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US President Donald Trump speaks during a photo opportunity with autoracing officials and champions on the South Portico of the White House on April 9, 2025, in Washington, DC. US President Donald Trump abruptly backed down Wednesday in his global trade war with a 90 day tariff pause for most countries -- but slapped even more levies against China in what has become a brutal duel between the world's two largest economies. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Despite Donald Trump and Jensen Huang flying out to the country, China has not yet approved the sale of Nvidia AI chips

By James Bentley published

News This is after Trump turned up in China to increase AI trade.

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An image of a delidded and sanded Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus processor, as sold by Thermal Grizzly, against a yellow/orange background

Intel's 270K Plus is worthy of being picked by Thermal Grizzly as a delidded option, and it's even cheaper than a stock 285K

By Nick Evanson published

News One for the serious clockers only but I still kinda want one.

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A photo of an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition processor held between a person's finger and thumb

AMD now owns 38.1% of the overall x86 CPU market according to new research but actually lost ground in desktop PCs

By Jeremy Laird published

News The CPU market giveth, and the CPU market taketh away...

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Nvidia H100 chips inside a server room at the Yotta Data Services Pvt. data center, in Navi Mumbai, India

The US has approved the sale of Nvidia H200 chips to 10 Chinese firms, but sources say they're still waiting for the go-ahead from China itself

By James Bentley published

News Nvidia said it had 0% market share in China mere months ago.

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A photo of an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition processor held between a person's finger and thumb

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition review

By Nick Evanson published

Score: 75% It's the most powerful gaming CPU money can buy, but you really shouldn't.

Score: 75%
Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks while holding the company's new GeForce RTX 50 series graphics cards and a Thor Blackwell robotics processor during the 2025 CES event in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. Huang announced a raft of new chips, software and services, aiming to stay at the forefront of artificial intelligence computing. Photographer: Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Trump confirms he brought Jensen Huang on his expedition to convince China to 'open up'

By James Bentley published

News Or as Trump calls him, 'Great Jensen Huang'.

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Intel Nvidia deal

Lip-Bu Tan says 'Intel and Nvidia are collaborating to develop exciting new products' and I'm wondering what they could possibly be

By James Bentley published

News Presumably involves a lot of AI, but I hope not.

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A group photo of Intel's primary Arrow Lake and Arrow Lake Refresh desktop processors (Core Ultra 9 285K, Core Ultra 7 265K, Core Ultra 5 245K, Core Ultra 7 270K Plus, Core Ultra 5 250K Plus) resting on top of an Intel-branded box

'Hardcore PC enthusiasts are significantly underestimating the importance of software to the PC experience, like really, really seriously,' says Intel Enthusiast VP

By Jacob Fox published

News Robert Hallock suggests up to 30% of gaming performance can be "hidden" behind CPU optimisations.

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'Overclocking should not be a feature that is exclusively reserved for the people paying the most amount of money,' says VP of Intel's enthusiast chip business

By Jess Kinghorn published

News The future looks bright—just not in this hardware generation.

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The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. logo atop a building at the Hsinchu Science Park in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. TSMC is scheduled to release earnings results on Oct. 19.

TSMC reportedly plots ultra-advanced sub-1 nm chips with 'trial' production starting in 2029 [Updated]

By Jeremy Laird published

News Meanwhile, TSMC's A14 node is supposedly go for 2028.

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