ASML's planned Low-NA EUV machine price hikes reportedly anger TSMC
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Neural atom quantum computing roadmap — how laser-cooled trapped atoms could pave the path beyond physical qubit counts
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Tower Semiconductor revives shuttered Panasonic-era fab in $3 billion Japan photonics expansion — METI-backed plan targets $3.6 billion revenue by 2028
Premium Tower Semiconductor has announced a dual-track expansion of its 300mm silicon photonics, silicon germanium, and advanced packaging operations in Japan
Intel's big $5 billion bet on Ireland aims to right the wrongs of the cancelled Magdeburg, Germany complex
Premium The announcement comes just shy of a year after CEO Lip-Bu Tan cancelled Intel's planned €30 billion fab complex in Germany and a €4.6 billion assembly and test plant in Poland.
Reviews
MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk Wifi II motherboard review: Loses features from the original, but shaves a few dollars off the price
SI’s Z890 Tomahawk Wifi II trims a couple of connectivity features, but at its sub-$200 price, it’s still a reasonably equipped budget Z890 board.
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D review: A slower 7800X3D, but not necessarily a cheaper one
The 7700X3D is a 7800X3D with lower boost clock speeds, but it doesn’t deliver the same value as we’ve seen with previous versions of this segmentation.
Asus ROG Xreal R1 Review: Gaming-focused AR glasses deliver 240 Hz performance and RGB style
Asus throws in everything but the kitchen sink with the ROG Xreal R1, including a 240 Hz refresh rate and a breakout box for connecting to a PC or console.
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Best MicroSD Express Cards For The Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026
We’ve carefully chosen the best microSD Express cards to meet the needs and budgets of all Switch 2 owners, based on our detailed lab testing.
CPUs
AMD’s new Ryzen 7 7700X3D plummets to $279 days after launch
The Ryzen 7 7700X3D has suddenly become a solid value thanks to a $50 promo code, knocking its price down from $329 to just $279 on Newegg.
Graphics Cards
Nvidia and Japan unveil world's first national AI infrastructure
Nvidia today announced that it's working with Japan's Noetra Corp. to build a 140-megawatt AI factory packing 27,500 Rubin GPUs and 13,750 Vera CPUs.
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Neural atom quantum computing roadmap — how laser-cooled trapped atoms could pave the path beyond physical qubit counts
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PC Components
Strapping 11 fans and a 360mm AIO to an RTX 3080 sounds crazy until you see the 30°C temp drop
TrashBench recently decided to test whether adding more and more fans to a powerful GPU would improve its performance.
Desktops and PC Building
Budget smartphone market collapses under the weight of memory shortages
The global AI memory squeeze is pricing cheap phones out of existence and forcing mid-range devices to compromise on hardware.
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Memory chip boss admits RAM prices are 'abnormally high'
Memory chip prices must be reduced 'for the sake of semiconductor companies.'
‘Phantom Twist’ drone spins so fast that it is nearly invisible
Researchers from Northwestern University in Illinois have built a drone that rotates so fast it is cloaked by motion blur.
Samsung cuts hundreds of US consumer electronics jobs ahead of Texas HQ move
Samsung told Reuters that a majority of the affected New Jersey employees received relocation offers, while others were let go.
Russian drones spotted using screwed-on magnetic compasses as navigation aids
Russian drone troops are adding cheap magnetic compasses to help find their bearings. Crude add-on helps them find their bearings and locate their targets even without GPS.
Clever hacker fits 537,000 domains in a tiny $5 ESP32 ad-blocking dongle
This project uses a clever hashing trick to fit over half a million blocked domains into just 4MB of flash memory.
GTA 3 and Vice City are now playable inside San Andreas
A GTA modder has embedded GTA 3 and Vice City within San Andreas, even nesting Vice City within GTA 3, with all three games continuing to run simultaneously.
