Cinebench 2026 out and ready to hammer CPUs and graphics cards six times as hard — updated benchmark includes an SMT core test
Cinebench 2026 out and ready to hammer CPUs and graphics cards six times as hard
Lisuan’s G100 series has reportedly begun shipping out to customers in first batch of deliveries — China’s first homegrown 6nm GPUs are no longer a show-floor exclusive
China’s first 6nm-class discrete GPUs, the G100 series from Lisuan, has apparently started to ship out to customers, months after their initial announcement. These GPUs, if as performant as claimed, hold the potential to fuel China’s self-reliance ambitions in producing homegrown alternatives to Nvidia and AMD.
TSMC begins quietly volume production of 2nm-class chips — first GAA transistor for TSMC claims up to 15% improvement at ISO power
TSMC has quietly begun volume production of its 2nm-class N2 process in Q4 2025 as planned, marking the company’s first GAA nanosheet node that will be ramping production at two new fabs to meet strong demand from various customers.
Samsung’s Galaxy S28 Could Ditch Snapdragon And Go All-In With Exynos
For multiple generations, Samsung has used a mix of Qualcomm Snapdragon and its own Exynos SoCs in its Galaxy devices, depending on the region or price/performance target, but rumors are swirling that suggest Samsung plans to shift completely to in-house silicon by 2028.
Samsung keeps adding in-house silicon blocks. Makes it even harder
Rainbow Six Siege X servers are back online after a hack completely shut down the game — Ubisoft rolling back free ultra-rare skins and billions of credits
Rainbow Six Siege has recovered from yesterday’s attack, with servers now fully operational once again. The only issues players will experience re-entering the game are a possible wait queue.
NASA’s SPHEREx Completes First All-Sky Infrared Map Of Entire Universe And It’s Stunning
Less than a year into its mission, NASA’s SPHEREx has already completed its first full survey of the sky, producing a near-infrared map that captures the entire cosmos in a staggering 102 colors. Words can’t really convey the true splendor of the achievement, though, so have a look for yourself at the panoramic video NASA released.
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Ayaneo Pocket Vert Retro Gaming Handheld Gets A Great Pre-Launch Discount
Ayaneo Pocket Vert is here, and if you hop on the bandwagon soon enough, you can get it for as low as $269 USD for the 8GB RAM + 128GB storage configuration, or $349 for the top-end 12GB RAM + 256GB storage config (or $369 if you want it in red). The vertical retro handheld market has been heating up in the past few years, but the Pocket Vert
Top NVIDIA GeForce GPU Deals To Snag Before Prices Potentially Rise
Word on the web is that graphics card pricing is about to go up as add-in board (AIB) partners for both AMD and NVIDIA look to pass along the cost of rising DRAM prices. If the reports are true, we’ll start to see higher-priced GPUs next month for AMD and February for NVIDIA, followed by more price increases as 2026 stretches its legs. That’s
Former Samsung engineer accused of giving 10nm DRAM data to China’s CXMT, handwritten notes detailed over 600 process steps — gas flow ratios, photoresist settings and more critical stages detailed
A former Samsung Engineer accused of offering the secrets behind the company’s 10nm DRAM data to China’s ChangXin Memory Technologies has been accused of making hundreds of handwritten notes on detailed process steps.
Think Your Gaming Monitor Is Fast? This One Hits A Blistering 1080Hz
Old school PC geeks may remember a time when AMD and Intel were in a race to 1GHz and beyond, back before multiple cores, hybrid designs, and mountains of stacked cache took center stage. Those days may be gone forever, but now we have monitor makers trying to one-up each other with increasingly fast speeds, and HKC is touting a gaming monitor