Samsung 9100 PRO Series SSD now available in 8TB capacity
Published in PC Hardware


Priced at $999.99 for standard and $1,019.99 for heatsink version

Samsung has announced the pre-order availability for its 8TB 9100 PRO and 9100 PRO with Heatsink SSDs, featuring sequential trransfer speeds of up to 14,800/13,400MB/s and 2,200/2,600k IOPS, for read and write.

China’s Anfu and Xiangdi tout 5nm ‘Fuxi’ GPUs for AI push
Published in Graphics


160 TFLOPS claims and ‘AI PC’ chatter

Beijing’s homegrown silicon drive has coughed up a fresh boast from Anfu Technology and Xiangdi.

AMD freezes China GPU wafers despite fresh licences
Published in News


MI308 stays on ice 

AMD, chief financial officer, Jean Hu, slammed the breaks on China GPU production on 3 September 2025, even after getting licences from the Trump administration.

Dolby vision 2 pokes the purists in the eye
Published in News


AI “Content Intelligence” and shot by shot motion meddling land on your telly.

Dolby has decided your TV should outvote the director when the room lights are on.

Tesco sues Broadcom and Computacenter over VMware support
Published in News


Retailer says perpetual licence promises vanished after takeover

Tesco has hauled Broadcom and reseller Computacenter into court for at least $134 million apiece, alleging VMware’s perpetual licence support was binned after Broadcom swallowed the virtualisation shop.

Musk’s xAI haemorrhages senior staff
Published in AI


CFO quits after four months as legal chiefs and a co-founder walk.

xAI has sprung another leak at the top table as senior staff seem to be fleeing the company.

Garmin and AUO tout world’s first micro led smartwatch
Published in IoT


A bright, rugged wrist torch for the outdoors crowd.

Garmin and AUO reckon your wrist is ready for stadium-grade glare.

TSMC muscles into silicon photonics, leaving Intel gasping
Published in News


A patent surge, Nvidia’s shove, and a 2026 CPO rollout crank up the pressure.

TSMC has charged into silicon photonics and is trampling Troubled Chipzilla’s toes. Japanese reports say TSMC has filed nearly twice as many US patents in the latest silicon photonics field as Intel.

Acer announces Veriton GN100 AI Mini Workstation with Nvidia GB10 Superchip
Published in AI


You can pair two at $3,999 each

Acer has unveiled its version of an AI workstation based on the Nvidia GB10 Superchip, the Veriton GN100 AI Mini Workstation. Featuring the Nvidia GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip, it delivers up to 1 PFLOPS of FP4 AI performance and starts at $3,999.

Qualcomm readies Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Published in News


Galaxy S26 gets overclocked monster at 4.74 GHz

Qualcomm is about to unleash its Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 which it claims will be the fastest mobile chip on the planet.