Cafe boss clocks 10 per cent Ryzen 7 9800X3D deaths on Asus boards
15 dead chips out of 150, and the body count keeps climbing
A Redditor, u/RealisticLoad3327, says they run an internet cafe and have lost 15 Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs out of 150 bought earlier this year, a 10 per cent failure rate.
Chipmakers expect next year to be a feeding frenzy
Bubble still bubbling
Chipmakers are expecting to trouser billions in cash next year after pulling in more than $400 billion in combined sales in 2025, the largest year for chips on record.
TSMC lines up four years of price hikes as 3nm stays squeezed
Rivals rejoice
TSMC is getting ready to jack up 3nm wafer prices, and nobody seems prepared to get upset about it.
Technology in 2025 was a bit of a snooze
A year-end review
2025 was a bit of a snooze, all things considered.
AM4 returns as DDR5 prices bite
Old DDR4 rigs are trendy again.
DDR5 pricing is turning PC building into a bad joke, so many people are crawling back to the older AM4 platform.
Intel's foundry problem is trust
Customers do not fancy handing a rival their crown jewels.
Troubled Chipzilla’s foundry push is tripping over the awkward detail that it still competes with the customers it is courting.
TSMC’s N-2 rule leaves US big tech snuffling around Samsung’s 2nm
Taiwan keeps the sharp stuff at home, so Texas is suddenly popular.
TSMC has one hand tied behind its back, and Samsung Electronics is trying to cash in.
Samsung snatches AMD VP John Rayfield for its Exynos GPU division
Ex-Vice President of AMD's Computing and Graphics Group
Following the announcement of the new Exynos 2600 SoC, Samsung also announced that it managed to snatch AMD's VP of Computing and Graphics Group to lead its further development of GPUs, IP, and architecture.
Nvidia chokes RTX 50 supply as memory crunch bites
No price hike yet, just fewer cards and frustration
Nvidia is preparing to slash RTX 50 series GPU production as it stares down a long-term memory shortage and decides scarcity is the least ugly option.
MSI MEG X870E GODLIKE X Edition Motherboard goes for $1,300/€1,259
Cream of the crop from MSI
MSI has started selling its flagship socket AM5 motherboard based on AMD's X870E chipset, the MSI MEG X870E GODLIKE X Edition. In Europe, the motherboard is listed at €1,259 (inc. VAT) and in the US, it goes for $1,299.99.