New HAMR lasers could usher in 30TB+ HDDs, Seagate and Sony team up for production: Report
Seagate reportedly second sources heating lasers for HAMR heads from Sony. Seagate reportedly second sources heating lasers for…
Read MoreRaspberry Pi RP2040 spotted in super tiny unofficial Game Boy handheld
Elliot Coll shows off a cool tiny retrogaming handheld that features an RP2040 microprocessor with a design that…
Read MoreQualcomm reveals ‘Sound of Snapdragon’ audio logo — similar to Intel’s Jingle, Netflix’s ‘ta-dum’
Leading mobile chipmaker Qualcomm has announced that its Snapdragon brand has finally arrived in the audible realm. It…
Read MoreU.S. chip fab construction is among the slowest in the world — a complex web of regulations is to blame according to study
A research paper has concluded that the slow pace of fab construction in the U.S. is largely down…
Read MoreMicrosoft confirms four Xbox exclusives coming to PS5 and Switch, sees a future ‘Where every screen is an Xbox’
Facing industry rumors of Xbox bowing out ahead of leaked exclusives being ported, Microsoft Xbox executives double down…
Read MoreASML dethrones Applied Materials, becomes world’s largest fab tool maker: analyst
ASML’s revenues in calendar 2023 are by $3 billion dollars higher than Applied Materials’s revenue in 2023. ASML’s…
Read MoreThe best Presidents’ Day 2024 deals on gaming laptops, CPUs, gaming monitors, and more
Presidents’ Day weekend is here. Stock up on tech without breaking the bank, thanks to some of our…
Read MorePrototype LaserDisc HD media sells for $1,000 — despite disc rot and unknown contents
A very rare LaserDisc prototype has been sold on eBay for the eye-watering sum of $1,000. Yet there…
Read MoreASML explores Hyper-NA chipmaking tools as the next step in shrinking transistors — tools would debut in 2030, but significant technology and cost hurdles remain
ASML mulls Hyper-NA lithography with a higher than 0.7 numerical aperture in 2030s. ASML mulls Hyper-NA lithography with…
Read MoreExisting workarounds fail with new Windows 11 requirement that invalidates older CPUs — Microsoft’s PopCnt restriction appears to be unbreakable
PopCnt is a CPU instruction that will be required to run Windows 11 starting with 24H2. But unlike…
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