A secret laboratory in China has quietly assembled a prototype extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography system and is now testing it stealthily, which means that the country may be close to replicating the most advanced technology that currently exists on Earth, reports Reuters .
The tool was reportedly developed by reverse engineering existing scanners from ASML and is said to be on-track to make prototype
Texas Instruments just started producing 300mm wafers at its Sherman, Texas facility, as SM1, the first of four fabs, have come online. According to the company’s press release , it has started delivering chips from this site to its customers and that’s it’s ready to ramp up output to tens of millions of chips
With the reintroduction of the Steam Machine , DIY enthusiasts have been having fun making their own versions of Valve 's console, often using standard PC components and Bazzite ; a Fedora-based distro that resembles Valve's own SteamOS. However, this latest homebrewed Steam Machine creation is quite unique. Handheld/SFF enthusiast YouTube Channel ETA Prime showed off
The outlook for the DRAM market is looking grim, at least for PC enthusiasts; not so much for Micron, which announced record revenues in DRAM and NAND in its first earnings call since killing its Crucial consumer brand . In the call, where Micron detailed its financials for the first quarter of fiscal 2026, CEO, Chairman, and President Sanjay Mehrotra
Our friend Michael over at Phoronix spotted today that Intel's XPU Manager 1.3.5 now includes explicit support for Intel's "BMG-G31," marking another software-level confirmation that Intel's larger "Big Battlemage" die is in active development and driver testing. This sort of entry in an Intel-
Global sales of semiconductor manufacturing tools are set to climb through at least 2027 due to increasing demand for chips by the AI sector as well as continued growth in China that strives for semiconductor self sufficiency, reports SEMI, an organization that unites different companies across the semiconductor supply chain.
Sales of semiconductor production tools — including wafer fab equipment (WFE),
AMD is reportedly planning a Ryzen 9000X3D refresh for CES 2026, possibly in the form of two SKUs: a dual-cache Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 and a relatively modest Ryzen 7 9850X3D, the successor to the current-gen 9800X3
Rapidus, which positions itself as a vertically integrated chipmaker that offers both front-end semiconductor production and back-end packaging, plans to discuss its efforts in the field of panel-level packaging (PLP) on glass substrates at SEMICON Japan event this week, reports Nikkei . Panel-level packaging on glass substrates is among the most advanced chip packaging technologies that is
Choosing the right CPU is critical when you’re building a new PC . If you’re wondering which CPU to buy, our CPU benchmark hierarchy goes in-depth on our latest benchmark results, and our roundup of the best CPUs for gaming
While the traditional computer monitor is a tried-and-true standard, many who use screens insist on a higher standard of readability and eye comfort. For these happy few screen enthusiasts, a recent project and tutorial from software engineer Alireza Alavi offers Linux users the ability to add an E-ink display to their desktop by reusing an existing E-ink tablet