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Arm aims to capture 50% of data center CPU market in 2025

Arm Holdings hopes to increase its share of the global data center CPU market from 15% to 50% by the end of 2025. Mohamed Awad, senior vice president of infrastructure at Arm, made the claim in an interview with Reuters. The company pins its hopes primarily on AI servers, so consider offerings like Nvidia’s GB200… Read more

Lip-Bu Tan’s first speech as Intel CEO focuses on innovation and working with foundry customers

(Image credit: Intel Business / YouTube) Recently appointed Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan made his first keynote at Intel Vision 2025, where he said he will focus on earning customer trust and catering to their needs and demands. This change in the chipmaking giant’s mindset began with former CEO Pat Gelsinger’s IDM 2.0 plan, and Mr…. Read more

Intel announces 18A process node has entered risk production — crucial milestone comes as company ramps to Panther Lake chips

(Image credit: Intel) At its Vision 2025 conference, Intel announced today that it has entered risk production of its 18A process node. This crucial production milestone signifies that the node is now in the early stages of low-volume test manufacturing runs. Intel’s Kevin O’Buckley, the Senior Vice President of Foundry Services, made the announcement as… Read more

Rapidus to begin trial production of its 2nm process this month — Japan gets closer to cutting-edge silicon manufacturing

(Image credit: Rapidus) Japan’s government-backed chipmaker Rapidus has begun adjusting equipment in order to start test production of wafers later this month. The company, which aims to begin high-volume production on its 2nm-class process technology by 2027, plans to complete the first test wafers by July, according to Bloomberg. After that, the company intends to… Read more

Retailer clarifies RTX 5090 ‘B-stock’ listing with missing ROPs was a system error

German tech retailer Alternate has explained a controversial recent listing on its website for an RTX 5090 with missing ROPs. On the site it was classified as “B-stock” that, despite the apparent defect, was being sold for more than the graphic card model’s MSRP. The online store confirmed has now that this GPU was part… Read more

Asus drops teaser for Xbox ‘Keenan’ handheld — reveals sneak peek days before Switch 2 launch

Rumors about an Xbox handheld have been flying around, and Asus just fanned the flames a bit more by dropping a teaser on its X (formerly Twitter) account. The video shows an animated robot programming improvements on a terminal for itself. Just as it was about to implement the changes, a device that looks like… Read more

Snapdragon X exclusive Copilot+ features begin trickling through to modern x86 Windows 11 PCs

Microsoft has announced that several Windows 11 Copilot+ AI features are graduating from Snapdragon X exclusivity to AMD Ryzen AI 300 series and Intel Core Ultra 200V PCs. On Monday it began its expanded roll-out of features like Live Captions, Cocreator, Restyle Image, and Image Creator – so they will be available on modern AMD… Read more

PNY CS2150 2TB SSD review: More ‘budget’ PCIe 5.0 SSD goodness

Tom’s Hardware Verdict The PNY CS2150 is another great budget PCIe 5.0 SSD with good all-around performance and high power efficiency. Pros + Strong all-around performance + High power efficiency + Cool-running for a PCIe 5.0 SSD Cons – Very limited capacity range – Pricing Why you can trust Tom’s Hardware Our expert reviewers spend… Read more

Some Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs are allegedly dying prematurely — over 100 cases documented based on user feedback

The Ryzen 7 9800X3D, regarded as one of the best CPUs, has captured the attention of gamers seeking to upgrade their gaming rigs. However, AMD’s 3D V-Cache chip has also sparked another discussion, as user feedback regarding premature failures on Reddit (courtesy of natty_overlord) has grown to over 100 cases. The first cases of the… Read more

Micron confirms memory price hikes as AI and data center demand surges

Micron has confirmed its plans to raise memory prices, citing strong demand for DRAM and NAND flash in the years ahead. The company’s latest announcement suggests that prices will continue to rise through 2025 and 2026 as supply constraints and growing demand from AI, data centers, and consumer electronics drive up costs. The price hike… Read more

Acer Predator X32 X2 and X27U X1 gaming monitors debut with 240 Hz QD-OLED panels

(Image credit: Acer) Acer’s lineup of QD-OLED gaming monitors is growing with the addition of the Predator X32 X2 and X27U X1. Quantum Dot paired with OLED panels can produce more vibrant colors and higher peak brightness levels than WOLED monitors, and Acer is taking full advantage of these new entries. The Predator X32 X2… Read more

PC enthusiast delidded a 9950X3D using fishing line and a clothes iron

A PC overclocking enthusiast says that they successfully delidded their AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D with just a length of fishing line and a clothes iron. VideoCardz spotted Redditor UserBhoss asserting that the operation went smoothly, and that they saved $60 and the waiting time that ordering a Thermal Grizzly Delid Die Mate would have required…. Read more

CrystalMark Retro 2.0.0 brings retro benchmarking to systems from Windows 95 to Windows 11

Crystal Dew World has released a major update to its retro Windows benchmarking tool. The updated CrystalMark Retro 2.0.0 was made available today, as freeware, and the major change here is that its scope has been extended to cover Windows 95/98/Me systems. Previously, it wasn’t quite so retro, as compatibility only reached as far back… Read more

Game developers urge Nvidia RTX 30 and 40 series owners rollback to December 2024 driver after recent RTX 50-centric release issues

Nvidia RTX 40-series GPU owners continue to face system stability issues, with reports of blue screen crashes (BSODs), system instability, and game-breaking bugs. While many users have been frustrated by these problems, Nvidia’s apparent primary focus on its new RTX 50-series cards has only added to their concerns. Now, a new issue has surfaced (via… Read more

Can Earthquake in Myanmar disrupt PC hardware production? Manufacturers are checking out

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on Friday, March 28, shaking neighboring countries including Thailand, China and Vietnam — and came close to shaking up the technology industry. Thailand and Vietnam are major production sites for companies like Intel, Seagate, and Western Digital. So far, these companies have not reported on damages and supply disruptions in… Read more