Hardware

GlobalFoundries fined $500,000 for restricted chip exports to Chinese firm on U.S. entity list — chipmaker shipped $17 million worth of silicon wafers to China’s SJ Semiconductor
GlobalFoundries is said to have shipped 74 orders, totaling $17.1 million, to SJ Semiconductor, a SMIC affiliate, without obtaining the required license.
2024-11-02 14:35
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Ryzen 9 9900X has dropped to an all-time low price at Amazon
The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X processor has dropped to a new all-time low price at Amazon—just $382 instead of its usual $499.
2024-11-02 14:34
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Dr. Jensen Huang — Nvidia CEO to receive an Honorary PhD in engineering from a Hong Kong university
A university in Hong Kong has announced to award Nvidia's CEO, Jensen Huang with an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering.
2024-11-02 14:21
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Enthusiast builds a 3D printer that uses a hot glue gun — heavily modified Dremel glue gun surprisingly good at printing objects
Maker Jón Schone recently showcased a slick new design that bridges the chasm between his first love of 3D printing - and hot glue guns.
2024-11-02 14:20
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AI-powered Minecraft runs without a game engine — game rendered in real-time at a continuous 20 FPS
DecartAI demonstrates the Oasis model, which in this stage imitates Minecraft but with some obvious issues and severe tech limitations.
2024-11-02 13:27
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Turtle Beach Kone II Review: Big but surprisingly comfortable
The Turtle Beach Kone II is a wired gaming mouse with a 4-way tilt wheel, attractive RGB lighting, and a large, comfortable design. It looks and feels pretty good if you have bigger hands, but it's kind of the opposite of the current trend of speedy, s...
2024-11-02 13:00
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Be Quiet Dark Power Pro 13 1300W Power Supply Review
The Be Quiet Dark Power Pro 13 delivers premium power and efficiency, with 80 Plus Titanium certification, a modular design, and top-tier build quality, but its price may deter budget-conscious builders.
2024-11-02 13:00
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Lunar Lake's integrated memory is an expensive one-off — Intel rejects the approach for future CPUs due to margin impact
Panther Lake, Lunar Lake, and their successors will not have on-package memory.
2024-11-01 18:04
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Arrow Lake CPUs can still get bendy despite revamped socket — specialized contact frame flattens chip, claims to lower temperatures by up to 6C
Thermal Grizzly has debuted an all-new LGA1851 contact frame designed with Arrow Lake CPUs in mind. The new contact frame purportedly reduces CPU temps by up to six degrees Celsius.
2024-11-01 18:00
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TeamGroup DDR5-7200 C32 CAMM2 promises performance speeds over 100 GB/s — memory manufacturer aims for DDR5-9000
Teamgroup has revealed its first CAMM2 offerings - boasting speeds of DDR5-7200 CL32 and expected to launch in Q1 2025.
2024-11-01 17:31
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Intel outlines plan to break free from TSMC manufacturing — 70% of Panther Lake at Intel fabs, Nova Lake almost entirely in-house
Intel is set to bring back in-house CPU production with Panther Lake and Nova Lake, but some products will still be made at TSMC.
2024-11-01 17:16
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Super-lightweight operating system boots off a 1.44MB floppy disk — KolibriOS lets you do simple tasks and even play games on your legacy PC
KolibriOS is an ultra-lightweight floppy disk OS still getting regular updates.
2024-11-01 17:09
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ChatGPT-5 won't be coming this year — OpenAI CEO reveals company is focusing on existing models
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirmed that ChatGPT-5 won't be coming this year, due to development and resource limitations. Instead it will be arriving early next year.
2024-11-01 17:09
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Chinese researchers build military AI using Meta’s open-source Llama model — ChatBIT allegedly performs at around 90% of the performance of OpenAI GPT-4 LLM
Chinese researchers built the ChatBIT AI that focuses on intelligence gathering and processing using Meta's Llama 13B model.
2024-11-01 15:42
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AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 outperforms Intel's Core Ultra 7 258V in LLM performance — Team Red provided benchmarks show a strong lead of up to 27% in LM Studio
AMD's Strix Point APUs lead Intel's Lunar Lake chips in local LLM workloads by up to 27%.
2024-11-01 15:31
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Cadence says its AI-driven chip design tools provide a process node's worth of performance gain, but without moving forward to a new node
Cadence says that using its AI-assisted design tools can enable 5% to 20% performance, power, and area improvements, akin to adopting a next-generation process technology.
2024-11-01 14:46
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This Raspberry Pi Pico 2 Groovebox is ready to jam
Rheslip20 has created a Raspberry Pi Pico 2-powered groovebox that can play up to 16 samples for a cool Pi-powered concert experience.
2024-11-01 14:43
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The humungous 8TB WD Black SN850X SSD crashes to a new all-time low price
Western Digital's massive 8TB WD_Black SN850X SSD drops dramatically to a new all-time low.
2024-11-01 13:26
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