024-12-05 15:32
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Intel says Arc Xe4 Druid GPUs are already in the works — Software optimization is the only remaining step for Xe3 Celestial as it approaches launch with Panther Lake
Tom Peterson confirms that Intel's hardware division is working on Druid "Xe4" GPUs as the software team optimizes Celestial "Xe3" for launch next year.
2024-12-05 14:30
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USB-C cable CT scan reveals sinister active electronics — O.MG cable contains a hidden antenna and another die embedded in the microcontroller
Lumafield CT scanned the O.MG USB-C cable and discovered hidden advanced electronics with a sinister purpose.
2024-12-05 14:10
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USB-C cable CT scan reveals sinister active electronics — O.MG pen testing cable contains a hidden antenna and another die embedded in the microcontroller
Lumafield CT scanned the O.MG USB-C cable and discovered hidden advanced electronics with a sinister purpose.
2024-12-05 14:10
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Elon Musk plans to scale the xAI supercomputer to a million GPUs — currently at over 100,000 H100 GPUs and counting
xAI to scale the Colossus supercomputer to one million processors, which could create the most powerful machine in the world.
2024-12-05 13:53
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Bitcoin crosses $100,000 milestone as incoming U.S. administration looks increasingly crypto-friendly
On Wednesday, Bitcoin's price exceeded $100,000, marking a significant achievement for a digital asset once dismissed as a passing trend.
2024-12-05 13:45
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Intel co-CEO David Zisner says 'core strategy remains intact' — Intel will continue to be a products and foundry company
Despite CEO change, Intel's board of directors still thinks that Intel may be a leading developer of CPUs and GPUs as well as a foundry.
2024-12-05 12:50
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AWS building ExaFLOPS-class supercomputer for AI with hundreds of thousands homegrown Trainium2 processors — AWS forges a path without Nvidia GPUs
Amazon to quadruple performance of its AI processors by late 2025 as it readies giant ExaFLOPS supercomputer for AI.
2024-12-05 12:40
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Silicon Power's 4TB US75 PCIe 4.0 SSD drops to its lowest price this year, just $199
4TB of storage capacity for only $199 - that's great value for money with this Silicon Power US75 SSD.
2024-12-04 20:23
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