Computex 2025 Day Two Wrap-Up: AMD debuts new Radeon and Threadripper chips, PCIe 5.0 SSDs ramp performance AMD and Phison break out the big guns for Computex 2025 Tom’s Hardware · May 21, 2025
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT launches on June 5, starting at $299 AMD has announced the Radeon RX 9060 XT graphics card at Computex 2025. Tom’s Hardware · May 21, 2025
AMD launches Radeon AI Pro R9700 to challenge Nvidia's AI market dominance AMD has revealed the chipmaker's latest Radeon AI Pro R9700 graphics card for specialized AI workstations. Tom’s Hardware · May 21, 2025
Taiwan president says US tariff issues are 'frictions between friends' The US has recently imposed tariffs of 32% against Taiwan, as part of sweeping duties against all US trading partners. Euronews · May 20, 2025
Taiwan's president downplays tariff tensions with the US as 'frictions between friends' The Taiwanese president says trade tensions between the United States and Taiwan are just “frictions between friends.” The Independent UK · May 20, 2025
Here's how US tariffs have affected PC gaming hardware, from paused shipments to new investments Here are the latest effects of tariffs on the PC hardware industry. PC Gamer · May 19, 2025
Xiaomi follows Apple and Google with ambitious phone hardware – look out for the XRING Xiaomi is the latest manufacturer to announce it will make its own smartphone chip. T3 · May 19, 2025
Nvidia Unveils Plan For Taiwan's First 'AI Supercomputer' Nvidia boss Jensen Huang announced plans for Taiwan's "first AI supercomputer", as he showcased on Monday the company's latest advances in artificial intelligence. International Business Times · May 19, 2025
Global Chip Giants Converge On Taiwan For Computex Global semiconductor chip giants will gather at Taiwan's top tech expo this week to showcase "the next frontier" for an industry dominated by artificial intelligence. International Business Times · May 18, 2025
Intel's Lunar Lake intricacies revealed in new high-resolution die shots Fritzchens Fritz has captured the first detailed and high-resolution die shots of Intel's golden child. Tom’s Hardware · May 17, 2025
Xiaomi is pulling back the curtain on its very own smartphone chip Xiaomi is about to launch its own smartphone chip later this month. Android Central · May 16, 2025
TSMC to spend $42 billion on expansion in 2025 — ambitious plans detail nine production facilities TSMC plans to build or ramp up nine new production facilities in 2025 — the highest in its history — as it accelerates global expansion to meet demand and rising manufacturing complexity. Tom’s Hardware · May 16, 2025
GlobalWafers to invest $4 billion into U.S. chip manufacturing after opening Texas plant Taiwanese manufacturer GlobalWafers is planning to invest $4 billion more into US-based chip manufacturing after opening a new facility in Sherman, Texas. Tom’s Hardware · May 16, 2025
U.S. issues worldwide crackdown on using Huawei Ascend chips, says it violates export controls While scrapping the AI Diffusion Rule, the U.S. government has banned Huawei's Ascend AI processors as they allegedly use American technologies without authorization. Tom’s Hardware · May 15, 2025
Laptop · May 14, 2025 Tariffs and TSMC delays could turn Apple into an Intel Foundry customer During a conversation at the J.P. Morgan's Global Technology, Media, and Communications conference in Boston, Intel's CFO David Zinsner confirmed that Intel doesn't have a significant volume of external chips. At least on the 18A process node but things should change with 14A.
PC Gamer · May 14, 2025 Intel admits it doesn't have any 'significant' commitments from customers to make advanced chips in its fabs That all-important 18A node has yet to convince the likes of Nvidia or AMD to jump onboard.
International Business Times · May 14, 2025 Protection Racket? Asian Semiconductor Giants Fear Looming Tariffs Inside one of South Korea's oldest semiconductor research institutes, the cleanrooms and workshops are calm and immaculate, but outside the Seoul National University campus, a chip storm is brewing.
TechRadar · May 11, 2025 Chinese researchers develop silicon-free transistor technology, claimed to be fastest and most efficient ever - here's what we know 2D transistor offering 40% faster speeds and lower energy use may soon disrupt the global chip market - if China can successfully scale production.
Tom’s Hardware · May 10, 2025 AMD 6th Gen EPYC 9006 Venice CPUs reportedly offer up to 96 Zen 6 or 256 Zen 6c cores New details allege AMD's next-generation Zen 6 dense CCDs will carry up to 32 cores and 128MB of L3 cache, with 12 cores and 48MB for the standard CCDs.
Tom’s Hardware · May 9, 2025 Lenovo's in-house Arm chip could rival Qualcomm and MediaTek, spotted in Yoga Pad Pro 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo is reportedly working on a custom in-house SoC for its Yoga Pad Pro family, rumored to be built on TSMC's 5nm process.
Tom’s Hardware · May 8, 2025 Former SK hynix employee transferred advanced chip packaging technologies to Huawei A former SK Hynix employee has been charged with stealing wafer bonding and image sensor technologies to secure a job at Huawei’s HiSilicon, raising alarm over tech IP leaks to China.
Fortune · May 8, 2025 TSMC’s $65B AI factories are rising in Phoenix. But Route 66 towns know how quickly boom turns to bust As Phoenix bets big on AI with TSMC's new semiconductor fabrication factories, Arizona’s Route 66 towns reveal what it takes to survive technological upheaval.
Tom’s Hardware · May 7, 2025 Ampere sneaks out a 192-core CPU with 12-channel DDR5 memory Ampere expands lineup of AmpereOne CPUs with AmpereOne M processors featuring a 12-channel DDR5 memory subsystem that can address 3TB of DRAM.
Tom’s Hardware · May 5, 2025 Arrow Lake die shot shows off the details of Intel's chiplet-based design Die shots of an Arrow Lake desktop CPU have been published online, revealing the inner design changes Intel has made to Arrow Lake, including its all-new chiplet (tile)-based design and improvements to the cache design.
Tom’s Hardware · May 2, 2025 Apple expects to source over 19 billion chips from U.S. factories this year Apple plans to source over 19 billion chips from U.S. facilities in 2025 — including tens of millions from TSMC’s Arizona fab — while investing $500 billion to expand its American operations.