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Patent Hoarder Sues Acer, Asus, MSI and Lenovo for Video IP Infringement

By Anton Shilov published 4 August 22

VideoLabs sues PC makers over video processing patents infringement.

Intel Plans to Bring Wi-Fi 7 to Client Platforms by 2024

By Anton Shilov published 3 August 22

Wi-Fi 7 may make Ethernet obsolete already in 2024 if everything goes well.

Intel Serpent Canyon NUC Surfaces With Arc A770M, A730M GPUs

By Brandon Hill published 3 August 22

Intel's Serpent Canyon NUC 12 systems pair 12th Gen Alder Lake CPUs with Arc A-Series mobile GPUs.

TSMC Completes Construction of 5nm Fab 21 in Arizona

By Anton Shilov published 29 July 22

TSMC's Fab 21 in Arizona is almost ready for equipment move in.

Tuxedo Launches Liquid-Cooled Linux Laptop

By Anton Shilov published 15 July 22

Tuxedo adds Linux support to its Stellaris 15 Gen4 laptop.

China-Made 128-Core Arm Chip Takes Overall Performance Lead in Integer Workloads

By Anton Shilov published 14 July 22

Alibaba's 128-core T-Head Yitian 710 scores absolute record in SPEC CPU2017_int.

Intel Hires TSMC VP to Boost Contract Manufacturing Unit

By Anton Shilov published 8 July 22

Suk Lee to head Intel’s Ecosystem Technology Office.

Apple Announces MacBook Air M2 Availability Dates: Pre-Orders Start This Friday

By Anton Shilov published 6 July 22

Apple's next-generation M2 MacBook Air is coming to stores on July 15.

U.S. Wants ASML to Stop Selling Chipmaking Tools to China

By Anton Shilov published 5 July 22

Chinese semiconductor self-sufficiency plans threatened by new U.S. initiative.

World's First RISC-V Laptop Goes Up For Preorder

By Aaron Klotz published 3 July 22

Chinese organizations have announced the world's first RISC-V laptop called the ROMA, featuring a quad-core RISC-V CPU and up to 16GB of RAM.

TSMC to Hike Chip Prices in 2023

By Anton Shilov published 28 June 22

TSMC will reportedly increase chip prices by another 6% in 2023, which is less than earlier rumors indicated. This will help with expanding its foundry locations and capacities.

Intel Serpent Canyon NUC Wields Alder Lake CPU, Arc A770M GPU

By Zhiye Liu published 21 June 22

Baidu forum post reveals the renders and alleged specifications for Intel's NUC 12 (Serpent Canyon) mini-PCs.

Judge Dismisses Meltdown, Spectre Lawsuit Against Apple

By Anton Shilov published 9 June 22

Judge suggests you cannot you PC, smartphone makers for claims made before Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities.

TSMC: Chip Sales Set to Rise, But Expansion Plans Face Hurdles

By Anton Shilov published 8 June 22

TSMC confident of revenue increases, but Arizona fab costs are growing.

Dell Announces Threadripper 5000 Pro Workstations

By Aaron Klotz published 7 June 22

Dell has announced an all-new workstation chassis capable of housing AMD's Ryzen Threadripper 5000WX CPUs and up to twin Nvidia or AMD workstation GPUs.

Apple Reseller Lists Mac Mini With M2 CPU, Mac Mini Tower

By Mark Tyson published 5 June 22

Apple's WWDC22 keynote is tomorrow, and we expect some new Macs. However, this particular retailer has created 'joke' placeholder product pages before, so please add a pinch of salt.

Intel Arc A370M Laptop Preorders Start at $1,399, Shipping in July

By Zhiye Liu published 4 June 22

New Arc A370M-powered laptops from Lenovo and HP go up for preorders.

Loongson Gearing Up to Ship 16-Core CPUs

By Anton Shilov published 3 June 22

Loongson’s 16-core processors based on LoongArch are heading to servers.

Clevo Laptop with Flagship Arc Alchemist A770M GPU Spotted

By Anton Shilov published 2 June 22

Intel's flagship Arc Alchemist A770M GPU may be coming to laptops from the likes of Alienware, Eurocom, and Maingear.

Intel's Raptor Lake CPU Appears 20% Faster Than Core i9-12900K on UserBenchmark