Kirin 9030 shows how far China can stretch DUV without EUV
SMIC sweats the details while Washington keeps the door shut
Huawei’s latest mobile chip, the Kirin 9030, is drawing attention because it shows the company can still ship years after Washington blocked access to EUV lithography.
Baltra is just another Apple chip to feed the inference beast
Custom silicon, same old dependency
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple's over-hyped server chip may be to provide the outfit with its own cloud AI silicon, which is getting too expensive.
Sapphire tells gamers to stop panic-buying and calm down
PR man reckons the RAM market will steady itself
Panic-buying PC hardware is getting silly, and Sapphire thinks gamers should put their wallets away and take a breath.
Microsoft finally bins RC4 after decades of pain
Ancient cypher meets its end after years of hacks and warnings
Software King of the World, Microsoft, is pulling the plug on RC4, an obsolete and leaky encryption cypher it has propped up by default for 26 years despite a trail of break-ins and public embarrassment.
KIOXIA introduces new EXCERIA G3 PCIe 5.0 M.2 NVMe SSD series
8th generation QLC flash for 10,000/9,600 MB/s performance
KIOXIA Europe has announced the new EXCERIA G3 SSD series, a value-oriented SSD lineup based on KIOXIA's own BiCS FLASH 8th generation QLC flash memory, allowing it to hit impressive performance without breaking the bank.
LG stuffs Copilot onto smart TVs
Forced webOS update leaves users stuck with Microsoft AI
LG has shoved Microsoft Copilot onto its smart TVs, leaving baffled owners staring at an app they never asked for and cannot remove.
Redmi Note 15 5G launch is coming soon
As Xiaomi teases its specifications ahead of launch
Xiaomi's Redmi has started teasing its upcoming global launch of the Redmi Note 15 5G smartphone, confirming some of the rumored specifications, including the 108MP main camera, 5,520mAh battery with 45W wired charging, and now Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 SoC.
Luminar’s self-driving gamble crashes into Chapter 11
Lost Volvo deal sends LiDAR hopeful into bankruptcy court
Luminar Technologies has run out of road, filing for bankruptcy after a key supply contract with Volvo Cars was pulled from under it.
Coreweave’s AI dream springs a leak
Rain, debt and mixed messages rattle the boom.
CoreWeave has managed to torch about $33 billion in market value in six weeks, which is quite a trick even by AI hype standards.
MSI MEG X870E GODLIKE X Edition Motherboard goes for $1,300/€1,259
Cream of the crop from MSI
MSI has started selling its flagship socket AM5 motherboard based on AMD's X870E chipset, the MSI MEG X870E GODLIKE X Edition. In Europe, the motherboard is listed at €1,259 (inc. VAT) and in the US, it goes for $1,299.99.