An ode to the RTX 4090 and why high-end GPUs can sometimes be the best value The new RTX 5090 doesn't look quite as compelling. PC Gamer · Jan 15, 2025
TSMC's next-gen 2nm silicon is reportedly on track for later this year but don't expect chips for PCs until 2027 and beyond Maybe Moore's law isn't quite dead. PC Gamer · Jan 15, 2025
Apple will soon receive ‘made in America’ chips from TSMC's Arizona fab — company in final stages of quality verification Apple is testing the output of TSMC Arizona and verifying if it has the same quality as chips made in Taiwan. Tom’s Hardware · Jan 14, 2025
Taiwanese govt clears TSMC to make 2nm chips abroad — country lowers its 'Silicon Shield' Taiwanese ministry lifts bars that prohibit TSMC to build 2nm chips at its facilities overseas. Tom’s Hardware · Jan 13, 2025
TSMC ends contract with Singapore-based company over alleged Huawei ties No more ties over Asced 910 guys. Tom’s Hardware · Jan 12, 2025
TSMC's Arizona Fab 21 is already making 4nm chips — yield and quality reportedly on par with Taiwan fabs U.S. Commerce Secretary confirms that TSMC's fab near Phoenix, Arizona, is already producing chips. Tom’s Hardware · Jan 11, 2025
AMD is now reportedly making all-American Ryzen 9000 CPU dies at TSMC's Arizona fab Made in the USA, mostly anyway... PC Gamer · Jan 10, 2025
Phison unveils next-generation high-end PCIe 5.0 SSD platform: PS5028-E28 SSDs using Phison's PS5028-E28 SSD controller could arrive in 2026 Tom’s Hardware · Jan 8, 2025
AMD's first RDNA 4 GPU die pictured: Navi 48 around 390 mm2, targeting mainstream gamers AMD's higher-end Navi 48 is smaller than both Navi 21 and Navi 31. Tom’s Hardware · Jan 8, 2025
TSMC Arizona allegedly now producing AMD's Ryzen 9000 and Apple's S9 processors: Report TSMC Fab 21 in Arizona produces three processors: two for Apple, and allegedly now one for AMD. Tom’s Hardware · Jan 8, 2025
Singapore slots itself into AI supply chain with a $7 billion investment from Micron It’s Singapore’s first facility dealing with HBM, part of the AI chips that are powering companies like Nvidia and TSMC to new heights. Fortune · Jan 8, 2025
CES 2025 Day 0: Nvidia RTX 50 Series GPUs, Arrow Lake goes mobile, Ryzen 9 9950X3D, Dell retires XPS branding CES 2025 is off to a fast start with new GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs, Arrow Lake laptop processors, and new desktop and laptop chips from AMD. Tom’s Hardware · Jan 7, 2025
Intel is sampling 18A-based Panther Lake with customers — Intel Foundry's 18A node and CPUs are on track for 2H 2025 launch Intel's Panther Lake is on track to be released in the second half of this year as the company is sampling them with PC makers. Tom’s Hardware · Jan 6, 2025
TSMC's wafer pricing now $18,000 for a 3nm wafer, increased over 3X in 10 years: Analyst TSMC increases wafer pricing with each new node although transistor density increases slowdown, says analysis. Tom’s Hardware · Jan 5, 2025
TechRadar · Jan 4, 2025 Micron wants a bigger slice of the $100 billion HBM market with its 2026-bound HBM4 and HBM4E memory solutions Micron HBM3E 8H is included in Nvidia’s Blackwell B200 and GB200 platforms.
PC Gamer · Jan 3, 2025 Nvidia is giving away 5 classic Jensen-signed GeForce cards if you tweet to build hype for its CES 2025 briefing, and its first choice is almost older than me Sorry for making you feel ancient.
Tom’s Hardware · Jan 1, 2025 50% of TSMC's Arizona employees are from Taiwan, despite recent controversies — company plans to hire more US workers over time TSMC plans to add more American workers as it develops its Fab 21 site in Arizona.
Tom’s Hardware · Dec 31, 2024 ByteDance plans to sidestep U.S. sanctions by renting Nvidia GPUs in the cloud — report says it has set aside $7 billion budget ByteDance to become one of the major renters of Nvidia's GPUs for AI in 2025 as it intends to spend some $7 billion on this, according to a report.
MarketBeat · Dec 30, 2024 3 Market-Beating Growth Stocks to Watch in 2025 These three growth stocks have delivered market-beating performance in 2024 and analysts believe these stocks are on pace for an encore performance in 2025
PC Gamer · Dec 28, 2024 PC Gamer's biggest hardware stories of 2024: Elon Musk, the rise and rise of AI, brilliant builds, the humbling of big tech giants, orb pondering aplenty, and much more Looking back at another year of head-turning headlines, as decided by you.
Tom’s Hardware · Dec 28, 2024 TSMC's first new overseas fab in years begins to make chips — JASM coming online TSMC's Japanese subsidiary JASM kicks off mass production of chips for first customers.
MarketBeat · Dec 28, 2024 These 3 Chip Stock Kings Are Still Buys for 2025 These three chip stocks are largely unrivaled when it comes to dominating their area of expertise. This puts them in a great position as we enter 2025.
Tom’s Hardware · Dec 27, 2024 Blackwell GPU reportedly takes 3X to 4X longer to test than Hopper — more complex designs lead to skyrocketing test requirements Chief executive of Advantest says major increase of B100/B200 complexity over H100/H200 dramatically increases testing times.
Tom’s Hardware · Dec 26, 2024 Trump nominee favors ‘destroying TSMC’ fabs if China invades Taiwan — strategy designed to deprive China of key motivation to attack The next U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy is very likely to be Elbridge Colby, who is well known to favor the destruction of Taiwan’s chip fabs in the event of a Chinese invasion.
Tom’s Hardware · Dec 25, 2024 ASML CEO says China is 10 to 15 years behind in chipmaking capabilities Without EUV, Chinese semiconductor industry is over a decade behind Taiwan, U.S.