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Samsung and SK Hynix, the world's biggest makers of DRAM and flash memory chips, have potentially lost the right to buy US equipment for use in their China-based factories
By Nick Evanson published
News It's not a big problem at the moment, but don't be surprised if, at the end of it all, you'll just be paying more for your PC parts.

The US squeezed Nvidia's AI chip export deal with China into negotiations over important rare earth elements, bizarrely claiming 'we put that in the trade deal with the magnets'
By Andy Edser published
News Ah, it's "leaving important bits out" day.

You might be surprised to learn that while robots and other machines are vital for making a top-end CPU air cooler, there's still a lot of it that's handmade
By Nick Evanson published
news In fact, a great deal of your gaming PC has been made by hundreds of people.

Nvidia CEO sets sights on making 'several hundred billion' dollars worth of electronics in the USA over the next four years, increasing the chance of your next GPU being made in America
By James Bentley published
News Whether that will continue after that is anyone's guess.

Bill Gates laments Pat Gelsinger's failure to save Intel: 'I was hoping for his sake, for the country's sake that he would be successful'
By Jacob Fox published
News 'Seriously guys, drop it, we get it already': someone at Intel, probably.

In a first tariff-induced hit against the PC gaming sector, ASRock is talking about increasing costs and moving its graphics card manufacturing away from China
By Jacob Fox published
News 10% can cause ripples.

I spent 14 hours flying 6,230 miles to watch MSI make me a new motherboard in just 40 minutes
By Nick Evanson published
Mobo making It's more machines than humans but people are still at the heart of making sure it's all good.

Water soluble circuit boards are an e-waste game changer
By Katie Wickens published
news Bear witness to the world’s first fully recyclable commercialised PCB substrate that will dissolve in a bath of hot water.
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