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Intel targets India for a new $3.3 billion factory that will make the base substrates for its next generation of chips
By Jess Kinghorn Published
Computex 2026 Glass more than half full.

This supply chain Sankey diagram for an Nvidia AI megachip is a handy guide to understanding just how easy it is to ruin the prices of graphics cards
By Nick Evanson Published
News One hiccup over there, a price increase here, and our precious GPUs become a whole lot more expensive.

Guess what else the PC industry is short of now? Yes, that's right: multilayer ceramic capacitors
By Nick Evanson Published
News You did think it was multilayer ceramic capacitors, didn't you?

AMD and Intel are in 'early-stage talks' about signing a foundry commitment, a win that the struggling chip giant and US government would both love
By James Bentley Published
News Intel is looking for even more investment.

Intel has reportedly approached Apple for an investment, after CEO Tim Cook said 'we'd love to see Intel come back'
By James Bentley Published
News I just hope Apple doesn't go back to using Intel chips.

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.
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