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Arm wants to sell directly to Chinese customers, sidestep Arm China (www.tomshardware.com)
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No longer afraid of export controls?

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Qualcomm abruptly cancels Snapdragon X Elite dev kit — refunds customers for mini PC, ends sales and support for the device immediately (www.tomshardware.com)
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No more Snapdragon X mini-PC?

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TSMC is not interested in buying Intel's fabs (www.tomshardware.com)
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Why buy fabs if you have your own?

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Nintendo 64 gets a 4K VRR-enabled revival in the form of the Analogue 3D — an emulation-less new FPGA console that can play every N64 game ever made (www.tomshardware.com)
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Region lock and lag-free

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Samsung unveils 24Gb GDDR7 memory — up to 42.5 Gbps modules with 30% higher efficiency (www.tomshardware.com)
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Mass production is planned for early next year.

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Emteq Labs unveils smart glasses that track emotions and eating habits (www.techspot.com)
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Emteq Labs has announced the development of Sense, which it says is the world's first emotion-sensing smart glasses.

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Moore Threads MTT S80 gets DX12 support in beta driver, two years after launch — but 3D performance still lags the GTX 1650 (www.tomshardware.com)
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Better late than never?

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Intel and AMD may be testing 12V-2x6 power cables for future GPUs (www.techspot.com)
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Sources have informed Hungarian outlet Prohardver that AMD and Intel have begun testing 12V-2x6 power cables for their upcoming graphics cards. Market leader Nvidia already uses the standard across its latest and upcoming products, but its competitors may still harbor reliability concerns.

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ASML loses $75.7 billion market cap from updated sales projections, likely due to lower demand from China and delayed Intel fab (www.tomshardware.com)
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€5 billion lower revenue guidance less than expected in 2025.

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Hybrid Gain Cell Memory could significantly improve CPU, GPU L2, L3 cache density (www.tomshardware.com)
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SRAM is reaching its limits regarding storage density; hybrid gain cell memory could change that.

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Sources claim Qualcomm delaying Intel purchase offer until after U.S. presidential election (www.tomshardware.com)
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Qualcomm wants things to settle down first before making a decision.

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Arm's partners develop 2nm AI processor using Arm's Neoverse — Arm's Total Design ecosystem doubles in size on first anniversary (www.tomshardware.com)
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Samsung Foundry, ADTechnology, and Rebellions have collaborated with Arm

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Western Digital launches 32TB hard drive in SATA and SAS flavors — Ultrastar DC HC690 delivers sequential performance up to 257 MiB/s (www.tomshardware.com)
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SMR-based tech gets WD to 32TB.

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Projections show that Arm CPUs will power 40% of notebooks sold in 2029 (www.tomshardware.com)
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And we should see 20% of the notebook market using Arm chips next year.

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Intel and AMD are unlikely allies in new x86 ecosystem advisory group – "we'll remain fierce competitors" (www.tomshardware.com)
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Cats and dogs, living together!

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US govt reportedly mulls capping AI GPU exports from Nvidia and AMD to the Middle East (www.tomshardware.com)
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The goal here is to regulate the dissemination of advanced AI technology.

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Intel spends more on R&D than Nvidia and AMD combined, yet continues to lag in market cap — Nvidia spends almost 2X more than AMD (www.tomshardware.com)
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A lot of money.

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Micron launches DDR5-6400 CUDIMMs and CSODIMMs for Intel Core Ultra 200S CPUs — DDR5-6400 kits up to 32GB capacity with C52 timings (www.tomshardware.com)
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DDR5-6400 that's plug-and-play.

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Excess stock and poor SSD sales look set to pull flash memory prices down by up to 10% (www.pcgamer.com)
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It's the same old story, folks.

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TSMC could build more fabs in Europe - Chairman of Taiwan's National Science Council (www.tomshardware.com)
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Though for now it looks like speculation.

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Maker builds Raspberry Pi RP2350 powered PyDOS handheld in a BlackBerry form factor (www.tomshardware.com)
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Merging the 1980s and 2000s into one package

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ASRock Z890 mobos boast innovations like DDR5-10133+ support and 10x USB-C ports (www.tomshardware.com)
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How many USB-Cs do you want? Yes!

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NES expansion port receives its first peripheral after 39 years, a Bluetooth hub (www.techspot.com)
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Pre-orders are now open for RetroTime's upcoming Bluetooth hub for the NES. It is the first attachment for the system's mysterious expansion slot in almost 40 years.

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Panasonic unveils world's smallest and lightest full-frame mirrorless zoom lens (www.techspot.com)
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According to Panasonic, the Lumix S 18-40mm zoom lens is the world's smallest and lightest autofocus-compatible interchangeable zoom lens for full-frame mirrorless cameras. The zoom range can even be extended to 18-120mm with the Hybrid Zoom function on the Lumix S9. It has a closest shooting distance of 5.9 inches (15 cm), allowing photographers to capture macros in all their glory.

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Industry considers cutting production of 3D NAND amid dropping prices (www.tomshardware.com)
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As there is no demand for flash memory, memory producers think DRAM.

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