Apple teases new Mac announcements coming next week – likely M4 MacBook Pros
M4 iMacs and Mac minis could also appear
Goodbye, floppies - San Francisco pays Hitachi $212 million to remove 5.25-inch disks from its light rail service
Part of a $700 million systems overhaul
Europe's highest court strikes down antitrust case against Intel for good
Hot Chips: The European Court of Justice, which is the European Union's version of the US Supreme Court, has upheld a previous decision to cancel a billion-dollar fine against Intel. The company didn't infringe EU antitrust laws with conditional rebates for CPU resellers; at least, there is no definitive proof it did.
Google Tensor G5 and G6 leaks point to redesigned core configurations and a new GPU
The Tensor G5 and G6 will power the Pixel 10 and Pixel 11, respectively
Intel and Samsung might be considering a foundry alliance to counter TSMC
Intel's foundry business struggles as Samsung continues to face yield rate issues
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Review: Arrow Lake is a Mess
Intel is ready to unveil its latest Core Ultra desktop CPU series. With a tile-based design, Arrow Lake marks a major architectural shift, aiming for improved performance and efficiency.
Nvidia fixes Blackwell chip flaw with help from TSMC, mass production back on schedule
The fault was entirely Nvidia's, CEO Jensen Huang admitted
Linus Torvalds is "fed up" with making kernel changes to address faulty hardware
"Let's put the onus on where the blame lies ... bad hardware"
A hot potato: Linus Torvalds is sick and tired of trying to "fix" Linux to work on Intel's faulty processors. In his view, Linux isn't broken, so why should he (and other FOSS developers) fix anything? Intel is the one with the problems. He vented his ire in a thread recently.
Kioxia set to show off pioneering DRAM, SCM, and 3D NAND tech
All in the early stages, but they sound promising
AMD Ryzen Z2 specs leak, flagship may bring 16 RDNA 3.5 CUs to future handheld PCs (updated)
The Z2 Extreme won't use AMD's impressive 890M iGPU
Raspberry Pi launches NVMe M.2 SSDs starting at $30
Another great use case for the PCIe port
Microsoft updates Xbox wireless headset with Dolby Atmos, improved battery, and more for $110
20-hour battery life and no more $15 fee for Dolby Atmos
In a shocking move, Arm cancels Qualcomm's license to manufacture Snapdragon chips
Qualcomm is almost entirely dependent on those licenses for its products
What just happened? The long-simmering battle between British chip designer Arm and American semiconductor superstar Qualcomm has just reached a boiling point. Arm has now given Qualcomm notice that it is terminating the license allowing Qualcomm to create its own chips based on Arm's intellectual property.
Qualcomm accelerates automotive AI with Snapdragon's latest chips
Snapdragon Cockpit Elite and Snapdragon Ride Elite announced
Intel's mysterious Arc 140T GPU teases massive performance leap over current offerings
A 60% performance boost over the Arc 140V
Qualcomm touts Snapdragon 8 Elite chip's massive performance gains and AI capabilities
Impressive benchmarks, but we're reserving judgment until independent tests are performed
AMD X870/X870E Motherboard Roundup: 21 Motherboards Tested
After a month of in-depth testing, we've reviewed 21 AMD X870/X870E motherboards. From affordable to high-end, this roundup will help you decide which model is worth your investment despite the high prices.
New attack methods work against Spectre mitigations in modern PC CPUs
Speculation barriers don't work as intended
Facepalm: Spectre-based flaws are still causing some security issues in recent Intel and AMD CPUs. A newly developed attack can bypass protection "barriers" OEMs added to avoid personal data leakage. However, microcode and system updates should already be available for affected systems.
TSMC admits it can't produce enough AI chips as demand outpaces supply
The chipmaker is doubling CoWoS capacity year-over-year through 2026, but it won't be enough
Intel "Raptor Lake Refresh" mobile CPUs leak with up to 14 cores and 5.8GHz boost speed
Laptops powered by these chips could release in early 2025
Intel could have beaten AMD to 64-bit transition but wrongly chose not to, engineers reveal
The company was too focused on Itanium business prospects back in the day
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition is thinner, lighter and gets larger screens
But you probably won't be able to find one
The $120,000 Titan A900 crams 6TB of RAM into what's quite possibly the world's most powerful desktop PC
The top-tier model includes a 256-core server processor
AMD confirms one Ryzen 9000X3D CPU arrives on November 7
Teaser aims to disrupt Intel's Arrow Lake launch