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Applied Materials: Chinese Chip Firms May Tune Nodes to Avoid U.S. Sanctions

By Anton Shilov published 18 November 22

U.S. curbs against Chinese semiconductor sector will cost Applied Materials around 10% of revenue.

FCC Holds ISPs' Feet to the Fire With Broadband 'Nutrition Labels'

By Brandon Hill published 18 November 22

The FCC has instituted new broadband "nutrition labels," forcing ISPs to be more transparent about services offered.

Radxa And OKdo Reveal RK3588-powered ROCK 5 Board

By Ian Evenden published 18 November 22

Radxa and OKdo have revealed the ROCK 5 board, which can output 8K video at 60fps.

Raspberry Pi Pico Powers Radio Transmitter

By Ash Hill published 18 November 22

Hunter Adams is using a Raspberry Pi Pico to drive his AM Radio transmitter project.

15 Year Old Passive Cooler Keeps Intel Arc A380 Silent

By Mark Tyson published 18 November 22

Intel’s Arc A380 gets the passive treatment using a vintage Arctic Accelero S1 GPU cooler. Fully Silent PCs, the system maker, says he will follow up with some test data in due course.

MycelioTronics Wants to Create PCBs From Fungi

By Francisco Pires published 18 November 22

A recipe for future electronics

Arm SoCs to Grab 30% of PC Market by 2026: Analyst

By Anton Shilov published 18 November 22

Arm could seize 50% of the cloud server, and 30% of PC markets in four years, says Canalys.

New Intel Driver Delivers Up To 8 Percent Performance Uplift On Arc GPUs

By Aaron Klotz published 17 November 22

Intel has released a brand new graphics driver that introduces a plethora of new performance optimizations for several new games and features several more bug fixes.

TSA Found a Double-Edged Knife Hidden in a Gaming Laptop

By Andrew E. Freedman published 17 November 22

TSA agents found a knife affixed inside a laptop going through security at Richmond International Airport in Virginia.

China-Made Moore Thread GPU Can’t Match RTX 3060

By Aaron Klotz published 17 November 22

Driver maturity is supposedly to blame

Nvidia's GeForce RTX 4050 Spotted in Laptop Benchmark

By Anton Shilov published 17 November 22

Raptor Lake meets Ada Lovelace in Samsung's Galaxy Book Pro.

Egyptian hieroglyphics, one suspiciously apple-shaped

Apple Silicon Supports 48-Year-Old Intel 8080 via Secret Extension

By Ian Evenden published 17 November 22

An investigation into Apple's Rosetta 2 uncovered a barely-used function dating back 50 years.

Scalpers Selling RTX 4080 for Over $1,600 Day After Launch

By Brandon Hill published 17 November 22

Scalpers are selling the GeForce RTX 4080 for $1,600 to $2,000.

AOC Expands Agon 5 Line With Pair of 27-Inch 240 Hz QHD Gaming Monitors

By Mark Tyson published 17 November 22

AOC’s newest Agon 5 monitors use 27-inch 1440p screens, one with a QD-IPS panel and the other with a VA panel. Performance highlights include 240 Hz refresh rates and 1 ms GtG response times.