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China's premiere chipmaker SMIC faces chip yield woes as equipment maintenance and validation efforts stall
SMIC has begun to feel the effects of U.S. export controls on chipmaking tools, as disruptions from issues with maintenance and equipment installation led to yield losses and output shortfalls that will reduce its Q2 revenue by up to 6%.
2025-05-09 16:57
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China's premier chipmaker SMIC faces chip yield woes as equipment maintenance and validation efforts stall
SMIC has begun to feel the effects of U.S. export controls on chipmaking tools, as disruptions from issues with maintenance and equipment installation led to yield losses and output shortfalls that will reduce its Q2 revenue by up to 6%.
2025-05-09 16:57
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SMIC faces chip yield woes as equipment maintenance and validation efforts stall
SMIC has begun to feel the effects of U.S. export controls on chipmaking tools, as disruptions from issues with maintenance and equipment installation led to yield losses and output shortfalls that will reduce its Q2 revenue by up to 6%.
2025-05-09 16:57
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Noctua NH-D15 G2 gains offset mounting bars for Arrow Lake CPUs to optimize cooling performance
Noctua has introduced a new offset mounting solution for the NH-D15 G2 optimized for Arrow Lake processors. The new mount provides up to a three-degree drop in temperatures with a specific variant of the G2.
2025-05-09 16:40
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RISC-V makes its way into DeepComputing's $349 AI PC
DeepComputing has released the new DC-ROMA RISC-V Mainboard II for Framework Laptop at a starting price of $349.
2025-05-09 15:43
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MSI Z890 Godlike Motherboard Review: All the features for all the money
MSI’s Z890 Godlike offers next-level flagship-class features and a high-end aesthetic, but the price will be a turnoff for most.
2025-05-09 15:25
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Lenovo's in-house Arm chip could rival Qualcomm and MediaTek, spotted in Yoga Pad Pro 2-in-1 convertible
Lenovo is reportedly working on a custom in-house SoC for its Yoga Pad Pro family, rumored to be built on TSMC's 5nm process.
2025-05-09 15:15
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Nvidia readies cut-down HGX H20 GPU for China to comply with export control rules
Nvidia plans to launch a downgraded HGX H20 AI processor with reduced HBM memory capacity for China by July to comply with new U.S. export rules, if a new rumor is correct.
2025-05-09 14:42
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LegoGPT creates Lego designs using AI and text inputs — tool now available for free to the public
A Carnegie Mellon University research team builds an AI LLM called LegoGPT, which allows you to generate LEGO brick designs from text.
2025-05-09 13:41
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Huawei's Kirin X90 may be the company's 'Apple Silicon' moment — Matebook Pro 2025 features in-house hardware and software
Huawei's upcoming Matebook Pro not only uses the homegrown HarmonyOS operating system, but rumors say it might also include its in-house Kirin X90 SoC.
2025-05-09 13:00
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Nvidia's GB10 Superchip trails Apple's M3 and Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite in latest benchmarks
Preliminary Geekbench 6 results show Nvidia's GB10 Superchip trailing Apple's M3 and Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite in both single- and multi-thread tests, which could mean a bug or the processor's focus on AI workloads.
2025-05-09 12:00
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Nvidia's RTX 5060 will launch without reviews since chipmaker opts not to supply press drivers to reviewers
Nvidia confirmed that it will only release drivers for the RTX 5060 on May 19 and that reviewers won’t get access to a pre-release driver for testing.
2025-05-09 11:20
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Best Build Plates for 3D Printers
The best aftermarket build plates to improve your 3D printer.
2025-05-09 11:00
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Nvidia RTX 5090 can crack an 8-digit passcode in just 3 hours — password cracking benchmarks show tremendous performance
Hive Systems discovers that 12 RTX 5090 graphics cards can crack a basic numerical eight-digit password in 15 minutes.
2025-05-09 11:00
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Chinese chipmaker readies 128-core, 512-thread CPU with AVX-512 and 16-channel DDR5-5600 support
Hygon shares processor roadmap, detailing the Chinese chipmaker's plans to launch the Hygon C86-5G, a 128-core, 512-thread processor soon.
2025-05-08 18:43
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Cadence releases new AI supercomputer — uses Nvidia RTX Pro 6000 GPUs to improve simulation run time
Cadence is releasing a new supercomputer that takes advantage of Nvidia's latest AI chips.
2025-05-08 17:28
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Former SK hynix employee transferred advanced chip packaging technologies to Huawei
A former SK Hynix employee has been charged with stealing wafer bonding and image sensor technologies to secure a job at Huawei’s HiSilicon, raising alarm over tech IP leaks to China.
2025-05-08 16:43
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How to View Your Command History in Any Linux Operating System
Often overlooked, history is an archive of all the commands that our user has typed. But what can we do with these commands and what tools can we use?
2025-05-08 16:24
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Startup trains AI models with gaming GPU setup under $100K
Fastino, an AI startup, is training its AI models using affordable graphics cards intended for gaming, saving the company money with a setup that costs under $100,000.
2025-05-08 15:27
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Newegg's PC Gaming Week sale lists the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X for the all-time low price of $208 and chucks in a free 500GB Gen 4 SSD to sweeten the deal
AMD's Zen 5 Ryzen 5 9600X paired with a free 500GB Patriot P400 Lite M.2 SSD for just $208 - an absolute bargain.
2025-05-08 14:47
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