Kirin 9030 shows how far China can stretch DUV without EUV
Published in Mobiles


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
Published in AI


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
Published in PC Hardware


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
Published in News


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
Published in PC Hardware


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.