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The US is spending more money on chip manufacturing construction this year than the previous 28 years combined
The United States is on pace to add more investment into electronics manufacturing construction this year as it did from 1996 to 2023. The CHIPS Act is largely to credit for the meteoric growth.
Microsoft's new Paint Cocreator requires an NPU — AI-powered feature requires 40 TOPS of performance and a Microsoft account
Microsoft Paint gets an AI image generation tool with Cocreator. It uses text and visual prompts to formulate your desired images, but requires a Copilot+ PC. You also have to sign up for a Microsoft Account if you want to use it.
Windows security hole allows attackers to install malware via Wi-Fi — new patch plugs gaping vulnerability
In its June 'Patch Tuesday' release, Microsoft addressed 49 security vulnerabilities in its products, including one that could allow an attacker to deliver malware onto a PC over Wi-Fi.
Startup claims it can boost any processor's performance by 100X — Flow Computing introduces its 'CPU 2.0' architecture
Flow Computing, a spinout from Finland’s acclaimed VTT Technical Research Center, says its Parallel Processing Unit (PPU) can enable '100X Improved performance for any CPU architecture.'
Intel is trucking a 916,000-pound 'Super Load' across Ohio to its new fab, spawning road closures over nine days
Intel is trucking a 916,000-pound cold box from the Ohio River to its new fab near Columbus. This load is one of the largest of Intel's approximately 20 super loads making their way across the state.
White House seeks to restrict China’s access to GAA chip technology and the high bandwidth memory that's critical for AI accelerators
China cannot buy chips using GAA technology because of current sanctions but might be able to produce them with older process nodes. To prevent that, the U.S. government is mulling more restrictions.
You can use a full-sized GPU with ASRock's new Mini PC — DeskMate X600 only for China, priced at roughly $193 USD
The ASRock DeskMate X600 rounds out ASRock's current Mini PC lineup with a top-mounted PCIe slot intended for use with full-speed graphics cards — size doesn't matter when the card's not inside the case.
Unexpected Intel military chip contract drained $3 billion from CHIPS Act, Senate mulls auction to restore funds
The U.S. Senate is looking for ways to increase CHIPS Act funding after the Pentagon pulled out of its $2.5 billion commitment to the 'Secure Enclave' project for building defense chips.
Nvidia will increase shader counts but not ROPS on RTX 50-series GPUs — except on the lowest tier GB207, according to leak
Nvidia's Blackwell gaming-oriented GPU architecture will reportedly not boast any additional render output units compared with Ada Lovelace, according to a leaker. Nvidia will be relying on the Blackwell architecture itself to provide performance improvements, which can of course be designed to work around potential ROPS limitations.
AMD RX 7800 XT and RX 7700 XT graphics cards get a new game bundle — get Company of Heroes 3 and Lies of P for 'free' with your new GPU
AMD's latest game bundle for its RX 7800XT and RX 7700XT graphics cards provides two free game codes with your GPU purchase. Pick from Company of Heroes 3, Lies of P, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, and Starfield — from participating retailers.
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