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Three senior Intel Foundry executives are retiring as part of a major leadership reshuffle amid restructuring and uncertainty over the 14A process.

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Meant for budget student laptops, the OS will no longer receive updates or support

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Apple is playing catch-up with AI

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MLPerf Client 1.0 has just been released with some big improvements over the prior version 0.6 benchmarking tool.

Microsoft

Microsoft follows Nvidia's lead, surpasses $4 trillion market capitalization on soaring demand for cloud services, multi-front AI endeavors

Anton Shilov published 31 July 25

AI and Azure drive Microsoft's market cap.

Intel Core CPU

Intel quietly rolls out 'new' Core 5 CPUs that look suspiciously like 12th Gen chips

Zhiye Liu published 31 July 25

Intel has launched the Core 5 120 and Core 5 120F, two processors with silicon that seems to belong to the chipmaker's previous Alder / Raptor Lake lineup.

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Polaris still enjoys Linux support, both from the code and its creator

Samsung

Samsung reportedly slashes HBM3 prices to woo Nvidia

Hassam Nasir published 31 July 25

High bandwidth memory could be the savior.

GTX 1080 Ti

Nvidia confirms end of Game Ready driver support for Maxwell and Pascal GPUs

Jeffrey Kampman published 31 July 25

End of the line for a wide range of iconic graphics cards

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China raises security concerns over Nvidia's H20 Chips

Anton Shilov published 31 July 25

China has raised security concerns over Nvidia’s H20 GPU shortly after a U.S. export ban was lifted, signaling potential political pushback against American hardware.

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'Metal Gear Solid' and 'Resident Evil' actors to host Future Games Show at Gamescom

The Editors of Tom's Hardware published 30 July 25

The Future Games Show has picked video game actors David Hayter and Maggie Robertson to host its showcase at Gamescom on August 20.

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Three senior Intel Foundry executives are retiring as part of a major leadership reshuffle amid restructuring and uncertainty over the 14A process. — Three senior execs to retire from Intel Foundry, including respected semiconductor veteran Gary Patton Three senior Intel Foundry executives are retiring as part of a major leadership reshuffle amid restructuring and uncertainty over the 14A process.

SK hynix has overtaken Samsung as the world’s top memory maker in Q2 2025, driven by surging HBM demand from AI accelerators. With over 60% HBM market share and record profits, Hynix signals a shift from commodity DRAM to advanced, AI-optimized memory leadership. — SK hynix dethrones Samsung to become world's top-selling memory maker for the first time SK hynix has overtaken Samsung as the world’s top memory maker in Q2 2025, driven by surging HBM demand from AI accelerators. With over 60% HBM market share and record profits, Hynix signals a shift from commodity DRAM to advanced, AI-optimized memory leadership.

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