April 2024

Report: SK Hynix Mulls Building $4 Billion Advanced Packaging Facility in Indiana

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SK hynix is considering whether to build an advanced packaging facility in Indiana, reports the Wall Street Journal. If the company proceeds with the plan, it intends to invest $4 billion in it and construct one of the world’s largest advanced packaging facilities. But to accomplish the project, SK hynix expects it will need help…

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Are we about to see Snapdragon X Plus revealed? Qualcomm teaser suggests Apple could have more to worry about than Elite CPU

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Qualcomm has teased that an announcement is coming for its inbound Snapdragon X ARM-based chip, silicon that has been causing a great deal of excitement of late as a potential Apple M3-beater (and for other reasons besides).Taking to X (formerly Twitter), the company offered up a short video clip showing a chip with an ‘X’…

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AMD Zen 5 CPUs could be nearly ready – which would be a big problem for Intel

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AMD’s Zen 5 processors might be with us sooner than expected, or at least a new development has given us fresh hope this could be the case.Regular hardware leaker HXL brought this to our attention on X (formerly Twitter) by flagging up the release of a new BIOS from Asus.Granite Ridge SMU!ROG CROSSHAIR/STRIX X670E Series…

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macOS 15 AI might be the best reason to upgrade to an M4 MacBook Pro

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macOS 15 is Apple’s upcoming operating system for its Mac computers. While little is known about this operating system update, rumors point out that Cupertino is focusing on AI features. With that, both upcoming iPhone and Mac models will get a taste of Apple’s newest AI functions.While I already upgrade yearly to a new iPhone,…

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Some high-end MSI motherboards have failed due to cracking chip modules — but your rig will probably be OK

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MSI motherboards are normally known as some of the best motherboards on the market, due to their high-quality builds. However, a new controversy involving models equipped with the high-end Intel Z790 chipset has recently emerged online.According to Tom’s Hardware, some of those Z790 models are at risk of failure due to cracks in the platform…

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GDDR7 Approaches: Samsung Lists GDDR7 Memory Chips on Its Product Catalog

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Now that JEDEC has published specification of GDDR7 memory, memory manufacturers are beginning to announce their initial products. The first out of the gate for this generation is Samsung, which has has quietly added its GDDR7 products to its official product catalog. For now, Samsung lists two GDDR7 devices on its website: 16 Gbit chips…

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HBM Revenue Poised To Cross $10B as SK hynix Predicts First Double-Digit Revenue Share

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Offering some rare insight into the scale of HBM memory sales – and on its growth in the face of unprecedented demand from AI accelerator vendors – the company recently disclosed that it expects HBM sales to make up “a double-digit percentage of its DRAM chip sales” this year. Which if it comes to pass,…

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DARPA’s mysterious Manta Ray could be the future of underwater drones

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A new underwater drone could let long-range military missions hide in plain sight. Northrop Grumman built the craft for the Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency (DARPA), and it will be capable of harvesting energy from the seas. The Manta Ray, as the craft is known, has been in the making for four years.What makes the…

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AMD Zen 5 may not be a huge boost, but leaker reckons next-gen CPUs are exciting and could beat out Intel Arrow Lake

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We’ve been hearing some lofty claims of the performance benefits that AMD’s next-gen Zen 5 CPUs might offer of late, but a well-known YouTube leaker has been quick to clarify we won’t witness anything like 40% generational gains.Granted, the mentioned 40% figure floated recently by another leaker, Kepler, was for a single scenario (SPEC benchmark),…

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