Hardware
- Chinese company develops 65nm-capable lithography machine for domestic chipmaking — system still trails behind TSMC and Nikon, thoughwww.tomshardware.com Chinese company develops 65nm-capable lithography machine for domestic chipmaking — system still trails behind TSMC and Nikon, though
But nobody knows the name of this company.
> But nobody knows the name of this company.
- It's AMD vs Nvidia and raster vs ray tracing in this battle of the best sub-$2,000 gaming PC. So, RX 7900 XTX or RTX 4080 Super?www.pcgamer.com It's AMD vs Nvidia and raster vs ray tracing in this battle of the best sub-$2,000 gaming PC. So, RX 7900 XTX or RTX 4080 Super?
Do you want better raster performance or a more well-rounded ecosystem?
> Do you want better raster performance or a more well-rounded ecosystem?
- 71-TiB NAS with twenty-four 4TB drives hasn't had a single drive failure for ten years — owner outlines key approaches to assure HDD longevitywww.tomshardware.com 71-TiB NAS with twenty-four 4TB drives hasn't had a single drive failure for ten years — owner outlines key approaches to assure HDD longevity
Turning off your NAS will save on electric costs and save your hard drives.
> Turning off your NAS will save on electric costs and save your hard drives.
- Crucial MX500 SSD firmware susceptible to buffer overflow security vulnerabilitywww.tomshardware.com Crucial MX500 SSD firmware susceptible to buffer overflow security vulnerability
MX500 SSDs can be exploited through buffer overflow attacks
> MX500 SSDs can be exploited through buffer overflow attacks
- Asgard launches world's first DDR5-9600 CUDIMMs — promising DDR5-10000+ modules are on the way
> Modules use SK hynix ICs.
- Lexar's latest SD 8.0 card is too fast for its own good — potentially DOA since no current devices exploit the card's 1,700 MB/s speedswww.tomshardware.com Lexar's latest SD 8.0 card is too fast for its own good — potentially DOA since no current devices exploit the card's 1,700 MB/s speeds
Lexar's new SD 8.0 card isn't compatible with any current devices.
> Lexar's new SD 8.0 card isn't compatible with any current devices.
- Switzerland unveils new supercomputer 'Alps'www.euronews.com Switzerland unveils new supercomputer 'Alps'
Staff at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre in Lugano (CSCS) say 'Alps' could rank even higher today as it wasn’t completed when the rankings were put together in June. #EuropeNews
> Staff at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre in Lugano (CSCS) say 'Alps' could rank even higher today as it wasn’t completed when the rankings were put together in June.
- U.S. Govt pushes Nvidia and Apple to use Intel's foundries — Department of Commerce Secretary Raimondo makes appeal for US-based chip productionwww.tomshardware.com U.S. Govt pushes Nvidia and Apple to use Intel's foundries — Department of Commerce Secretary Raimondo makes appeal for US-based chip production
It's in Washington's best interests that American tech giants use Intel for their chip supply.
> It's in Washington's best interests that American tech giants use Intel for their chip supply.
- Noctua eliminates 'Rattlegate' on the NH-D15 G2 — CPU cooler no longer makes rattling noises during operationwww.tomshardware.com Noctua eliminates 'Rattlegate' on the NH-D15 G2 — CPU cooler no longer makes rattling noises during operation
Noctua will offer current NH-D15 G2 owners new stainless steel covers to fix the issue.
> Noctua will offer current NH-D15 G2 owners new stainless steel covers to fix the issue.
- HighPoint's blazing-fast 8-slot NVMe Gen 4 RAID card is now compliant with immersion-cooled server environments to boost efficiency and reliabilitywww.tomshardware.com HighPoint's blazing-fast 8-slot NVMe Gen 4 RAID card is now compliant with immersion-cooled server environments to boost efficiency and reliability
For the most extreme storage speeds in the most extreme of cooling environments
> For the most extreme storage speeds in the most extreme of cooling environments
- Bigger and cheaper SSDs are coming thanks to Samsung — chipmaker starts mass producing 9th-gen 280-layer QLC V-NANDwww.tomshardware.com Bigger and cheaper SSDs are coming thanks to Samsung — chipmaker starts mass producing 9th-gen 280-layer QLC V-NAND
Samsung's speedier and denser 9th-gen QLC could make drives 50% cheaper.
> Samsung's speedier and denser 9th-gen QLC could make drives 50% cheaper.
- Samsung's yield issues reportedly delays Taylor fab launch to 2026www.tomshardware.com Samsung's yield issues reportedly delays Taylor fab launch to 2026
But will Samsung still receive the CHIPS money?
> But will Samsung still receive the CHIPS money?
