Computex 2022 has now kicked off, with AMD hosting the first keynote of the event in Taiwan, and it used its conference as a chance to take aim at its chief rival, Intel. The most exciting part of the AMD Computex 2022 keynote was when we got more information about AMD’s next-generation Ryzen 7000 series…
Google announced on Thursday a series of brand new Google Search features. They’re all meant to help users recognize trusted news sources online and avoid misinformation. The new “highly cited” label is one of the highlights. Google Search will now visually label sources of information that have been widely cited so that readers can get…
Nothing is certain in life but death, taxes, and people arguing about computer components. With Intel’s 12th-gen “Alder Lake H” laptop CPUs finally here, it’s officially time to start the back-and-forth bickering over whether Intel’s flagship 12th-gen Core i9 mobile chip is faster than Apple’s ballyhooed M1 Max. You might be thinking it doesn’t even…
The U.S. infrastructure bill, which would also revise tax collection on digital assets, is currently the target of a last-minute amendment that’s delaying its final vote. The bill faces delays particularly motivated by a last-minute amendment that pits the White House against Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden over the best way to require cryptocurrency…
You know things are tough in the CPU world when neither Intel nor AMD has deals on their current-gen chips for Amazon’s Prime Day, but that’s the situation this year. However, we did spot dueling deals for previous-gen eight-core Intel and AMD chips, all of which have vied for spots on our Best CPUs list…
PC sales in Q1 2021 tallied 83.981 million units, up 55.2% year-over-year, and all of the leading PC makers reported huge revenue gains for the first quarter. However, meeting the extraordinary demand was a big challenge for suppliers as pretty much every PC component suffers from ongoing shortages. Both Dell and HP expect demand for…
There a numerous causes that have led into the ongoing computer component shortage, one of which is the lack of availability of materials called ABF substrates. The Good news is that companies like AMD and Intel are taking the problem seriously and are investing in packaging facilities and production of substrates. A wide variety of chips from inexpensive…
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. already owns some of the world’s most sophisticated semiconductor production facilities that use the latest equipment to build advanced chips using leading-edge process technologies. According to a Nikkei report, by the end of the year the company will also own a state-of-the-art wastewater treatment plant that will enable TSMC to use…