Hardware

China is doubling down on the RISC-V architecture.

Intel and TSMC are said to have reached a tentative agreement to create a joint venture that will operate Intel's chipmaking facilities.

An aggressive plan.

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The South Korean electronics group revealed last month that the value of its exports to China jumped 54 per cent between 2023 and 2024, as Chinese companies rush to secure stockpiles of advanced artificial intelligence chips in the face of increasingly restrictive US export controls.

In one previously unreported deal, Samsung last year sold more than three years’ supply of logic dies — a key component in manufacturing AI chips — to Kunlun, the semiconductor design subsidiary of Chinese tech group Baidu, according to people familiar with the matter. 

But the increasing importance of its China sales to Samsung comes as it navigates growing trade tensions between Washington and Beijing over the development of sensitive technologies.

The price hike may prompt other manufacturers to follow suit

No shaking required.

Is saving $60 on the right tool for the job worth the nerves?

In March 2001, Nintendo introduced an advanced portable model to the gaming market with the release of the Game Boy Advance (GBA, codenamed Advanced Game Boy or AGB). Equipped with a modernized 32-bit ARM CPU running at twice the speed of the Game Boy Color (GBC), this small device was more than capable of playing SNES-like games—still at the price of only two AA batteries.

Acer's Predator X32 X2 features a 31.5-inch 4K panel, while the X27U X1 comes with a 26.5-inch WQHD panel