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2026-07-04
tomshardware.com 2026-07-04 Jowi Morales
Sony successfully built a PlayStation 1 console that fit inside a controller but had to cancel the project after game studios were unhappy with the royalties they would make from the project.
2026-07-04
tomshardware.com 2026-07-04 Jowi Morales
The AI-driven memory and storage chip shortage is driving OEMs towards Chinese chip manufacturers.
2026-07-04
tomshardware.com 2026-07-04 Luke James
Fill-and-flush is a commissioning step whereby crews fill a cooling loop's piping with water and flush it to clear debris before the system is run.
2026-07-04
tomshardware.com 2026-07-04 Etiido Uko
TrendForce says DRAM and NAND prices will continue to rise through Q3 2026, but AI-driven gains are slowing as PC and smartphone makers reach their affordability limits.
2026-07-04
www.scmp.com 2026-07-04 South China Morning Post
Advertisement Science China Science Chinese scientists’ brain-mimicking chip ‘up to 478 times faster than Nvidia A100 GPU’ New chip performs data storage and computation in a single memory array, enabling real-time modelling of complex brain structures, team says 2 -MIN READ 2 -MIN Listen Holly Chik Published: 7:30pm, 4 Jul 2026 Chinese scientists say they have developed a tiny computer chip capab
2026-07-04
tomshardware.com 2026-07-04 Mark Tyson
Windows development guru Dave W. Plummer shared a brief video demonstrating a novel Stirling Engine powered cooling solution for his AMD Threadripper chipset.
2026-07-04
tomshardware.com 2026-07-04 Jowi Morales
Creator Zac Builds mounted their mini-PC to the side of their living room fan to hide it plain sight.
2026-07-04
tomshardware.com 2026-07-04 Jowi Morales
A nuclear power plant in a container (or three).
2026-07-04
tomshardware.com 2026-07-04 Hassam Nasir
Brand Twitter might actually be enjoyable for once.
2026-07-04
tomshardware.com 2026-07-04 Mark Tyson
Japan’s Fire Hydrant Sign Co., Ltd. has demonstrated an expansive Wi-Fi network that melds its established infrastructure of street signs with Starlink satellite broadband antennas.
2026-07-04
digitimes.com 2026-07-04
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, Samsung Electronics, and SK Hynix have announced the country's largest-ever semiconductor expansion plan, while soaring memory prices have opened a separate fight between Micron and Apple.
2026-07-04
digitimes.com 2026-07-04
Volatile precious metal prices weighed heavily on passive component suppliers in early 2026, but the cost pressures have also created unexpected order-transfer opportunities for Taiwanese manufacturers.
2026-07-04
eetimes.com 2026-07-04 Nitin Dahad
At the opening of its Dresden smart power fab, Infineon’s COO said virtual fab cloning enabled delivery three months ahead of schedule.
2026-07-04
digitimes.com 2026-07-04
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are reportedly pressing South Korean semiconductor substrate suppliers to lower prices for the second half of 2026, even as memory demand remains in a Super Cycle. According to ET News, the talks have intensified pressure across the supply chain as raw material costs stay high and substrate makers warn of margin erosion.
2026-07-04
digitimes.com 2026-07-04
Fabless chip designers dominate the upper ranks of Taiwan's newly disclosed non-managerial employee pay data for fiscal year 2025, with only two capital-intensive manufacturers — TSMC and memory-testing equipment maker Phison — breaking into the top tier typically reserved for asset-light IC design houses.
2026-07-04
digitimes.com 2026-07-04
Machvision posted another record monthly revenue in June 2026, as surging demand for AI servers, high-performance computing (HPC), and advanced packaging continued to lift orders for the semiconductor and PCB inspection equipment maker. The company said the biggest challenge has now shifted from winning orders to managing supply chains and expanding capacity.
2026-07-04
digitimes.com 2026-07-04
Germany's District Court Munich I ruled on July 3 that Innoscience infringed Infineon Technologies' gallium nitride (GaN) patents, barring the Chinese chipmaker from importing, selling, or marketing the affected products in Germany and ordering it to pay damages.
2026-07-04
digitimes.com 2026-07-04
China Resources Microelectronics (CR Micro), a Chinese power semiconductor integrated device manufacturer, has notified customers and partners that it will raise prices across its entire product lineup starting July 1, with increases beginning at 15%.
2026-07-03
tomshardware.com 2026-07-03 Hassam Nasir
Midrange offerings with a lot of cache.
2026-07-03
tomshardware.com 2026-07-03 Anton Shilov
Intel confirms price increases for Core Ultra 200S Plus, Xeon 6 processors, cites market dynamics, rising costs, soaring demand.