Coherent’s New Texas Plant Replaces Copper With Light, Powering NVIDIA’s 576-GPU Vera Rubin Data Centers & The Silicon Photonics Era

Coherent, a key supplier of NVIDIA's AI stack, broke ground on its Texas facility , delivering the next generation of Optical solutions.

As demand for AI drives up the supply chain, NVIDIA and its partners are witnessing immense growth. One of these partners is Coherent, who have commenced the expansion of its wafer fabrication plant in Sherman, Texas.

In the presser, NVIDIA states that Coherent is responsible for making lasers, optical components, and compound semiconductors that wire AI systems together, essentially, Optical fabrics. With

An NVIDIA chip labeled 'GH200 H100 NVL' is positioned centrally within a complex cooling system.

GIGABYTE’s RTX 5090 AORUS Infinity Hits Micro Center At $5,299, Roughly 2.6X The Founders Edition Price

Another RTX 5090 card is selling at a premium price tag, confirming the recent price hikes on RTX 5090 GPUs.

NVIDIA RTX 50 series cards have definitely gotten expensive since launch. They took a long time to come down to normal prices last year, and right when the prices stabilized, the RAMpocalypse hit like a truck, resulting in a 20-30% price hike in a couple of months. While every SKU was affected, the flagship RTX 5090 GPU

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The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales Review – Channeling Zelda and Secret of Mana with Flawed Precision

The announcement of The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales last year was a welcome surprise. With the exception of Star Ocean: The Second Story R , Square Enix's impressive HD-2D engine was used for traditional turn-based games like the Octopath Travele r series and the remakes of the first three entries in the Dragon Quest series, or for a tactical RPG like Triangle Strategy , so the prospect of playing a top-down action RPG with HD-2D visuals felt enticing right from

In the game 'The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales,' characters are standing in front of a waterfall with text saying 'Lowelle: A cozy little place of joy.'
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Intel Wildcat Lake-Powered Dell XPS 13 Is Now Available, Starting At $599

One of the first Wildcat Lake-based laptops have started hitting the shelves for as low as $599.

Intel Wildcat Lake-powered Dell XPS 13 has officially launched , starting at a price tag of $599. We have been seeing various Wildcat Lake laptops listed for as low as $449 recently, and some listing for nearly $600, giving tough competition to the MacBook Neo. Today, with the launch of Dell XPS 13, users will have more options

Dell XPS 13 Laptop model DX13260 is shown with Series 3 Intel Core 5-320, 8GB LPDDR5X RAM, and 512GB SSD, available at $699.99 or $117/mo with options for upgrade and financing.
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Final Fantasy VII Revelation Holds the Answer Fans Have Argued Over Since 2020, as Hamaguchi Refuses to Spoil the Finale

When Final Fantasy VII Remake launched on PlayStation 4 in 2020, fans of the series wondered whether the trilogy was actually a sequel to the original , or just a simple remake. As the number of players asking this themselves has only increased since Square Enix released the first two entries in the series on PC , Xbox Series X|S , and Nintendo Switch 2 , it has become the core element of the debate surrounding the series. And Final Fantasy VII Revelation will finally provide the answer to this question,


Bungie Faces Rumored 50% Layoffs This Summer Even as Destiny 2 Climbs Back Into Steam’s Top 3 by Revenue

Just yesterday, we reported a rumor from French journalist Sylvain Trinel (BFM TV) that even PlayStation Studios would be affected by the latest wave of layoffs in the games industry, and now he has specifically named Bungie .

The studio, based in Bellevue, Washington, and known mainly for creating Halo and Destiny , might be about to hit hard, according to Trinel's sources :

And if that weren't enough, Bungie is expected to undergo massive layoffs this summer. I'm treading carefully here, but

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Square Enix Overhauls Final Fantasy Tactics With Patch 1.5, Yet Leaves The Most Requested War of the Lions Content Behind

Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles brought Square Enix’s excellent tactical role-playing game to PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and Nintendo Switch systems, with an impressive technical overhaul that has only grown more impressive with an "Enhanced" patch that introduces new features and options. Sadly, it did not bring what most fans would have wanted to see: the War of the Lions exclusive content.

The biggest addition of the new patch as detailed on the official patch notes is New


Black Myth: Wukong Outpaces FromSoftware’s Elden Ring to 30 Million Sales Nearly Two Years Ahead of Schedule

According to a document published recently by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China (CYL), Game Science's Black Myth: Wukong has now surpassed 30 million units sold , and it did so considerably faster than FromSoftware's Elden Ring, which took more than three years to get there .

Moreover, while domestic sales were massive, over half of the sales came from gamers outside China , underscoring the game's global appeal. The primary platform was PC via Steam, although the PlayStation 5

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Beast of Reincarnation – Everything We Know About Game Freak’s Mature Action RPG set in Post-Apocalyptic Japan

Beast of Reincarnation will be Game Freak's first non-Pokémon game since 2019's Little Town Hero and may well be the Japanese developer's most mature and complex game yet. It's set in a ruined future Japan and built around the bond between protagonist Emma and her canine companion, Koo. The studio described it as a “one-person, one-dog action RPG,” mixing demanding real-time combat with companion commands and a heavy emphasis on atmosphere,

Is The iPhone 18 Worth It Over The iPhone 17 For Siri AI Alone?

Apple’s WWDC 2026 saw the inception of Siri AI, with the entire feature set expected to arrive later this year when iOS 27 officially rolls out. While the revamped version comes with a decent number of features, is it a good idea to skip an iPhone 17 purchase over the iPhone 18 because of this? Here, we discuss whether or not Siri AI should make or break your future upgrade.

Any iPhone with 8GB RAM or more will immediately become a recipient of Siri AI