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Qualcomm reveals HBC near-memory AI architecture, AI250 and AI350 accelerators — touts 6x higher bandwidth-per-watt compared to HBM, 200x capacity compared to on-chip SRAM
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By Anton Shilov published 22 hours ago
More efficient than HBM, denser than SRAM.
Qualcomm unveils HBC near-memory AI architecture, claims it has broken the memory wall. (Image credi
2026-06-24
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TSMC is reportedly hiking prices for 'all advanced nodes,' accounting for 74% of the company’s wafer business — Nvidia, AMD, Apple, Qualcomm, and others will face higher wafer costs
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By Etiido Uko published 9 hours ago
Reported 5–10% price hikes remain lower than recent industry price spikes
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2026-06-23
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Nvidia announces liquid cooling system that runs ‘hotter than a hot tub’ — promises to reduce electricity consumption and cut water use by up to 100%, but sustainability challenges remain
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By Jowi Morales published 23 hours ago
Data centers are about to go from freezing to sweltering.
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2026-06-23
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SK hynix passes Samsung as South Korea's most valuable company — memory company surpasses valuation milestone on the back of HBM
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By Luke James published 19 hours ago
It's the first time since 2000 that Samsung hasn't topped the Korean market.
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2026-06-21
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PC Components GPUs GPU Drivers
Open-source Vulkan driver NVK gains experimental DLSS support — bringing Nvidia’s upscaling tech to Linux via imported CUDA binaries
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By Luke James published 2 days ago
Depends on compatible bytecode being available for your GPU.
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2026-06-21
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Samsung and SK hynix bonuses for chip workers flagged as a national inflation risk — Bank of Korea projects full-year inflation significantly above its 2% target
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By Luke James published 2 days ago
Memory boom payouts worth up to $455,000 per worker are now a variable in the central bank's price outlook.
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2026-06-20
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Rare ASML Special Edition Monopoly board unearthed in social media trade — enthusiast swaps 2007 employee gift for High-NA EUV Lego kit
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By Mark Tyson published 3 days ago
No-cash deal looks set to go ahead, subject to regulatory approval, and no one changing their minds.
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2026-06-19
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ASML denies US government report that its EUV chipmaking tool was shipped to China — says 'rumors' are 'inaccurate and damaging to our reputation'
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By Anton Shilov published June 19, 2026
ASML denies it has ever shipped an EUV scanner to China.
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2026-06-19
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Post-silicon era gets closer as industry giants crack the 2D transistor scaling bottleneck with breakthrough tech — imec, ASML, and TSMC fab complementary 2D-material transistors at 50nm pitch on a 300mm wafer
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By Luke James published June 19, 2026
EUV-printed 28nm gates and 94% working devices, all on standard production tooling.
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2026-06-19
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Intel hires former SK hynix chief Seok-Hee Lee to lead Intel Foundry advanced packaging — company establishing section as 'focused business with dedicated leadership'
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By Luke James published June 19, 2026
Intel carves back-end packaging into a standalone business.
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2026-06-19
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Peripherals Cables and Connectors USB
Best USB Chargers 2026: Our tested phone and laptop charger picks, from compact GaN to budget charging bliss
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By Joe Shields last updated June 19, 2026
From single-port 15W to 4-port, 140W options, we've tested 20 different chargers to find which is best for your charging needs.
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2026-06-18
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Intel's fab roadmap examined — Arizona, Ohio, Ireland, and the two deadlines deciding 14A process node
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By Luke James published 4 hours ago
Intel canceled fabs in three countries and then ran out of capacity. What gets built next will be decided this year.
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2026-06-17
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Tech Industry Artificial Intelligence
Nvidia reveals AI robots that taught themselves to install GPUs into motherboards — video shows robot ‘solve high-precision tasks like… installing GPUs all by itself’
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By Mark Tyson published 3 hours ago
The ENPIRE project will be open source ‘so you can host your self-running robot lab at home.’
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2026-06-17
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PC Components RAM
Chinese memory brands ditch Samsung and Micron for homegrown CXMT and YMTC silicon — Corsair, HP, and Dell are already adopting the China-produced DDR5 chips
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By Zhiye Liu published 5 hours ago
Some Chinese module makers are turning their backs on the big three RAM suppliers.
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2026-06-16
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Qualcomm mulls taking over Jim Keller's Tenstorrent, report claims — deal for AI chipmaker would value the company at between $8 billion and $10 billion
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By Anton Shilov published 15 hours ago
But for what?
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TSMC says panel packaging won't replace CoWoS anytime soon for the largest future AI processors — wafer-level tech can scale to 58 massive dies in one package
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By Anton Shilov published 16 hours ago
CoPoS may enable larger chips, but CoWoS is still better.
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2026-06-15
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China's supreme court bans Infineon from selling GaN power chips in China — market-leader Innoscience secures major victory in multi-region patent war
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By Luke James published 37 minutes ago
Two suppliers building Nvidia's 800V AI-rack power chips now block each other from key markets.
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2026-06-13
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Desktops Mini PCs
AMD challenges Nvidia's DGX Spark with $3,999 Ryzen AI Halo with Windows 11 support — Strix Halo desktop undercuts Nvidia by $700, packs 128GB of unified memory
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By Kunal Khullar published 5 hours ago
The AI mini PC supports both Linux and Windows 11.
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2026-06-13
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PC Components GPUs
Nvidia raises RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell GPU pricing to $13,250 — 55% increase over MSRP in a year's time
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By Zhiye Liu published 24 minutes ago
Blackwell Pro continues to go up in value amid the AI boom.
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2026-06-13
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PC Components CPUs
Nvidia preps to sell its Vera CPUs into China as its GPU sales stay frozen — customers encouraged to place orders for CPU shipments as early as August
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By Luke James published 4 hours ago
Chinese cloud firms are reportedly testing more than 300 Vera servers overseas.
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