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Intel’s newest B580 GPU underperforms last-gen Arc Alchemist card in Linux benchmarks – likely due to early teething pains

Intel’s latest Arc Battlemage B580 performs well in Windows but seems to have room to grow in Linux, benchmarks by Phoronix show. The B580, released just last week, launched with fairly positive reviews across the spectrum, though Phoronix seems to be the first to compare how the B580 does in Linux compared to Windows. The… Read more

Hyte Keeb TKL Review: Unique aesthetic and ultra-smooth switches

Tom’s Hardware Verdict The Hyte Keeb TKL offers an impressive, enthusiast-level typing experience in a very unique package. Pros + Super smooth switches + Great sound-dampening + Unique bubble case aesthetic + Durable double-shot PBT keycaps Cons – Awful keycap legends – Rotary knob feels cheap / flimsy – No per-key RGB Why you can… Read more

Russia plans EUV chipmaking tools that it says will be cheaper and easier to build than ASML’s — country outlines new roadmap to smaller chips

Russia has unveiled a roadmap to develop its own lithography machines, aiming to create less costly and complex equipment than ASML’s systems, according to CNews. These machines will use lasers operating at a wavelength of 11.2 nanometers instead of the standard 13.5 nm used by ASML. This wavelength will be incompatible with existing EUV infrastructure and… Read more

Qualcomm says its Oryon CPU cores have 1% or less of Arm’s original technology — cores in Snapdragon X PC chips are almost entirely custom

Although Qualcomm’s Oryon general-purpose cores, found inside Snapdragon X processors are based on Arm’s Armv8 instruction set architecture (ISA), they use very little technology developed by Arm. This is according to Gerard Williams III, one of the lead developers behind Oryon and a variety of Apple’s processors, reports Reuters. “One percent or less,” said Williams when… Read more

Arm vs. Qualcomm trial begins — Arm demands that the patent-infringing Nuvia designs be destroyed

(Image credit: Shutterstock) The litigation between Arm and Qualcomm began this week and the companies exchanged the first salvo of shots in the courtroom. As expected, Arm accused Qualcomm of breaching the contract by releasing its Snapdragon X processors for PCs with general-purpose cores designed by Nuvia, while Qualcomm accused Arm of competing with its… Read more

China developing critical chipmaking supply chains — photoresist ecosystem emerges for ArF and KrF lasers

High-purity photoresists are essential for making chips on advanced production nodes. As China strides to build a self-sufficient semiconductor industry, it has to develop not only sophisticated chipmaking tools but also high-purity resists. In 2024, China made notable strides in photoresist development, supported by government initiatives and rising demand from local chipmakers, reports TrendForce. Semiconductor photoresists… Read more

Inno3D hints at Neural Rendering and Advanced DLSS technology for Nvidia’s next-gen RTX 50-series GPUs — DLSS 4 may debut with Blackwell

Inno3D’s press release for CES 2025 includes a few teasers for the AIB’s next-gen RTX 50 offerings next month and hints at a potential DLSS 4. The marketing material is extraordinarily vague and could be interpreted in many ways. However, Inno3D’s unique emphasis on AI and choice of words lead us to believe that Nvidia… Read more

China kicks off homegrown Bluetooth alternative — Star Flash is set to take over consumer electronics in the country

China is advancing towards developing “Star Flash,” a homegrown alternative to Bluetooth. According to a report by The Register, this initiative is part of a broader strategy to reduce reliance on foreign wireless communication technologies and establish proprietary standards. The Electronics Video Industry Association of China recently approved a standard for universal remote controls to… Read more

Elon Musk prioritizing humanoid robot advances, says TSMC CEO — TSMC will supply the chips if the price is right

Elon Musk has fingers in many high-tech pies, but the world’s richest man is now prioritizing advances in humanoid robotics, states TSMC’s CC Wei. The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TSMC shared this information nugget with delegates at the Taiwan National Science and Technology Conference on Monday, reports Electronics Weekly. Moreover, he told his… Read more

AMD Strix Halo-powered laptop appears at retailer — Asus ROG Flow Z13 2-in-1 laptop listed on Belarus website

A listing for an Asus ROG Flow Z13 GZ302EA-RU003W has appeared on the Belarusian eCommerce site algo.by, and its description says that it’s powered by an AMD Strix Halo (2024) processor. This makes it one of the first laptops to arrive equipped with an AMD Strix Halo chip—a processor expected to debut in a few… Read more

Seagate launches 32TB Exos M hard drive based on HAMR technology – Mozaic 3+ drives are the world’s first generally available HAMR HDDs

Seagate’s biggest-ever hard drive is finally here, coming with 32TB of capacity courtesy of the company’s new HAMR technology (via Expreview). It has almost been a year since Seagate said it had finally made a hard drive based on heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) technology using its new Mozaic 3+ platform. A HAMR HDD has long… Read more

Russia certifies homegrown Raspberry Pi-like computers for critical applications — Elbrus ES3 already used in nuclear facilities

According to a government decree, Russia’s critical information infrastructure facilities must transition to using Russian-made hardware and software systems by January 1, 2030. For now, Russia lacks domestically built high-performance hardware, so it has to certify pretty exotic solutions. This month, the country certified programmable controllers based on the Russian-made MCST Elbrus 2S3 processors, which… Read more

Nvidia’s new $249 AI development board promises 67 TOPS at half the price of the previous 40 TOPS model

Nvidia’s introducing a new development board that offers 70 percent more performance at half the price of its last-gen Jetson Orin Nano kit. Dubbed the Jetson Orin Nano Super, this new single-board computer promises 67 TOPS (total operations per second) for just $249 versus the 40 TOPs for $499 the prior board delivered. However, Nvidia… Read more

Nvidia RTX 5080 allegedly adopts faster 30 Gbps GDDR7 modules, delivering 960 GB/s of bandwidth — The remaining Blackwell lineup is expected to stick with slower 28 Gbps memory

Rumors suggest that Nvidia will launch the RTX 5080 with 30 Gbps GDDR7 memory, while the remaining Blackwell lineup will stick with slower 28 Gbps modules, via Benchlife as spotted by Harukaze on X. Do note that this also includes the flagship RTX 5090. Still, given the substantial disparities in CUDA core count and other… Read more

Nvidia has a fix for up to 15% gaming performance loss caused by the Nvidia App — disabling feature restores performance

Nvidia has written to Tom’s Hardware with an official response to the Nvidia App performance testing results shared by our graphics editor on Monday. In brief, it is aware of the issues and is working on fixes, but for now, it recommends a simple workaround. If you are experiencing an Nvidia App performance hit, it… Read more