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Ex-ASML workers reverse-engineered state of the art chipmaking machines to get China far closer than previously thought to independence from foreign tech
By Jacob Fox published
News China might really be on the heels of the West, this time.

AMD is allegedly sizing up Samsung's new 2 nm node as an alternative to TSMC's N2 silicon for its next-gen chips
By Jeremy Laird published
News Keeping TSMC honest would be very good for the PC industry.

AMD wants to hire people with experience of Intel's new silicon tech, but would AMD ever actually make chips with its arch rival?
By Jeremy Laird published
News If nothing else, the positive noise around Intel's new nodes seems to be increasing.

Rumours suggest AMD might raise CPU prices but some industry sources disagree
By James Bentley last updated
News Prepare to pay more.

Intel's next-gen 14A chip production node is the 'real deal' says leading analyst
By Jeremy Laird published
News Sounds good, but we haven't even seen any 18A Intel chips, yet.

AMD has just launched the Ryzen 7 9850X3D with zero fanfare, and I think I understand why
By Monica J. White published
News The real hype may still turn out to be a fever dream.

Over Cyber Monday, $260 will bag you Intel's best Arrow Lake CPU, with an AIO liquid cooler and a free AAA game to boot
By Nick Evanson published
Cyber Monday AMD's chips are faster at gaming, but they're quite a bit more expensive.
Gaming PC with bizarre Chinese-made but AMD-derived 16-core x86 CPU and Nvidia graphics goes on sale, but only in China for now
By Jeremy Laird published
News AMD Zen-derived cores surely make for a licensing nightmare.
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