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China's new semiconductor rule spares Taiwan fabs, punishes Intel, GlobalFoundries & Texas Instruments

China now considers wafer fabrication location as origin of chips, no matter where they were packaged or developed, which is good news for those outsourcing to Taiwan, but bad news for those who manufacture in America.

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Intel's performance-enhancing IPO program debuts in gaming PCs across China — overclocked performance with full warranty

Pre-built systems in China are now arriving with Intel's IPO profiles, designed to enhance performance without voiding your warranty.

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Custom MSI RTX 5060 Ti models surface with 16-pin power connectors and PCIe 5.0 x8

VideoCardz leaks renders of MSI's upcoming GeForce RTX 5060 Ti graphics cards.

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Elon Musk’s xAI allegedly uses 'illegal' generators to power Colossus supercomputer facility

xAI has reportedly built a 420 MW power facility to power the Colossus supercomputer that is set to expand to 200,000 GPUs and beyond. It's using more portable generators than it has permits for, but the suggested $25,000 per day fine is effectively meaningless.

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Researchers make breakthrough in cleaning up the 'forever chemicals' used in chip manufacturing

Monash University has developed a water filter to catch PFAS used in chip manufacturing and other industries. The chip industry has been lobbying for years against any progress on legislating PFAS-use.

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Cooling chips with lasers: Innovative cooling method removes heat precisely from hot spots, recycles heat into energy

A startup is developing a laser-based cooling system using ultrapure gallium arsenide plates to target chip hotspots, but at high costs.

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Chinese project aims to run RISC-V code on AMD Zen processors

A new contest inspired by Google's Zentool challenges developers to modify AMD Zen CPU microcode to run RISC-V programs natively, but experts argue the goal is unfeasible.

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Rare Steam Deck prototype sold for $2,000 on eBay — Features a 6-year-old AMD Picasso APU with Zen+ and Vega

A Steam Deck prototype has seemingly been sold for $2,000 on eBay, shown to feature different silicon than the retail units we have today.

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Nvidia RTX 5090 apparently handles DirectStorage GPU decompression better than RTX 4090

Benchmarks of Nvidia's RTX 5090 in two games using DirectStorage GPU decompression reveal that the GPU has better performance consistency when toggling between CPU and GPU decompression compared to the RTX 4090.

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Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan has invested in 600 Chinese firms, some linked to the Chinese military

Intel's CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in Chinese companies linked to the military and surveillance sectors, raising national security questions amid Intel's ties with the U.S. defense industry.

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PC manufacturers race ahead of tariffs with rush shipments, Q1 market share booms as a result

Data from Canalys and International Data Corporation (IDC) suggest 2025 Q1 PC shipment increases are likely due to manufacturers striving to avoid initial tariff impacts.

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Windows Update drops empty 'intepub' folder in system, leaves users scratching heads after April update

Computer security researchers have been left scratching their heads after applying Microsoft’s latest raft of Patch Tuesday updates - as an 'inetpub' folder has been left behind.

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Leaked Geekbench results show RTX 5060 Ti 14% faster than Nvidia's previous gen — Matches aging 3070 Ti

We have the first leaked benchmarks of Nvidia's upcoming budget RTX 5060 Ti, which is reported to launch in 8GB/16GB capacities.

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RTX 50 series GPUs selling below market price at Walmart returns aisle, multiple customers score great deals

Some folks were able to score RTX 50 series GPUs with deep discounts from Walmart.

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Trump reportedly suspends Nvidia H20 export ban plan after $1 million dinner with Jensen Huang

U.S. gov't no longer plans to curb sales of Nvidia's H20 to China after Trump and Huang met in Mar-a-Lago to discuss Nvidia's investments in U.S.

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U.S. tariffs to heavily impact HDD and SSD manufacturers, increasing costs

U.S. tariffs are reshaping the global storage industry, hitting HDD and SSD makers the hardest due to their complex supply chain.

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AMD quietly announces Ryzen 8000HX series — Dragon Range Refresh arrives to replace AMD's top laptop CPUs

AMD has announced its Ryzen 8000HX line of processors, codenamed Dragon Range Refresh. The premium laptop processors will launch with products soon.

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Trump pauses most global tariffs for 90 days but increases China tariffs to 125%

Trump says that he's suspending reciprocal tariffs on 75 countries, except for China, which gets even more import taxes.

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Are gaming GPUs subject to new U.S. tariffs? It isn't entirely clear yet

Graphics cards, motherboards, and other PC parts may soon see steep price hikes as new U.S. tariffs of up to 104% target imports from China and Taiwan.

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Trump tariffs will hit consoles, monitors, and laptops hardest — U.S. imports 66% or more from China

The U.S. imports 66% or more of several electronic consumer goods from China, and they're about to become more expensive.

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AI costs drop 280-fold, but harmful incidents rise 56% in last year — Stanford 2025 AI report highlights China-US competition

Stanford's 2025 AI Index Report finds several key takeaways on the state of the AI sphere in 2025, including its rapid growth and causes for concern.

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China retaliates with 84% tariff on US imports in response to Trump's 104% tariff

Beijing hit back against Trump's 104% tariffs by increasing its own taxes on U.S. imports to 84%.

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AMD Zen 5 CPUs also affected by microcode vulnerability — Granite Ridge, Turin, Ryzen AI 300, and Fire Range at risk

A vulnerability targeting AMD CPUs that can execute unsigned microcode on your processor also affects AMD's Zen 5.

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Corsair confirms the slight wiggle room in its 16-pin connectors for Nvidia GPUs is by design

Corsair says the added play improves terminal alignment and reduces wear.

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