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Chipmaking industry pushes back on U.S. Patent Office considering imposing annual fee based on assessed value
A proposal to change the USPTO's fee structure from fixed rates to a percentage basis is facing resistance from the semiconductor industry.
Japanese PC shops limit SSD, HDD, and RAM purchases to prevent hoarding as storage and memory shortage takes hold
The impact of the massive AI demand for storage and memory is now hitting retail stores in Japan.
New DirectX7 emulation tool brings more games to Steam Deck, SteamOS, and other Linux distros through Vulkan
An independent developer has taken on the job of creating a spin-off version of DXVK that works with DirectX 7 games, bringing DX7 to Linux through emulation with Vulkan.
Investigators recover black boxes from UPS plane crash, detail data recovery process
The NTSB has successfully recovered the cockpit audio from the ill-fated UPS 2967.
SanDisk reportedly jacks up flash prices by 50% as memory makers cash in on AI-fueled demand
As AI datacenters scoop up limited wafer supply, both DRAM and flash prices skyrocket.
Samsung teases radical new modular SSD design with swappable NAND and SSD controller that can be detached independently
Samsung teases the AM9C1 E1.A Detachable AutoSSD and PM9E1 M.2 22x42 SSDs that will be revealed at CES 2026.
CPU collector peels the lid off a Soviet era ‘fish can’ chip to peer inside with multiple microscopes
A fascinating Soviet-era retro electronics artifact has been dissected and micrographed by a CPU collector.
