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May 31
- Treadmill modded into giant 3D printer with an endless print bed size — taking 3D print sizing to the extreme
- Nvidia's RTX 5090 GPUs with blower-style coolers appear in China — design optimizes Nvidia's fastest gaming GPUs for use in AI workloads
- Intel's lackluster Arrow Lake appears to have a refresh inbound — Arrow Lake Refresh appears in reference document
- Intel says you can download more FPS for Lunar Lake — new driver promises up to 10% higher average frame rates, 25% improvement in 99th percentiles
- CAMM2 and modules smile to the camera, but do not expect them on the market soon
- TeamGroup's curious PCIe 5.0 SSD strategy: Adopt controllers from all makers
- Intel scores key jury ruling in $3 billion patent duel with VLSI — ruling threatens prior patent verdicts
May 30
- MSI China is so confident in its power supplies, its warranties now cover all your PC's components
- Molex demonstrates PCIe 7.0 cabling solution: 128 GT/s at 1 meter
- Realtek eyes SSDs with new PCIe 5.0 x4 DRAM-less controller — Up to 10 GB/s and 1.4M IOPS
- Dude, where's my GPU? — Micro Center customer gets backpack-stuffed box instead of RTX 5090
- A new SSD form factor can house a staggering 1,000,000 GB of storage – E2 drives could store 11,000 4K movies with 80W power draw
- Gigabyte hints AMD's next-gen gaming APUs will drop into current-gen motherboards — Ryzen 9000G support listed for AM5 platforms
- Intel details new advanced packaging breakthroughs — EMIB-T paves the way for HBM4 and increased UCIe bandwidth
- Mozilla fires off emergency patch to fix Nvidia GPU artifacting bugs in Firefox
- China tech companies scramble to ditch Nvidia as Washington tightens export controls
- Chip design software giant pauses China sales and suspends financial guidance — Synopsys slams on the brakes as Washington issues fresh crackdown on semiconductor software exports
- DRAM prices have jumped by 20% for the second month in a row — surging demand is likely due to stockpiling
- Custom PCIe 5.0 SSD with 3D XL-Flash debuts — special Optane-like flash memory delivers up to 3.5 million random IOPS
- Microsoft shelves first-party Xbox handheld to work on Windows 11 portable performance
May 29
- China's first 6nm domestic GPU with purported RTX 4060-like performance has powered on
- ASRock confirms its BIOS settings are killing Ryzen CPUs, is fully committed to fixing any damaged motherboards
- Lian Li’s tube-hiding Hydroshift II LCD-C AIO cooler adds a rotating dial for software-free display and RGB control
- Biwin unveils PCIe Gen5 SSD with 14,500 MB/s read speeds
- Nvidia CEO says Trump's tariff plan is 'utterly visionary'
- Intel's next-gen Nova Lake CPUs may be backwards compatible with Arrow Lake coolers — LGA1954 and LGA1851 sockets share the same dimensions
- Elegoo to launch automatic filament switching for color 3D printing, first open-source RFID system could revolutionize filament management
- xMEMS' fan-on-a-chip cooling can reduce SSD temperatures by up to 20%
- Team creates 3D-printed "soft robot" that walks off the machine that made it
- IDC says PC shipments will increase because of tariffs, now expects 274 million PCs to ship in 2025
- 9,000 Asus routers compromised by botnet attack and persistent SSH backdoor that even firmware updates can't fix
- AMD to build export-compliant AI chips for the Chinese market, Radeon AI PRO 9700 to arrive by 3Q25
- Western Digital still plans to start shipping 36TB HAMR hard drives in 2027
- Anthropic CEO says AI could cause up to 20% unemployment within five years, wipe out half of all entry-level white collar jobs
- Fanless AirJet Mini G2 cooler promises 42% more cooling performance in the same form-factor
- China to ease rare earth export restrictions to benefit domestic and European semiconductor firms
- The high-end PCIe 5.0 SSD monopoly could be about to end: Silicon Motion’s new SSD controllers were everywhere at Computex
- ASMedia and Via Labs are developing USB4 v2 controllers, still 18 months away from launch
- Trump tariffs to remain in effect while legal battle plays out, White House promises it will find a way to implement measures regardless
- Nvidia posts record $44 billion revenue, H20 export ban bites as gaming rises
May 28
- TSMC reiterates it doesn't need High-NA EUV for 1.4nm-class process technology
- Gigabyte RX 9070 XT thermal gel replacement reportedly lowers VRAM temperatures by 7 degrees
- AMD acquires Enosemi to enter photonics race — chasing Nvidia into light-based interconnect tech
- Windows Update will soon add app updates to its functionality
- Arc B770 spotted? Four new Intel Battlemage GPU IDs appear in Linux Mesa graphics driver
- TSMC to open up chip design center in Munich to help local chip developers
- AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT is up to 31% faster than 7600 XT in early compute benchmarks
- Intel LGA9324 leak reveals colossal CPU socket with 9,324 pins for up to 700W Diamond Rapids Xeons
- Lian Li releases 200 mm PCIe 5.0 riser cable, uses 180- to 90-degree angled connector for easy installs
- Nvidia to boost AI server racks to megawatt scale, increasing power delivery by five times or more
- Nvidia GB200 production ramps up after suppliers tackle AI server overheating and liquid cooling leaks
- Dual-GPU versions of the Intel Arc B60 in the works at Sparkle, as company unveils passive, liquid-cooled, and blower options
May 27
- AI chip boom sparks BT substrate materials shortage — TSMC's huge demand causes supply disruptions for NAND flash controllers, SSDs
- InWin preps 1650W GPU power supply with four 16-pin power connectors
- B650 chipset allegedly on the way out — Chinese forum declares stock to dry up by Q3 2025
- Battlefield 2024 requires secure boot for anti-cheat, following in Valorant's footsteps
- Stray AMD RX 9060 XT PCB photo emerges from Gigabyte factory tour
- ASRock attributes premature Ryzen 9000 CPU failures to aggressive PBO settings, per YouTuber
- China’s Hygon and Sugon merge to form a vertically integrated supercomputing giant as they fend off US sanctions
- Gigabyte drops BIOS update for TRX50 motherboards, now supports Ryzen Threadripper 9000-Series CPUs
- Panasonic's new Let's Note laptops could be the final death knell for the humble VGA port
- Utran's $3,000 add-in card holds 28 M.2 SSDs and delivers 109 GB/s — 400-Watt card houses up to 224TB of storage
- Top Chinese memory maker expected to abandon DDR4 manufacturing at the behest of Beijing
- 'Instead of crippling China's semiconductor ambitions, U.S. sanctions may be inadvertently accelerating them': Report claims Washington measures could be bolstering China's chip market
May 26
- Windows 11 gets quantum-hardened cryptography technology
- Intel uncovers alleged embezzlement involving former employee and supplier
- A gaming typewriter is born from a once-forgotten matrix typewriter
- RTX 5090 yellow-tipped connector becomes a charred mess following GPU meltdown
- Nvidia GTX 970 memory mod boosts performance with 8GB VRAM upgrade
- AI can track 3D printed parts back to specific machine that made them
- Nvidia RTX 5090 prototype surfaces with four 16-pin power connectors and additional VRMs
- Latest OpenAI models ‘sabotaged a shutdown mechanism’ despite commands to the contrary
May 25
- Microsoft's Smart App Control blocks malware and has 'lighter impact on your PC’s performance'
- Gallery showcases the dustiest, grimiest PCs in Germany — 400 images of fascinating horror for PC DIYers
- Nvidia RTX PRO 6000D (B40) Blackwell GPUs reportedly set to supersede banned H20 accelerators in China
- Gabe Newell’s brain-computer interface startup to reveal first chips later this year
- Musk asserts AI will make search redundant in comment on Google Search share dipping below 90%
May 24
- Oracle has reportedly placed an order for $40 billion in Nvidia AI GPUs for a new OpenAI data center
- Nvidia releases emergency RTX 5060-series firmware to fix blank screens on reboot
- Intel and AMD imports in Russia fell by up to 95% in 2024, but local companies disagree
- The world’s loudest mechanical keyboard features relays and firecrackers to make noise
- TSMC custom employee-exclusive suitcases are sold online for as high as $16,700
May 23
- Pegatron preps 1,177 PFLOP AI rack with 128 AMD MI350X GPUs
- DGX B200 Blackwell node sets world record, breaking over 1,000 TPS/user
- RTX 4090 16-pin meltdown victims resort to DIY solutions to prevent further disaster
- Memorial Day Tech Deals Live: Best savings this holiday weekend
- '[The] Majority of gamers are still playing at 1080p and have no use for more than 8GB of memory': AMD justifies RX 9060 XT's 8GB of VRAM
- Computex 2025 Day Four Wrap-Up: PCIe 6.0 SSD prototype, 321-layer 4D NAND, cheap 10 GbE controllers inbound
- Hands-on with the Antec Vortex View — a wild AIO cooler with a screen that rotates a full 360 degrees
- Seagate suggests AI is causing a carbon crisis for the industry
- Arctic shows off new air coolers and fans at Computex 2025, brings back PC cases to its lineup
- President Trump threatens 25% tariff on iPhones, 50% on the entire EU
- Thermaltake brings enthusiast immersion liquid cooling closer to market with the IX700
- Asus launches new ROG Wi-Fi 7 gaming router that comes with nine 2.5G ports
- ASRock launches new AMD motherboards at Computex 2025
- Best of Computex 2025: More hardware than hype
- Intel launches three new Xeon 6 P-Core CPUs, will debut in Nvidia DGX B300 AI systems
- Realtek's $10 tiny 10GbE network adapter is coming to motherboards later this year
- PCIe 6.0 SSD with 30.25 GB/s speeds debuts at Computex, release date is still a long way off
May 22
- More players. More choices. Unlocking HDMI gaming features
- Lian Li flexes new PSU with rotatable power outlet at Computex 2025
- Super Flower shows off not one but two 3000W PSUs at Computex 2025
- Maxsun shows off liquid-cooled RTX 50 series GPU covered in RGB lighting
- This 976TB external storage solution with 28 GB/s transfer speeds likely costs over $130,000
- 3,000W PSUs are taking over Computex — Seasonic and Superflower debut behemoth power supplies
- SK hynix announces 321-layer, UFS 4.1 chips — TLC 4D NAND set to land in PCs and data centers
- Computex 2025 Day Three Wrap-Up: Optical SSDs and $50,000 Immersion-Cooled Systems
- OpenAI says it will expand Stargate AI infrastructure project to the UAE, starting with a 1GW cluster
- MSI’s new PinSafe Design motherboard promises no more pricked fingers
- Zalman returns to its roots with turbine engine-inspired ZET lineup of CPU air coolers
- Cooler Master is working on an all-aluminum case fan that spins up to 4,000 RPM
- Zotac Zone 2 demoed with Manjaro Linux and an AMOLED panel — 12-core Zen 5 CPU and 32GB RAM under the hood
- This $50,000 immersion-cooled workstation can support four Nvidia RTX 5090s
- Thermal Grizzly’s open-air der8enchtable is designed for dedicated PC tinkerers
- TSMC calls on Washington to drop tariffs on semiconductors made outside the U.S.
- Royal Kludge highlights new mechanical keyboards at Computex 2025, available in 60% to 96% layouts
- Kioxia demos optical SSD, boasts of high performance and 30m+ cabling
- G-Skill demos ultra-high capacity DDR5-6600 512GB RAM and 'extreme' 10,934 MT/s module at Computex 2025
May 21
- Zalman shows off woodgrain ATX and Micro-ATX cases
- Tryx's new PC case has an embedded curved display
- Seasonic’s next-generation Prime PSUs to will try to stop connectors from melting
- AMD's FSR Redstone uses machine learning to achieve parity with Nvidia DLSS
- MSI's RTX 5060 Ti TwinFrozer Retro and RTX 5070 Cyclone graphics cards go heavy on nostalgia
- Noctua's futuristic thermosiphon cooler is back and bigger than ever at Computex 2025, but still no closer to release
- Computex 2025 Day Two Wrap-Up: AMD debuts new Radeon and Threadripper chips, PCIe 5.0 SSDs ramp performance
- Geometric Future highlights new PC cases, AIOs, and PSUs at Computex 2025
- Asus ROG Falcata brings split layout and magnetic switches to competitive gaming
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says U.S. ban on AI chip exports "a failure," says spread of U.S. chips vital to competitive advantage
- Lian Li is replacing mesh front panels with tempered glass on its new Lancool cases
- PNY launches new high-speed microSD Express card for Nintendo Switch 2, with 890 MB/s read speeds
- be quiet! shows off new keyboards, coolers, and PC cases at Computex 2025
- Colorful unveils new RTX 50-Series laptops, wild G-Helmet PC case, and more at Computex
- Phison's Apex RAID demo showed us blistering 113 GB/s speeds in Computex demo
- Zotac preps low-profile GeForce RTX 5060, Mini-ITX RTX 5060
- V-Color puts displays on memory modules
- AMD launches Radeon AI Pro R9700 to challenge Nvidia's AI market dominance
- AMD Announces Threadripper HEDT and Pro 9000-Series CPUs: 96 cores and 192 threads for Desktops and Workstations
- AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT launches on June 5, starting at $299
- AMD Computex 2025 Keynote Live Blog
May 20
- Thermaltake is bringing Nordic-inspired wood finishes to its cases and gaming furniture
- TP-Link expands tri-band Wi-Fi 7 family with new routers and an outdoor satellite
- RTX 5080 Super rumored with 24GB of memory — Same 10,752 CUDA cores as the vanilla variant with a 400W+ TGP
- Adata launches 'Trusta' enterprise line at Computex — SSDs and RAM for Edge AI and Enterprise users
- Patriot unveils world's first DRAMless PCIe 5.0 SSD and 9600MT/s DDR5 CUDIMM memory
- Phison's E28 controller's 14.8 GB/s, 3,000K IOPS, and 7W power draw could make it the new king of PCIe 5.0 performance
- TeamGroup teases T-Force AI-Flow X thermoelectric SSD cooler at Computex 2025
- Computex 2025 Day One Wrap-Up: Beautiful cases galore and ultra-sleek RTX 50 gaming laptops
- Microsoft makes the Windows Subsystem for Linux open source after almost a decade of development
- Sudokoo shows off brand-new CPU cooler and fan designs — new kid on the block puts more displays inside PCs
- SilverStone reveals late-80s style tower PC case — proudly beige but thoroughly modern inside
- Corsair’s Air 5400 features a triple-chamber design for high-performance cooling
- Cooler Master unveils new pre-built PC with a 360 x 360mm radiator, new QUBE 500, and more
- Elgato now lets you turn any device you want into a Stream Deck
- Cooler Master plans to launch a curved-glass case for around $70 – at least outside of the U.S.
- NZXT goes big and small at Computex with the H9 Flow and H3 Flow cases
- Cherry unveils next-generation keyboard switches with inductive sensing technology — claims no mechanical wear and 50% power reduction
- Hyte’s new X50 PC case comes with a rounded aesthetic, high-performance mesh, and fun colors
- Asus introduces 3000-watt PSU — enough capacity to power 4 RTX 5090s
- InWin celebrates 40 years with the ChronoMancy — futuristic 1.1m case opens with the wave of a wand
- Razer unveils new Blade 14 laptop with Nvidia RTX 50 series GPUs and 3K 120Hz OLED display
- MSI brings AMD gaming handheld, updated mid-range gaming laptops to Computex
May 19
- Crucial announces T710 SSD with 14.9 GB/s of performance, X10 portable SSD up to 8TB
- Asus debuts 24-inch 610 Hz Full HD gaming monitor with a Super TN panel
- Computex 2025 Day Zero Wrap-Up: AI comes into focus, 500 Hz QD-OLEDs blossom, dual-GPU Arc Pro B60 workstation cards inbound
- Nvidia releases driver for entry-level RTX 5060 GPU amid launch review controversy
- Asus RTX 5080 ProArt comes with a wood grain finish and M.2 slot option
- Maxsun unveils Intel dual-GPU Battlemage graphics card with 48GB GDDR6 to compete with Nvidia and AMD
- Prominent Computex sign runs Windows 7, as Microsoft insists we move on from Windows 10
- Asus adds the RTX 5060 to its gaming laptop lineup, tweaks TUF A14 with better cooling
- Asus unveils Noctua triple-fan RTX 5080, new external GPU dock, and more at Computex
- Nvidia in talks to invest in PsiQuantum
- Suspected SK hynix HBM tech leaker arrested boarding flight to China
- Acer showcases ProCreator, Predator, and portable monitors at Computex
- MSI's $7,000 Vision X AI has a 13-inch AI 'Human Machine Interface' touchscreen embedded into the chassis
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says ‘There’s no evidence of any AI chip diversion’
- MSI unveils EdgeXpert MS-C931 desktop AI supercomputer powered by Nvidia DGX Spark
- Nvidia teams up with Foxconn to build an AI supercomputer in Taiwan
- MSI’s new 500 Hz QD-OLED monitor leverages AI tech to save it from burn-in
- Intel launches $299 Arc Pro B50 with 16GB of memory, 'Project Battlematrix' workstations with 24GB Arc Pro B60 GPUs
- Samsung is finally bringing Nvidia G-Sync and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro to its OLED TVs
- Intel demos running Panther Lake systems, touts performance and power efficiency improvements
- Nvidia announces NVLink Fusion to allow custom CPUs and AI Accelerators to work with its products
- Watch Nvidia's Computex 2025 keynote right here
- Computex 2025 Live: Final day wrap-up from Taipei
May 18
- AMD B850 Mini ITX motherboard with PCIe slots on both sides teased ahead of Computex
- Nvidia's H20 follow-up in China won't be based on Hopper, says Jensen — Reportedly switching from HBM to GDDR7
- Defendnot tool pitched as 'an even funnier way’ to disable Windows Defender
- Xiaomi's in-house XRing 01 SoC leaked — melds 10-core Arm Cortex CPU plus 16-core Mali G925 GPU
- First Intel Core 2 and Nvidia RTX 50 gaming experiments disappoint
May 17
- Intel ARCade machine showcases a NUC Extreme with Arc A770 GPU
- Nvidia RTX 5060 is up to 25% faster than RTX 4060 with frame generation in new GPU preview
- Intel's Lunar Lake intricacies revealed in new high-resolution die shots
- Microsoft's 'We're faster than a Mac' ad claims top Copilot+ PCs are up to 58% faster than Apple's last-gen M3 MacBook Air
- Alleged AMD RX 7500 prototype surfaces with 1,536 shaders and 6GB VRAM
May 16
- MSI preps web-based RGB controls so you don't have to install bloatware on your PC
- AMD preps rack-scale Instinct MI450X IF128 with 128 GPUs to challenge Nvidia's VR200 NVL144 in 2026
- DeepCool embellishes its AK G2 series CPU coolers with wood accents
- TSMC to spend $42 billion on expansion in 2025 — ambitious plans detail nine production facilities
- GlobalWafers to invest $4 billion into U.S. chip manufacturing after opening Texas plant
- Acer has a new pair of 14.5-inch laptops for gaming on the go
- Acer's new Swift Edge 14 AI is a bunch of ports and a 'soft-touch' keyboard
- AMD's next-generation Zen 6 "Medusa Point" APUs could feature as many as 22 cores, claims leaker
- Silicon Power launches its first CUDIMM high-performance DDR5 with speeds of up to 9200MT/s
- Trump administration could add CXMT and other Chinese chipmakers to ever-expanding export blacklist
- Pliops expands AI's context windows with 3D NAND-based accelerator – can accelerate certain inference workflows by up to eight times
- Silicon Motion's new SM2324 enables USB4 SSD control with up to 32TB supported
May 15
- Microsoft may have killed the Surface Laptop Studio
- Silicon Motion enables PCIe 5.0 SSDs at mainstream prices with SM2504XT controller
- RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell tested, performs roughly 10-15% faster than a stock RTX 5090
- Asus RTX 5080 Doom-inspired GPU costs as much as an RTX 5090
- Intel reports wave of high-severity GPU vulnerabilities — ten unique security vulnerabilities stemming from poor software hit range of graphics solutions
- Nvidia postpones disruptive new SOCAMM memory tech — originally planned for Blackwell Ultra GB300, now scheduled for Rubin/Rubin Ultra
- This bonkers Antec Vortex View AIO Cooler has a 360-degree rotatable 5-inch display
- China’s Tencent boasts of 'strong stockpile' of AI GPUs - looking at alternative AI accelerators
- AMD to split flagship AI GPUs into specialized lineups for AI and HPC, add UALink — Instinct MI400-series models takes a different path
- Crypto giant Coinbase falls prey to an inside job, expects up to $400 million in losses
- Asus rolls out glossy 32-inch OLED gaming monitors with up to 480Hz
- Asus certifies Apacer NOX DDR5 memory for TUF Gaming Z890-Plus mobo — uses AEMP III to optimize RAM speeds
- Trump tells Apple CEO Tim Cook 'I don't want you building in India,' says Apple will increase U.S. manufacturing
- Lenovo unveils compact AI workstation equipped with Nvidia GB10 and 128 GB of system memory
- Qualcomm confirms it is re-entering the data center CPU market, starting with Saudi Arabia's AI cloud project
- Alphacool launches first Core GPU Cooler blocks for the AMD RX 9070 family
- U.S. issues worldwide crackdown on using Huawei Ascend chips, says it violates export controls
May 14
- Nintendo Switch 2 official specs confirm GPU similar to a mobile RTX 2050
- RTX 50-series goes (almost) all-white as Asus announces new variants ahead of Computex 2025
- Intel says foundry business won't break even until 14A in 2027
- This 3.5-inch hub will turn your PC case's front panel into a USB paradise
- GOP sneaks 10-year halt to State-driven AI regulation into budget bill
- Limited scalability of AMD's Instinct MI325X limits scale of its sales, says analyst firm
- AMD is allegedly working on Arm-based "Sound Wave" APUs for Microsoft's Surface laptops next year
- Former chairman of China's chipmaking champion gets suspended death sentence in corruption and embezzlement case
- RTX 5090 laptop review claims GPU is a performance dud, but outshines the 4090 in power efficiency
- Space Forge to pioneer semiconductor manufacturing in space with first satellite launch in 2025
- Zotac is readying AMD Strix Halo powered mini-PCs for Computex
- World's first CPU-level ransomware can "bypass every freaking traditional technology we have out there" — new firmware-based attacks could usher in new era of unavoidable ransomware
May 13
- Samsung to adopt hybrid bonding for HBM4 memory
- Exclusive: Unreleased Phison E28 SSD beats the fastest SSDs on the market in new benchmark
- Flaw in Asus DriverHub makes utility vulnerable to remote code execution
- AI agents can be manipulated into giving away your crypto, according to Princeton researchers
- Nvidia to send 18,000 AI GPUs to Saudi Arabia's state-backed AI data centers in wake of cancelled export rules
- Intel "Xe4" and AMD "GFX13" codenames surface for next-gen 'Druid' GPUs
- RTX 5090 with Core 2 Duo? Nvidia driver change opens up bizarre system build options
- Zen 5 comes to small businesses: AMD unveils EPYC 4005-series processors
- Sandisk's new WD Black SN8100 claims to be the world's fastest NVMe SSD — 14,900MB/s read speeds and up to 8TB in capacity
- Nvidia and Mediatek's AI CPU may not see mass rollout until late 2026 — Asus, Dell, and Lenovo reportedly developing N1X desktops and laptops
- Linus Torvalds returns to a mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX Blues — the low-profile quiet keyboard lifestyle wasn't for him
- A 48GB dual-GPU Intel Arc B580 is reportedly in the works — Computex reveal rumored
- Gigabyte's leaky GPU problem continues, here's the thermal putty creep in action
- AMD says AM5 platforms can support CUDIMMs, but won't commit to a release date
- AMD RX 9060 XT leaked specs allege speedy 3.3 GHz GPU clock
May 12
- UK extends deadline for Qualcomm to make offer for Alphawave
- Asus reveals AMD B850 motherboard with custom 600W GPU slot and concealed connectors
- MSI to unveil desktop AI supercomputer at Computex 2025, powered by Nvidia DGX
- Nvidia adds Vulkan compatibility to Smooth Motion frame generation, complete with a boost for emulators
- US and China reach tentative trade deal — tariffs drop to 30% and 10%, respectively
- Asus RTX 5060 cards range between $340 and $410 in early Best Buy listings — That’s at least $40 above Nvidia’s MSRP
- Western Digital is investing in ceramic hard drive pioneer Cerabyte — company's nearly indestructible storage device gets a key backer
- The Lucky Miner USB stick is a $24 Bitcoin lottery ticket, with 210.7 trillion-to-one odds of mining a BTC block in a year
- GPU imports to Malaysia surge by 3,400% in 2025, raising alarm amid smuggling investigations
- U.S. inks bill to force geo-tracking tech for high-end gaming and AI GPUs
- Maxsun registers several Intel Arc B580 24GB models with the EEC
- Samsung launches the world's first 500Hz OLED gaming monitor for $1,300, with its burn-in-fighting heat pipes in tow
- This gilded ROG Astral RTX 5090 Dhahab Edition features actual 24k gold and could set you back $10,000
- Nvidia reportedly raises GPU prices by 10-15% as manufacturing costs surge — tariffs and TSMC price hikes filter down to retailers
May 11
- 'World's first' AMD GPU driven via USB3 — Tiny Corp tests eGPUs on Apple Silicon, Linux and Windows also supported
- Sandisk teases 'dynamite' new SSD controller dubbed Stargate
- Philips debuts 3D printable components to repair products
- Supercomputer beats human four sextillion to 13 in ‘Super Keisan Battle’ at Japanese tech show
- Unreleased RTX Titan Ada prototype showcased, 48GB VRAM, dual 16-pins — 'The biggest GPU I've ever held in my hand'
May 10
- Intel stealthily pulls the plug on Deep Link less than 5 years after launch
- Gigabyte incorporates 64MB BIOS chip on X870 motherboard to integrate the WiFi driver
- AMD RX 9060 XT GPU retailer listings start at $450
- AMD 6th Gen EPYC 9006 Venice CPUs reportedly offer up to 96 Zen 6 or 256 Zen 6c cores
- A new TikTok challenge has kids attempting to short-circuit school-issued Chromebooks
- Gigabyte's pressurized thermal pads lower SSD temperatures in M.2 slots by up to 12C
- Apple reportedly readies Baltra processors for AI servers
May 9
- Seagate on track for 100TB HDDs by 2030 — claims current top drive will triple in capacity in 5 years
- China's premier chipmaker SMIC faces chip yield woes as equipment maintenance and validation efforts stall
- Noctua NH-D15 G2 gains offset mounting bars for Arrow Lake CPUs to optimize cooling performance
- RISC-V makes its way into DeepComputing's $349 AI PC
- Lenovo's in-house Arm chip could rival Qualcomm and MediaTek, spotted in Yoga Pad Pro 2-in-1 convertible
- Nvidia readies cut-down HGX H20 GPU for China to comply with export control rules
- LegoGPT creates Lego designs using AI and text inputs — tool now available for free to the public
- Huawei's Kirin X90 may be the company's 'Apple Silicon' moment — Matebook Pro 2025 features in-house hardware and software
- Nvidia's RTX 5060 will launch without reviews since chipmaker opts not to supply press drivers to reviewers
- Nvidia RTX 5090 can crack an 8-digit passcode in just 3 hours — password cracking benchmarks show tremendous performance
May 8
- Chinese chipmaker readies 128-core, 512-thread CPU with AVX-512 and 16-channel DDR5-5600 support
- Cadence releases new AI supercomputer — uses Nvidia RTX Pro 6000 GPUs to improve simulation run time
- Former SK hynix employee transferred advanced chip packaging technologies to Huawei
- Startup trains AI models with gaming GPU setup under $100K
- RTX 5060 reviews are reportedly in jeopardy — Nvidia allegedly withholding pre-release drivers from reviewers
- HarmonyOS replacing Windows on Huawei laptops — delivers connectivity across the ecosystem
- Nvidia celebrates dumping of Biden-era AI chip export rules — simpler new policy promised
- Baidu developing AI-driven animal to human translator – Dr Doolittle plans revealed in patent application
- Alienware's new Aurora laptops are for gamers who crave some design subtlety
- Intel teases Arc Battlemage professional GPUs for Computex — Variants with 24GB of VRAM alleged
- Musk’s Colossus is fully operational with 200,000 GPUs backed by Tesla batteries — Phase 2 to consume 300 MW, enough to power 300,000 homes
- Nvidia reportedly halts RTX 5090D deliveries in China — undelivered orders canceled, GPU ban speculated
- After projecting losses of $1.5 billion, AMD CEO Lisa Su calls for a balance between export controls and national security
- Intel Arrow Lake processors bottleneck PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSDs by 16%, limiting peak speeds to 12GB/s instead of 14GB/s
- Intel’s XeSS 2 expands support to 10 new games, XeSS surpasses 200-game milestone
- ASML accelerates 50-football-fields-size mega expansion plans in the Netherlands
- Toshiba says Europe doesn't need 24TB HDDs, witholds beefy models from region
- Lenovo's new Legion 9i gaming laptop sports an 18-inch dual-mode 3D display and flagship specs
May 7
- Windows 10 support is ending — but End of 10 wants you to switch to Linux
- 3D X-DRAM aims for 10x capacity of today's memory — NEO Semiconductor's memory has up to 512 Gb per module
- Nintendo Switch 2's SoC die shot reveals 8x A78C cores, 1,536 Ampere shaders, and Samsung's 8N process
- Clippy resurrected as AI assistant — project turns infamous Microsoft mascot into LLM interface
- Raptor Lake instability saga continues as Intel releases 0x12F update to fix Vmin instability
- Tariffs could increase tech prices by up to 70% and reduce GDP by $69 billion according to CTA report
- Reviews show AMD's RX 9070 GRE trails the RTX 5070 in raster — ray tracing is on par, and it's $50 cheaper
- Asus ROG Ally 2 leaks with AMD Z2 Extreme CPU and 64GB RAM — black variant features a dedicated Xbox button
- Ampere sneaks out a 192-core CPU with 12-channel DDR5 memory
- AMD posts highest Q1 result ever — Strong CPU sales, but GPUs and gaming trail behind
- AI taught to analyze Windows crash dumps, released to open source — 'like going from hunting with a stone spear to using a guided missile'
May 6
- Microsoft will soon allow AI to change your Windows 11 settings
- New FPGA-powered 'laptop' is retro-inspired — OneChipBook-12 dev kit with a built-in display and mechanical keyboard
- Intel officially cuts Core Ultra 7 200-series desktop CPU prices by up to 25%
- Nvidia and MediaTek may unveil jointly developed 'N1' Arm chips for Windows PCs at Computex
- To combat counterfeit thermal paste, Arctic updates scratch-off QR code authentication
- Intel's Core Ultra 7 265K drops to $300 across various retailers
- 'World's First' encrypted 26TB hard disk debuts with diskAshur DT3 and DT2 models
- RTX 5060 launches May 19 on desktops and laptops, priced from $299 and $1,099, respectively
- My week with Linux: I'm dumping Windows for Ubuntu to see how it goes
- Sandy Bridge-era motherboard gets NVMe SSD boot support 12 years after launch — first new BIOS in a decade for decommissioned motherboard
- Nvidia to drop CUDA support for Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs with the next major Toolkit release
- Microsoft announces colorful new 12-inch Surface Pro and 13-inch Surface Laptop with Snapdragon X Plus
- Asetek’s key watercooling patent expires today as the company explores strategic options for cooling business
- Nvidia GPU tracking tech proposed by US lawmakers in smuggling crackdown
- Radeon RX 9060 XT listed by retailer in Brazil — 16GB triple fan model from Gigabyte detailed without pricing
- Nvidia warns U.S. AI hardware export rules could backfire, empowering Huawei to define global standards
May 5
- Arrow Lake die shot shows off the details of Intel's chiplet-based design
- $899 Dual-screen NBook Fly laptop gets 'upgraded' to a 2020-era Comet Lake Xeon CPU
- Windows 11 24H2 update is now automatically downloading on some PCs
- Microsoft finally retires Skype after 22 years of service
- Nvidia RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell appears online with an eye-watering price tag of over $11,000
- 10% surge in Taiwanese currency vs US dollar could hurt PC and components pricing
May 4
- Nvidia pitches Star Wars vs. Star Trek fans in May The Fourth RTX 5090 competition
- GPUs with 8GB of VRAM in 2025 are 'like bringing a butter knife to a gunfight' reckons Grok AI
- Amazon lists the unannounced WD Black SN8100 with 14.9 GB/s reads for $225 (1TB)
- Brain interface used to edit YouTube video — paralyzed Neuralink patient also uses AI to narrate with his own voice
- More compact Arm variants of Microsoft Surface Pro and Laptop lines leaked
May 3
- Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 8GB loses up to 10% performance when using PCIe 4.0
- Storage device boiled in salt water, then grilled in an oven as proof of durability — Cerabyte's glass storage media claimed to be ultra-rugged
- Dynatron coolers support up to 660W for Intel Diamond Rapids and AMD Venice CPUs
- Minecraft runs on 8MB of VRAM using a 20-year-old GPU
- Intel Arc Xe3 Celestial GPU enters pre-validation stage
May 2
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang scores his first base salary increase since 2015
- Energy use in a Kuwaiti city fell by over 50% after authorities cracked down on crypto mining
- Apple expects to source over 19 billion chips from U.S. factories this year
- Gaming desktop with a mobile CPU — Asus tries a different approach with the TUF Gaming T500
- Microsoft has no plans to fix Windows RDP bug that lets you log in with old passwords
- Nvidia's RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell 96GB graphics card benchmarked, specs allegedly confirmed
- Rockstar's hotly anticipated GTA VI delayed — dev confirms release now set for May 2026
- Nvidia RTX 50 GPUs make a small splash in the Steam Survey — AMD RX 9000 GPUs remain absent from the list
- Intel hedges its bet for High-NA EUV with the 14A process node — an alternate Low-NA technique has identical yield and design rules
- Microsoft makes passkeys the default authentication method for all new accounts
- Nvidia's CEO says China is not far behind the U.S. in AI capabilities
May 1
- Russia's Baikal has produced 85,000 of its CPUs since 2012, aims for more
- Intel IPO delivers better gaming performance than 200S Boost in user benchmarks
- Despite Nvidia claims, Chinese smugglers have used live lobsters and fake baby bumps to traffic electronics
- Boox debuts 23.5-inch color E ink monitor with 1800p resolution and $1,900 price tag
- Developer gets Linux running inside Microsoft Excel, 'mostly for fun'
- Tiny cooling fan-on-a-chip designed for phones to be deployed in AI data centers
- Wyze gets $255K tariff bill for $167K worth of floodlights
- Microsoft hikes prices of Xbox consoles, controllers, headsets, and games worldwide - cites market conditions and price of development
- 8BitDo backs down after blaming tariffs for suspension of China warehouse shipments to the U.S.
- UK company allegedly paid $4m in bribes to secure Microsoft data center construction contract
- Buffalo celebrates 50yr anniversary with a limited edition 'skeleton' transparent hard disk
- Tipster claims AMD's RX 9060 XT 8GB is planned to launch at Computex — Dismisses cancellation rumors
- TSMC SVP Kevin Zhang opens up on process technology development & evolving demands: Interview