Intel wants to take on AMD in the handheld gaming PC market, preps Panther Lake chips
Roadmap includes Arrow Lake, Lunar Lake, and Panther Lake
SanDisk's new Gen5 SSD offers blistering 14,000 MB/s speeds at just 7W
Built on Western Digital's latest 3D BiCS8 NAND flash
Western Digital targets 100TB disk drives with HAMR and HDMR advancements
Roadmap for next-generation HDD technology
Arm wants to build its own chips, so it may be poaching from chip-making clients
"We don't build chips." Not yet, at least.
Intel's 18A found to be faster but TSMC's N2 is denser in process node showdown
Bottom line: Intel and TSMC are both gearing up to launch their respective 18A and N2 process nodes, each offering significant advancements. On one side, Intel claims 18A will deliver much higher generational performance gains. On the other, TSMC is emphasizing N2's impressive transistor density. But which one is truly superior? As it turns out, the answer isn't so straightforward.
Asus unveils NUC 15 Pro mini PC with Intel Core Ultra 200 CPUs and up to 96 GB of memory
Price and availability yet to be announced
SanDisk's new High Bandwidth Flash memory combines 3D NAND capacity with HBM-like bandwidth
Offers 8-16x more capacity per stack than current HBM implementations
What just happened? At its first big investor event since breaking off from Western Digital, SanDisk unveiled something it's been cooking up to take a bite out of the hot AI market. The company has a new memory architecture called high-bandwidth flash that fuses the massive storage capacity of 3D NAND with the kind of bandwidth offered by HBM.
AMD to unveil RX 9000 series February 28, leaked specs and prices emerge
Radeon RX 9070 XT might retail for $700
AMD debunks claims of 32GB Radeon RX 9070 XT variant
But will there be a different RDNA 4 card with 32GB of VRAM?
Samsung set to unveil tri-fold phone that transforms into 10-inch tablet
G-shaped tri-fold design opens into a 9.96-inch tablet display
Intel may team up with TSMC to strengthen US chip production
Meanwhile, Trump is pushing hard to bring semiconductor manufacturing back to the US
Nvidia confirms GeForce RTX 5070 Ti for February 20, beats 4080 Super in OpenCL benchmark
Vanilla RTX 5070 arrives March 5
Highly anticipated: Official announcements from Nvidia and AMD have set the stage for a mid-range GPU showdown in late February and early March. While technical specifications and release details for AMD's upcoming graphics cards are still forthcoming, Nvidia has fully revealed its plans for the RTX 5070 Ti and 5070. Expect TechSpot's review of the 5070 Ti once the review embargo lifts next week, on February 19.
Breakthrough 3D NAND flash etching technique could turbocharge SSD production
Cryogenic hydrogen fluoride plasma etches 3D NAND layers at least twice as fast
TSMC fast-tracks 3nm chip production in Arizona to counter potential Trump tariffs
Mass production of these chips could kick off as early as 2027
Apple now selling refurbished M4 MacBook Pros and Mac minis in the US and Europe
Full functionality at a reduced price
Breakthrough brings fiber optics to quantum computing, improving efficiency and reducing heat generation
It promises much better cooling
First report of an Nvidia RTX 5080 power connector melting emerges
Gamers Nexus' Steve is on the case
How CPUs are Designed and Built: Fundamentals of Computer Architecture
We all think of the CPU as the "brains" of a computer, but what does that actually mean? What is going on inside with the billions of transistors that make your computer work? In this four-part series, we'll be focusing on computer hardware design, covering the ins and outs of what makes a computer function.
Ryzen 9800X3D burns itself and motherboard while user was watching TV show
An isolated incident or something else?
PassMark records first-ever decline in CPU performance after 20 years of growth
TL;DR: PassMark has been aggregating CPU performance data for nearly two decades based on collective scores recorded through its benchmarking software. For the first time in 20 years, however, the data now shows an unexpected decline, shedding light on a potentially concerning trend in CPU performance.
Big monitor brands are stockpiling displays as a buffer against Trump's tariffs
The stockpile could be as large as 3 million units
Nvidia may delay RTX 5070 to March to boost stock and compete with AMD
Could Nvidia drop the RTX 5070's price?
AMD could be developing a 32GB RDNA 4 GPU: possible RTX 5090 rival or enterprise only?
Don't get your hopes up
OpenAI custom chip project aims to challenge Nvidia's dominance
Unconfirmed collaboration with Broadcom is quietly bearing fruit