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Jobs eviscerated at Chinese Arm chip design firm in wake of restrictions from TSMC — lack of access to 7nm node could cause 150 employees to be laid off

Jobs eviscerated at Chinese Arm chip design firm in wake of restrictions from TSMC — lack of access to 7nm node could cause 150 employees to be laid off

Half of Hongjun Microelectronics Technology’s 300 workers might be fired after the server CPU firm lost access to TSMC’s 7nm node. Source

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Scientists develop the world’s first carbon-14 diamond battery, offering a 5,000-year lifespan — the device uses radioactive decay to generate low power levels

Scientists develop the world’s first carbon-14 diamond battery, offering a 5,000-year lifespan — the device uses radioactive decay to generate low power levels

A UK research team built carbon-14 diamond batteries that could potentially deliver power for thousands of years. Source

Continue Reading Scientists develop the world’s first carbon-14 diamond battery, offering a 5,000-year lifespan — the device uses radioactive decay to generate low power levels
Intel says Arc Xe4 Druid GPUs are already in the works — Software optimization is the only remaining step for Xe3 Celestial as it approaches launch with Panther Lake

Intel says Arc Xe4 Druid GPUs are already in the works — Software optimization is the only remaining step for Xe3 Celestial as it approaches launch with Panther Lake

Tom Peterson confirms that Intel's hardware division is working on Druid "Xe4" GPUs as the software team optimizes Celestial "Xe3" for launch next year. Source

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O.MG USB-C cable CT scan reveals sinister active electronics — contains a hidden antenna and another die embedded in the microcontroller

O.MG USB-C cable CT scan reveals sinister active electronics — contains a hidden antenna and another die embedded in the microcontroller

Lumafield CT scanned the O.MG USB-C cable and discovered hidden advanced electronics with a sinister purpose. Source

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AWS building ExaFLOPS-class supercomputer for AI with hundreds of thousands homegrown Trainium2 processors — AWS forges a path without Nvidia GPUs

AWS building ExaFLOPS-class supercomputer for AI with hundreds of thousands homegrown Trainium2 processors — AWS forges a path without Nvidia GPUs

Amazon to quadruple performance of its AI processors by late 2025 as it readies giant ExaFLOPS supercomputer for AI. Source

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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle requirements may put your PC in a museum — minimum requirements include a Core 7-10700K and a ray-tracing GPU

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle requirements may put your PC in a museum — minimum requirements include a Core 7-10700K and a ray-tracing GPU

System requirements for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle drop, revealing ray tracing and high-end CPU requirements. Source

Continue Reading Indiana Jones and the Great Circle requirements may put your PC in a museum — minimum requirements include a Core 7-10700K and a ray-tracing GPU
Intel's new Arc GPU gets naked in unsanctioned peep show — B580 has Nvidia Founders Edition-inspired cooler, BGM-G21 die surrounded by 20 Gbps GDDR6 memory

Intel's new Arc GPU gets naked in unsanctioned peep show — B580 has Nvidia Founders Edition-inspired cooler, BGM-G21 die surrounded by 20 Gbps GDDR6 memory

Intel didn’t shake things up too much with the B580, but one significant difference from the A750 and A770 indicates Chipzilla is following Nvidia’s lead. Source

Continue Reading Intel's new Arc GPU gets naked in unsanctioned peep show — B580 has Nvidia Founders Edition-inspired cooler, BGM-G21 die surrounded by 20 Gbps GDDR6 memory
The world's first Snapdragon X Elite mini-PC is in the works — Geekom teases new QS series mini-PCs with Snapdragon X Elite CPU

The world's first Snapdragon X Elite mini-PC is in the works — Geekom teases new QS series mini-PCs with Snapdragon X Elite CPU

A leak on Chinese social media platform Weibo showed the Geekom QS — a mini-PC powered by a Snapdragon X Elite chip. Source

Continue Reading The world's first Snapdragon X Elite mini-PC is in the works — Geekom teases new QS series mini-PCs with Snapdragon X Elite CPU
Microsoft reiterates that it will not lower Windows 11 requirements — A TPM 2.0 compatible CPU remains "non-negotiable" for all future Windows versions

Microsoft reiterates that it will not lower Windows 11 requirements — A TPM 2.0 compatible CPU remains "non-negotiable" for all future Windows versions

Microsoft has clarified that it will not lift the TPM 2.0 requirement for Windows 11 as Windows 10 approaches EOL. Source

Continue Reading Microsoft reiterates that it will not lower Windows 11 requirements — A TPM 2.0 compatible CPU remains "non-negotiable" for all future Windows versions