Bureaucracy and distance mean TSMC’s U.S. fabs may always be behind Taiwan
TSMC says it is close to impossible to ramp up a leading-edge node in the U.S. and bureaucracy…
PCIe standards group releases draft specification for PCIe 7.0 — full release expected in 2025
PCI-SIG just released PCIe 7.0 specifications draft version 0.7, and it expects to finalize the standard this year.…
Apple joins UALink Consortium for open-standard AI accelerator interconnections
Apple could be finally entering AI hardware game as it joins UALink development. Apple could be finally entering…
TSMC’s Arizona Fab 21 mass produces 4nm chips at a higher price than Taiwan
TSMC confirms Arizona Fab 21 is making chips in volume, charges higher prices than Taiwanese fabs. TSMC confirms…
China investigates whether CHIPS and Science Act harms its chip companies
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce alleges that U.S. subsidies to semiconductor industry harm government-funded Chinese chipmakers. The Chinese…
Nvidia’s RTX 5090, 5080 reportedly have the same L1 cache size per SM compared to RTX 4090, 4080
L1 and L2 cache specs have been revealed for the RTX 5090 and 5080 featuring only a minor…
Cooler Master’s tiny NCore 100 Max SFF ITX case hits an all-time low on Amazon
Pick up Cooler Master’s small form-factor NCore 100 Max PC case for an all-time low price. Pick up…
Maker turns Raspberry Pi into a wireless USB flash drive for an embroidery machine
The Feral Engineer has created a wireless USB flash drive for his embroidery machine to avoid plugging a…
G.Skill releases DDR5-6400 C30 96GB memory kit — 64GB and 48GB kits are also in the works
G.Skill has launched new low-latency and large-capacity DDR5-6400 CL30 96GB (2x48GB) memory kits. G.Skill has launched new low-latency…
China-tailored RTX 5090D has AI and cryptomining limiters — multi-GPU config is also locked
Nvidia has purportedly disabled overclocking and multi-GPU support on the RTX 5090D to ensure its performance does not…