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Semiconductors are exempt from Trump's massive 32% tariff on Taiwan though PC gamers will still feel the heat
News President Trump says TSMC is "one of the great companies of the world" as he praises the chipmaker for investing in the US. But other companies are not so lucky.
Not just crumbs in the CPU socket: Over 100 AMD 9800X3D chips are now reported to have gone pop and the most by far have died in ASRock motherboards
News This surely isn't just a case of a few crumbs...
AMD says the problem with Ryzen 7 9800X3D chips failing to boot is down to memory compatibility issues and not actually dead CPUs
News But AMD's statement doesn't quite square with Reddit reports...
Intel promises its next-gen Pather Lake laptop CPU will have the 'efficiency of Lunar Lake and the performance of Arrow Lake' and is on track for 2026
News Production later this year and availability in 2026 makes Panther Lake about a year late.
Same plan, different CEO: Intel's Lip-Bu Tan laments 'past mistakes' while promising a brighter 'engineering focused' future
News Show me the innovation!
Crumbs: ASRock finds 'debris' in X870 motherboard accused of toasting AMD Ryzen CPU
News ASRock keen to point out that their BIOSes do not toast CPUs.
Rejoice! PCI Express 7.0 hits 'final draft' status enabling bandwidth that you probably won't notice on devices that won't appear for years
News Call me back in 2035 when things are getting real.
Nvidia reveals Vera, a new CPU with 'custom' cores which could be very exciting for its upcoming premium PC processor
News Is Vera destined for the PC?
