AMD Phoenix 2 CPU Die Shot leaked
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Monday, 11 September 2023 12:00

AMD Phoenix 2 CPU Die Shot leaked


Shows Zen 4, Zen 4c cores

A die shot of AMD’s upcoming hybrid accelerated processing unit with Zen 4 and Zen 4c general-purpose cores has been published by hardware leaker HXL.

Intel benefits from Nvidia AI chip shortage
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Monday, 11 September 2023 11:43

Intel benefits from Nvidia AI chip shortage


Customers will use any old chip

The shortage of Nvidia’s GPUs has customers searching for scrap heap to kickstart makeshift AI projects, and Intel is benefitting from it.

Nvidia signs deals with Reliance Industries and Tata Group
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Supercomputers

Nvidia this week signed partnership deals with Reliance Industries and Tata Group. The chip maker has struck partnerships for establishing AI infrastructure in India mostly to build supercomputers. 

Android can't add up storage space
Published in Mobiles
Monday, 11 September 2023 10:51

Android can't add up storage space


Thinks components take up too much room

Android miscalculates the storage space taken up by system components, leading to inflated system storage use.

SK Hynix investigates now its memory ended up in Mate 60 Pro
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Huawei’s new phone full of surprises

South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix is investigating how two of its memory chips mysteriously ended up inside Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro.

El Salvador’s Bitcoin experiment failed
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Monday, 11 September 2023 10:36

El Salvador’s Bitcoin experiment failed


Who didn’t see that coming?

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele’s enthusiasm for Bitcoin, which resulted in him making it legal tender, has not worked.

Chinese hackers found a valuable key in an engineer's crash dump
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It is amazing what you can find among rubbish

China-linked hackers breached the corporate account of a Microsoft engineer and are suspected of using that access to steal a valuable key that enabled the hack of senior US officials' email accounts.

TSMC will make a lot of cash on Intel's back
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Friday, 08 September 2023 11:03

TSMC will make a lot of cash on Intel's back


Goldman Sachs analysts claim

TSMC will make a lot of dosh out of Intel between 2024-25 according to Goldman Sachs Securities analysts.

Lithium extraction improved using string theory
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Princeton strings along and investigates

Princeton boffins have developed an extraction technique that slashes the amount of land and time needed for lithium production using string.

Musk stopped a Ukrainian submarine drone attack against Russian military ships
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Putin's BFF

Elon [look at me] Musk secretly instructed his engineers to turn off Starlink satellite communications near Crimea last year to prevent a Ukrainian submarine drone attack against Russian military ships.