‘We aren’t where we want to be yet in terms of server stability,’ says Stars Reach boss
Well, it’s not really coming as a surprise here since our writers, podcasters, and readers have been saying for months that Stars Reach was not...
Riot’s fighting game 2XKO will trade active development for maintenance mode in December
After the layoffs earlier this year, fans of Riot’s fighting game 2XKO probably did not believe the future was bright even with the developers assuring...
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LG Display introduces new OLED deposition technique that uses lithography instead of metal masks — “FLiPP” photolithography delivers 1.6x brightness and 2.4x longer lifespan
OLED displays have long been manufacturer using a metal mask for deposition that wastes material, is expensive, and can sag under its own weight. LG Display’s FLiPP solves this by using photolithography instead, relying on photomasks and photoresist layers to lock in the RGB subpixels.
Supermicro fires several employees following investigation into $2.5 billion China AI chip smuggling — claims that senior management had no knowledge of illicit transactions
An independent investigation on Supermicro clears senior management from any wrong-doing and also says that its financial statements were still reliable, despite the alleged diversion of its restricted products. Nevertheless, some of its employees from sales, technical support, and business development departments were fired for failing to ‘follow Company policies or the Company’s code of conduct.’
CPU-Z gets biggest update since 2001 with V3 — 100+ health checks, built-in stress testing, and XOC effective clock tracking
CPU-Z V3 introduces an overhauled validation system with over 100 detection points, and a new advanced validation feature that will check PC health with a stress test.
The Daily Grind: Do you play the most popular class or spec in your MMO?
Back in June, a Guild Wars 2 fan put together a neat chart showing how many people are playing which specs in open world PvE,...
Micron commits $10 billion to new US-based Research Labs — Boise hub to target post-DRAM and NAND technologies and packaging
Micron’s Research Labs to bring together the company’s own research with research by customers, partners, universities, startups, and government organizations to develop pre-competitive IP for next-generation memory technologies.
H200 AI GPUs finally reach China under case-by-case import licenses, but it’s already too late for Nvidia — homemade chips corner the China market as country seeks semiconductor independence
Most of each company’s U.S.-licensed allowance, understood to be up to 100,000 units apiece, must stay outside the mainland.
Nvidia denies report it will ship Groq-based LPUs to China by year-end — says there is ‘no China-specific LPU product in our roadmap’
Nvidia has rejected a report published by The Information that it plans to begin small-batch shipments of an LPU tailored for Chinese customers by the end of 2026.