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Next-generation 3D DRAM approaches reality as scientists achieve 120-layer stack using advanced deposition techniques

Researchers at imec and Ghent University have stacked 120 ultra-thin layers of silicon and silicon-germanium, a key step toward 3D DRAM. Using advanced epitaxial techniques, they controlled atomic strain to create a nanoscale “skyscraper” of memory, paving the way for denser, faster chips.

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Microsoft's Windows 95 release was 30 years ago today, the first time software was a pop culture smash

Microsoft’s momentous Windows 95 operating system became available to the public on this day 30 years ago.

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‘Still, you’re paying for dinner,’ Nvidia CEO shoots back after TSMC CEO jokes about his $4 trillion NT net worth

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is back in Taiwan for weighty negotiations with contract chipmaker TSMC, but still had some fun.

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AMD comments on burning AM5 sockets — chipmaker blames motherboard vendors for not following official BIOS guidelines

In a Q&A session, AMD claims the latest round of AM5 burnout/CPU failures is the result of overtuned BIOS settings set by its board partners. AMD's response is likely targeted at ASRock, which has struggled to fix problems related to CPU failures on its motherboards this year.

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Intel Lunar Lake-powered gaming handheld with 3D display will sell for $1,699 — 11-inch screen boasts WQXGA resolution and 120 Hz refresh rate

This massive handheld gaming console will let you play your games in 3D without needing glasses — but you’ll have to pay for the privilege.

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Nvidia GPUs and Fujitsu Arm CPUs will power Japan's next $750M zetta-scale supercomputer — FugakuNEXT aims to revolutionize AI-driven science and global research

Japan is investing over $750 million in FugakuNEXT, a zetta-scale supercomputer built by RIKEN and Fujitsu. Powered by FUJITSU-MONAKA3 CPUs and advanced accelerators, the system will integrate AI into scientific research, aiming to achieve performance 1,000× beyond current models.

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Lucky user finds 6TB of free SSD storage while dumpster diving — finder plans to use the six 1TB Samsung 850 Pro SSDs to download entire Steam library

Samsung 850 Pro SSDs may be old, but they’re still quite helpful in storing your Steam games and other easily replaceable data.

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Kioxia’s new 5TB, 64 GB/s flash module puts NAND toward the memory bus for AI GPUs — HBF prototype adopts familiar SSD form factor

Kioxia has prototyped a 5 TB flash module that delivers 64 GB/s over PCIe 6.0, utilizing a daisy-chain controller design and PAM4 signaling to scale bandwidth efficiently. While latency still lags behind DRAM, the breakthrough positions NAND as near-memory storage for AI and data-intensive workloads.

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Japanese city pushes two-hour daily smartphone limit to promote healthier sleep for its citizens, particularly school-age children

A city in central Japan is considering regulating smartphone use to improve the health of its citizens.

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Nvidia reportedly shows China-specific B30 chips with 80% of the performance of the standard Blackwell GPU to the U.S. government — Nvidia CEO says approval is still up in the air

Nvidia is still waiting for approval from the U.S. government to sell the B30 chip to China.

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Retailers quietly slash prices of AMD's and Intel's latest EPYC and Xeon CPUs by up to 50% — inexplicable price drops left unexplained

Despite soaring demand for server chips, AMD’s EPYC 9005 and Intel’s Xeon 6 CPUs are selling at U.S. retailers for up to 50% below their official list prices.

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3D printer maker SnapMaker raised a staggering $7.8 million on the first day of Kickstarter for its Affordable Tool Changer, breaking Bambu's record

The Snapmaker U1 raised $7.4 million, surpassing the Bambu Lab X1C record.

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Commodore raked in over $2 million during the new C64 Ultimate's debut week — roadmap will include three major releases a year

The new Commodore is already thriving with $2m in sales in the first week of the C64 Ultimate's debut.

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AMD unleashes the power of mobile Fire Range chips on a desktop PC motherboard — Ryzen 9 9955HX and Ryzen 9 9955HX3D debut on Aoostar board

Aoostar has launched the world’s first MoDT motherboard with AMD’s Ryzen 9 9955HX and 9955HX3D CPUs. Designed for desktops but powered by mobile chips, the mATX board offers PCIe Gen5, dual M.2 slots, and strong cooling—delivering near-desktop performance at a much lower cost, starting at $530.

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U.S. gov't will take a 9.9% ownership stake in Intel — Trump administration won't get a board seat and is set to serve as passive investor (Update)

The US government and Intel have come to a deal to give the US a 9.9% stake in the chipmaker's business.

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White House won't ask for ownership stake in TSMC or Micron in exchange for CHIPS Act funds — companies already investing more in the US expected to be exempt

CHIPS Act awardees that don’t expand their investment commitments might be asked to hand over some equity to the federal government.

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Noctua says Nvidia doesn't have enough dies to make big, brown, RTX 5090 — RTX 5090 Noctua Edition may never see the light of day

Noctua has opened up on the possibility of making an RTX 5090, claiming it wants to build an RTX 5090 Noctua Edition graphics card, but Nvidia does not have enough GB202 dies (currently) to make it a reality.

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Arch Linux continues to feel the force of a DDoS attack after two brutal weeks — attackers yet to be identified as project struggles to restore full service

The Arch Linux project team are working to mitigate the impact, while keeping details of who, why and how close to its chest

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AMD zapped with 16-pin power connector melting issue for the first time — Radeon RX 9070 XT paired with sub-par PSU gets singed

Redditor Savings_Opportunity3 reported that the 16-pin power connector on his ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Taichi OC graphics card had melted.

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Nvidia responds to reports that its H20 GPU for China is ending production — next-gen B30A green light "up to the United States government," according to CEO Jensen Huang

A new report claims that Nvidia might be winding down production of the China-only HGX H20 AI chip following claims that the chips is "unsafe" according to China's CAC.

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Trump mulls allocating $2B of CHIPS Act funds to boost U.S. critical minerals supply chain — move aims to reduce American dependence on China for its rare-earth needs

The White House wants to use the already existing CHIPS Act funds to invest in rare-earth mining.

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Dev plants kill switch in ex-employer's network that crashed servers and deleted files, gets four years in the slammer — kill switch triggered by dev's removal from Active Directory when fired

A software engineer called Davis Lu was sentenced to four years in prison for creating a kill switch in his former employer's network.

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AMD's already taken down mistakenly released FSR 4 source code, but the internet never forgets — forked Github repositories remain accessible

AMD has confirmed it didn't mean to leak FSR 4 source code, but with forks created and files already downloaded, it might not be able to do much to claw them back.

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RTX 5090 blower GPU sells for $5,999 at U.S. retailer — dual-slot design converts Blackwell gaming flagship into an AI workhorse

Graphics card manufacturer AFOX has launched the GeForce RTX 5090 32GB Professional, featuring a blower-style design, which is priced at $5,999 at a U.S. retailer.

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AMD accidentally marks FSR 4 open-source — source code reveals potential support for older Radeon GPUs

Screenshots of FSR 4 files accidentally published by AMD on GitHub reveal that the GPU maker was or is working on a second version of FSR 4 that works with older GPUs.

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