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Intel Graphics Driver Support For Xe3 "Peak Bandwidth Threshold" Feature In Linux 7.3
Phoronix · 53m ago

Intel today sent out their latest batch of kernel graphics driver updates that are ready for staging ahead of next month's Linux 7.3 merge window...

Valve Sponsors Work Bringing Open-Source RADV Driver To Windows
Phoronix · 4h ago

Valve has been sponsoring Collabora engineers with early phase, exploratory work for trying to bring the open-source Radeon Vulkan "RADV" driver to Microsoft Windows...

Vibe Coded X11 YSERVER Gets Steam Working, Full-Screen Games With Cinnamon
Phoronix · 4h ago

A new software creation that debuted this summer was YSERVER as a modern X11 server written in Rust largely by AI via Claude Code. This YSERVER implementation has continued implementing more X11 proto…

FreeBSD's Kernel Still Has A Bit Of GPL Code While Its Base User-Space Is GPL-Free
Phoronix · 4h ago

A few weeks ago there was excitement in the FreeBSD camp with FreeBSD 16 set to retire the last of its GPL code from the base system. While the retiring of the dialog code proclaimed that it was the l…

GCC To Decline Any Significant Contributions Made Via AI/LLMs - Except For Test Cases
Phoronix · 4h ago

The GCC Steering Committee announced today that they have accepted the recommended policy of the GCC AI Policy Working Group, which means no "legally significant" code contributions made via AI/LLM ag…

(PR) Acemagic Unveils the New Launch of F9A: The 2L Flagship Mini AI Workstation
TechPowerUp · 5h ago
Commercial milestone

We are thrilled to officially unveil our next-generation compact, high-performance workstation: the Acemagic F9A (Ryzen AI MAX+395). Designed as a 2L-class mini AI workstation, it combines the flagshi…

PowerColor Intros Radeon RX 9050 8GB Reaper Graphics Card
TechPowerUp · 5h ago

PowerColor today introduced the Radeon RX 9050 8 GB Reaper graphics card. Based on AMD's new entry-level gaming GPU from the RX 9000 series and powered by the AMD RDNA 4 graphics architecture, the RX…

Sapphire Intros Radeon RX 9050 8GB Pulse Graphics Card
TechPowerUp · 5h ago

Sapphire today introduced its Radeon RX 9050 Pulse 8 GB graphics card. Based on a compacted variant of its RX 9060 XT Pulse board design, the card forms AMD's new entry-level in the RX 9000 series gen…

(PR) ASRock Launches Radeon RX 9050 Challenger 8GB Graphics Card
TechPowerUp · 5h ago
Commercial milestone

ASRock, a global leader in motherboards, graphics cards, gaming monitors, mini PCs, power supply units, and AIO liquid coolers, today launched the new Challenger series graphics cards based on the lat…

(PR) Kioxia Announces UFS 5.0 Embedded Flash Memory Devices
TechPowerUp · 5h ago

Kioxia Corporation, a world leader in memory solutions, today announced its UFS 5.0 embedded flash memory solutions, designed to deliver the performance, efficiency and capacity required for the next…

(PR) UMC Announces Fab Expansion in Singapore and Construction of New Fab in Tainan to Meet Accelerating AI Demand
TechPowerUp · 5h ago
Expansion

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a phased expansion plan to meet growing customer demand. The…

(PR) AAEON Launches MIX-Q870A1, a Modular Mini-ITX Motherboard with 65W "Arrow Lake" CPU Support
TechPowerUp · 6h ago
Commercial milestone

AAEON, a leading producer of industrial motherboards, has announced the release of the MIX-Q870A1, a sophisticated Mini-ITX motherboard supporting up to 65 W Intel Core Ultra 200S Series LGA 1851 sock…

(PR) COLORFUL Launches the Rimbook L1 Plus Laptop
TechPowerUp · 6h ago
Commercial milestone

Colorful Technology Company Limited, a leading brand in gaming PC components, gaming laptops, and Hi-fi audio products, proudly announces the COLORFUL Rimbook L1 Plus, powered by an AMD Ryzen processo…

Assassin's Creed Hexe To Launch in Late 2027 "At Earliest"
TechPowerUp · 9h ago
Commercial milestone

Given the recent success of both Assassin's Creed Shadows and Black Flag: Resynced, Assassin's Creed Hexe is becoming a reasonably hotly anticipated game, at this point. While previous rumors indicate…

Double Fine Games Lays Off 25% of Staff After Xbox Split
TechPowerUp · 10h ago
Layoffs

Double Fine Productions was one of a handful of game studios that managed to regain their independence during the recent massive Xbox reset that saw a handful of studio closures, a massive number of l…

ARCTIC Launches Its New Fan Controller That Already Has Mainline Linux Support
Phoronix · 14h ago
Commercial milestone

In over 22 years of Linux hardware reviews and testing at Phoronix, I have never been more excited for a fan controller... ARCTIC today launched their new Fan Controller and in making the product very…

A requiem for Optane, Intel's KV Cache killer that could have eased the RAM price crunch
www.theregister.com - Articles · 15h ago

With microscopic latencies and otherworldly write endurance, it was perfect for today's AI workloads - but gone before they arrived

Indie Hit "Ball x Pit" Gets Final Free Content Update
TechPowerUp · 15h ago

Ball x Pit is one of those indie games that kind of came out of nowhere in 2025, racking up peak player counts of over 35,000 players on Steam and an Overwhelmingly Positive review rating from over 23…

(PR) SK hynix Announces 2Q26 Financial Results
TechPowerUp · 15h ago

SK hynix Inc. (or "the company", www.skhynix.com) announced today that it has recorded 79.3187 trillion won in revenues, 60.5426 trillion won in operating profit (with an operating margin of 76%), and…

Senate confirms Clayton as intel chief after delays
The Record from Recorded Future News · 15h ago

A party-line vote in the Senate installed Jay Clayton as director of national intelligence, a job that has drawn increasing scrutiny during Donald Trump's second term as president.

Nexus Mods Plans To Simplify Game Modding: "Spotify-Easy" and "GitHub Powerful"
TechPowerUp · 15h ago

A little over a year ago, Nexus Mods changed hands, with the new owner and lead developer promising to keep the ship running without changing the core philosophy of Nexus Mods. Now, in a year-one upda…

(PR) Logitech Announces Q1 Fiscal Year 2027 Results
TechPowerUp · 17h ago

SIX Swiss Exchange Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR—Logitech International (SIX: LOGN) (Nasdaq: LOGI) today announced financial results for the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2027. Sales were…

Intel restructuring cuts 103 Santa Clara jobs
The Business Journals · 18h ago
Financial distress

Intel eliminates 103 positions at Santa Clara facilities as CEO Lip-Bu Tan continues restructuring efforts to improve profitability.

(PR) Seagate Reports Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2026 Financial Results
TechPowerUp · 18h ago

Seagate Technology Holdings plc (NASDAQ: STX) (the "Company" or "Seagate"), a leading innovator of mass-capacity data storage, today reported financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal…

GMKtec Neo-X1 Launches as 14.6 L SFF Desktop With RTX 5070
TechPowerUp · 18h ago
Commercial milestone

GMKtec has been moving fast with its SFF PC launches, with its latest compact PC, the Neo-X1 and Neo-X1 Pro, reportedly packing some impressive gaming power at an equally high price. The new mini PC u…

Daily Digest: Layoffs roll through Uber and Intel, Nvidia bets on OpenAI co-founder's new startup
The Business Journals · 19h ago
Layoffs

Visa plans layoffs in San Francisco. Major tech companies cut Bay Area jobs. Streetwear retailer targets Union Square space.

Intel "Nova Lake-S" 12 Xe3P iGPU to Draw Up to 65 Watts
TechPowerUp · 19h ago

Intel's upcoming "Nova Lake-S" is gearing up for a launch later this year. However, rumors suggest that certain "Nova Lake-S" models with large integrated graphics might require significant power, inc…

Alienware Launches AW2726DL 27-inch IPS 280 Hz Gaming Monitor
TechPowerUp · 20h ago
Commercial milestone

Alienware has launched the AW2726DL, a 27-inch gaming monitor built around a fast 2560 x 1440 IPS anti-glare coated panel with a 280 Hz refresh rate and response times of 1 ms GTG in Extreme mode (2 m…

AMD Software Adrenalin 26.7.1 WHQL Drivers Released
TechPowerUp · 21h ago

AMD has released its first Adrenalin Edition July driver, named 26.7.1 WHQL, which brings support for the newly announced AMD Radeon RX 9050 4 GB and 8 GB SKUs. These GPUs are entry-level RDNA 4 model…

(PR) Razer Unveils the Travel Case Folio for Portable Keyboards
TechPowerUp · 21h ago
Commercial milestone

Razer, the global leading lifestyle brand for gamers, today announced the Travel Case Folio for Portable Keyboards, the latest addition to its portable accessory lineup that protects a desktop-grade k…

GOG Galaxy Is Coming to Linux as a Native Application
TechPowerUp · 21h ago

Months after promising to better support the Linux community, GOG has confirmed that the GOG Galaxy launcher is officially coming to Linux as a native application. According to GamingOnLinux, GOG co-C…

Cadence certifies AI reference flows for Intel 18A-P and 14A technologies
Electronics Weekly · 22h ago

DAC 2026: The next step in the partnership of Cadence and Intel Foundry collaboration was announced. Cadence’s AI-driven digital and custom reference flows and tools are now certified on Intel […] The…

Dragon Age Creator Says Veilguard May be Series's Last Hurrah
TechPowerUp · 22h ago

The Dragon Age franchise has had its ups and downs throughout the years, with Dragon Age: Inquisition being BioWare's best-selling game to date, and, despite The Veilguard's mixed reception, the serie…

NVIDIA Releases GeForce 610.88 WHQL Game Ready Drivers
TechPowerUp · 22h ago

NVIDIA has released the GeForce 610.88 WHQL Game Ready driver, following last week's 610.82 Beta, which was a targeted fix specifically addressing crashes in Halo: Campaign Evolved and Path of Exile 2…

(PR) FinalWire Releases AIDA64 v8.35
TechPowerUp · 22h ago

FinalWire Ltd. today announced the immediate availability of AIDA64 Extreme v8.35, a streamlined diagnostic and benchmarking tool for home users; AIDA64 Engineer v8.35, a professional diagnostic and b…

(PR) Halo: Campaign Evolved Launches Today With NVIDIA DLSS, Mistfall Hunter and Corsair Cove Follow
TechPowerUp · 22h ago
Commercial milestone

Each week, new games and apps integrating NVIDIA DLSS, NVIDIA Reflex, and advanced ray-traced effects are released or announced, delivering the definitive PC experience for GeForce RTX players. Today,…

Starling: A New Linux Desktop Written In Swift, Own Wayland Compositor & Written With AI
Phoronix · 22h ago

There's yet another new open-source desktop option for Linux users in the era of new open-source projects largely written via AI/LLMs. Starling is this new project largely written via Claude and using…

(PR) Intel Secure Enclave: Securing High-Performance Computing at the Tactical Edge
TechPowerUp · 22h ago

For decades, defense and aerospace systems have relied on architectures that were not designed for today's data intensity. Analog-heavy signal-processing chains, while effective in earlier generations…

Intel Completes RAMP-C Program, Accelerating Momentum for Secure Enclave
Newsroom · 23h ago

What’s New: Intel Foundry has completed the Rapid Assured Microelectronics Prototypes - Commercial (RAMP-C) program. Launched in September 2021, the program supported development of domestic, leading-…

(PR) Noctua and Prusa Research Release PETG Filaments in Signature Noctua Colors
TechPowerUp · 23h ago

Noctua and Prusa Research today expanded the lineup of 3D printing filaments in signature Noctua colors. The new PETG Prusaments complement the previously released PLA materials, offering higher tough…

(PR) Apple Upgrade Debuts in the United States
TechPowerUp · 23h ago
Commercial milestone

Apple today announced Apple Upgrade, a new product leasing program provided by Klarna for iPhone, Apple Watch, Mac, and iPad available on the Apple Store online, in the Apple Store app, and at Apple S…

(PR) ScaleFlux Unveils PCIe Gen 6 SSD and CXL Memory Controllers
TechPowerUp · 1d ago
Commercial milestone

ScaleFlux will introduce two next-generation PCIe Gen 6 silicon solutions at Future of Memory and Storage (FMS) 2026: the FC6116 PCIe Gen 6 NVMe SSD Controller and the MC600 PCIe Gen 6 CXL 3.2 Type 3…

(PR) Kioxia Announces NX1 Data Center NVMe E1.S SSDs
TechPowerUp · 1d ago

KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced the KIOXIA NX1 Series of solid-state drives (SSDs), a new generation of E1.S PCIe 5.0 NVMe data center SSDs, and Kioxia's first SSD with direct liquid cooling supp…

(PR) Yunzii Launches C75 MAO Cake Kitten Wireless Mechanical Keyboard
TechPowerUp · 1d ago
Commercial milestone

Love compact layouts? Obsessed with adorable desk setups? Then you won't want to miss the Yunzii C75 MAO Cake Kitten Wireless Mechanical Keyboard. Following the overwhelming love for the original Yunz…

CachyOS Outperforming Windows 11, Ubuntu & Fedora On AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
Phoronix · 1d ago

A recent mini PC being benchmarked at Phoronix is the BOSGAME VTA-439 that employs the new AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 Gorgon Point SoC. With the BOSGAME mini PC having shipped with Microsoft Windows 11, he…

(PR) beyerdynamic Introduces the New DT 275 PRO Headphones
TechPowerUp · 1d ago
Commercial milestone

German audio specialist beyerdynamic is expanding its popular PRO series with the new DT 275 PRO headphones. Designed for professional users, they enable quick and reliable sound assessments even in n…

(PR) Arctic Unveils the 10-port Arctic Fan Controller
TechPowerUp · 1d ago
Commercial milestone

The ARCTIC Fan Controller brings together intelligent fan management, detailed monitoring, and broad software compatibility in one compact solution. With support for up to ten independently controllab…

(PR) be quiet! Introduces Light Loop IO LCD AIO Liquid CPU Coolers
TechPowerUp · 1d ago
Commercial milestone

be quiet!, the German manufacturer for premium PC components and peripherals, is proud to announce Light Loop IO LCD, a new addition to the Light Loop all-in-one water cooling series. Designed for hea…

Intel 471's Latest AI Capabilities, Agent471 & MCP471 Enable Organizations to Action Elite Decision-Grade Intelligence at Machine Speed
Business Wire Technology: Networks News · 1d ago

WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intel 471, the trusted provider of high-fidelity, pre-attack threat intelligence solutions, announced today two new artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities in the…

AMD P-State Linux Driver Patches Can Boost 1%-Low FPS Gaming Performance By 31%
Phoronix · 1d ago

A set of patches posted today to the Linux kernel mailing list implement per-core Energy Performance Preference (EPP) boosting for recently-busy CPUs. This feature is designed to have a dramatic impac…

Linux's crypto_rng Abstraction Layer Next On The Chopping Block
Phoronix · 1d ago

In addition to the deprecation and stripping down of AF_ALG, another piece of the Linux kernel crypto code steaming ahead toward removal is the crypto_rng abstraction layer...

KDE Developer Fixing Long-Standing Bug Over Very Long Small-File Copy Times
Phoronix · 1d ago

Since 2014 there has been a KDE bug report titled Ridiculously slow file copy (multiple small files). With the Dolphin file manager or other KIO-based KDE programs, copying many small files can be muc…

SK Hynix LPDDR6 Enters Mass Production in Second Half of 2026
TechPowerUp · 1d ago

SK hynix is preparing for the mass production of its next-generation LPDDR6 memory, according to the South Korean outlet Herald. While this information isn't surprising, the timeline is now set for th…

ASUS Laptop Whisper Mode Support Being Worked On For Linux
Phoronix · 1d ago

ASUS laptops support a feature called "Whisper Mode" that intentionally slows down the fan speed and lowers the CPU clock speed in order to keep the device running cool and quiet. The open-source ASUS…

AMD Radeon RX 9050 4 GB Appears with First Design from ASRock
TechPowerUp · 1d ago

AMD has shipped its lowest-tier RDNA 4 graphics cards to OEMs and board partners, introducing the Radeon RX 9050 4 GB. This model is a reduced version of the Radeon RX 9050 8 GB, with changes only in…

AMD Launches Radeon RX 9050 4/8 GB SKUs with First Design from ASRock
TechPowerUp · 1d ago
Commercial milestone

AMD has shipped its lowest-tier RDNA 4 graphics cards to OEMs and board partners, introducing the Radeon RX 9050 4 GB and 8 GB variants. The 4 GB model is a reduced version of the Radeon RX 9050 8 GB,…

(PR) Alphacool Announces DDCzero XS Reservoir, DDCzero Pumptop and ES Reservoir DDCzero 1U
TechPowerUp · 1d ago

Alphacool International GmbH from Braunschweig is a pioneer in PC liquid-cooling technology. With one of the industry's most comprehensive product portfolios and more than 20 years of experience, Alph…

Hyper Dash VR Shooter Shuts Down With Final Update Adding Offline Gameplay
TechPowerUp · 1d ago

Hyper Dash, the VR PvP boomer shooter that launched in 2021, is officially going offline on 1 November 2026. Triangle Factory, the studio behind the game, announced that it has made the decision to sh…

Online Multiplayer Cyberpunk 2.5D Brawler Spin-Off Based on Edgerunners May Be in Development
TechPowerUp · 2d ago

It was recently reported by MP1st that CD Projekt Red may be working with WayForward, the developer behind the 2.5D game series Shantae and RWBY: Arrowfell, on a new 2.5D brawler based in the Cyberpun…

Ubisoft Adds Free PC License to Xbox Digital Game Purchases
TechPowerUp · 2d ago

There has been a lot of talk recently about both the merit of platform exclusive games and digital games, and Microsoft's latest partnership with Ubisoft seems to be a move to support both its Xbox pl…

Palworld Exec Reassures Gamers About End-of-Life Plans
TechPowerUp · 2d ago

The recent slew of live-service games biting the dust—The Crew, Bungie's Destiny, and Highguard being the most prominent of the lot—has raised questions about the longevity of the games we play and wh…

NVIDIA RTX Spark Laptop Found on Roadside Gets Reviewed Before Official Launch
TechPowerUp · 2d ago
Commercial milestone

A long-time TechPowerUp forum user who goes by Fouquin just posted a surprisingly in-depth review of the upcoming Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra, featuring the NVIDIA RTX Spark Arm-based SoC. In a biz…

AMD PMF Testing Tool Slated For Linux 7.3
Phoronix · 2d ago

Looking to be added to the Linux kernel source tree for the upcoming Linux 7.3 cycle is test_amd_pmf, a small testing application for exercising the AMD Platform Management Framework (PMF) interfaces…

Marathon Player Counts Decline Again After PvE Update Causes Spike
TechPowerUp · 2d ago

After the launch of Marathon's new Vault Breakers PvE mode, which Bungie was seemingly implementing as a way to improve player retention, the game saw a sizeable improvement in concurrent player count…

NVIDIA and OpenAI Reportedly Discuss $250 Billion Deal for 10-Gigawatt Ohio Data Center
TechPowerUp · 2d ago

NVIDIA is in talks to provide roughly $250 billion in financing guarantees for OpenAI's planned data center campus in southern Ohio, according to the Wall Street Journal, cited by Reuters. The project…

TSMC Hits 20,000 Wafers Per Month Milestone on 2 nm Node
TechPowerUp · 2d ago

TSMC has reportedly reached a new milestone in scaling its 2 nm node high-volume manufacturing, now producing 20,000 wafers per month on the N2 node alone. Manufactured across five fabs in Taiwan, the…

Xbox Outage Locks Players out of Games and Accounts for Over 12 Hours
TechPowerUp · 2d ago

Following a similar story relating to PlayStation Account server errors just a few days prior, on the launch of the Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls beta, Xbox has seemingly run into issues during the adv…

Mysterious 16-Tile & 32-Tile AMX Implementations Talked Up For More Performance
Phoronix · 2d ago

Last October on Phoronix we were first to point out there being some mysterious intrigue around a new x86 implementation from a "corporate entity other than Intel/AMD" with the developer involved not…

Ubisoft Cancels 1 Far Cry Game and Spins Up Another
TechPowerUp · 2d ago

Ubisoft recently tipped that there were two Far Cry games in the works. Although the game studio hadn't revealed what those two Far Cry projects were, they were believed to be Far Cry 7 and a new extr…

Valve Faces Price Hikes for Steam Frame VR Headset Ahead of Launch
TechPowerUp · 2d ago
Commercial milestone

Valve's hardware portfolio has experienced significant pricing fluctuations due to various supply chain changes related to memory, storage, and now processor price hikes. According to Bloomberg, Qualc…

Fwupd 2.1.7 Released With Many Bug Fixes
Phoronix · 2d ago

Fwupd 2.1.7 is out today as the newest update to this open-source firmware updating utility that pairs with the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) for offering a nice firmware upgrade story on Linux…

Nielsen Launches Ad Intel AI: the Only Product of its Kind that Transforms Fragmented Ad Data into Actionable Intelligence
All News Releases · 2d ago
Commercial milestone

Ad Intel AI is Nielsen's first in a new generation of AI products built to turn data into action Nielsen's unique AI advantage is its decades of persons-verified data covering human behavior and time…

(PR) Lattice Semiconductor Completes Acquisition of AMI
TechPowerUp · 2d ago
M&A

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC), the low power programmable leader, today announced the completion of its acquisition of AMI. First announced on May 4, 2026, the acquisition creates t…

Intel growth reaches highest point in 15 years on surging AI demand
Manufacturing Dive - Latest News · 2d ago

The chip company is looking to increase its 2026 capital spending by about $3 billion to improve manufacturing and packaging as it navigates a tight supply environment.

Keysight Certifies Electromagnetic Design Software for Intel Foundry’s Latest Processes
Business Wire Technology: Networks News · 2d ago

SANTA ROSA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Design teams get a proven path to first-pass silicon success on Intel 14A and Intel 18A-P.

Framework Laptop 13 Pro: Aiming To Be One Of The Best Upgradeable Linux Laptops
Phoronix · 2d ago

Back in April, Framework Computer announced the Framework Laptop 13 Pro as a ground-up re-design of their modular/upgradeable laptop. This new Framework Laptop 13 Pro features a much larger battery (7…

(PR) SAPPHIRE Technology Unveils EDGE+ Apex Robotics Platform
TechPowerUp · 2d ago
Commercial milestone

SAPPHIRE Technology today unveiled the EDGE+ Apex SOM/Carrier Robotics Platform, a production-ready hardware platform powered by AMD Ryzen AI Embedded X100 Series processors and designed to accelerate…

Microsoft is Boosting Xbox Game Download Speed
TechPowerUp · 2d ago

Microsoft has released a beta test of the first download speed-enhancing fixes, finally addressing the slow and painful game download process on the Xbox console and Xbox PC application. The company h…

(PR) Nykta Debuts as a New German Systems Integrator for Configurable PCs
TechPowerUp · 2d ago
Commercial milestone

Nykta has officially launched as a new German system integrator specializing in configurable gaming PCs, office PCs, and workstations. All systems are assembled in Germany and are available to custome…

(PR) Nykta Debuts as a New German System Integrator for Configurable PCs
TechPowerUp · 2d ago
Commercial milestone

Nykta has officially launched as a new German system integrator specializing in configurable gaming PCs, office PCs, and workstations. All systems are assembled in Germany and are available to custome…

(PR) Cadence Certifies AI-Driven Reference Flows for Intel 18A-P and Intel 14A
TechPowerUp · 2d ago

Cadence's AI-driven digital and custom reference flows, tools, and solutions are now certified on Intel 18A-P and Intel 14A technologies, based on the latest Intel Foundry process design kits (PDKs).…

China Begins Limited Production of Domestic Immersion DUV Machines
TechPowerUp · 2d ago

According to sources close to The Information, a Chinese company based in Shanghai has reportedly begun limited production of immersion DUV lithography machines. This unnamed company aims to produce f…

Chinese Memory Giant CXMT Goes Public, Stock Already Up 466%
TechPowerUp · 2d ago
Funding

Chinese memory maker CXMT has debuted on the Shanghai A-Class STAR stock market with one of the biggest public offerings in China. Today, CXMT's Initial Public Offering (IPO) saw the price of CXM jump…

Synopsys and Intel Foundry Fast-Track Customer Readiness from Silicon to Systems on Intel 14A
All News Releases · 2d ago

Certified AI-powered EDA flows, integrated multiphysics analysis, and broad IP portfolio accelerate Angstrom-scale AI and multi-die designs Key Highlights Certified AI-powered EDA flows and multiphysi…

Ubuntu To Provide Virtualization HWE Stack For Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Phoronix · 2d ago

Ubuntu has long provided hardware enablement "HWE" stacks for Ubuntu LTS releases to provide a newer kernel and Mesa drivers and more for better supporting new/modern hardware on the long-term support…

AMD "Low Power" CPU Core Type Patches Queued Ahead Of Linux 7.3
Phoronix · 2d ago

Last month I wrote bout new AMD Linux patches introducing a new "low power" CPU core type as an alternative to their standard performance cores and dense efficiency cores. That work now is poised to l…

GIGABYTE Intros B550 AORUS Elite WiFi7 Socket AM4 Motherboard
TechPowerUp · 2d ago

GIGABYTE introduced a new Socket AM4 motherboard as part of a new wave of motherboards based on the older socket that supports DDR4 memory, timed with the re-launch of the Ryzen 7 5800X3D processor. T…

Wayfire Wayland Compositor Closing In On v1.0 Release
Phoronix · 2d ago

The Wayfire modular and extensible Wayland compositor formally used by default on Raspberry Pi SBCs is nearing its v1.0 release. Wayfire 0.11 was released on Sunday for this Compiz-inspired, wlroots-p…

FreeBSD Developing New NTSYNC Driver For Accelerating Windows NT Sync Primitives
Phoronix · 2d ago

The FreeBSD project published today their Q2-2026 status report that highlights all of their interesting open-source development initiatives for the past quarter. A lot is happening including FreeBSD…

NVIDIA & Others Form The Open Secure AI Alliance
Phoronix · 2d ago

NVIDIA and more than two dozen other companies have started the Open Secure AI Alliance for helping to keep open-source AI models secure. The other founding members range from Microsoft to Adobe, IBM,…

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Drops to an All Time Low Price of $569
TechPowerUp · 2d ago

AMD's flagship desktop processor until the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition upstaged it, the 9950X3D, is now selling in the US at an all-time low price of $569. This amounts to an 18.5% drop from its lau…

(PR) NVIDIA Harnesses Vera CPU to Speed Up Design of Next-Generation CPUs and GPUs
TechPowerUp · 2d ago

The complexity of modern chip design continues to grow as engineering teams work to develop increasingly sophisticated CPUs, GPUs and AI systems. To help meet that challenge, NVIDIA is collaborating w…

(PR) SK Group and NVIDIA Expand Strategic Partnership Across AI Factories and Next-Generation Memory
TechPowerUp · 2d ago
Expansion Commercial milestone

SK Group and NVIDIA today announced plans for a $500-billion-plus comprehensive partnership to establish AI infrastructure serving the surging demand for global compute. The two sides signed letters o…

(PR) Samsung Electronics and Broadcom Expand Strategic Collaboration Across Memory and Foundry Technologies
TechPowerUp · 2d ago
Expansion

Samsung Electronics and Broadcom today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to expand their strategic collaboration across memory and foundry technologies, supporting the next…

(PR) Siemens Advances Self-verifying Agentic AI Workflows for Semiconductor and PCB Design
TechPowerUp · 2d ago

Siemens today announced an expansion of its strategic partnership with NVIDIA to deliver self-verifying agentic AI workflows to EDA, helping semiconductor and printed circuit board (PCB) engineering t…

(PR) Synopsys Showcases Comprehensive Autonomous Engineering Workflows from Silicon to Systems, Developed with NVIDIA Technology
TechPowerUp · 2d ago

Today at the 2026 DAC Chips to Systems Conference, Synopsys, Inc. announced advancements to agentic AI for engineering in collaboration with NVIDIA. Synopsys has developed fully autonomous, long-runni…

Keychron G6 HE Previewed: 46 g Wireless Gaming Mouse With Swappable Battery and Open-Source Firmware
TechPowerUp · 2d ago

Keychron already has a number of wireless gaming mice available, including both affordable productivity mice and high-performance gaming peripherals. The latest gaming mouse launch from Keychron appea…

Linux 7.2-rc5 Released: "Once More We Have Quite A Massive -rc5"
Phoronix · 3d ago

In working toward releasing the stable Linux 7.2 kernel in less than one month's time, out today is Linux 7.2-rc5 to ship this week's latest bug/regression fixes and help facilitate more testing of th…

GNU Binutils 2.47 Released With More RISC-V Extensions, New Options
Phoronix · 3d ago

Along with this weekend's release of GNU C Library 2.44, the GNU Binutils 2.47 release is also now available for this important set of binary utilities common to Linux systems and other platforms with…

"KVM Chainsaw" Expected To Hit Linux 7.3 For Dealing With God Data Structure
Phoronix · 3d ago

A patch series that appears destined for the upcoming Linux 7.3 merge window is what's dubbed the "KVM Chainsaw" as a major code clean-up in dealing with the kvm_mmu "god data structure"...

User Frustrations Over The "Tragic State of FreeBSD Audio/Sound" Support
Phoronix · 3d ago

Besides the FreeBSD graphics and WiFi drivers lagging behind Linux and other operating systems, the FreeBSD audio driver support and handling of audio streams with FreeBSD on the desktop can be proble…

Auto-CPUFreq 3.1 Adds Monitoring Mode To GUI, New Configuration Options & Fixes
Phoronix · 3d ago

Auto-CPUFreq is one of the open-source projects striving to be a CPU speed and power optimizer for Linux systems to improve battery life without making any real compromises to the user experience. Out…

Realtek RTL8723B/RTL8723BS Trying To Be Tacked On To The RTW88 Linux Driver
Phoronix · 3d ago

Since 2017 in Linux 4.12 has been the Realtek rtl8723bs WiFi driver where it was introduced into the staging area and remains there nearly a decade later. The rtl8723bs driver for this Realtek 802.11n…

Linux 7.2-rc5 Fixing Longstanding Bug In IPv4 Networking Over Firewire
Phoronix · 3d ago

Firewire still isn't dead yet on Linux. Current plans call for maintaining IEEE-1394 Firewire on Linux at least through 2029 and with today's Linux 7.2-rc5 kernel release is a fix for those wanting to…

This Week in Gaming (Week 31)
TechPowerUp · 3d ago

Welcome to the last week of July and this week is packed with new releases. We kick off a major release of what is technically a remake of a 2001 game, but back then it was Xbox exclusive and now it'l…

Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0 Released With Support For Notches & Rounded Corners
Phoronix · 4d ago

Following last month's beta release, Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0 is now available as the latest feature release for this Ubuntu 24.04 LTS derived mobile operating system for select smartphones and tablets.…

Fedora Working To Establish Conflict of Interest Policy
Phoronix · 4d ago

Posted this week is a draft copy of the Fedora Conflict of Interest policy being worked on for dealing with identifying, disclosing, and managing any actual, actual, or perceived conflicts of interest…

Kiwi Menu Continues Bringing macOS Vibes To GNOME
Phoronix · 4d ago

Kiwi Menu as the macOS-inspired quick menu option for the GNOME Shell desktop is continuing to enhance its macOS-esque experience on GNOME...

GNU C Library 2.44 Released With /etc/tunables.conf, More Optimizations
Phoronix · 4d ago

GNU developers today released GNU C Library "glibc" 2.44 as the newest feature release for this critical library to modern Linux systems and other platforms...

KDE Plasma 6.8 Introducing New kscreenctl Tool
Phoronix · 4d ago

KDE developers have been working on kscreenctl as a utility replacement to kscreen-doctor. Plasma and related code has also seen a number of bug/crash fixes coming about this week too...

Denuvo Removed From 007 First Light, After Just Two Months
TechPowerUp · 4d ago

IO Interactive released its AAA title 007 First Light on May 26 this year, surprising players with the inclusion of Denuvo DRM. However, after just two months on the market, IO Interactive has officia…

Blizzard's Battle.net Gets Online Age Verification in UK
TechPowerUp · 5d ago

Following the recently passes UK Online Safety Act law, everything from Discord to PlayStation Network, and even Roblox, have at least experimented with adding online age verification with systems lik…

Tomb Raider: Catalyst Delayed to 2028
TechPowerUp · 5d ago

Crystal Dynamics was revealed to be working on two new Tomb Raider games at the December 2025 Game Awards: Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis (a "reimagining" of the first Tomb Raider adventure), announc…

Wine 11.14 Brings WoW64 Mode To FreeBSD, Icon Support In Start Menu
Phoronix · 5d ago

Wine 11.14 was tagged today as the newest bi-weekly development release of this open-source software for running Windows games and applications on Linux, macOS, and other platforms...

Intel Foundry Improves Execution, but External Customers Remain the Test
EE Times · 5d ago

Intel’s fabs are healing, but $293M in outside revenue won’t scare TSMC yet. The post Intel Foundry Improves Execution, but External Customers Remain the Test appeared first on EE Times.

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Beta Crashes PSN Servers for Hours on End
TechPowerUp · 5d ago

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls officially started an open beta test on the morning of July 24, but shortly after the beta went live, users started reporting that they could not access the game due to a…

Debian Considering General Resolution Over LLM Usage In The Project
Phoronix · 5d ago

Debian developers are discussing a general resolution whether to permit AI large language model (LLM) usage within the Debian software project...

AMD ROCm Committed To Six Week Release Cycle Moving Forward
Phoronix · 5d ago

One of many interesting takeaways from this week's AMD Advancing AI event in San Francisco was word that ROCm will be on a rigid six week release cycle moving forward...

CXMT Reportedly Outprices Samsung for DDR5 Server Memory Amid Surging Demand
TechPowerUp · 5d ago

CXMT, the world's fourth-largest DRAM maker, is now reportedly charging more for its 64 GB DDR5 server RDIMM modules than Samsung, which is already asking $1,240 per unit. The numbers come from Reuter…

Qualcomm QCE Driver On The Chopping Block With ~48x Slower Than Armv8 Crypto Extensions
Phoronix · 5d ago

A few days back I wrote about upstream Linux kernel developers marking the Qualcomm crypto accelerator driver as "broken" and "harmful" due to its slow performance, history of bugs, and other limitati…

Imagination PowerVR Driver Marking BXM-4-64 MC1 GPU As Supported In Linux 7.3
Phoronix · 5d ago

Sent out today was the weekly round of drm-misc-next patches of new Direct Rendering Manager feature material ready to be queued in DRM-Next ahead of the Linux 7.3 merge window...

Intel and Lens Technology Collaborate to Enable Advanced Semiconductor Packaging for the AI Era
Newsroom · 5d ago

SANTA CLARA, Calif. & CHANGSHA, China — Intel Corporation and Lens Technology today announced a strategic collaboration focused on enabling new technologies for advanced semiconductor packaging. Throu…

Halo: Campaign Evolved Cracked Days Before Release
TechPowerUp · 5d ago

Halo: Campaign Evolved has already been cracked just a few days before its official release. A group of hackers claims that the cracked version runs smoothly on Windows without requiring a Microsoft o…

Halo: Campaign Evolved Cracked Before Launch as Microsoft Account Issues Leave Some Players Locked Out
TechPowerUp · 5d ago
Commercial milestone

Halo: Campaign Evolved game was cracked just four days before its official release. A group of hackers claims that their version runs smoothly on Windows without needing a Microsoft or Steam account.…

Halo: Campaign Evolved—Cracked Before Launch as Paying Players Fight Microsoft Account Linking
TechPowerUp · 5d ago
Commercial milestone

Halo: Campaign Evolved game was cracked just four days before its official release. A group of hackers claims that their version runs smoothly on Windows without needing a Microsoft or Steam account.…

Ubuntu Linux Looking To Get Rid Of /etc/debian_version Historical Artifact
Phoronix · 5d ago

Ubuntu Linux has shipped /etc/debian_version that is carried over from upstream Debian and in turn just indicating the Debian Sid development version from which the packages are arrived. Besides it be…

(PR) MiTAC Computing Advances Agentic AI Infrastructure with 6th Gen AMD EPYC Server CPUs
TechPowerUp · 5d ago

MiTAC Computing Technology Corp., a global leader in high-performance, energy-efficient server solutions and a subsidiary of MiTAC Holdings Corporation (TWSE:3706), is highlighting its latest agentic…

Fedora 45 Looks To Begin Phasing Out In-Kernel Crypto Userspace API
Phoronix · 5d ago

Going along with the upstream Linux 7.2 kernel deprecation of AF_ALG and Linux 7.3 to further restrict this interface for letting user-space programs interact directly with the Linux kernel crypto API…

(PR) ASRock Launches Phantom Gaming PGO27QSA Series QD-OLED Gaming Monitors in Black and White
TechPowerUp · 5d ago
Commercial milestone

ASRock, the global leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards, mini PCs, gaming monitors, power supply units, and AIO liquid coolers, today announced the launch of the new Phantom Gaming PGO…

Morning Docket: 07.24.26
Above the Law · 5d ago

* SCOTUSBlog founder Tom Goldstein's sentencing set for today. Anyone want action on what he gets? [Reuters] * Plaintiff hired spies to extract intel about defendant's case from Biglaw partner. This…

(PR) Gigabyte Breaks the DDR5 Bottleneck: Full Motherboard Lineup Now Supports CXSH (CXMT) Memory
TechPowerUp · 5d ago

Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards, and hardware solutions, today announced that its full lineup of DDR5 motherboards now supports CXSH (CXMT) chip-bas…

AMD Advancing AI 2026: Open, Open-Source & More Open-Source
Phoronix · 5d ago

At this week's AMD Advancing AI 2026 event, "AI" was mentioned thousands of times in talks and in demos. As expected. Beyond that, the other term likely most heard during the event was "open"... Not p…

(PR) Alphacool Intros DDCzero Pump, Reservoirs & Mounting Kit
TechPowerUp · 5d ago

Alphacool International GmbH from Braunschweig is a pioneer in PC liquid cooling technology. With one of the industry's most comprehensive product portfolios and over 20 years of experience, Alphacool…

Snapdragon X Elite Laptop Experience Still Lackluster On Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Phoronix · 5d ago

At the end of last year when checking out the latest Linux experience on the Snapdragon X Elite it was a disappointing affair. The performance had regressed and overall a more headache-inducing experi…

Intel posts fastest YoY growth since 2011, with Q2 2026 revenue totaling $16.1bn
DCD · 5d ago

Chipmaker’s data center segment once again posted strongest growth, while Intel Foundry continues to operate at a loss

(PR) MSI Launches the PRO MAX EDGE AI+, Ushering in a New Era of On-Device AI Computing
TechPowerUp · 5d ago
Commercial milestone

MSI today announced the launch of the PRO MAX EDGE AI+, a next-generation AI desktop purpose-built for on-device AI computing. Designed to accelerate AI innovation, the PRO MAX EDGE AI+ delivers excep…

(PR) ASUS Accelerates Enterprise AI at Scale with 6th-Gen AMD EPYC Server CPUs
TechPowerUp · 5d ago

ASUS today announced its groundbreaking new server lineup powered by the AMD EPYC 9006 processors, engineered to deliver unmatched performance for the most demanding intensive enterprise workloads. Th…

(PR) AAEON Prioritizes Durability with the Release of New COM Express Type 6 Modules
TechPowerUp · 5d ago

Leading provider of Computer-on-Modules AAEON (Stock Code: 6579) today introduced the COM-TWLC6 Rev.B, COM-ASLC6 Rev.B, and COM-ADNC6 Rev.B COM Express Type 6 modules, powered by Intel Atom and Proces…

(PR) Team Group Launches The ACE 8K MicroSDXC Memory Card
TechPowerUp · 5d ago
Commercial milestone

As next-generation imaging devices, including professional gimbal cameras, 360-degree cameras, action cameras, and drones increasingly support 8K high-resolution video recording, demand for memory car…

Most Read – Raspberry Pi display, DSIT abolished, Intel layoffs
Electronics Weekly · 5d ago
Layoffs

The most read stories on the site cover Raspberry Pi expanded its Touch Display 2 devices, a falling SOX index, and Chinese president Xi Xinping addressing the World AI Conference in Shanghai.  The po…

Intel Reaffirms: Multithreading Returns in 2028 with "Coral Rapids"
TechPowerUp · 5d ago

In recent years, Intel has shifted away from traditional multithreading in its CPU core designs. This change began with the 12th-Gen Core CPUs when Intel started moving away from Hyper-Threading. At t…

Intel 14A Node Goes Into Risk Production in 2H 2027, Volume Production in 2028
TechPowerUp · 5d ago

Intel reported one of its largest quarterly growth results last night, with Q2 2026 revenue reaching $16.1 billion and generating strong cash flow. However, a key highlight from the company's earnings…

Chip Industry Week In Review
Semiconductor Engineering · 5d ago

Amkor's $1.5B deal; Intel Foundry revenue up 31%; Siemens' dual buys; SiC plant dies; AMD's big week; TSMC price hike; Nokia's fab buy; earnings; $300M for accelerating inference; Keysight's multiphys…

Intel makes Q2 loss of $11bn
Electronics Weekly · 5d ago

Intel had Q2 revenue of $16.1 billion, up 25% YoY, for a net  loss of $11 billion compared to the $2.9 billion loss in Q2 2025. Gross margin was 40.4% […] The post Intel makes Q2 loss of $11bn appeare…

Intel knows it needs to ‘leapfrog’ ARM and AMD, says CEO Lip-Bu Tan
www.theregister.com - Articles · 5d ago
Leadership change

Chipzilla changes PC biz name to reflect belief edge and robots could be as valuable one day

Assassin's Creed Black Flag: Resynced "Exceeding Annual Expectations" 2 Weeks After Launch
TechPowerUp · 5d ago
Commercial milestone

It's been pretty clear, judging by the player count figures alone, that Assassin's Creed Black Flag: Resynced has been at least decently successful. However, a recent Q1 sales report from Ubisoft has…

Fast-growing public company to move headquarters to Maple Lawn
The Business Journals · 5d ago

Ciena Corp. will relocate its headquarters to Maple Lawn in Howard County, moving 160 workers to a new 28132-square-foot office space this...

Xbox Tests Ad-Supported Free Game Streaming
TechPowerUp · 6d ago

We reported previously that Microsoft was planning an ad-supported version of its Xbox Cloud streaming service, and a new post by Xbox Wire confirms that this rumor is finally coming to fruition, with…

Xbox Tests Free, Ad-Supported Game Streaming
TechPowerUp · 6d ago

We reported previously that Microsoft was planning an ad-supported version of its Xbox Cloud streaming service, and a new post by Xbox Wire confirms that this rumor is finally coming to fruition, with…

Dygma Launches Travel-Friendly Sonsei Monobody Ergonomic Mechanical Keyboard
TechPowerUp · 6d ago
Commercial milestone

Dygma Lab, the company known for split ergonomic keyboards like the Dygma Defy and Raise, has launched its latest keyboard, the Dygma Sonsei, as a travel-friendly take on the ergonomic keyboard. Inste…

Intel revenue jumps 25% despite $11B quarterly loss
The Business Journals · 6d ago

Intel's strong AI-driven growth lifts revenue 25% in second quarter, with CEO Lip-Bu Tan citing unprecedented compute demand across multiple...

Intel posts big sales jump, stock soars
The Business Journals · 6d ago

Intel's second-quarter revenue surge to $16.1 billion, driven by AI demand, marks its strongest growth in over 15 years under CEO Lip-Bu...

Intel posts $16.1B in quarterly sales, strongest revenue growth in more than 15 years
The Business Journals · 6d ago

Intel's second quarter revenue surge to $16.1 billion, driven by AI demand, marks its strongest growth in over 15 years under CEO Lip-Bu...

(PR) Intel Reports Second-Quarter 2026 Financial Results, Sales Rose 25%
TechPowerUp · 6d ago

Intel Corporation today reported second-quarter 2026 financial results. "AI is driving unprecedented demand for compute, and as we continue to execute, Intel is well-positioned to capture sustainable…

(PR) HPE Showcases Cray Supercomputing GX5000 Featuring 6th Gen AMD EPYC Processors
TechPowerUp · 6d ago

Today, at AMD Advancing AI 2026 in San Francisco, HPE showcased its latest engineering innovation in supercomputing with the HPE Cray Supercomputing GX5000 featuring 6th Gen AMD EPYC processors. The G…

Intel Reports Second-Quarter 2026 Financial Results
Newsroom · 6d ago

Intel Corporation’s second-quarter 2026 earnings news release and presentation are available on the company’s Investor Relations website. The earnings conference call for investors begins at 2 p.m. PD…

Intel Reports Second-Quarter 2026 Financial Results
Business Wire Technology: Networks News · 6d ago

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intel Reports Second-Quarter 2026 Financial Results

Rockstar Game Workers Union Celebrates Successful First Meeting With Studio
TechPowerUp · 6d ago

The Rockstar Game Workers Union, a newly formed British workers union fighting for better working conditions and combating the recent firing of 31 workers at Rockstar, recently announced that it was w…

AMD Advancing AI 2026: Ryzen AI Embedded X100, Kria AI Robotics Platform, and Robotics Partner Network
TechPowerUp · 6d ago

AMD is breaking out of the digital AI realm and pushing straight into the tangible, physical AI world. At the Advancing AI 2026 event, the company made its first-ever entry into "physical AI," which i…

AMD Advancing AI 2026: Pensando "Salina" DPU and "Vulcano" AI NIC Power Helios Networking
TechPowerUp · 6d ago

Networking is the third pillar of AMD's Advancing AI 2026 rack-scale strategy, and today the company detailed the AMD Pensando silicon and fabric technology that connects the Helios rack. As Helios is…

AMD Instinct MI400 Series and Helios Rack Debut: CDNA 5 Goes 2 nm, Plus ROCm.ai and "Gorgon Halo"
TechPowerUp · 6d ago
Commercial milestone

AMD used its Advancing AI 2026 keynote today to launch the Instinct MI400 Series, its next-generation data-center GPU family, alongside the Helios rack-scale solution and the CDNA 5 architecture that…

AMD EPYC 9006 LP is the Company's Answer to NVIDIA Vera CPU
TechPowerUp · 6d ago

AMD EPYC 9006 "Venice-LP" is a purpose-built enterprise processors for rack-scale AI solutions. It is designed with the exact same system philosophy as NVIDIA's Grace and Vera CPUs—to handle serial pr…

(PR) ASRock Rack Unveils Next-Generation Server Portfolio Powered by 6th Gen AMD EPYC Processors
TechPowerUp · 6d ago
Commercial milestone

ASRock Rack Inc., a leading innovative server company, today announced support for the newly-launched 6th Gen AMD EPYC 9006 Series processors, unveiled this week at AMD Advancing AI 2026 in San Franci…

AMD Announces 6th Gen EPYC Server Processors Powered by "Zen 6" Microarchitecture
TechPowerUp · 6d ago

AMD today announced the 6th Gen EPYC "Venice" server processors powered by the "Zen 6" CPU microarchitecture. The family includes a set of four distinct product lines, the EPYC 9006 (Socket SP7) for m…

AMD EPYC Zen 7 "Florence" Confirmed With ACE, Next-Gen Memory
Phoronix · 6d ago

After announcing the AMD EPYC 9006 "Venice" processors today at AMD Advancing AI 2026, Lisa Su ended her keynote by confirming EPYC Zen 7 "Florence" details as well as EPYC Zen 8 "Ravenna" being in de…

(PR) Philips Introduces the 24B2D5300 Standalone Dual-sided Monitor
TechPowerUp · 6d ago
Commercial milestone

he Philips dual-sided business monitor 24B2D5300 has just been announced and it is the first standalone monitor to incorporate a unique "dual screen" design. With a screen on each side of the device,…

(PR) Giga Computing Accelerates Enterprise AI at Scale with 6th Gen AMD EPYC Server CPUs
TechPowerUp · 6d ago

Giga Computing, a subsidiary of GIGABYTE, is a global provider of advanced computing solutions that power the next generation of HPC, AI inference, 5G/edge, and cloud computing, today announced suppor…

(PR) MSI Launches 6th Gen AMD EPYC Server Portfolio
TechPowerUp · 6d ago
Commercial milestone

MSI is expanding its server portfolio with platforms advanced by 6th Gen AMD EPYC Server CPUs across SP7 and SP8 designs to modernize data centers for AI, cloud, HPC, virtualization, and business-crit…

(PR) Supermicro Introduces New Server Portfolio with 6th Gen AMD EPYC 9006 Series CPUs, Delivering 1.7x Generational Performance Improvements
TechPowerUp · 6d ago
Commercial milestone

Super Micro Computer, Inc., an AI, Enterprise, Storage, and 5G/Edge Total IT Solution Provider featuring Data Center Building Block Solutions (DCBBS), today announced its next-generation H15 server po…

Geekbench 7 Launches With New CPU Tests and Ryzen 7 7700 Baseline
TechPowerUp · 6d ago
Commercial milestone

Geekbench 7 has officially launched as the newest stable release of the cross-platform CPU benchmarking tool, which last saw a full release in 2023 with Geekbench 6. It is available for download for A…

(PR) Bosgame Introduces E6 ECO Mini PC Powered by Intel "Wildcat Lake" CPU
TechPowerUp · 6d ago
Commercial milestone

BOSGAME, a technology-based electronic product brand, today announced the upcoming launch of the E6 ECO, the newest addition to its Ecolite Series of Mini PCs. Scheduled for global release on August 1…

AMD Announces ROCm.AI As AI-Driven Platform For Developers
Phoronix · 6d ago

In addition to Instinct MI455X and Helios launching along with the new AMD EPYC 9006 "Venice" processors, AMD used their annual Advancing AI day to announce ROCm.AI as an AI-driven platform for develo…

Keychron Launches BM27 Affordable Silent Wireless Ergonomic Mouse
TechPowerUp · 6d ago
Commercial milestone

Keychron's latest mouse deviates from the brand's recent focus on gaming peripherals and throws a bone to office workers with a penchant for comfort. The BM27 is a wireless ergonomic mouse with a 55°…

AMD EPYC 9006 Venice Announced & Looks Poised To Be A Grand Slam
Phoronix · 6d ago

While AMD EPYC 9005 "Turin" launched just under two years ago, it has aged remarkably well. It is one of the few CPU generations in my past 22 years of Linux hardware reviews/benchmarking that has sti…

(PR) Turtle Beach Launches New H.O.T.A.S., Flight Stick II and Dual Throttle Flight Sim Peripherals
TechPowerUp · 6d ago
Commercial milestone

Leading gaming accessories maker Turtle Beach Corporation (Nasdaq: TBCH), today revealed the all-new VelocityOne Flightstick II, VelocityOne Dual Throttle, VelocityOne H.O.T.A.S. for XBOX and PC, and…

AMD Launches Instinct MI455X, Helios AI Rack
Phoronix · 6d ago
Commercial milestone

Lisa Su at AMD Advancing AI 2026 just launched the new Instinct MI455X GPUs and the Helios rack...

Wallhack Debuts K-001 HE Gaming Keyboard with Retro Design
TechPowerUp · 6d ago
Commercial milestone

Wallhack, the niche gaming accessory brand, recently showed off its first gaming mouse, the M-001, which will feature wireless connectivity, swappable batteries, and a bit of a retro twist, but more r…

FreeBSD Ports Currently Frozen Due To A Very Large Commit
Phoronix · 6d ago

The FreeBSD project issued a statement today over the FreeBSD Ports repository having been frozen for the past two days. The freeze is not due to a malicious compromise but rather a very large commit…

8-K: Earnings
SEC EDGAR · 6d ago

Item 2.02: Results of Operations and Financial Condition · Item 9.01: Financial Statements and Exhibits

NVIDIA Reportedly Raises GDDR6 and GDDR7 Memory Kit Prices for RTX GPUs
TechPowerUp · 6d ago

NVIDIA has reportedly notified its add-in card partners of another GPU kit price increase, this time covering both GDDR7 and GDDR6 memory. This means the raise isn't limited to current Blackwell cards…

Framework Adjusts Pre-Order Configurations After 100%+ LPCAMM2 Price Increase
TechPowerUp · 6d ago

Framework recently published a pricing update regarding some of its Laptop 13 Pro SKUs, confirming that it has been subject to an unexpected 100%+ price increase for LPCAMM2 modules, which has meant t…

AMD Advancing AI Live Blog: Tracking the Latest Developments in AI
TechPowerUp · 6d ago

AMD is hosting its "Advancing AI" event today in San Francisco, California, with the keynote from AMD's CEO Dr. Lisa Su expected at 09:30am PT time. While we await the major announcements that company…

Lenovo Publishes FY2025/26 Sustainability Report
TechPowerUp · 6d ago

Lenovo has released its annual sustainability report for the fiscal year 2025/26, marking the 20th edition and concluding the company's first five-year set of ESG targets. Companies typically set ESG…

BOSGAME Introduces E6 ECO, One of the First Mini PCs Powered by Intel's New Intel Core 3 Processor 304
All General Business · 6d ago
Commercial milestone

Compact and energy-efficient Mini PC combines next-generation Intel performance with modern connectivity for everyday work and entertainment SHENZHEN, China, July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- BOSGAME, a t…

Fedora 45 Atomic Desktops Look To Allow For Web-Based Remote Installations
Phoronix · 6d ago

One of the latest change proposals filed for Fedora Linux 45 is for supporting web-based remote installations of Fedora Atomic Desktop images...

(PR) OWC Announces OWC Express 4M2 Ultra Thunderbolt 5 NVMe RAID Solution
TechPowerUp · 6d ago

Other World Computing (OWC), a trusted leader in high-performance storage, memory, connectivity, software, and accessories that empower creative and business professionals to maximize performance, enh…

Multiverse Computing Unveils Breakthrough: All CompactifAI Models Now Run on Intel Xeon 6 Processors
GlobeNewswire - News about Private Companies · 6d ago
Commercial milestone

Advancement delivers significant performance improvements, energy savings, and reductions in memory footprint while preserving accuracy Advancement delivers significant performance improvements, ener…

VCI Global Launches VGAIN Cloud, A Post-Quantum-Ready Sovereign AI Cloud Platform in Malaysia
GlobeNewswire - News about Public Companies · 6d ago
Commercial milestone

New AI Cloud Platform to Deploy NVIDIA Blackwell-class GPU and Intel-Powered CPU Systems, with Architecture Designed to Scale to Up to 1,000 GPUs Across Selangor and Kuala Lumpur New AI Cloud Platfor…

(PR) Liquidation Announces August 4 Early Access Release with a New Teaser Trailer
TechPowerUp · 6d ago
Financial distress

Publisher MicroProse and developer Divio are pleased to announce that Liquidation will launch in Steam Early Access on August 4. The release date has been revealed alongside a brand-new announcement t…

Ryzen AI Software 1.8 Released With New Model Support, More Optimizations
Phoronix · 6d ago

Ahead of Lisa Su's keynote this morning at the AMD Advancing AI event, tagged on GitHub just now was the Ryzen AI Software 1.8 release for helping to deploy AI models on Ryzen AI PCs...

LLVM 23.1-rc1 Released With AMD Zen 6 & AVX-512 BMM Support, Other Compiler Enhancements
Phoronix · 6d ago

Following the recent code branching for the LLVM 23 series, LLVM 23.1-rc1 was released today in working toward the next stable release of this open-source compiler stack...

dav1d 1.5.4 Brings AV1 Decoding To OS/2
Phoronix · 6d ago

While the VideoLAN developers are busy these days working on dav2d for AV2 video decoding, they haven't let up work on dav1d and recently released dav1d 1.5.4 for continuing to enhance this leading op…

(PR) LG Display Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results
TechPowerUp · 6d ago

LG Display today reported unaudited earnings results based on consolidated K-IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) for the three-month period ending June 30, 2026. Revenues in the second…

(PR) Thermaltake Unveils AX 3200W Platinum PSU for AI Workstations and Multi-GPU Systems
TechPowerUp · 6d ago
Commercial milestone

Thermaltake, a leading PC DIY brand for premium hardware solutions, introduces the AX 3200W Platinum Power Supply, engineered to deliver exceptional power and reliability for AI workstations, professi…

Framework Teases Desktop with Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 and 192GB Memory
TechPowerUp · 6d ago

Framework teased its first mini-PC qualification platform for AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 processor. Unveiled earlier this year at Computex, the Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 is a major update to the Ryzen AI M…

(PR) ASUS Releases Beta Version of Zenni Claw for Supported ASUS Devices
TechPowerUp · 6d ago

ASUS today announced the beta release of ASUS Zenni Claw, an agentic AI software designed to help users of supported ASUS devices turn everyday prompts into guided, task-oriented workflows. First intr…

Steam Now Allows Gifting Across Regions and Guest Checkouts
TechPowerUp · 6d ago

A recent update to Valve's gifting requirements and rules has made gifting games on Steam a little easier. For starters, buyers will no longer need to have a Steam account in order to purchase gifts f…

Nvidia CEO extols Wistron's new supercomputer plant in Fort Worth
The Business Journals · 6d ago
Leadership change

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang calls a partner's new supercomputer assembly plant in Fort Worth a key part of the artificial intelligence...

Linux Gets NVIDIA Reflex Support in New CachyOS Proton Translation Layer
TechPowerUp · Jul 22

Since the launch of the Steam Deck, Valve's Proton translation layer used to play Windows games on Linux systems has been instrumental to the rise of many gaming distributions, and Linux developers li…

Lemonade 11.5 Local AI Server Released With Completed Lemonade Router
Phoronix · Jul 22

Just one week after releasing Lemonade 11.0, the Lemonade 11.5 local AI server was released today for this open-source AMD backed project during their AMD Advancing AI event...

(PR) Creality Pika Pocket-Sized AI 3D Scanner Goes on Sale at $699
TechPowerUp · Jul 22

Creality today announced that Creality Pika, the pocket-sized AI-powered portable 3D scanner it unveiled at its 12th Anniversary "AI Ecosystem" launch event, is now on sale at the Creality official st…

SDL Lands HDR10 Rendering Support
Phoronix · Jul 22

Sam Lantinga of Valve and SDL fame has landed HDR10 rendering support into the Simple DirectMedia Library...

COSMIC Epoch 1.4 Released With More Fixes, Force Quit For COSMIC Monitor
Phoronix · Jul 22

System76 developers today released COSMIC Epoch 1.4 as the newest stable release to their Rust-based desktop environment...

(PR) Wistron Celebrates Grand Opening of First U.S. Smart Factory
TechPowerUp · Jul 22

Wistron Corporation ("Wistron") celebrated the grand opening of its D1 AI smart facility in Fort Worth, Texas, the site where the first NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra Superchip was built and mass-…

Dbrand Reveals Steam Machine Skins After Companion Cube Debacle
TechPowerUp · Jul 22

Less than a month after Dbrand was taken to task by Valve for using its IP without permission in the now-discontinued Companion Cube Portal-themed Steam Machine mod, the accessory maker has revealed a…

(PR) Attack Shark Unveils RS6 Ultra Esports Mouse
TechPowerUp · Jul 22
Commercial milestone

Gaming peripheral brand ATTACK SHARK has announced the upcoming launch of the RS6 ULTRA, its most advanced wireless gaming mouse to date. Designed for competitive FPS players and the premium esports p…

NVIDIA Releases GeForce 610.82 Beta Driver Fixing Game Crashes
TechPowerUp · Jul 22

NVIDIA has released the GeForce 610.82 Hotfix Beta display driver to address a pair of issues affecting recent Game Ready driver releases. The update resolves stability problems in Halo: Campaign Evol…

NVIDIA RTX 4060 Running on Arm Desktop Shows Promise for Gaming on Windows-on-Arm
TechPowerUp · Jul 22

News recently broke that NVIDIA had published the first native Windows-on-Arm toolkit for its RTX Spark platform, and it didn't take long for a Chinese developer, VoidTech, and modder to use NVIDIA's…

Microsoft Adds Original Xbox Games to PC via New Backward Compatibility Program
TechPowerUp · Jul 22

Microsoft has launched Xbox Backward Compatibility on PC, starting with four original Xbox titles: BLiNX: The Time Sweeper, Conker: Live and Reloaded, Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge, and Fuzion F…

(PR) TerraMaster Launches D8 Hybrid 2, a 4+4 bay DAS with USB 3.2, up to 152 TB Capacity
TechPowerUp · Jul 22
Commercial milestone

TerraMaster, a professional brand focused on innovative storage solutions for home users, SMBs and creative professionals, today announced the launch of the D8 Hybrid 2, a major upgrade to its popular…

AMD EPYC Turin With PCIe 5.0 Storage Shows Off Nice Gains On Linux 7.2
Phoronix · Jul 22

Earlier this week was an exciting look at Intel Xe3 graphics performance gains on Linux 7.2 with Intel Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" hardware. On the other side of the table, with AMD hardware on…

(PR) Acrab Unveils GELIX 1 SoC and Agent Box
TechPowerUp · Jul 22
Commercial milestone

Acrab, a technology company building agentic AI compute infrastructure for the next generation of intelligent systems, today unveiled GELIX 1, its first-generation edge AI system-on-chip (SoC), togeth…

(PR) Samsung Announces Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Fold8, and Flip8
TechPowerUp · Jul 22

Samsung Electronics today unveiled the new Galaxy Z series, its most complete lineup yet, designed to expand foldables to a wider audience. The lineup introduces Galaxy Z Fold8, a fresh and exciting f…

(PR) LG Display Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results
TechPowerUp · Jul 22

LG Display today reported unaudited earnings results based on consolidated K-IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) for the three-month period ending June 30, 2026. Revenues in the second…

(PR) AMD and Anthropic Announce Strategic Partnership, to Deploy 2 GW of Instinct MI450 Chips
TechPowerUp · Jul 22
Commercial milestone

AMD and Anthropic today announced a strategic partnership to deploy up to 2 gigawatts of AMD Instinct MI450 Series GPUs in AMD Helios rackscale solutions, with deployment of the first gigawatt beginni…

(PR) XERON Launches NEX C53 and NEX C33 Panoramic Cases for Gaming Builds
TechPowerUp · Jul 22
Commercial milestone

XERON, a technology brand guided by its "From Origin, Beyond Boundaries" philosophy of returning to first principles through purposeful design and user-focused innovation, proudly announces the launch…

(PR) Phanteks Expands the XT Series With New ATX Gaming Chassis
TechPowerUp · Jul 22
Expansion

Phanteks expands the already established XT lineup with three brand-new chassis. Previously unveiled during Computex 2026, the XT M5, XT V5, and XT V5-LCD are clean-looking compact ATX chassis designe…

EMeRG Launches Hospital Intel Suite™, Bringing Hospital Intelligence to the Forefront of MedTech Strategy
All General Business · Jul 22
Commercial milestone

One of the world's largest hospital intelligence platforms, powered by AI and predictive analytics. CALGARY, AB, July 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- EMeRG today announced the launch of its advanced SaaS int…

libx11-compat Is Working To Implement Xlib Atop SDL For Wayland, macOS, Android
Phoronix · Jul 22

For helping to keep X11 clients running in a modern Linux desktop world with Wayland or even for running on macOS or Android, there is now yet-another option being developed with libx11-compat. The li…

Intel Directed Package-Level Thermal Interrupts Slated For Linux 7.3
Phoronix · Jul 22

Back in March Intel software engineers began sending out Linux patches for Directed Package-Level Thermal Interrupts as a new capability with recent Intel processors. This notable efficiency improveme…

Intel partners with Fortinet for development of cybersecurity firm’s SP6 chip
DCD · Jul 22
Commercial milestone

Processor will be built using chipmaker’s Intel 4 technology

The "New Normal" Of Audio Quirks Submitted For Linux 7.2-rc5
Phoronix · Jul 22

Linux sound subsystem maintainer Takashi Iwai of SUSE sent out this week's batch of sound fixes that he describes as "A collection of fixes that have been accumulated recently. The amount is still "ne…

Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 10-Inch Model Launches
Phoronix · Jul 22
Commercial milestone

Following the launch of the 7-inch Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 and the 5-inch display variant, Raspberry Pi announced today the addition of a 10-inch model...

(PR) Raspberry Pi Releases New 10-inch Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 at $80
TechPowerUp · Jul 22

Regular readers will be familiar with the 7" Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2, which refreshed our original Touch Display product with a slimmer form factor and higher-resolution panel. Since its 2024 lau…

NVIDIA Driver for RTX Spark Confirms N1X SKUs with 6,144 and 5,120 CUDA Cores
TechPowerUp · Jul 22

NVIDIA has released a developer preview of GeForce drivers for its RTX Spark PC platform, confirming the variants of the N1X chip and the SKU separation that will occur. In GeForce driver version 616.…

RTX Spark Core Counts Leaked by NVIDIA's Own Driver
TechPowerUp · Jul 22

NVIDIA has released a developer preview of GeForce drivers for its RTX Spark PC platform, confirming the variants of the N1X chip and the SKU separation that will occur. In GeForce driver version 616.…

Microsoft is Modernizing Decades-Old Properties Window in File Explorer
TechPowerUp · Jul 22

Microsoft is finally addressing the UI inconsistencies in Windows 11, which currently features a mix of design elements from various Windows eras, starting from Windows 7 to the modern design language…

Apple to Launch Mac Leasing and Upgrade Program on July 28
TechPowerUp · Jul 22
Commercial milestone

Apple is reportedly preparing to launch a new financial structure aimed at boosting sales of Macs, iPhones, and iPads. According to Bloomberg, the company plans to introduce a program called "Apple Up…

Intel planning more lay-offs
Electronics Weekly · Jul 22

Intel said yesterday it  is planning more layoffs in its datacentre and AI group (DCG). The number of layoffs has not been stated. “As part of our broader strategy to […] The post Intel planning more…

Steam Deck Sales Crash Following May Price Hike
TechPowerUp · Jul 22

Despite a notable sales blip immediately following the recent RAMpocalypse-driven price hikes, which saw Steam Deck prices skyrocket by $240-300 overnight, it appears as though sales for the Steam Dec…

Steam Deck Sales Crash After Price Hike in May
TechPowerUp · Jul 22

Despite a notable sales blip immediately following the recent RAMpocalypse-driven price hikes, which saw Steam Deck prices skyrocket by $240-300 overnight, it appears as though sales for the Steam Dec…

Palworld Hits Nearly 1 Million Concurrent Players 10 Days After 1.0 Launch
TechPowerUp · Jul 21
Commercial milestone

Palworld's meteoric trajectory has seemingly continued following its smashing 1.0 launch on July 10. Nearly two weeks after launch, on July 19, the game reached 961,867 concurrent players reported by…

Ex-Burnout and Need for Speed Talent Starts New Studio To Make Wreckreation 2
TechPowerUp · Jul 21

When Tides Turn is the name of a new game studio started by Fiona Sperry in order to launch Wreckreation 2, a sequel to the "open-world driving playground" that had more than its fair share of Burnout…

Skadden Said Its Trump Deal Raised No Ethical Issues. Intel’s Shareholders Disagree.
Above the Law · Jul 21

Turns out promising the president $100 million in free legal work creates conflicts on the paying side of the ledger too. The post Skadden Said Its Trump Deal Raised No Ethical Issues. Intel’s Shareho…

SilverStone Quietly Lists CS240 Mini-ITX NAS Case With Four Hot-Swap U.2 Bays
TechPowerUp · Jul 21

SilverStone has quietly listed the CS240, a Mini-ITX NAS chassis first shown at Computex 2026 back in June, built around four hot-swappable 2.5-inch U.2 drives in a compact 21.65-liter footprint. The…

Cryptsetup 2.8.7 Released To Deal With Fallout Of Linux's Rushed AF_ALG Deprecation
Phoronix · Jul 21

Linux's cryptsetup for configuring and managing encrypted storage devices is ready with a new version as the developers work to deal with the recent deprecation of the Linux AF_ALG interface...

Battlefield 6 Update Causes NVIDIA RTX 50-Series Driver Crashes—Fix Incoming
TechPowerUp · Jul 21

On July 21, the Battlefield 6 Season 4 update dropped, adding a host of new content to the game, including: a new map, the return of ranked battle royal gameplay in Redsec, new vehicles, the dynamic w…

GNOME Barely Beats KDE in Gaming Benchmark Comparison—Xfce With X11 Dead Last
TechPowerUp · Jul 21

KDE and Gnome are by far two of the most popular Linux desktop environments, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages that may sway users in either direction. Gnome is less customizable but w…

NVIDIA Shares "Rubin" GPU Deep-Dive and Die Annotation
TechPowerUp · Jul 21

NVIDIA's latest "Rubin" GPU architecture represents one of the company's most significant advancements in scaling computing across multiple racks, systems, and data centers. The company today showcase…

NVIDIA Details the "Rubin" Architecture: Die Annotation, Vera CPU, HBM4, and Disaggregated Inference
TechPowerUp · Jul 21

NVIDIA has released a detailed technical exploration of its next-generation "Rubin" GPU, including a fully annotated die shot. "Rubin" represents a significant generational leap in NVIDIA's mission to…

Intel, Fortinet partner to develop next-generation security processor
The Business Journals · Jul 21

Intel and Fortinet expand partnership to develop next-generation security processor, strengthening supply chain resilience under CEO Lip-Bu...

Three New Ubuntu Snap Vulnerabilities Made Public - One Dates Back To Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Phoronix · Jul 21

Canonical today disclosed three new Snap security vulnerabilities affecting snapd. Two are rated high impact vulnerabilities while the third is considered medium but covers all Ubuntu releases of the…

Forza Horizon 5 Creative Director Defends Xbox Game Pass: "It's a Good Idea"
TechPowerUp · Jul 21

In a recent episode of the MinnMax podcast, Mike Brown, creative director of Forza Horizon 5 and co-founder of Maverick Games since leaving Playground Games to work on Clutch at Maverick Games, commen…

Qualcomm Posts Linux Patches For X2 Elite Extreme Powered ASUS Zenbook A16
Phoronix · Jul 21

Following recent Linux kernel patches enabling the Snapdragon X2 Elite powered Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x Gen11 and HP EliteBook X G2q X2 Elite laptops to boot outside of Windows 11 on ARM, Qualcomm engineer…

(PR) TobenOne Intros UDS060 Docking Station With Programmable Shortcut Keys and Volume Knob
TechPowerUp · Jul 21

TobenONE, a professional docking station brand specializing in office connectivity solutions, has launched the UDS060, an innovative docking station featuring fully programmable shortcut keys and a cu…

ONERugged Launches AI Rugged Windows Tablets Powered by Intel Lunar Lake Platform, Bringing Up to 115 TOPS for Edge AI Computing
All News Releases · Jul 21
Commercial milestone

SHENZHEN, China, July 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- ONERugged, a leading provider of rugged computing solutions, has announced the launch of four AI rugged tablets based on Intel's latest Lunar Lake platfo…

NVIDIA Details "Vera" CPU With 88 Cores, 176 Threads, and Up to 1.5 TB of LPDDR5X Memory
TechPowerUp · Jul 21

NVIDIA today provided more details about its latest custom Armv9.2 "Vera" CPU, which the company describes as a pinnacle of its CPU engineering. Designed to coexist within NVL rackscale systems or ope…

The Witcher 3 "Songs of the Past" Expansion To Debut at Gamescom
TechPowerUp · Jul 21
Expansion Commercial milestone

In May, CD Projekt Red announced the Songs of the Past DLC for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt as a last hurrah as Geralt before the launch of The Witcher 4, although it has played its cards close to its che…

Acer Predator Atlas 8 Debuting in Autumn at $1,000+ With Base Intel Arc G3
TechPowerUp · Jul 21
Commercial milestone

Acer and Intel showed off the Predator Atlas 8 gaming handheld, powered by the new Intel Arc G3 APUs, at Computex in June 2026, and while it was speculated that the new handhelds would not be cheap, g…

(PR) Razer Debuts New Seiren V3 Chroma 32-Bit DSP Microphone
TechPowerUp · Jul 21
Commercial milestone

Razer, the leading global lifestyle brand for gamers, today announced the Razer Seiren V3 Chroma 32-Bit DSP, a premium upgrade of its signature Chroma-powered USB microphone. Built for creators an…

KDE Plasma 6.7 vs. GNOME Shell 50.3 vs. Xfce 4.20 On CachyOS With NVIDIA Graphics
Phoronix · Jul 21

Earlier this month I provided a look at the KDE Plasma 6.7 Wayland vs. X11 session performance for graphics/gaming on CachyOS using NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 graphics. Since then Phoronix readers -- inclu…

Canonical Makes The "Enterprise Store" Official For Offline/Air-Gapped Ubuntu Usage
Phoronix · Jul 21

For months the Enterprise Store "enterprise-store" has been mentioned in some Ubuntu documentation and other elements while today it was formally announced by Canonical. The Enterprise Store is for he…

Intel planning job cuts to its data center group - report
DCD · Jul 21
Layoffs

Unclear how many roles will be impacted

(PR) Yubico Expands Passkey Features With YubiKey 5.8 Release
TechPowerUp · Jul 21
Expansion

Yubico (NASDAQ STOCKHOLM: YUBICO), the pioneer of phishing-resistant authentication and creator of the original passkey, the YubiKey, today announced the general availability of its YubiKey 5.8 - mark…

(PR) Intel and Fortinet Collaborate to Advance Cybersecurity Innovation
TechPowerUp · Jul 21

Intel Corporation and Fortinet, today announced a strategic collaboration to develop Fortinet Security Processor 6 (SP6). Expanding a long-standing relationship between the two companies, this collabo…

(PR) xMEMS Launches the World's Smallest Active Micro Fan to Break the Thermal Wall in Smart Glasses
TechPowerUp · Jul 21
Commercial milestone

xMEMS Labs, Inc., the inventor of solid-state cooling on a chip, today introduced the XMC-1200, the world's smallest active micro fan. Engineered for AR, XR, and smart glasses, the XMC-1200 brings tar…

(PR) Philips Evnia 32M2N6901A QD-OLED Monitor Combines 165 Hz Speed with Immersive Visuals
TechPowerUp · Jul 21

The Philips Evnia 32M2N6901A, a QD-OLED gaming monitor, perfectly balances high colour quality and gameplay performance in stunning 4K. Featuring a 32-inch QD-OLED panel, it delivers stunning HDR visu…

(PR) Glorious Announces GHS Wireless InfinitePlay Headset With Swappable 85+ Hour Battery Packs
TechPowerUp · Jul 21

Introducing GHS Wireless InfinitePlay, the wireless gaming headset with swappable 85+ hour battery packs and an internal battery that means zero downtime, zero disconnects, and zero excuses. Wirel…

Stratis Storage Anaconda Integration Approved For Fedora 45
Phoronix · Jul 21

The Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (FESCo) has approved the latest batch of features for the upcoming Fedora 45 release...

Intel and Fortinet Collaborate to Advance Cybersecurity Innovation and Strengthen Global Supply Chain Resilience
Newsroom · Jul 21

SANTA CLARA AND SUNNYVALE, Calif. – July 21, 2026 – Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) and Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT), today announced a strategic collaboration to develop Fortinet Security Processor 6 (SP…

Intel fortifies Foundry with an actual customer: Fortinet
www.theregister.com - Articles · Jul 21

Firewall maker looks to safeguard its custom ASIC production with homegrown silicon

(PR) ASRock Industrial Integrates Axelera Metis AIPU Cards Into Its Edge AI Platforms
TechPowerUp · Jul 21

ASRock Industrial today announced a strategic collaboration with Axelera AI to deliver high-performance, power-efficient, and cost-effective AI inference solutions for edge computing. The collaboratio…

AMD Ryzen AI Halo LED Driver Queued For Introduction In Linux 7.3
Phoronix · Jul 21

For those that have picked up one of the neat AMD Ryzen AI Halo mini PCs, the LED driver allowing for customization of the LED lighting bar is set to be mainlined for the Linux 7.3 kernel cycle...

Intel Compute Runtime Continues Building Out Exciting "LEO"
Phoronix · Jul 21

Going in-step with last week's release of the Intel Graphics Compiler 2.38.2, out today is the Intel Compute Runtime 26.27.39122.11. Most intriguing with the new release is Intel continuing to build o…

AMD Getting The Linux Kernel Ready For Zen 6 Profiling/Perf With More EILVT Registers
Phoronix · Jul 21

Among the recent patch series in preparing Linux for upcoming AMD Zen 6 processors is making the kernel aware of additional EILVT registers to be found with at least EPYC Venice platforms...

InputPlumber 0.78 Released With Expanded Hardware Support
Phoronix · Jul 21
Expansion

InputPlumber is out with its newest feature release. As a reminder, InputPlumber is the open-source input router and remapper daemon for combining various input devices from gamepads to mice and keybo…

Report: NAND Flash Shortages to Finally End in 2027
TechPowerUp · Jul 21

In the sea of negative news surrounding the entire semiconductor industry, NAND Flash might be one of the few major components that will become abundant again. According to the latest report by TrendF…

DDR5 Prices Surge 7% in July, Reaching New Highs
TechPowerUp · Jul 21

DDR5 pricing in Germany has been picking up pace again, according to the latest report by 3D Center. Unfortunately, this July has seen a 7% monthly price increase for DDR5 kits, on top of the already…

Intel Arc GPU Graphics Drivers 101.8864 Beta Released
TechPowerUp · Jul 21

Intel today released the latest version of Arc GPU Graphics drivers. Version 101.8864 Beta doesn't include any new game optimizations, but fixes a few important issues specific to its various product…

Intel Xeon 6+ and Xeon 6 Processors Gain DDR5-8000 RDIMM Support via Firmware Update
TechPowerUp · Jul 21

Intel announced that Xeon 6+ "Clearwater Forest" and Xeon 6 "Granite Rapids" processors now natively support DDR5-8000 RDIMMs. The company has been releasing microcode updates to server OEMs and serve…

NVIDIA Shows DLSS 5 Progress and Technical Details at SIGGRAPH 2026
TechPowerUp · Jul 21

NVIDIA has once again showcased its DLSS 5 neural rendering at the SIGGRAPH 2026 event, currently taking place in Los Angeles. Despite the initial negative reaction from gamers, NVIDIA is continuing t…

Thermalright Launches Royal Pretor 130 Vision CPU Cooler
TechPowerUp · Jul 21
Commercial milestone

Thermalright today launched the Royal Pretor 130 Vision, a high-end CPU air cooler. The cooler features a large, dual fin-stack (D-type) heatsink with a pair of fans in push-pull configuration, and is…

(PR) Noctua and Pulsar Gaming Gears Partner to Launch the Feinmann F01 Noctua Edition
TechPowerUp · Jul 21
Commercial milestone

Pulsar Gaming Gears (AplusX Inc.), a leading developer of high-performance esports peripherals, is thrilled to announce the official global launch of its highly anticipated product: the Feinmann F01 N…

DRAM Shortage Will Last Another 10 Years, Warns ADATA Chairman
TechPowerUp · Jul 21

DRAM is currently one of the few "commodities" in the computing world that is so supply-constrained it might take another 10 years for the supply chain to stabilize. According to ADATA Chairman Chen L…

Wallhack Teases Gaming Mouse With Swappable Battery and a Mystery Gaming Keyboard
TechPowerUp · Jul 21

Wallhack, one of the niche gaming peripherals companies that helped push glass mousepads into the mainstream—as much as they are in the mainstream, as it were—has apparently been working on a new prod…

Former Left 4 Dead Writer Pans PlayStation Backlash Over Physical Media
TechPowerUp · Jul 21

Unsurprisingly, there has been more than a little backlash following Sony's recent decision to end the production of physical games media in 2028. Much of that backlash has been met with questions fro…

Ex-Valve Writer Says Consumers Pushed PlayStation To Kill the Disc
TechPowerUp · Jul 21

Unsurprisingly, there has been more than a little backlash following Sony's recent decision to end the production of physical games media in 2028. Much of that backlash has been met with questions fro…

Intel plans more layoffs, targeting data center group efficiencies
The Business Journals · Jul 21
Layoffs

Intel's data center group faces workforce reductions as the chipmaker pursues efficiency, following years of major layoffs in Oregon and...

Cold Reset Recovery Coming Together To Better Help Intel GPUs On Linux
Phoronix · Jul 21

One of the patch series going through nearly a dozen revisions now is for introducing a cold reset recovery method for the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) drivers with an initial focus on the Intel Xe…

Edge of Eternity Studio Shut Down Ahead of Sequel Launch
TechPowerUp · Jul 20
Commercial milestone

Amid mass layoffs at Xbox and studio closures elsewhere, more bad news emerges from the ailing gaming industry, as Midgar, the Nacon-owned studio behind Edge of Eternity, a turn-based JRPG adventure g…

Intel Arc B390 iGPU Gets Sizeable Performance Boost in Linux 7.2 Benchmarks
TechPowerUp · Jul 20

Intel iGPUs have something of a reputation for being slow to catch up to their Windows performance when running on Linux, and the same was true for the new Arc B390 iGPU that is all the rage with next…

Valve Doubles Down on Steam Machine Pricing Pessimism
TechPowerUp · Jul 20

Since the launch of the Steam Machine, which has been blasted online for its high pricing and middling performance, Valve has been fairly transparent about pricing woes relating to the hybrid console,…

NetworkManager 1.58 Released With 464XLAT CLAT Support & GENEVE Interface
Phoronix · Jul 20

NetworkManager 1.58 is out today with the latest feature enhancements for bettering wired and wireless network management on Linux...

Intel Expanding Memory Options For Current Xeon 6 / Xeon 6+ Servers
Phoronix · Jul 20
Expansion

With Intel's next-generation Xeon Diamond Rapids processors not slated to launch until next year and with AMD EPYC Venice being right around the corner, Intel announced today that with upcoming BIOS u…

OneXPlayer Opens X2 Mini Pro Pre-Orders: AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388 Handheld for $2,499
TechPowerUp · Jul 20

OneXPlayer announced the Ryzen AI Max+ 388-powered X2 Mini Pro in April 2026 shortly before the device launched on Indiegogo. Now, following the Indiegogo launch, the X2 Mini Pro has officially launch…

OneXPlayer X2 Mini Pro Now Available: AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388 Handheld for $2,499
TechPowerUp · Jul 20

OneXPlayer announced the Ryzen AI Max+ 388-powered X2 Mini Pro in April 2026 shortly before the device launched on Indiegogo. Now, following the Indiegogo launch, the X2 Mini Pro has officially launch…

ASML Considers Price Hike for Low-NA EUV Tools, TSMC Pushed Back
TechPowerUp · Jul 20

According to the latest information from the second quarter financial results, ASML is considering raising prices for its Low-NA EUV tools, which is reportedly upsetting its customers. ASML CFO Roger…

ASML Considers Price Increase for Low-NA EUV, TSMC Unhappy
TechPowerUp · Jul 20

According to the latest information from the second quarter financial results, ASML is considering raising prices for its Low-NA EUV tools, which is reportedly upsetting its customers. ASML CFO Roger…

AMD Talks Up The Great Opportunities Of SPIR-V IR With ROCm
Phoronix · Jul 20

While AMD ROCm 7.14 released last week as the first production release built off TheRock, there is already more to look forward to moving into the future with the AMD ROCm stack... In particular, SPIR…

GNOME Changes Security Disclosure Policies Due To AI-Generated Reports
Phoronix · Jul 20

The GNOME project is changing its handling of security reports due to the influx of AI/LLM-generated security findings...

(PR) Samsung Display Supplies Tandem OLED Laptop Panels With VESA DisplayHDR True Black 1400
TechPowerUp · Jul 20

Samsung Display announced today that it has begun the full-scale supply of tandem OLED panels for laptops that meet VESA DisplayHDR True Black 1400, VESA's new certification tier for high-brightness O…

(PR) ARCTIC Updates MX-4 Thermal Paste Packaging and Syringe Design
TechPowerUp · Jul 20

ARCTIC has updated the packaging for its MX-4 thermal paste, bringing its visual identity in line with the current MX-7 series design. The redesign introduces new packaging alongside a custom syringe…

SK hynix Explores US Fab Options to Keep Memory Prices Under Control
TechPowerUp · Jul 20

SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won has come out with unusually direct comments on memory pricing, calling current semiconductor prices "abnormally high" and warning that the situation risks creating what…

(PR) Microsoft to Deploy Next-Gen AMD Instinct and AMD EPYC Processors
TechPowerUp · Jul 20

AMD today announced an expanded strategic partnership spanning AMD GPUs, CPUs, networking and software on Microsoft Azure. At the center of this expansion, Microsoft will deploy the AMD Helios Racksca…

(PR) IEEE Study Highlights How Micro-Transfer Printing Can Lead to Advanced Silicon Photonics
TechPowerUp · Jul 20

Silicon photonics has emerged as a promising technology for addressing bandwidth and latency bottlenecks of conventional electrical interconnects and therefore are being explored for future artificial…

Linux 7.2 Improves Intel Panther Lake Xe3 Arc B390 Graphics Performance
Phoronix · Jul 20

My testing of the in-development Linux 7.2 kernel continues in the lab. One of the latest promising findings from this kernel that will be released as stable in August is faster Intel Xe3 graphics per…

Linux Patches Introduce "KNOD" For In-Kernel Network Offloading Directly To AMD GPUs
Phoronix · Jul 20
Commercial milestone

Some extremely cool patches were posted to the Linux kernel mailing list on Sunday. The patches for "KNOD" allow for in-kernel network offloading to GPUs with an initial focus on AMD GPU support. What…

Microsoft Office 2024 Professional Plus Just Hit a New Low Price: $55 for Life
TechPowerUp · Jul 20

Microsoft's subscription model isn't for everyone. Some people just want to pay once and move on with their lives, no auto-renewals, no billing surprises, no "your plan has changed" emails. This lifet…

NVIDIA Paves the Way for Windows-on-Arm Gaming With RTX Spark Toolkit
TechPowerUp · Jul 20

NVIDIA has officially released its first preview build of the CUDA toolkit for its RTX Spark platform, specifically as a native Windows-on-Arm software toolkit. This means that NVIDIA's partners, ecos…

Firefox 153 Available With Support For Vulkan Video Decoding, Experimental JPEG-XL
Phoronix · Jul 20

Mozilla has uploaded the Firefox 153.0 release binaries today for the newest monthly update to this cross-platform web browser. Making Firefox 153 exciting is that it's the newest Extended Support Rel…

openSUSE Seeking Additional Corporate Sponsors
Phoronix · Jul 20

While openSUSE is closely aligned with SUSE as a company, they aren't the exclusive sponsor of this free and open-source Linux distribution with its rolling-release Tumbleweed and Leap stable releases…

AMD Posts AVX10_V2_AUX ISA Support Patches For GCC Compiler
Phoronix · Jul 20

Earlier this month Intel compiler engineers posted initial GCC compiler patches for the AI Compute Extensions "ACE" that was born out of the x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group to augment AVX and scalar code…

Linux's Qualcomm Crypto Accelerator Driver "Harmful" And Being Disabled: Slower Than CPU, History Of Bugs
Phoronix · Jul 20

The Qualcomm Crypto Engine Accelerator "QCE" driver is being disabled within the Linux 7.3 kernel over a number of issues, including being slower than having the CPU cores handling cryptographic work…

Hyprland 0.56 Released With Many Enhancements To This Wayland Compositor
Phoronix · Jul 20

Out today is Hyprland 0.56 as the newest feature update to this unique Wayland compositor and incorporating just under three months worth of improvements...

Per-Module GDDR7 Temperature Reading Unlocked on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 "Blackwell"
TechPowerUp · Jul 20

More individual readings are being unlocked on NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 series "Blackwell" graphics cards, as the modding community has started exploring GDDR7 temperature monitoring on a per-module ba…

Sale: Get ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and More for Life for $80
TechPowerUp · Jul 19

ChatGPT costs $20 per month, but most professionals can't get everything done with just one model. Pair that with paid subscriptions to Claude and Gemini, and you could be paying $60 per month just fo…

Linux 7.2-rc4 Released: Looking Like The "New Normal"
Phoronix · Jul 19

The fourth weekly release candidate of the Linux 7.2 kernel is now available for testing...

The Last MPEG-4 Visual Patent Has Expired
Phoronix · Jul 19

If you are looking for a reason to celebrate today, the last of the MPEG-4 Part 2 patents expired today...

FFmpeg Lands Latest AVX-512 Optimization: 1.372x Faster In Pixel Format Conversion
Phoronix · Jul 19

The latest hand-tuned code in the FFmpeg multimedia library for allowing better performance on today's modern Intel/AMD AVX-512-capable processors is showing 1.372x faster performance for RGB24 to RGB…

Legion Y700 Gen4 Tablet Powered By Snapdragon 8 Elite Seeing Linux Patches
Phoronix · Jul 19

The Legion Y700 Gen4 is an Android tablet that debuted last year and powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset. This 8.8-inch tablet is now seeing patches for enabling Linux support outside t…

More ASUS Motherboards To Enjoy Working Sensor Monitoring With Linux 7.3
Phoronix · Jul 19

Thanks to the work of the open-source community, more ASUS desktop motherboards for Intel Core and AMD Ryzen systems are seeing working sensor monitoring under Linux. With the upcoming Linux 7.3 cycle…

This Week in Gaming (Week 30)
TechPowerUp · Jul 19

As we enter the second to last week of July, we have a week full of mid-range game releases. We kick off the week with some dinosaur action in this week's biggest release, where you get to take on the…

GNU Hurd Makes Progress On AArch64, Writing Translators In Rust
Phoronix · Jul 19

The GNU Hurd project recently issued their Q2'2026 status report to outline recently development efforts. The Hurd is still happening!..

Valve Reportedly Sells 12-15K Steam Machine Units Per Week
TechPowerUp · Jul 18

When Valve listed its Steam Machine gaming console/PC back in late June, many doubted whether the console would sell due to its high price tag. However, it turns out that Valve's sales data have repor…

NVK Vulkan Performance Improving With Mesa 26.2 Against NVIDIA Proprietary Driver
Phoronix · Jul 18

The performance of the Nouveau kernel driver with the Mesa NVK Vulkan driver continues to improve each feature release in its quest toward better competing with NVIDIA's official Linux graphics driver…

AMD Linux Graphics Driver Preps Fix For Apple Studio Display
Phoronix · Jul 18

This week's batch of AMDGPU Display Core "DC" updates arrived heavy with 70 new patches for improving that open-source display support for Radeon graphics on the Linux desktop...

GNOME OS Safe Mode Improving The System Reliability
Phoronix · Jul 18

At GNOME's annual GUADEC conference happening this week in Spain, an update was shared on the current state of GNOME OS...

KDE Plasma 6.8 System Monitor Making It Easier Assigning Processes To CPU Cores
Phoronix · Jul 18

Nate Graham and John Veness are out with the latest issue of This Week in Plasma to highlight all of the interesting developments taking place in the KDE Plasma desktop space...

UXL's oneDNN 3.13 Preps For Intel Nova Lake With AVX10.2, More Intel Optimizations
Phoronix · Jul 18

Following the release of AMD's ZenDNN 6.0 earlier this month, there is a new feature release of the oneDNN neural network library that used to be developed by Intel as part of oneAPI and is now under…

D7VK 2.0 Released With Some Nice Performance Improvements: Up To 2x Or More
Phoronix · Jul 18

In addition to Friday night's release of DXVK 3.0.2, debuting separately a short time later was D7VK 2.0 as the latest major feature release for this implementation of Direct3D 7 and earlier built of…

Ubisoft Celebrates 3 Million Sales for Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced and Promises New Game+ Content
TechPowerUp · Jul 18

Exactly a week after the game crossed the two-million-sales mark—in less than 24 hours, no less—Ubisoft has announced that Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced has officially sold three million units.…

The Behemoth V2 Is a Maximalist 135% Gaming Keyboard
TechPowerUp · Jul 18

With recent gaming and productivity keyboards alike trending towards more compact designs to make more room for mouse movement, it's almost inevitable that projects like The Behemoth would pop up. The…

The Behemoth V2 Is a Maximalist 135% Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
TechPowerUp · Jul 18

With recent gaming and productivity keyboards alike trending towards more compact designs to make more room for mouse movement, it's almost inevitable that projects like The Behemoth would pop up. The…

DXVK 3.0.2 Released With Improved Hang Debugging, Handful Of Game Fixes
Phoronix · Jul 18

In addition to the initial build of Holo Core as AArch64 Arch Linux for the Steam Frame, another software milestone today in Valve's Linux gaming space is the release of DXVK 3.0.2 for Direct3D 8 / 9…

ZA/UM Lays Off Staff After Middling "Zero Parades: For Dead Spies" Launch
TechPowerUp · Jul 18
Layoffs Commercial milestone

Following the moderate success of Disco Elysium, ZA/UM released Zero Parades: For Dead Spies on May 21, with the studio's ambitions riding on the new spy thriller RPG. Unfortunately, that seems to hav…

Disco Elysium Studio Fires Workers After Failed Game Launch
TechPowerUp · Jul 18
Commercial milestone

Following the moderate success of Disco Elysium, ZA/UM released Zero Parades: For Dead Spies on May 21, with the studio's ambitions riding on the new spy thriller RPG. Unfortunately, that seems to hav…

Onimusha: Way of the Sword To Launch 3 Weeks Early
TechPowerUp · Jul 17
Commercial milestone

Onimusha: Way of the Sword was originally slated to launch on September 25, 2026, but Capcom has announced via the game's official X account that the release date has been moved. A rarity in today's g…

Marathon Loses Game Director After General Manager Retires
TechPowerUp · Jul 17

Following Bungie's recent promise of more in-depth PvE gameplay for Marathon later in 2026, and the announcement that Marathon's General Manager, Scott Taylor, was leaving Bungie after a 20-year stint…

iFixit Slams ASUS ROG Flow Z13's 10/10 Repairability Score
TechPowerUp · Jul 17

When ASUS launched the ROG Flow Z13 gaming 2-in-1 in 2025, it proudly boasted about the convertible's 10/10 repairability score—a self-reported score that evaluates the repairability of a product base…

MSI Adds New 320 Hz and 180 Hz WQHD Gaming Monitors to Its MAG Lineup
TechPowerUp · Jul 17

MSI has added two new WQHD monitors to its MAG lineup targeting different ends of the gaming market. The MAG 274QPF X32 is a classic 27-inch flat monitor that boasts a 320 Hz refresh rate making it th…

PC Vendors "Fight" for CXMT Memory Supply, Smaller OEMs Struggle
TechPowerUp · Jul 17

Major PC OEMs are beginning to secure deals with Chinese memory maker CXMT, as the supply chain has been depleted of available DRAM from the big three memory makers—SK hynix, Samsung, and Micron. Acco…

Noctua NL-LC1-36 All-In-One Liquid Cooler
Phoronix · Jul 17

With reviewing hardware for more than 22 years, when it comes to cooling products there are few brands that can still get me intrigued like Noctua. With their recent launch of the NL-LC1 all-in-one li…

Bethesda Confirms 4 Fallout Games in Development Alongside The Elder Scrolls 6
TechPowerUp · Jul 17

Following recent layoff announcements from Microsoft, which will affect 25% of Bethesda's staff, the game studio has sought fit to address some player concerns surrounding some of its major franchises…

FastFlowLM Developers Join AMD To Help Push Open-Source NPU Software
Phoronix · Jul 17

On top of releasing ROCm 7.14 as the new production release of ROCm now built offTheRock, rolling out the Lemonade 11.0 local AI server, and GAIA 0.22, AMD has some more open-source news in the lead u…

Experimental Build Of Holo Core Published: Arch Linux AArch64 For Valve's Steam Frame
Phoronix · Jul 17

As part of Valve's upcoming Qualcomm-powered Steam Frame headset, Valve has been collaborating with Collabora on the Arch Linux AArch64 base for their platform. Published today are the initial sources…

(PR) Battlefield 6 and Top Gun Join Forces for Biggest Blockbuster Season Yet
TechPowerUp · Jul 17

Electronic Arts Inc. and Battlefield Studios today revealed a first look at Battlefield 6 and Battlefield REDSEC, delivering the franchise's largest seasonal update to date with Naval Warfare, new con…

(PR) Epomaker Launches the Nex Lite: A Versatile Mouse Designed for Everyday Control and Comfort
TechPowerUp · Jul 17
Commercial milestone

Building on its continuous innovation and refinement in the mouse category, Epomaker introduces the latest addition to the Nex series: the Nex Lite. Combining a thoughtful design approach with reliabl…

Linux WMI Driver Gets Ready To Support ACPI-Based ARM64 Laptops
Phoronix · Jul 17

Linux developer Armin Wolf sent out a set of patches today for enabling AArch64 support for the ACPI Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) driver to work on AArch64 in no longer being bound to x86/…

NVIDIA Board Partners Receive RTX 50 SUPER, But GDDR7 Pricing Holds the Release Back
TechPowerUp · Jul 17

NVIDIA's long-rumored GeForce RTX 50 SUPER graphics cards have been shipped to the company's board partners, but we can't get our hands on them just yet. According to VideoCardz, NVIDIA's board partne…

Intel-Powered Medical Exoskeleton Helps Patients Get Back on Their Feet
Newsroom · Jul 17

People with lower-limb injuries who cannot stand or walk often need intensive clinical rehabilitation and expert-guided physiotherapy.This medical care retrains the limbs and supports the brain’s abil…

Arm Core Local Accelerator Driver Posted For Linux As Agnostic Interface For Accelerators
Phoronix · Jul 17

A new open-source Linux driver announced today by Arm is the Arm Core Local Accelerator "CLA" driver as a CPU-local interface for programming attached accelerators. This is an agnostic interface for a…

(PR) iBUYPOWER Relaunches RDYxYOU Creator Collab PCs
TechPowerUp · Jul 17

Today, the leading system integrator iBUYPOWER is thrilled to announce that, following previous one-off projects with "cozy tech" creators momodokii and kaileune, it is relaunching its RDYxYOU program…

AMD Preps More Graphics Driver Improvements For Linux 7.3
Phoronix · Jul 17

Since earlier this month AMD has begun staging graphics driver changes for Linux 7.3 ahead of the merge window opening in late July. That's brought some interesting changes so far while there still ar…

Mozilla AI Releases Llamafile 0.10.4 With New Transcribefile Built On Transcribe.cpp
Phoronix · Jul 17

Mozilla AI developers have released a new version of Llamafile, their solution for easy-to-use LLMs as a single file that work across hardware and operating systems. With Llamafile 0.10.4 is now Tran…

OpenBLAS 0.3.34 Improves Multi-Threading, Support For A Memory-Safe C Toolchain
Phoronix · Jul 17

OpenBLAS 0.3.34 released on Thursday as this popular, open-source BLAS library providing optimized support for a variety of CPUs/architectures. OpenBLAS 0.3.34 continues working on squeezing more perf…

Most Read – Intel Leixlip, Tesla A15 chip, MicroLED manufacturing
Electronics Weekly · Jul 17

The stories cover MicroLED manufacturing, fabbing the Tesla A15 chip, and Bosch starting semiconductor production in the U.S. And there's also a major landmark for the Chinese space industry and Intel…

Intel to Launch 28-Core "Nova Lake-S" Before 52-Core Version
TechPowerUp · Jul 17
Commercial milestone

Intel is gradually laying the groundwork for the launch of its Core Ultra 400 "Nova Lake-S" desktop processors with a basic branding overhaul. However, the company is reportedly preparing different la…

(PR) Akko Launches New U1 Switch Series, Debuting with Creamy Yellow U1
TechPowerUp · Jul 17
Commercial milestone

As Akko approaches its 10th anniversary, the brand introduces U1 Series mechanical keyboard switches. As Akko's next-generation switch lineup, the U1 Series is built around material innovation, struct…

Chip Industry Week In Review
Semiconductor Engineering · Jul 17

Intel's expansion; Cadence AI super agent for PCB, advanced packaging; photonics fab wars; earlier Yongin fab; German funding; new CHIPS Act award; HBM standard; Quadric funding; AMS acquisition; earn…

GTA VI Expected To Cross $4.5 Bn in Launch Week
TechPowerUp · Jul 17
Commercial milestone

We already know that GTA VI is a highly anticipated game, with the game's second trailer reportedly crossing over 475 million views in its first 24 hours across all platforms. Now, analytics firm Newz…

GTA VI Expected To Cross $4.5 Billion in Sales, in Launch Week
TechPowerUp · Jul 17
Commercial milestone

We already know that GTA VI is a highly anticipated game, with the game's second trailer reportedly crossing over 475 million views in its first 24 hours across all platforms. Now, analytics firm Newz…

Intel expands Google Cloud partnership to deploy AI tools across workforce
The Business Journals · Jul 17
Expansion Commercial milestone

Intel deploys Google's Gemini Enterprise platform across its workforce to accelerate AI transformation in semiconductor design and...

Shipping giant to open new Mass. facility, its largest in New England
The Business Journals · Jul 17

Danish shipping giant Maersk will build a large shipping facility in Worcester County.

Frame: A New X11 Server Implementation Written Entirely In x86_64 Assembly
Phoronix · Jul 17

Previously we covered YSERVER as an X11 server written in the Rust programming language with the help of Claude Code. A Phoronix reader wrote in today to share an even more esoteric X11 server impleme…

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Open Beta Detailed: 15 Characters and No PS Plus Requirement
TechPowerUp · Jul 16

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls, the new 4v4 tag-team fighting game from Arc System Works and PlayStation Publishing, has an open beta scheduled for July 24-26, ahead of its August 6 release date. This w…

RPCS3 Emulator Now Plays 75% of PS3 Game Library on PC
TechPowerUp · Jul 16

The development team behind RPCS3, the open-source PS3 emulator for Linux, macOS, and Windows, has just announced in a post on X that the emulator can now play 75% of the PlayStation 3's game library,…

KDE KWin Introduces Support For Server-Side Drop Shadows
Phoronix · Jul 16
Commercial milestone

The KDE Plasma 6.8 will be introducing support for server-side drop shadows with the feature recently having been merged to KWin...

AMD's GAIA Continues Striving To Be Your Ultimate AI Companion For Emails
Phoronix · Jul 16

Yesterday saw the release of AMD's Lemonade 11.0 local AI server as well as ROCm 7.14 as the first production release built using TheRock. Out today is AMD's GAIA 0.22 software as their latest AI soft…

Bungie Pegs Marathon Full PvE Mode for Season 3 As New Game Director Takes Over
TechPowerUp · Jul 16

Since Marathon launched in early March, the PvPvE extraction shooter has been having a rough time with player retention, dropping from a peak Steam concurrent player count of 88,337 players shortly af…

(PR) Onimusha: Way of the Sword Is Coming to GeForce NOW
TechPowerUp · Jul 16

Onimusha: Way of the Sword is coming to GeForce NOW at launch, with the playable demo available this week. It's joined by Denshattack! rolling in with five new games arriving in the cloud. Plus, GeFor…

(PR) Skullcandy Launches Crusher 720 Headphones With THX Spatial Audio
TechPowerUp · Jul 16
Commercial milestone

Leading headphone maker Skullcandy, and renowned audio pioneer THX Ltd., today announced an extension of their partnership to deliver the ultimate immersive entertainment audio when enjoying movies, m…

Open Printer Previewed As Open-Source, DRM-Free Printer
TechPowerUp · Jul 16

The OpenTools Open Printer is a new open-source hardware project that spawned in response to expensive, predatory designs from traditional printer manufacturers. The philosophy behind it is that it is…

FreeBSD Intern Working On Porting AMD ROCm To The BSD World
Phoronix · Jul 16

An intern with the FreeBSD Foundation is working on porting AMD's ROCm compute stack to run on this popular BSD environment...

(PR) Intel and Google Cloud Collaborate to Drive Intel's Enterprise AI Transformation
TechPowerUp · Jul 16

Intel and Google Cloud today announced an expansion of their previously announced multi-year strategic collaboration, which would accelerate Intel's enterprise-wide digital evolution through the deplo…

The AI compute gap: Enterprises are buying infrastructure faster than they can measure what it costs
AI | VentureBeat · Jul 16

Across 107 enterprises, AI infrastructure spending is accelerating well ahead of the ability to see or steer its economics. Most organizations run their AI on a familiar base of hyperscalers and model…

iFixit CEO Clarifies Steam Deck LCD Batteries Not Discontinued
TechPowerUp · Jul 16
Leadership change

We previously reported that it seemed as though Valve was silently sunsetting replacement batteries for the Steam Deck LCD based on comments issued by iFixit representatives on both Reddit and officia…

TSMC's 2 nm Node Gains Momentum with Fourfold Increase in Tape-Outs
TechPowerUp · Jul 16

TSMC's 2 nm node has reportedly attracted significant client attention, as the company's Senior Vice President, Kevin Zhang, confirmed that the N2 node has four times the number of tape-outs compared…

Intel, GoogleCloud Collaborate to Drive Intel’s Enterprise AI Transformation
Newsroom · Jul 16

SANTA CLARA, Calif., and SUNNYVALE, Calif. – July 16, 2026 – Intel and Google Cloud today announced an expansion of their previously announced multi-year strategic collaboration, which would accelerat…

Wayland 1.26 Released With New Pointer Warp Event
Phoronix · Jul 16

Simon Ser just announced the stable release of the Wayland 1.26 release...

Microsoft Goes Nostalgic In Newest Open-Source Drop: Comic Chat Open-Sourced After 30 Years
Phoronix · Jul 16

Introduced in 1996 with Internet Explorer 3.0, Microsoft Comic Chat provided comic-like avatars driven IRC chat client. After 30 years, this proprietary IRC chat client that was removed in Internet Ex…

(PR) Bosgame Demonstrates Scalable Private AI with 7-Node AI MAX+ 395 Cluster
TechPowerUp · Jul 16

Bosgame, a technology-based electronic product brand, has demonstrated distributed inference of the DeepSeek-V3.1 671B-parameter model on its AI MAX+ 395 7-Node Cluster. Built from seven Bosgame M5 AI…

(PR) Lenovo Launches Legion R9000P Featuring World's First Inkjet-printed OLED Display from TCL CSOT
TechPowerUp · Jul 16
Commercial milestone

Lenovo, a global technology powerhouse, has officially released the Legion R9000P featuring a breakthrough Inkjet-printed OLED (IJP OLED) display from TCL CSOT, a global leader in advanced display tec…

(PR) AMD Appoints Alan Smith as Newest Corporate Fellow
TechPowerUp · Jul 16
Leadership change

AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) announces the appointment of Alan Smith as the newest AMD Corporate Fellow, recognizing his contributions to GPU architecture and technical leadership that have helped advance AMD AI…

(PR) Phanteks Announces Enthoo Pro 2 Server Edition V2 and Enthoo Elite Server Cases
TechPowerUp · Jul 16

Phanteks introduces the Enthoo Pro 2 Server V2, engineered for extreme performance and versatility. Its fully meshed all-metal exterior delivers exceptional airflow and durability, while the flexible…

(PR) Skullcandy Launches Crusher 1080 ANC Headphones With Sound by Bose Technologies
TechPowerUp · Jul 16
Commercial milestone

Skullcandy released Crusher 1080 ANC, the most advanced headphone in the brand's history and a groundbreaking evolution of its fan-favorite patented Crusher franchise. For the first time, Crusher 1080…

(PR) Audio-Technica Introduces Stream Deck Plug-in for 20 Series USB Mics
TechPowerUp · Jul 16
Commercial milestone

The new Audio-Technica 20 Series Control Application gives streamers, content creators, and audio production professionals easy access to essential AT2020USB-X, AT2020USB-XP, and AT2040USB controls di…

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D Linux Performance
Phoronix · Jul 16

Today the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D goes on sale as the lowest-price AMD 3D V-Cache processor being marketed for gamers. This 8-core / 16-thread processor features a 4.5GHz boost clock and a total of 104MB…

Linux Floppy Driver For Apple's Super Woz Integrated Machine "SWIM" In Old Macs Improved
Phoronix · Jul 16

This is quite unexpected and was not on my bingo card for this year or even decade... The Linux driver for the floppy disk controller in Apple's legacy Super Woz Integrated Machine (SWIM) saw a large…

Bridger Aerospace Secures DOI Task Order, Deploying Its Most Advanced Multi-Mission Wildfire Aircraft
GlobeNewswire - News about Public Companies · Jul 16

King Air 350 configured with aircraft modification updates, dual-sensor configuration, and ability to pair with interoperable intel King Air 350 configured with aircraft modification updates, dual-se…

(PR) AGON by AOC CU34G4CA and CU34G4ZCA Launched, Feature 90W USB-PD and KVM Switches
TechPowerUp · Jul 16
Commercial milestone

AGON by AOC, the world's leading gaming monitor brand, expands its 34-inch (86.36 cm) curved G4 ultrawide range with two new models: the AOC GAMING CU34G4CA at 180 Hz, and the AOC GAMING CU34G4ZCA at…

(PR) AGON by AOC CU34G4CA and CU34G4ZCA Launched, Feature 90 W USB-PD and KVM Switches
TechPowerUp · Jul 16
Commercial milestone

AGON by AOC, the world's leading gaming monitor brand, expands its 34-inch (86.36 cm) curved G4 ultrawide range with two new models: the AOC GAMING CU34G4CA at 180 Hz, and the AOC GAMING CU34G4ZCA at…

New Linux Driver Improving Support For GETAC Rugged Laptops
Phoronix · Jul 16

GETAC manufactures a line of rugged/semi-rugged laptops for use in the public safety, defense, industrial manufacturing, oil and gas, and other industries. While shipping with Microsoft Windows out-of…

(PR) Thermal Grizzly Launches New DeltaMate QDC Fittings and Drain Valve
TechPowerUp · Jul 16
Commercial milestone

Thermal Grizzly is expanding the DeltaMate range of fittings. The DeltaMate Quick Disconnect (QDC) are drip-free quick-release couplings with an integrated shutoff function and vacuum-assisted anti-le…

Ubuntu Kernel Team Warns Of Temporary AMD GPU Performance Regression Up To 42x
Phoronix · Jul 16

The Ubuntu Kernel Team issued a statement this morning to proactively warn Ubuntu Linux users on Ubuntu 26.04 and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS HWE users that the next kernel point release will contain a performan…

Imagination PowerVR BXM-4-64 GPU Firmware Upstreamed For The T-Head TH1520
Phoronix · Jul 16

Now in the upstream linux-firmware.git centralized repository is the firmware binary needed for enabling the Imagination Tech PowerVR BXM-4-64 Rogue GPU found with the Alibaba T-Head TH1520 SoC...

OpenAI Announces the Codex Micro AI Assistant Keypad
TechPowerUp · Jul 16

After many rumours about what OpenAI's first hardware product would be—with rumours ranging from a speaker to an iPhone killer—the company has now revealed the Codex Micro, which simply put is a keypa…

TSMC Confirms Another $100 Billion for Arizona Expansion Plans
TechPowerUp · Jul 16
Expansion

Following record second-quarter earnings, TSMC has confirmed one of its most ambitious expansion plans in the United States. Earlier this year, TSMC was reportedly preparing a $100 billion investment…

TSMC Confirms Another $100 Billion for Arizona Expansion
TechPowerUp · Jul 16
Expansion

Following record second-quarter earnings, TSMC has confirmed one of its most ambitious expansion plans in the United States. Earlier this year, TSMC was reportedly preparing a $100 billion investment…

(PR) Alphacool Unveils New CPU+VRM Monoblocks for MSI, GIGABYTE, and ASUS
TechPowerUp · Jul 16
Commercial milestone

Alphacool International GmbH from Braunschweig is a pioneer in PC liquid cooling technology. With one of the industry's most comprehensive product portfolios and over 20 years of experience, Alphacool…

(PR) TSMC Reports Record Q2 2026 Earning Results
TechPowerUp · Jul 16

TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced consolidated revenue of NT$1,270.38 billion, net income of NT$706.56 billion, and diluted earnings per share of NT$27.25 (US$4.31 per ADR unit) for the sec…

How to teach an old Intel Mac new tricks with OpenCore Legacy Patcher
www.theregister.com - Articles · Jul 16

Why to do it, and what to watch out for

Legendary SEGA Game Titles Come to NVIDIA's RTX Spark PC Platform
TechPowerUp · Jul 16

Japan's legendary SEGA and NVIDIA have announced a new partnership, marking a significant addition to NVIDIA's latest RTX Spark PC platform. Celebrating three decades of collaboration, the two compani…

(PR) AAEON Outlines Plans for Embedded AI Box PCs With Jetson T2000 and T3000 Modules
TechPowerUp · Jul 16

Following the announcement of NVIDIA Jetson T2000 and NVIDIA Jetson T3000 modules, industry-leading provider of edge AI solutions AAEON (Stock Code: 6579) has announced its intention to adopt the new…

(PR) Endorfy Release New Solum 2 Series USB Microphones
TechPowerUp · Jul 16

The Solum 2 series opens a new chapter in the history of ENDORFY microphones. Designed from the ground up in cooperation with a German design studio, it includes four USB models: Solum 2 Core, Solum 2…

(PR) NVIDIA Introduces New Jetson Thor Computers to Advance Mainstream Robotics and Edge AI
TechPowerUp · Jul 16
Commercial milestone

General-purpose robots and autonomous machines are moving from research labs to real-world mass-market deployment, creating demand for compact, power-efficient AI supercomputers capable of running fou…

Steam Machine Running Windows With Performance On-Par With SteamOS
TechPowerUp · Jul 16

Valve recently released Windows drivers for the new Steam Machine living room console, and it turns out the drivers are pretty good, given recent benchmark results from ETA Prime. The notorious YouTub…

AMD ROCm 7.14 Announced As New Production Release, Ryzen AI 400 Series Support
Phoronix · Jul 16

As a follow-up to the article over ROCm 7.14 being tagged, AMD has formally announced the availability of ROCm 7.14 and it's their new production release rather than being a tech preview...

AMD ROCm 7.14 "TheRock" Tech Preview Tagged For Latest AMD GPU Compute Stack
Phoronix · Jul 16

AMD's software team appears to be busy getting ready for next week's Advancing AI event happening next week in San Francisco. In addition to the release today of the Lemonade 11.0 local AI server, The…

Assassin's Creed Hexe Leaks: Price, Release Date, and DLC Details Revealed
TechPowerUp · Jul 16

There have recently been a slew of details about the upcoming Assassin's Creed Hexe, from positives, like the return of fan-favorite characters to less positive news, like the pared-back combat system…

(PR) ASUS Expands ChromeOS Lineup in the US with Chromebook CM15 and CM32 Detachable
TechPowerUp · Jul 15
Expansion

ASUS today announced the US availability of the ASUS Chromebook CM15 and ASUS Chromebook CM32 Detachable, expanding its ChromeOS lineup with devices built for everyday productivity, mobility, and dura…

(PR) Razer Unveils Pikachu & Eevee Gaming Peripherals Collection
TechPowerUp · Jul 15
Commercial milestone

Razer, the leading global gaming lifestyle brand for gamers, today unveils the Razer | Pikachu & Eevee Collection, created in collaboration with The Pokémon Company International. The collection is no…

Mesa 26.2-rc1 Released In Ending Feature Work For This Quarter's 3D Graphics Stack
Phoronix · Jul 15

Mesa 26.2 was branched today from Mesa Git and in turn Mesa 26.3-devel is now open on mainline...

AMD Releases Lemonade 11.0 Local AI Server With Text-To-Speech, Other New Features
Phoronix · Jul 15

Ahead of the AMD Advancing AI event next week, today AMD released Lemonade 11.0 as the latest feature release of their local AI server supporting AMD Ryzen CPUs, AMD Radeon GPUs, and AMD Ryzen AI NPU…

Windows 11 vs Linux Gaming Test Reveals There's More to It Than FPS
TechPowerUp · Jul 15

It seems as though the launch of Valve's Steam Deck has resulted in an almost non-stop slew of comparisons between Linux and Windows as a gaming operating system. In one recent test, Meta PCs sought o…

(PR) Gainward Announces the GeForce RTX 3060 Python II OC Graphics Cards
TechPowerUp · Jul 15

Gainward, a globally recognized pioneer in high-performance graphics hardware, today breaks cover with the new GeForce RTX 3060 Python II OC. Merging factory-tuned clock speeds with a 12 GB frame buff…

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS vs. Windows 11 vs. CachyOS Performance On A $5399 Laptop
Phoronix · Jul 15

Earlier this month on Phoronix I reviewed the Razer Blade 18 RZ09-0582 as the first laptop Razer is certifying for Linux use via Canonical's hardware certification program for Linux. It offered very n…

(PR) Apricorn Introduces Massive 4 TB Aegis Secure Key 3
TechPowerUp · Jul 15
Commercial milestone

Apricorn, the leading global provider of quantum-resistant hardware-encrypted external storage solutions, today announced the availability of the 4TB Aegis Secure Key 3 (ASK3), the highest-capacity ha…

ASML posts Q2 net sales of €9.3bn, reveals Intel Panther Lake chip deal
DCD · Jul 15

Company’s CEO says strength of sales has led ASML to look into increasing EUV capacity over next two years

Lenovo to Power Esports World Cup 2026 as a Founding Partner
TechPowerUp · Jul 15

Lenovo announced today that it will be the official power behind the 2026 edition of the Esports World Cup (EWC) in Paris, France. Recognized as the largest esports event globally, the Esports Foundat…

Linux Patches Finally Allow Apple Magic Keyboard/Mouse Battery Monitoring Via Bluetooth
Phoronix · Jul 15

Besides the ongoing challenges of enabling newer Apple Silicon SoC support on Linux, Apple peripheral support on Linux remains a mixed bag depending on the product as well. The latest functionality no…

(PR) Cervoz Introduces the T445 and T455 Industrial M.2 2230 A+E Key NVMe SSDs
TechPowerUp · Jul 15
Commercial milestone

Compact embedded systems are becoming smaller, while storage requirements continue to grow. Applications such as embedded computing, medical computers, self-service kiosks, and service robots need rel…

(PR) System76 Debuts Adder Pro Laptop: Features 2K OLED Display, Core Ultra 7, and RTX 50 Series
TechPowerUp · Jul 15
Commercial milestone

If you're a serious gamer or content creator and were ordering up your ideal laptop, what would it have? A 2K OLED, 500-nit display Workstation-caliber processing power Up to 96 GB of RAM NVIDIA GPU a…

After Magdeburg, Intel Builds on Ireland’s Existing Strength
EE Times · Jul 15

Leixlip cannot replace Magdeburg, but it shows the value of expanding where fabs, demand, and ecosystems already exist. The post After Magdeburg, Intel Builds on Ireland’s Existing Strength appeared f…

Linus Torvalds Reaffirms That Linux Is Not "Anti-AI" & Not A "Social Warrior" Project
Phoronix · Jul 15

Overnight Linux creator Linus Torvalds wrote another well crafted message that reaffirms the Linux kernel position of not being against AI and lashing back against some kernel developers that are agai…

(PR) ASML Reports €9.3 Billion Total Net Sales and €2.9 Billion Net Income in Q2 2026
TechPowerUp · Jul 15

Today, ASML Holding NV (ASML) has published its 2026 second-quarter results. Q2 total net sales of €9.3 billion, gross margin of 54.0%, net income of €2.9 billion ASML expects Q3 2026 total net sales…

(PR) IBM Unveils New Power Systems and Software Built for Enterprises
TechPowerUp · Jul 15
Commercial milestone

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced IBM Power Autonomous Operations, an AI agent that can help continuously monitor Power systems and autonomously resolve issues to keep operations running smoothly. It co…

Vocalinux 0.14 Beta Released For Offline Voice Dictation / Speech-To-Text On Linux
Phoronix · Jul 15

Ubuntu 26.10 is notably working on laying the foundation for a context-aware desktop and their initial deliverable being worked on is Myna as a speech-to-text solution for the Linux desktop. Interesti…

FreeBSD Laptop Support Continues Improving With WiFi, GPU & Audio Driver Work
Phoronix · Jul 15

The FreeBSD Foundation's Laptop Support and Usability Project, which has received more than $750k USD in funding to improve the experience of FreeBSD on laptops, is out with its newest monthly progres…

(PR) ASUS Republic of Gamers Announces Availability of ROG Swift OLED PG27UCWM and PG32UCWM Tandem RGB OLED Gaming Monitors
TechPowerUp · Jul 15

ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced availability of the ROG Swift OLED PG27UCWM and PG32UCWM gaming monitors that feature 4K true Tandem RGB OLED technology. Bringing flagship-tier panel tec…

Mesa's Native Vulkan-To-Metal Driver Now Advertises Vulkan 1.4
Phoronix · Jul 15

KosmicKrisp as the Vulkan API driver built atop Apple's Metal API in Mesa for macOS and iOS systems is now advertising Vulkan 1.4 compatibility...

NVIDIA Launches GeForce NOW in India
TechPowerUp · Jul 15
Commercial milestone

NVIDIA on Tuesday, formally launched its GeForce NOW cloud-gaming service in India. The service comes with attractive introductory prices specific to the Indian market under an Early Access Pass schem…

Samsung Launches 990 QLC DRAMless SSD, $270 for 1TB, $530 for 2TB
TechPowerUp · Jul 15
Commercial milestone

Samsung on July 14 formally launched the 990, its value-segment M.2 NVMe SSD. Not to be confused with the 990 EVO, another DRAMless SSD from the company that uses TLC NAND flash, the new 990 implement…

(PR) Samsung Introduces Flex Titanium Technology To Advance Foldable Displays
TechPowerUp · Jul 15
Commercial milestone

Samsung Electronics today unveiled new Flex Titanium technology for the next generation of Galaxy foldable devices. Built on seven generations of foldable innovation and engineering expertise, the red…

(PR) Palit Unveils the Return of the Classic GeForce RTX 3060 Infinity 2 OC Graphics Card
TechPowerUp · Jul 15
Commercial milestone

PALIT Microsystems, a leading manufacturer of graphics cards, today announces the new GeForce RTX 3060 Infinity 2 OC. Combining a massive 12 GB GDDR6 memory capacity with a clean, all-black dual-fan s…

(PR) ADATA XPG Unveils the New NIMBUS and NIMBUS PLUS Gaming Chairs
TechPowerUp · Jul 15
Commercial milestone

XPG, the gaming brand of ADATA Technology, today announced the launch of its latest ergonomic gaming chairs, the NIMBUS and NIMBUS PLUS. As remote work continues to shape modern lifestyles and dedicat…

(PR) ASML High NA EUV Technology Enters High-Volume Manufacturing With Intel 18A
TechPowerUp · Jul 15

ASML Holding N.V. (ASML) today reported that Intel Foundry is using ASML's High NA EUV technology on the Intel 18A process node to produce a subset of its Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors. This mi…

(PR) Dynabook Unveils Portege Z40L-P Copilot+ Mobile Workstation
TechPowerUp · Jul 15
Commercial milestone

Dynabook Americas, Inc., a Sharp Company, today announced the Portégé Z40L-P, a premium Copilot+ PC, the second generation of Dynabook's advanced Portégé Z40L platform. Built for the demands of today'…

Steam Deck Scores High in Early Onimusha: Way of the Sword Benchmark
TechPowerUp · Jul 15

Capcom's Onimusha: Way of the Sword is one of the more anticipated games of 2026, with an early 2025 gameplay preview showing off some high fidelity graphics and fast-paced melee combat. Despite this,…

Khronos Lists First Conformant OpenCL 3.1 Implementation: Apple M1/M2 On Asashi Linux With Rusticl
Phoronix · Jul 15

Back in May OpenCL 3.1 was announced with a focus on AI and HPC workloads. Just over two months later, this incremental update over OpenCL 3.0 mow has its first listed conformant OpenCL 3.1 implementa…

Slay the Spire 2 Dev Explains Why It Used "A Bunch Of Garbage" Art Instead of AI Placeholders
TechPowerUp · Jul 14

There's an ever-growing list of games that have received notable backlash for the use of AI-generated placeholder art in games, from Pearl Abyss's Crimson Desert to The Alters, and even the award-winn…

COSMIC Epoch 1.3 Released With New Frosted Glass Option
Phoronix · Jul 14

For those that were intrigued by the COSMIC desktop's "Frosted Glass" effect, it's now available in released form with today's COSMIC Epoch 1.3 release...

Digital Extremes Announces Tau Update: New Solar System, Enemies, and Warframes Coming in 2026
TechPowerUp · Jul 14

In the Warframe universe, Tau is a topic that has come up a number of times throughout the game's lore, but, as announced by Digital Extremes at TennoCon 2026, players will finally be able to experien…

Warframe Tau Update: New Solar System, Enemies, and Warframes Coming in 2026
TechPowerUp · Jul 14

In the Warframe universe, Tau is a topic that has come up a number of times throughout the game's lore, but, as announced by Digital Extremes at TennoCon 2026, players will finally be able to experien…

(PR) XPG Unveils NIMBUS and NIMBUS PLUS Gaming Chairs
TechPowerUp · Jul 14
Commercial milestone

XPG, the gaming brand of ADATA Technology, today announced the launch of its latest ergonomic gaming chairs, the NIMBUS and NIMBUS PLUS. As remote work continues to shape modern lifestyles and dedicat…

FreeBSD 16 Retires The Last Of Its GPL Code From Its Base System
Phoronix · Jul 14

As of this past week in the FreeBSD source tree for FreeBSD 16, the last of the GNU GPL licensed code from the base system has been retired...

DropReference Launches in the US with PC Part Price Comparison and Gaming Performance Estimates
TechPowerUp · Jul 14
Commercial milestone

DropReference, a PC hardware comparison and build-planning platform attracting more than 200,000 unique visitors each month, is officially expanding to the United States. Already established among Eur…

BOSGAME VTA-439: A Great, Linux-Friendly Mini PC Powered By AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
Phoronix · Jul 14

For those that were intrigued by the recent launch of the AMD Ryzen AI Halo developer platform with a very capable mini PC but looking for something more affordable and not needing quite as much horse…

Valve Silently Discontinues Steam Deck LCD Spares at iFixit
TechPowerUp · Jul 14

When Valve launched the Steam Deck back in 2022, it generated a lot of positive publicity by partnering with iFixit to sell OEM replacement parts, but it seems as though that may be coming to an end,…

(PR) MSI Unveils the PRO MAX OLED 271UPJW12: The World's First 27-Inch 4K IJP OLED Monitor
TechPowerUp · Jul 14
Commercial milestone

MSI, a global leader in high-performance computing, has officially announced the PRO MAX OLED 271UPJW12, marking a new era in visual technology as the world's first 27-inch Inkjet-printed (IJP) OLED d…

Gears of War: E-Day Gets DLSS 4.5 at Launch
TechPowerUp · Jul 14
Commercial milestone

With the October 6 launch of Gears of War: E-Day fast approaching, more and more details about the game are starting to appear online, whether via official channels or leaks. The latest news is that,…

Ultralytics YOLO26 to Bring Real-Time Computer Vision to Intel Processors
Business Wire Technology: Networks News · Jul 14

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ultralytics, the company behind the YOLO family of object detection models, today announced collaboration with Intel to bring production-ready YOLO (You Only Look…

Intel to invest $5.7 billion on chip production in Ireland
Manufacturing Dive - Latest News · Jul 14

The expansion, which has already begun, will boost output for Intel’s Xeon 6 processors used for data center and artificial intelligence computing.

KAMRUI July Deals: AK1PLUS and Pinova P1 Mini PCs from $230.84
TechPowerUp · Jul 14

KAMRUI is currently running a July promotion on Amazon US, offering discounts of up to 34% on its AK1PLUS and Pinova P1 mini PC lineup. The promotion covers three configurations, with prices starting…

Blender 5.2 LTS Released With Many Great Enhancements
Phoronix · Jul 14

Blender 5.2 is out today as the newest Long Term Support release for this leading, open-source 3D modeling software...

HWMonitor v1.65 Brings Back Hotspot Reading for NVIDIA RTX 50 Series
TechPowerUp · Jul 14

CPUID has just released HWMonitor version 1.65, which reintroduces the previously abandoned hotspot temperature reading for NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 series "Blackwell" GPU. When NVIDIA originally launc…

Dynabook Unveils Portégé® Z40L-P, a Premium Copilot+ PC with Slim Mobile Workstation Capabilities
All News Releases · Jul 14
Commercial milestone

Featuring Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 and X7 Processor with Intel® Arc™ Pro Graphics Options, Enterprise-Grade Security, the 14-inch Portégé Z40L-P Delivers Advanced AI Performance and Professional Graphics…

System76 Launches New Adder Pro Laptop With NVIDIA GPU, 2K OLED & Up To 96GB RAM
Phoronix · Jul 14
Commercial milestone

System76 today announced their new Adder Pro laptop that they are promoting as the "gamer's dream machine" with its NVIDIA graphics, 2K OLED 500 nit display, up to 96GB RAM, and 3.37 lb weight...

Samsung Texas Fab to Mass-Produce Tesla AI5 SoC on 2 nm Node
TechPowerUp · Jul 14

Earlier this year, Elon Musk announced that Tesla had completed the design of its AI5 SoC. Today, we learn that the company will receive these processors from a United States-based Samsung fab located…

Intel to invest $5.7bn in Irish fab to expand Xeon production capacity
DCD · Jul 14
Expansion

Upgrades at the site will include installation of “leading-edge manufacturing equipment”

Windows 11 Pro Has Dropped to Just $10 Through July 19
TechPowerUp · Jul 14

If your PC needs a new operating system license, this is one of the lowest prices you'll find on Windows 11 Pro. Through July 19, a lifetime license is available for $9.97 (MSRP $199). This version is…

(PR) Yunzii Launches M2 Dual 8K Custom Wireless Gaming Mouse
TechPowerUp · Jul 14
Commercial milestone

Meet the all-new Yunzii M2 Dual 8K Custom Wireless Gaming Mouse, designed for gamers, creators, and everyday users who demand speed, accuracy, and customization. Combining a high-performance PAW3395 s…

Intel Shifts Majority of "Nova Lake" Production In-House Amid Yield Improvements
TechPowerUp · Jul 14

Intel's upcoming "Nova Lake-S" generation of processors is on the horizon, and the company is already making preliminary manufacturing decisions before entering high-volume production. According to a…

Linux Foundation's Latest Foray Is To Standardize Internet-Native Payments For AI Agents
Phoronix · Jul 14

There is yet-another-foundation being stewarded by the Linux Foundation that further broadens its scope outside of the typical Linux/open-source umbrella. Today the Linux Foundation announced the laun…

Send Unlimited Files for Life With Transfr Pro for Just $80
TechPowerUp · Jul 14

Large file transfers are still more complicated than they probably should be. Many services limit upload sizes, require subscriptions, or offer little visibility into whether a file was actually recei…

Europe's Only Gallium-Oxide Semiconductor Maker Raises €2 Million Funding
TechPowerUp · Jul 14

European semiconductor independence has been a hot topic recently, and European Union lawmakers, particularly the European Commission, have passed the Chips Act 2.0 to achieve semiconductor manufactur…

Linux Kernel Graphics Driver Proposed For GlandaGPU: An Open-Source Soft GPU Core
Phoronix · Jul 14

A new Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) kernel graphics driver has been sent out for GlandaGPU, an open-source custom 3D graphics core designed in VHDL and running on FPGA hardware...

Intel IGC 2.38.2 Brings Latest Round Of Graphics Compiler Improvements
Phoronix · Jul 14

Ahead of the next Intel Compute Runtime release, IGC 2.38.2 was released today as the newest feature update to this open-source graphics compiler used by Intel iGPU/dGPU hardware on both Windows and L…

YMTC SSDs Ship With German Lenovo Laptops for the First Time
TechPowerUp · Jul 14

According to a new review of the ThinkBook 14 G9 from Notebookcheck, Lenovo has started shipping its German laptop configurations with SSDs made by YMTC for the first time. This is significant news, c…

Intel Vulkan Driver Now Supports H.265 10-bit Video Encoding
Phoronix · Jul 14

Hyunjun Ko with Igalia continues advancing the Vulkan Video capabilities of the Intel open-source "ANV" Vulkan driver for Linux systems...

Linux Dealing With Apple's Wild Mess Of Sensors On Apple Silicon SoCs
Phoronix · Jul 14

While there has been the Apple System Management Controller "SMC" hardware monitoring driver with the intent on exposing battery/power stats as well as thermal and more for Apple Silicon SoCs on Linux…

Haiku Merges NVMM For Initial Virtualization Support, But It Doesn't Yet Fully Work
Phoronix · Jul 14
M&A

The BeOS-inspired Haiku open-source operating system project has published their June 2026 status report. In the past month the developers merged their NVMM VM monitor support, hardware driver improve…

"Light" GRUB Alternative Package For Confidential Computing Approved For Fedora 45
Phoronix · Jul 14

A month ago there was a change proposal raised for offering a "light" version of the GRUB2 bootloader for use in confidential computing environments. While there were some differing views on the matte…

Weston 16.0 Compositor Released With HDR Improvements, Vulkan Fixes
Phoronix · Jul 14

Overnight the Weston 16.0 release occurred as the latest milestone for this reference Wayland compositor...

Microsoft is Finally Fixing Windows Search, No More Promotional Content
TechPowerUp · Jul 14

Microsoft has finally addressed one of the biggest pain points in using the modern Windows 11 operating system—the Windows Search Box. What used to be a complicated mess filled with content you didn't…

(PR) MSI Motherboards Deliver DDR5-8000+ Support for CXMT-Based Memory on Intel Platform
TechPowerUp · Jul 14

MSI today announced that its Intel 800-series motherboards are now fully optimized for DDR5 memory built on CXMT (ChangXin Memory Technologies) DRAM. Following dedicated BIOS memory tuning, MSI Z890 m…

1047 Games Suffers More Layoffs Following "Empulse" Launch
TechPowerUp · Jul 14
Layoffs Commercial milestone

After layoffs racked the studio in mid-2025, following the launch of Splitgate: Arena Reloaded, 1047 Games branched off into a Titanfall-inspired movement shooter that would launch into early access a…

New Linux Patches Aim To Better Handle Multiple Swap Devices
Phoronix · Jul 14

For those having Linux systems with multiple swap devices, such as for swap tiering or layered swap handling, a set of patches posted today for the Linux kernel are looking to improve the situation...

Frostpunk and The Alters Studio Lays Off 20 Employees Despite Hit Games
TechPowerUp · Jul 14
Layoffs

Despite the recent success of both Frostpunk 2 and The Alters, 11 Bit Studio has confirmed that it is laying off 20 employees in a round of layoffs that it says is necessary for upcoming development p…

Wooting Updates Hall Effect Keyboards with Per-App Custom Profile Capabilities
TechPowerUp · Jul 13

Wooting is one of the rare keyboard manufacturers that meets gamers in the middle, providing gamers with both a web app and an installable program to customize their gaming keyboards. Now, the keyboar…

Logitech Preparing Gen-2 Superstrike 2 Gaming Mouse for September Launch
TechPowerUp · Jul 13
Commercial milestone

It hasn't been long since Logitech launched the G Pro X2 Superstrike gaming mouse that made waves thanks to its adjustable haptic feedback and actuation distance features, but it already seems as thou…

Halo: Campaign Evolved Goes Gold 2 Weeks Ahead of Launch
TechPowerUp · Jul 13
Commercial milestone

Following recent news that Halo Studios has canceled an unannounced Halo project, the studio has officially announced that Halo: Campaign Evolved has gone gold, meaning that, less than a year after th…

Xbox Cancels Mystery Multiplayer Halo "Project Ekur"
TechPowerUp · Jul 13

It's no secret that things are in a state of flux at Xbox and all of its in-house game studios, and this appears to extend to Halo Studios. Despite building excitement for Halo: Campaign Evolved, whic…

Palworld 1.0 Update Draws 850,000+ Players on Launch Weekend
TechPowerUp · Jul 13
Commercial milestone

Palworld officially exited Steam Early Access on July 10 with a massive 1.0 update that dropped a host of new game mechanics, new areas, and new pals to collect, raise, train, or put to work. The 1.0…

Cougar Expands PC Case Lineup with CFV220 RGB Mid-Tower Chassis
TechPowerUp · Jul 13
Expansion

Cougar has launched the CFV220 RGB, a mid-tower ATX case first shown at Computex 2026 back in June, as we reported here. The chassis, a slightly more compact version of the existing CVF235, measures 2…

TSMC Achieves Record $13.75 Billion Revenue in June 2026
TechPowerUp · Jul 13

TSMC's revenue reached an impressive 442.68 billion NTD in June 2026, which is about 13.75 billion USD (at the time of writing) for a single month of net revenue. This represents a remarkable 67.9% gr…

Graviton5 Outperforming Intel Xeon Granite Rapids But Falls Short Of AMD EPYC Turin
Phoronix · Jul 13

Following the recent GA of the AWS M9g series as the first instances powered by the new Graviton5 CPUs, I recently ran benchmarks looking at Graviton4 vs. Graviton5 CPU performance. There was very nic…

AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE Drops to $499 on Newegg
TechPowerUp · Jul 13

AMD's mid-range Radeon RX 9070 GRE edition graphics card is now available for $499 on Newegg, offering an attractive deal for 1440p gamers. Newegg provides a special discount when you enter your email…

Chinese CXMT to Match Micron's DRAM Manufacturing Capacity This Year
TechPowerUp · Jul 13

Chinese memory giant CXMT has been expanding its capacity so rapidly that the company is now able to compete with one of the largest memory manufacturers in the world—Micron. According to analysis fro…

Criterion Axes "Need for Speed" and "Burnout" Racing Games in Favor of Battlefield
TechPowerUp · Jul 13

It seems as though Criterion Games has officially addressed the questions about the future of Need for Speed that arose after its 30th anniversary rebranding as "a Battlefield studio." In a recent int…

(PR) JEDEC SPHBM4 Standard Enables HBM4-Class Bandwidth on Organic Substrates
TechPowerUp · Jul 13

JEDEC Solid State Technology Association, the global leader in standards development for the microelectronics industry, today announced the publication of JESD330-4: Standard Package High Bandwidth Me…

Intel puts $5.7bn into Leixlip
Electronics Weekly · Jul 13

Intel today announced a $5.7 billion capital investment  in Fab 34 at Leixlip, Ireland, to retrofit the fab for the Intel 3 process. Intel is scaling capacity in Ireland to ... The post Intel puts $5.…

(PR) Edifier Expands MR Series With the New MR4.5 Studio Monitor Speakers
TechPowerUp · Jul 13
Expansion

Edifier International, the award-winning audio electronics designer, announces the launch of its latest studio monitor, the MR4.5. Whether you're producing music, editing content, or simply enjoying y…

Intel to invest $5.7B in expanding production in Ireland
The Business Journals · Jul 13
Expansion

The move will expand Intel's production of its Xeon 6 and next-generation Xeon technology at its campus in Leixlip to serve demand from...

(PR) Cooler Master Launches the HAF II 500, Flagship High-Airflow Case
TechPowerUp · Jul 13
Commercial milestone

Cooler Master, a global leader in innovative thermal solutions and PC hardware today announced the HAF II 500, a new high-end airflow case designed to push cooling performance forward while delivering…

Steam Made $11 Billion in Six Months, Mostly from Older Game Titles
TechPowerUp · Jul 13

Valve is making a fortune, as confirmed by the latest data from Alinea Analytics, which estimates Steam has generated an impressive $11.1 billion in revenue in the first half of the year. These number…

(PR) GameSir Launches T7 Pro W Retro Green Wired Controller for Xbox and PC
TechPowerUp · Jul 13
Commercial milestone

GameSir, a global gaming peripherals brand renowned for combining high-performance engineering with distinctive design, today announces the launch of the GameSir T7 Pro W Retro Green Wired Controller.…

Nintendo Considers Release of Switch 2 with OLED Screen
TechPowerUp · Jul 13

According to a display industry analyst from South Korea, Nintendo is considering releasing a Switch 2 handheld console with an OLED display. While there has been speculation that Nintendo will announ…

FreeBSD Desktop Installer Option Working Through NVIDIA Driver Handling, Licensing
Phoronix · Jul 13

Alfonso Siciliano, who has been one of the FreeBSD developers leading the effort on adding a KDE-based desktop option to the FreeBSD installer, provided an update on recent work around adding integrat…

(PR) Intel Invests €5 Billion to Expand Manufacturing in Europe
TechPowerUp · Jul 13
Expansion

Intel today announced a €5 billion ($5.7 billion) capital investment at its Leixlip campus in Ireland, marking the next phase in the site's capacity expansion. Global demand for AI and high-performanc…

Steam Machine "Red Line of Death" Turns On When System Hits 100°C
TechPowerUp · Jul 13

Previously, we reported that Valve's Steam Machine featured a "red line of death" (RLOD) that was mistakenly flagged as a system problem. This issue was actually a simple BIOS glitch that was resolved…

(PR) MSI EdgeXpert AI Supercomputer Enables Professional Rack Deployment with Racknex Rack Mount Solution
TechPowerUp · Jul 13

MSI announced that its EdgeXpert AI Supercomputer is now supported by Racknex professional Rack Mount solutions, enabling enterprises to deploy high-performance AI computing resources in standard 19-i…

Intel Invests €5 Billion to Expand Manufacturing in Europe
Newsroom · Jul 13
Expansion

LEIXLIP, Ireland, July 13, 2026 —Intel today announced a €5 billion ($5.7 billion) capital investment at its Leixlip campus in Ireland, marking the next phase in the site’s capacity expansion.  Global…

Intel 18A Silicon Goes to Space with "Starfire" Processors
TechPowerUp · Jul 13

Intel's 18A node is officially space-grade, according to documentation on Intel's website. A document that initially went unnoticed has been published, detailing a new "Starfire" generation of process…

GNOME OS Creating "Test Center" As Its Take On Apple TestFlight For Experiment Software
Phoronix · Jul 13

GNOME developers working on GNOME OS have received funding from Germany's Prototype Fund to work on creating the GNOME OS "Developer Tool Suite" or also tentatively called their "Test Center" to help…

Reworked System Call Entry Handling Slated For Linux 7.3
Phoronix · Jul 13

Stemming from looking at a proposed Linux kernel patch to alter the Linux kernel's system call number handling, veteran Linux kernel developer Thomas Gleixner went down a rabbit hole of the kernel's s…

Raspberry Pi 5 IOMMU Driver Being Worked On For The Mainline Linux Kernel
Phoronix · Jul 13

While the Raspberry Pi 5 is already over two and a half years old, one of the missing elements of its support from the mainline Linux kernel has been the IOMMU driver. We are now seeing Raspberry Pi's…

Cloud Hypervisor 53 Released With Offloaded Snapshot/Restore Daemon
Phoronix · Jul 13

Cloud Hypervisor 53.0 is now available for this open-source, Rust-based VMM focused on cloud workloads and modern security needs. Originally started at Intel, Cloud Hypervisor continues seeing new dev…

GIGABYTE Intros the Micro-ATX B850M AORUS Stealth Motherboard
TechPowerUp · Jul 13

GIGABYTE today introduced the B850M AORUS Stealth, a Socket AM5 motherboard based on the AMD B850 chipset that offers backside connectors for better cable management and aesthetics. This is among the…

Apple M7 Ultra Chip Planned With Up to 1.5 TB of Unified Memory
TechPowerUp · Jul 13

Apple has recently overhauled its entire M-Series chip plans, scrapping the launch of the M6 Pro and M6 Max processors and jumping straight to the M7 series. While the base M6 SoC is expected to launc…

MSI Afterburner to Include Hit Map for GPU Voltage/Frequency Curve Visualization
TechPowerUp · Jul 13

MSI Afterburner has been experimenting with a voltage/frequency curve editor that includes a heat map. This feature helps users understand the exact frequency their GPU achieves when given a certain v…

AMD FSR Multi-Frame Generation With Up to 8x Mode in Development
TechPowerUp · Jul 13

AMD has reportedly been testing a new and highly anticipated FSR multi-frame generation (MFG) technology for its Radeon RX GPUs. This information comes from a third-party software called RadeonTuner,…

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 Series Hotspot Sensor Can Be Accessed with NVIDIA's Internal Tool
TechPowerUp · Jul 13

It seems that NVIDIA's removal of the hotspot temperature sensor from the GeForce RTX 50 series "Blackwell" GPUs is not permanent, as the sensor data can still be accessed and the actual sensor is phy…

Rapidus to charge $18-21k for a 2nm wafer
Electronics Weekly · Jul 13

Rapidus is preparing to charge between $18,460  and $21 ,540 for a 2nm foundry wafer which contrasts with $30k at TSMC and Intel and $20k at Samsung, reports the Nikkei. ... The post Rapidus to charge…

Linux 7.2-rc3 Released: Close To The "New Normal"
Phoronix · Jul 12

Linux 7.2-rc3 is now available for testing in working toward the stable Linux 7.2 kernel version coming up in August...

Linux 7.2 Enabling UltraRISC RISC-V Support In The Default Kernel Build
Phoronix · Jul 12
Financial distress

Similar to Linux 7.2 enabling Eswin SoC support by default in the RISC-V "defconfig" kernel build, UltraRISC RISC-V coverage is also now being enabled by default for RISC-V kernel builds in Linux 7.2.…

HFI BIOS Aims To Provide A POST-Like Power On Screen & BIOS Setup Utility For RISC-V
Phoronix · Jul 12

The Harmonic Firmware Initiative "HFI" is trying to provide a generic, standardized power-on firmware experience for RISC-V boards. Akin to the x86 world with having immediate graphics card initializa…

Linux 7.2-rc3 Bringing Fixes For The SEGA Dreamcast Drivers In 2026
Phoronix · Jul 12

It wasn't on my bingo card for the week but merged to Git ahead of today's Linux 7.2-rc3 kernel release are a number of fixes for the SEGA Dreamcast drivers...

Realtek RTL8723BS WiFi Linux Driver Hardened Against Malicious WiFi Access Points
Phoronix · Jul 12

The staging driver fixes that were sent out this week ahead of the Linux 7.2-rc3 release is predominantly made up of hardening the Realtek RTL8723BS WiFi driver. In particular, a number of fixes for a…

This Week in Gaming (Week 29)
TechPowerUp · Jul 12

Welcome to the middle of July and we're right back to the slower pace of new game releases. This week's major release brings some Lovecraftian co-op action set in a time of gunpowder and muskets. We k…

Debian 13.6 Released To Ship All The Latest Security Fixes, Reverts GeoIP Database
Phoronix · Jul 11

Debian 13.6 is out today as the newest point release of Debian Trixie to ship the latest security fixes and other maintenance updates...

Linux 7.2-rc3 Bringing Display Detection Improvement To Help Some Multi-GPU Systems
Phoronix · Jul 11

Sent out today was this week's round of x86 (x86_64) fixes ahead of the Linux 7.2-rc3 kernel test candidate due out on Sunday...

LLVM Merges x86 LFI "Lightweight Fault Isolation" Target For In-Process Sandboxing
Phoronix · Jul 11
M&A

Stanford researchers have been developing Lightweight Fault Isolation "LFI" compiler passes and targets for LLVM as a means of efficient, native code sandboxing. The AArch64 LFI target was previously…

KDE Developers Continue Landing More Features For Plasma 6.8
Phoronix · Jul 11

KDE developers continue to be very busy this summer landing more features for the upcoming Plasma 6.8 desktop...

Mesa's Rusticl Now Enables Arm Mali Panfrost Driver Support By Default
Phoronix · Jul 11
Financial distress

A change upstreamed to Mesa by an Arm engineer now enables the Panfrost Gallium3D driver for Arm Mali graphics to work with the Rusticl driver by default...

Pop!_OS Rolls Out Its "Frosted Glass" Desktop Style For COSMIC
Phoronix · Jul 11
Commercial milestone

System76 developers have for the past number of weeks been working on developing a "frosted glass" appearance for the COSMIC desktop environment featured on their Pop!_OS Linux distribution. For Pop!_…

Wine 11.13 Better Supports Input Pointers, Improved Keyboard Scancode Mapping For X11
Phoronix · Jul 11

Wine 11.13 is out today as the newest bi-weekly development release for this open-source software enabling support for running Windows games and applications on Linux...

Unionized Bethesda Workers Plan Strike Over Xbox Mass Layoffs
TechPowerUp · Jul 11
Layoffs Labor action

Following the recent confirmation that layoffs related to Asha Sharma's Xbox reset have resulted in significant layoffs at ZeniMax-run studios—amounting to 50% of Id Software's workers and 25% of Beth…

Keychron Launches K5 Ultra 8K Low Profile Mechanical Keyboard with Wood Accents
TechPowerUp · Jul 10
Commercial milestone

Following the recent launch of the Keychron K4 Ultra and K10 Ultra, the accessory maker has officially launched the new K5 Ultra 8K, a low-profile wireless mechanical keyboard with a full 100% layout…

Thermaltake Launches CAPO X Dual-System Full-Tower Chassis
TechPowerUp · Jul 10
Commercial milestone

Thermaltake CAPO X is one of the more unusual cases we've seen at Computex this year, and now it has been officially launched. CAPO X is a full tower designed to house two completely independent micro…

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Hits 2 Million Sales in 24 Hours as Reviews Swing Positive
TechPowerUp · Jul 10

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced has seemingly managed to turn things around following a wave of negative reviews on launch day. Not only has its Steam review rating swung from "Mixed" to "Mostly…

Jsaux Previews 3 Steam Machine Display Faceplates
TechPowerUp · Jul 10

Jsaux, the maker of a smorgasbord of functional and decorative Steam Deck accessories, has just provided an update on its previously announced Steam Machine faceplate project, which it has revealed to…

Palworld Exits Early Access With 72 New Pals and Pages of Update Notes
TechPowerUp · Jul 10

As promised previously, Palworld 1.0 has officially launched on Steam, bringing with it an absolutely gargantuan list of updates, features, and fixes. The update officially launches the game out of Ea…

Death of Console Discs Pushes Gamers to PC
TechPowerUp · Jul 10

The reception of PlayStation's recent decision to stop producing physical games media in early 2028 has been heard far and wide across the internet, with fans even going as far as to start the "Don't…

KDE Plasma 6.7 X11 vs. Wayland Session Gaming Performance For NVIDIA On CachyOS
Phoronix · Jul 10

With KDE Plasma 6.7 now having seen a few point releases to further polish this last version with X11 support ahead of Plasma 6.8 going Wayland-only, here are some NVIDIA Linux gaming benchmarks betwe…

(PR) Slimbook Launches Nexus AI Workstation Series
TechPowerUp · Jul 10
Commercial milestone

The new Nexus family is available in two configurations Ryzen AI and Threadripper AI ranging from high-performance systems to uncompromising professional workstations engineered for Local AI developme…

Steam Now Shows Steam Machine and SteamOS Verified Ratings
TechPowerUp · Jul 10

Following the launch of the Steam Machine, Valve has finally rolled out its compatibility rating system for its living room gaming experience in Steam, with a new UI that shows both Steam Machine and…

(PR) Lian Li Introduces the UNI FAN FLEX Series
TechPowerUp · Jul 10
Commercial milestone

LIAN LI Industrial Co., Ltd., a leading manufacturer of chassis and PC accessories, introduces the UNI FAN FLEX Series, a new generation of UNI FANs designed for more flexibility over fan speed, light…

Apple’s $30B Broadcom Deal Signals Expansions in AI, U.S. Supply Chain
EE Times · Jul 10
Expansion

Apple’s $30B Broadcom bet drags AI data centers and U.S. chipmaking into its orbit… and may hand Intel a lifeline. The post Apple’s $30B Broadcom Deal Signals Expansions in AI, U.S. Supply Chain appe…

NVIDIA Readies GeForce RTX 5090 SE Graphics Card
TechPowerUp · Jul 10

NVIDIA is readying the new GeForce RTX 5090 SE graphics card, according to a report by GameGPU. This SKU could fill the gap between the current RTX 5080 and the flagship RTX 5090. Unlike the RTX 5090D…

(PR) GIGABYTE Demonstrates AI TOP ATOM Four-Node Clustering for Scientific Computing
TechPowerUp · Jul 10

GIGABYTE, the world's leading computer brand, demonstrates how AI TOP ATOM four-node clustering scales local AI computing for increasingly complex workloads. As AI models, scientific simulations, and…

(PR) ASUS Republic of Gamers Announces Gjallar Gaming Soundbar
TechPowerUp · Jul 10

ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced the ROG Gjallar premium gaming soundbar designed to deliver impactful, cinematic surround sound, clear in-game communication, and multi-platform compatibi…

(PR) ASUS Republic of Gamers Announces Raikiri II Pro PC Game Controller
TechPowerUp · Jul 10

ASUS Republic of Gamers today announced the ROG Raikiri II Pro PC—the ultimate gaming controller with a competition-grade 8K polling rate, extensive customization options including hot-swappable joyst…

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Launches To Mixed Reviews: Controversial Microtransactions Spark Outrage
TechPowerUp · Jul 9
Commercial milestone

The hype has been building for the launch of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced for a good long while, and it seems as though sales have been strong, with SteamDB reporting a peak of 99,451 concurre…

(PR) MOZA Launches New Generation of Flight Displays, Panels, and Cockpit Systems
TechPowerUp · Jul 9
Commercial milestone

MOZA today announced its most ambitious expansion of its flight simulation ecosystem to date. Building on its success in force feedback flight controls, the company is introducing a new family of cock…

The Elder Scrolls 6 May Be Impacted By Xbox Reset
TechPowerUp · Jul 9

It's no secret that Xbox is undergoing massive changes, including everything from mass layoffs to studio closures, but it seems as though studios and developers are starting to feel the less obvious r…

(PR) Alphacool Announces Eisblock Arc Pro B60 Creator Full-coverage Water Block
TechPowerUp · Jul 9

Alphacool International GmbH from Braunschweig is a pioneer in PC water cooling technology. With one of the most comprehensive product portfolios in the industry and more than 20 years of experience,…

AMD Confirms EPYC "Venice" Zen 6 CPUs Launch on July 22-23 at Advancing AI Event
TechPowerUp · Jul 9
Commercial milestone

AMD CTO Mark Papermaster has confirmed that EPYC "Venice," the company's first Zen 6 server CPU, will be officially introduced at AMD's Advancing AI event on July 22nd and 23rd. In a recent interview,…

Minisforum Details MS-03 Panther Lake Mini PC with PCIe x8 Support
TechPowerUp · Jul 9

Minisforum showed off a range of new hardware at Computex 2026 earlier this year, and one of the new products it announced there was the MS-03 workstation mini PC, a new small form factor workstation…

Blame the Plumbing: Why Intel Handles USB Onboard Audio Codecs Better Than AMD
TechPowerUp · Jul 9

Back in March, I wrote a detailed editorial on how hardware-accelerated audio is possible in Windows 11, and it's possible for sound card manufacturers to put native audio stack processing on the card…

AMD Introduces 11 New SKUs to "Hawk Point" Lineup Across Ryzen 200 and 100 Series
TechPowerUp · Jul 9
Commercial milestone

AMD has quietly expanded its processor lineup with 11 new "Hawk Point" APUs by adding seven SKUs to the Ryzen 200 series and four to the Ryzen 100 series. In the Ryzen 200 series, the seven new models…

Xbox Layoffs Decimate Id Software and Obsidian
TechPowerUp · Jul 9
Layoffs

The collateral damage from the recent "Xbox reset" continues, with recent reports confirming layoffs at both id Software, the studio behind Doom: The Dark Ages, and Obsidian Entertainment, the studio…

(PR) MSI Unveils MEG MAESTRO 900R Case and MEG CORELIQUID E15 360 Liquid Cooler
TechPowerUp · Jul 9
Commercial milestone

Forging a new era of PC craftsmanship, MSI unveils its ultimate flagship ecosystem: the MEG MAESTRO 900R full tower case and the MEG CORELIQUID E15 360 AIO liquid cooler. United by premium aluminium c…

(PR) Micron Accelerates U.S. Investments, Pours First Concrete at New York Fab
TechPowerUp · Jul 9

Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU) today announced it is accelerating its planned U.S. fab and technology investments and increasing its expected spend to more than $250 billion through 2035, driven…

Abaco compute-intensive SBC builds on Intel Core Ultra Series 3
Electronics Weekly · Jul 9

Abaco Systems will be introducing its SBC3618, a 3U VPX single board computer built on Intel Core Ultra Series 3 (Panther Lake) processors. The company highlights it is aligned to ... The post Abaco c…

(PR) XMG APEX 17 Now Available with RTX 5070 and 12 GB VRAM
TechPowerUp · Jul 9

The XMG APEX 17 is the first laptop in XMG's lineup to feature the 2026 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 with 12 GB of VRAM, up from the previous 8 GB. This new configuration, first announced at Computex 2026,…

(PR) Worldwide PC Market Declined 4% in 2Q26 Amid Mounting Supply Pressure
TechPowerUp · Jul 9

Global shipments of desktops, notebooks, and workstations in 2Q26 declined 3.6% year-over-year to 65.7 million units according to the latest research from Omdia. Shipments of desktops (including deskt…

(PR) In Win Introduces L50 BREEZE with Reeded Glass and AWWA PureTone Lighting
TechPowerUp · Jul 9
Commercial milestone

In Win Development Inc. (InWin), a global innovator in PC hardware design and engineering, proudly introduces the L50 BREEZE. Moving beyond the aggressive styling and vibrant RGB effects traditionally…

Xbox To Follow PlayStation: Single-Player Exclusives and Cross-Platform Multiplayer Games
TechPowerUp · Jul 9

It has been known for a while that, as part of the new Xbox reset strategy under new CEO, Asha Sharma, Xbox would be leaning into Xbox exclusives more and more going forward, with it being understood…

Crimson Desert May Get Multiplayer After All
TechPowerUp · Jul 9

Crimson Desert reportedly initially started out as an MMO but later pivoted to a single-player open-world game, although it still has much of its MMO DNA, even though it launched as a single-player ti…

Intel Nova Lake-S and -H CPUs To Feature 12-Core Arc Xe3P iGPUs
TechPowerUp · Jul 8

Recently, new Intel Nova Lake-S iGPU IDs were added to the Linux kernel driver stack, revealing that Intel may be planning to launch as many as seven SKUs in the Core Ultra 400 desktop CPU series. Unt…

Obsidian Nukes Avowed 2 in Favor of New Fallout Game
TechPowerUp · Jul 8

Obsidian has famously been caught up in the recent Xbox reset, with the game studio losing as much as 25% of its staff to layoffs. According to recent insider reports out of Bloomberg, one of the cons…

(PR) Rambus Announces DDR5 9600 Server RDIMM Chipset
TechPowerUp · Jul 8

Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS), a premier chip and silicon IP provider making data faster and safer, today announced its complete DDR5 9600 Client Memory Module Chipset for high-performance CUDIMM, CQDIMM…

Intel-backed AI chip startup SambaNova breathes new life into aging Nvidia GPUs in latest benchmarks
www.theregister.com - Articles · Jul 8

Third-party testing shows heterogeneous compute platform combining H200s and SN50 RDUs churning out 763 tok/s in MiniMax M2.7

Riassunto: TetraMem e SK hynix presentano una collaborazione tecnologica di successo che porta avanti il memory-centric computing dell'AI
Business Wire Technology: Networks News · Jul 8

SAN JOSE, Calif. e ICHEON, Corea del Sud--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TetraMem Inc., un leader nella tecnologia Analog In-Memory Computing (A-IMC), e SK hynix Inc., un leader globale nelle tecnologie di memoria…

AMD 10-Core "Medusa Point" Zen 6 APU Reappears in Geekbench with Improved Performance
TechPowerUp · Jul 8

Another Geekbench entry for AMD's Medusa Point APU has been spotted by a well-known hardware leaker, HXL. This time, the submission lists the identifier 100-000001713-33_N on the Plum-MDS1 FP10 platfo…

(PR) VESA Announces DisplayHDR True Black 1400 to Certify Next-Gen OLED Displays
TechPowerUp · Jul 8

The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) today announced DisplayHDR True Black 1400, a new flagship performance tier in its DisplayHDR True Black specification that certifies the latest gene…

(PR) Cooler Master Introduces V8 ACE 3DHP Single-Tower Air Cooler
TechPowerUp · Jul 8
Commercial milestone

Cooler Master, a global leader in PC components and thermal management solutions, today launched V8 ACE 3DHP, its flagship single-tower CPU air cooler built around Cooler Master's patented 3D Heat Pip…

(PR) Razer Launches the Hammerhead V3 X Hyperspeed Earbuds for Xbox and PlayStation
TechPowerUp · Jul 8
Commercial milestone

Razer, the leading global lifestyle brand for gamers, today announced the Razer Hammerhead V3 X HyperSpeed for Xbox and the Razer Hammerhead V3 X HyperSpeed for PlayStation wireless gaming earbuds. De…

Workato Contributes Real-World Agentic Workflows to the First MLPerf® Agentic Inference Benchmark
Business Wire Technology: Networks News · Jul 8

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Workato, the leading Control and Execution Platform for Enterprise AI, today announced its contribution to the MLPerf Agentic Inference Benchmark, the industry-stan…

(PR) Apple to Increase Spend with Broadcom to Produce Billions More U.S. Chips
TechPowerUp · Jul 8

Apple today announced a new multiyear commitment with Broadcom to design and produce custom silicon components and cutting-edge wireless connectivity technologies for a wide range of Apple products. T…

(PR) GameSir Launches G7 Pro Aimlabs Edition Game Controller
TechPowerUp · Jul 8
Commercial milestone

Level up from the celebrated G7 lineage - introducing the G7 Pro. Not only does it inherit the exceptional performance of the G7 series, the G7 Pro also brings exciting new upgrades: the first Xbox co…

(PR) Patriot Memory Announces Viper Steel 5 Infinite DDR5 Memory with Speeds up to 8000 MT/s
TechPowerUp · Jul 8

Patriot Memory, a global leader in performance memory and storage solutions, today announced the upcoming launch of its Viper Steel 5 Infinite DDR5 memory kit. Designed for high-end gaming, profession…

Intel Arc GPU Graphics Drivers 101.8861 Beta Released
TechPowerUp · Jul 8

Intel today released the latest version of its Arc GPU Graphics drivers. Version 101.8861 Beta comes with optimization for "Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced," "DOOM: The Dark Ages Revelations," "E…

(PR) Samsung Begins Mass Production of PM1763 PCIe Gen 6 SSD
TechPowerUp · Jul 8

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a global leader in advanced memory technology, today announced mass production of PM1763, the company's PCIe 6.0-based enterprise solid state drive (SSD) optimized for n…

AI chip maker SambaNova raises $1B at $11B valuation, 5 months after last mega round
TechCrunch · Jul 8

AI chip maker SambaNova has raised at an $11B valuation months after Intel was rumored to be trying to buy it for about $1.6 billion.

Retro "KeyBoy Advance" Wireless Mechanical Keyboard Launches at $275
TechPowerUp · Jul 8
Commercial milestone

The KeyBoy Advance, a new 50% mechanical keyboard designed by PromoType (Galo), has just entered a group buy. The design, as the name suggests, is heavily inspired by the aesthetics of the Nintendo Ga…

Worker shortfall endangers U.S. chip factory revival — including Ohio’s Intel shop
Crain's Cleveland · Jul 7

Altogether, the skilled labor deficit is projected to reach as many as 157,000 full-time workers by 2030, the study found.

New Linux kernel flaw allows VM escape on Intel, AMD devices
BleepingComputer · Jul 7

A 16-year-old Linux kernel vulnerability, dubbed Januscape, allows attackers to escape a virtual machine and execute arbitrary code on the host. [...]

545,000 square feet of Class A Valley offices go on the market
The Business Journals · Jul 7

Three Class A offices totaling 545,000 square feet have been listed for sale in the Phoenix metro as the market continues to recover...

EigenQ Announces Post-Quantum Security Readiness Capabilities for Existing In-Field Intel Xeon-Based Systems
All News Releases · Jul 6

Solution provides a practical, cost-effective and secure pathway for federal, defense, space, critical infrastructure and enterprise customers preparing existing systems for CNSA 2.0 Readiness COLUMBI…

Chip Industry Week In Review
Semiconductor Engineering · Jul 3

S. Korea goes All In on AI; new Dresden power fab; Intel expansion; GM secures memory supply; AI power management funding; mature-node foundry capacity; 300mm fab equipment; McKinsey's map of strategi…

Dataknox Solutions Unveils New Third Party Maintenance Offerings to Extend the Life of Valuable AI Hardware
All News Releases · Jul 1

NEWARK, Calif., July 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Dataknox Solutions, a full-spectrum IT infrastructure managed services provider (MSP), today announced new third party maintenance (TPM) offerings for AI h…

Top Ten IDMs
Electronics Weekly · Jul 1

Thanks to the Motley Fool for this one – the top ten IDMs in Q1: Samsung  Intel  SK Hynix  Micron  Infineon  TI ST NXP Sony Semiconductor  Murata  The post Top Ten IDMs appeared first on Electronics W…

Intel to Report Second-Quarter 2026 Financial Results
Newsroom · Jun 30

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 30, 2026 — Intel Corporation today announced that it will report second-quarter financial results on Thursday, July 23, 2026, promptly after close of market. Intel will then…

Key Industry Players Focus on Advancing Computational Storage Solutions
GlobeNewswire - News about Private Companies · Jun 30

The computational storage market is set to surge from USD 0.93 billion in 2026 to USD 4.30 billion by 2032, with a CAGR of 29.0%. Driven by the need for efficient data processing near storage, computa…

Three ways Intel and MSI co-engineered the world’s first Arc G3 handheld
Newsroom · Jun 30

At Computex in Taipei, Taiwan, the world got a glimpse into the first handheld gaming device powered by the all-new Intel® Arc™ G3 Extreme processor.Created by Taiwan-based MSI, the Claw 8 EX AI+ is n…

No more Java refills for Intel Macs after JDK 27, says Oracle
www.theregister.com - Articles · Jun 30

Apple's final break with Chipzilla leaves another platform preparing to wind down support

ASUS Education and Intel Showcase AI-Ready Technology for K-12 Schools at ISTE+ASCD 2026
All News Releases · Jun 29

From ruggedized student laptops to AI-powered mini PCs and professional displays, ASUS brings a complete ecosystem for every role in the school KEY POINTS Education Ready Ecosystem: ASUS Education and…

America 250: At a Pivotal Moment for the Nation, Intel is Advancing U.S. Innovation, AI, and Manufacturing
Newsroom · Jun 29

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS: The U.S. is at an inflection point. Artificial intelligence is reshaping global competition and increasing the need for secure, domestic semiconductor production. U.S. leadership in t…

Supermicro breidt portfolio van AI-oplossingen aan de edge uit met platforms op basis van Intel-technologie geoptimaliseerd voor inferentie met lage latentie en industriële implementaties
All News Releases · Jun 24

Versnel de adoptie van Edge AI met energiezuinige systemen met lage latentie, geoptimaliseerd voor retail, productie, beveiliging en logistiek Implementeer grotere AI-modellen aan de edge met tot 32 G…

Supermicro Broadens AI at the Edge Solutions Portfolio with Intel-Powered Platforms Optimized for Low-Latency Inference and Industrial Deployments
All General Business · Jun 23

Accelerate Edge AI Adoption with Low-Latency, Power-Efficient Systems Optimized for Retail, Manufacturing, Security, and Logistics Deploy Larger AI Models at the Edge with Up to 32GB VRAM, Multi-GPU S…

AutoFull fournit les tout premiers fauteuils de jeu massants avec fonction de refroidissement et de chauffage d'assise pour les Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) Cologne Major 2026
All News Releases · Jun 23

COLOGNE, Allemagne, 23 juin 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Les IEM Cologne Major 2026 se sont achevés le 21 juin sur une victoire de l'équipe FALCONS au terme d'une compétition acharnée. Partenaire officiel de…

Dragos Introduces EmberAI: OT-Native AI Built on a Decade of Real-World Operational Technology Expertise
Business Wire Technology: Networks News · Jun 23

HANOVER, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #Cybersecurity--Dragos, Inc., the global leader in cybersecurity for operational technology (OT) environments, today announced the release of EmberAI, an OT-native AI b…

Schneider Electric Advances Open, Software-Defined Automation at Automate 2026
All News Releases · Jun 22

Schneider Electric headlines the convergence of energy technologies — open software-defined automation, industrial AI, and electrification — at Automate 2026 Company leaders share the spotlight with a…

DFI Debuts at Automate 2026 with Industrial Edge AI Platforms for Physical AI Deployment
All News Releases · Jun 22

TAIPEI, June 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- DFI, a global leader in embedded motherboards and industrial computers, makes its debut at Automate 2026 in Chicago, showcasing its latest Industrial Edge AI port…

When Intel Didn’t Know The Importance Of Microprocessors
Electronics Weekly · Jun 19

At the 1996 Microprocessor Forum Intel Founder, Chairman, and CEO Gordon Moore described the genesis of the microprocessor. Back in 1970, recounted Moore, Intel had already identified calculators as a…

Chip Industry Week In Review
Semiconductor Engineering · Jun 19

Apple-Intel is on, says Trump; Amkor's big win; Intel 18A-P; Amazon to sell its AI chips; Rambus' automotive RoT; Brewer's buy; VLSI Symposium tech; CHIPS Act funding; MIT sensor; RISC-V CPU fuzzing.…

Intel Announces Leadership Appointment at Intel Foundry to Accelerate Development and Manufacturing
Newsroom · Jun 18

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 18, 2026 — Intel Corporation today announced the appointment of Seok-Hee Lee as executive vice president of Intel Foundry, reporting directly to CEO Lip-Bu Tan. In this role,…

VLSI 2026: Intel 18A Platform Momentum From Devices To Routed Designs
Semiconductor Engineering · Jun 18

Higher performance, backside power, and new materials. The post VLSI 2026: Intel 18A Platform Momentum From Devices To Routed Designs appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.

CEO Letter: 2025-26 Intel Corporate Responsibility Report
Newsroom · Jun 17

Over the past year, we have laid the foundation for a new Intel. I have spent time with customers, industry peers, employees, and government leaders, and the message is clear: the world needs Intel at…

Intel Advances Responsible Business Practices and AI-Driven Growth in 2025–2026 Corporate Responsibility Report
Newsroom · Jun 17

Intel today released its 2025–2026 Corporate Responsibility Report, providing an update on performance, priorities, and progress across its operations and value chain as demand for AI-driven computing…

T. ROWE PRICE EXPLORES WHAT INTEL'S REINVENTION COULD SIGNAL FOR THE FUTURE OF AI INFRASTRUCTURE
All News Releases · Jun 17

Newest episode of "The Angle" from T. Rowe Price features a conversation with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan on the competitive forces reshaping semiconductors, AI infrastructure, and global technology leadersh…

Intel starts cooking up enhanced 18A-P silicon for would-be foundry customers
www.theregister.com - Articles · Jun 17

Chipzilla claims 9% speed bump without extra power draw but is compatible with designs for 18A

UK.gov links up with LinkedIn for jobs market intel from 40M accounts
www.theregister.com - Articles · Jun 17

What anonymized data taught me about B2B sales... and reliance on the private sector for statistical info

Intel Foundry Details Process Milestones and Future Innovation at VLSI Symposium
Newsroom · Jun 16

Santa Clara, California, June 16, 2026 – At the 2026 VLSI Symposium, Intel Foundry provided an update on its process roadmap and long-term innovation investments. It shared that Intel 18A‑P, the first…

Intel-born networking tech resurfaces as InfiniBand alternative for DoE supers
www.theregister.com - Articles · Jun 16

Omni-Path lights up Lawrence Livermore system at 400 Gbps

Mobileye’s US robotaxi launch will put it on both sides of the AV business
TechCrunch · Jun 16

The Israeli tech company and Intel subsidiary said it will launch its own robotaxi service in a U.S. city in 2027.

Self-driving tech supplier Mobileye wants to be part of the robotaxi revolution — again
TechCrunch · Jun 16

The Israeli tech company and Intel subsidiary said it will launch its own robotaxi service in a U.S. city in 2027.

Linux kernel 7.1 sends Intel 486 support to silicon heaven
www.theregister.com - Articles · Jun 16

More than 140,000 lines of code bite the dust as ancient CPUs, bus mice, and other legacy leftovers face the chop

Cornelis Announces Deployment of “Lynx” Supercomputer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Business Wire Technology: Networks News · Jun 16

WAYNE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cornelis, a provider of high-performance networking solutions, today announced the successful deployment of the “Lynx” supercomputing cluster at Lawrence Livermore Nationa…

SINTRONES impulsa la inteligencia en el campo de batalla con IA táctica de vanguardia en EUROSATORY 2026
All News Releases · Jun 16

Con soluciones de computación robusta Intel® Panther Lake, visión artificial militar y soberanía de datos para la defensa moderna PARÍS, 16 de junio de 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- SINTRONES Technology Corp.…

SINTRONES verbessert die Gefechtsfeldaufklärung mit „Tactical Edge AI" auf der EUROSATORY 2026
All News Releases · Jun 16

Mit Intel® Panther Lake Rugged Computing, militärischer KI-Bildverarbeitung und Lösungen zur Datensouveränität für die moderne Verteidigung PARIS, 16. Juni 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- SINTRONES Technology Co…

SINTRONES renforce le renseignement sur le champ de bataille avec ses plateformes Tactical Edge AI à l'EUROSATORY 2026
All News Releases · Jun 16

Avec la technologie robuste Intel® Panther Lake, la vision IA de niveau militaire et les solutions pour la souveraineté des données au service de la défense moderne PARIS, 16 juin 2026 /PRNewswire/ --…

ARBOR Technology to Showcase Intel Panther Lake-Powered Edge AI and Physical AI Solutions at Automate
All News Releases · Jun 15

FREMONT, Calif., June 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- ARBOR, a leading industrial computing provider, will showcase its next-generation Intel Panther Lake-powered Edge AI platforms and live demonstrations at…

AI Infrastructure Boom Drives Demand for Semiconductor, Pharmaceutical Automation
GlobeNewswire - News about Private Companies · Jun 15

AUSTIN, Texas, June 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AINewsWire Editorial Coverage: The global race to build artificial intelligence infrastructure has triggered a capital spending surge unlike anything…

SINTRONES Advances Battlefield Intelligence with Tactical Edge AI at EUROSATORY 2026
All News Releases · Jun 15

Featuring Intel® Panther Lake Rugged Computing, Military AI Vision, and Data Sovereignty Solutions for Modern Defense PARIS, June 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- SINTRONES Technology Corp. (TPEx: 6680), a gl…

When Intel Expected Amazing AI Experiences
Electronics Weekly · Jun 12

Ten years ago Intel was getting into AI in a major way. In August 2016 Intel was reported to be paying over $350 million for a two-year-old 48-person start-up called ... The post When Intel Expected A…

HERE WeGo brings real-time traffic intel to soccer fans across North America
GlobeNewswire - News about Private Companies · Jun 11

As millions of fans travel for the world’s biggest soccer tournament, HERE is helping them get around with HERE WeGo.

Intel 471 Launches Free CTI Maturity Pulse Check to Amplify Program Growth and Business Value
Business Wire Technology: Networks News · Jun 10

WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intel 471, the foremost provider of high-fidelity threat intelligence-driven solutions, today announced its new Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) Maturity Pulse Check,…

Asian American Engineer of the Year Award and Conference Announces 2025-2026 Awardees
All News Releases · Jun 9

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Asian American Engineer of the Year Award (AAEOY) Executive Committee officially announces the 2025–2026 AAEOY awardees: Distinguished Lifetime Ac…

Neo4j plots Palantir alternative with GraphAware acquisition
www.theregister.com - Articles · Jun 9

Graph database biz says on-prem, air-gapped intel stack gives governments a no-kill-switch option

New Smart City Pilot Network to Bridge Digital Divide for 50 U.S. Cities
Newsroom · Jun 9

BELLFLOWER, Calif. — A young woman unwillingly must leave her disabled mother at home to walk to the local library just to use the public internet to pay the household bills. A few blocks away, a fami…

Rinse and Repeat for Intel 14A
Electronics Weekly · Jun 8

Intel’s five-nodes-in-four years process technology catch-up was an attempt to go too far too fast said CFO David Zinsner at  at the Bank of America 2026 Global Technology Conference in ... The post R…

Gigabyte packs 40 Intel Lunar Lake PCs in a pizza box
www.theregister.com - Articles · Jun 5

Who needs one big CPU when you could have dozens of little ones?

Postcard from Computex 2026: New Intel® Core™ Series 3 laptops for Everyday Creation and All-day Productivity
Newsroom · Jun 5

At Computex 2026 in Taipei, Taiwan, Intel unveiled six new thin and light laptop designs powered by Intel® Core™ Series 3 family of processors (previously codenamed Wildcat Lake). More than 70 design…

Postcard from Computex 2026: New Intel® Core™ Series 3 laptops for Everyday Creation and All-day Productivity
Newsroom · Jun 5

TAIPEI, Taiwan — One trend stood out across the Computex 2026 show floor: users want laptops that can keep up with their day without constantly searching for a charger.Intel showcased six new thin-and…

Chip Industry Week In Review
Semiconductor Engineering · Jun 5

Computex shows AI ecosystem; fully autonomous chip design; Intel targets AI racks; Nikon's 1.5 micron L/S litho; IC market rises; Apple's chiplet era; 4,500 chips per AI server rack; HBM price hikes;…

AMD takes a third of server CPU market as shipments grow
www.theregister.com - Articles · Jun 4

Intel still owns the room, but Epyc keeps nicking the furniture

Intel's mysterious new datacenter GPU is what Nvidia's Rubin CPX nearly was
www.theregister.com - Articles · Jun 4

Nvidia's prefill accelerator was shelved, but Chipzilla's Crescent Island could fill the void

Five Eyes: Watch out for odd LinkedIn connection requests, China's back on the hunt for state secrets
www.theregister.com - Articles · Jun 4

Cash-for-intel tradecraft continues to concern intelligence officials years after it was first spotted

Intel bit off more than it could chew with 18A process node
www.theregister.com - Articles · Jun 3

CFO Zinsner insists the troubled node was a one-off as 14A stays on track

Intel Introduces Ethernet E835 Controllers and Network Adapters for Cloud, Edge and Enterprise Data Center Infrastructure
Newsroom · Jun 3

Intel announced the launch of the Intel Ethernet E835 Controllers and Network Adapters, the latest addition to its 800 Series portfolio. Designed to meet the bandwidth and scalability demands of high-…

Intel Introduces Ethernet E835 Controllers and Network Adapters for Cloud, Edge and Enterprise Data Center Infrastructure
Newsroom · Jun 3

Intel announced the launch of the Intel Ethernet E835 Controllers and Network Adapters, the latest addition to its 800 Series portfolio. Designed to meet the bandwidth and scalability demands of high-…

Computex 2026: An Intelligent World Built on Silicon
Newsroom · Jun 2

This week at Computex, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan took to the keynote stage to showcase the innovations that Intel has shared with the world over the past five-plus decades.Lip-Bu noted the immense contribu…

Computex 2026: An Intelligent World Built on Silicon
Newsroom · Jun 2

This week at Computex, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan took to the keynote stage to showcase the innovations that Intel has shared with the world over the past five-plus decades.Lip-Bu noted the immense contribu…

Intel Announces New AI Innovations at Computex
Newsroom · Jun 2

TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 2, 2026 – Today at Computex 2026, Intel unveiled new innovations that address customers’ chip- to-systems-level AI needs with solutions tailored to address their specific industry…

Intel Announces New AI Innovations at Computex
Newsroom · Jun 2

TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 2, 2026 – Today at Computex 2026, Intel unveiled new innovations that address customers’ chip- to-systems-level AI needs with solutions tailored to address their specific industry…

Intel Puts Agentic AI to Work with Xeon 6+, Networking, and AI Systems
Newsroom · Jun 1

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Intel launches Intel Xeon 6+ processors with Efficient-cores, offering industry-leading rack density across data center workloads. Intel expands its 800 Series Ethernet portfolio with…

Intel Puts Agentic AI to Work with Xeon 6+, Networking, and AI Systems
Newsroom · Jun 1

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Intel launches Intel Xeon 6+ processors with Efficient-cores, offering industry-leading rack density across data center workloads. Intel expands its 800 Series Ethernet portfolio with…

130+ Customers Choose Intel Series 3 Processors for Edge Devices
Newsroom · Jun 1

What’s newIntel today announced major momentum for Intel Robotics and AI at the edge, powered by the Intel Series 3 processor family, enabling more than 130 edge AI and edge computing design engagemen…

130+ Customers Choose Intel Series 3 Processors for Edge Devices
Newsroom · Jun 1

What’s newIntel today announced major momentum for Intel Robotics and AI at the edge, powered by the Intel Series 3 processor family, enabling more than 130 edge AI and edge computing design engagemen…

Intel ATX12VO V3 to remove the 24-pin motherboard power connector - VideoCardz.com
VideoCardz.com · May 30

Intel ATX12VO V3 to remove the 24-pin motherboard power connector  VideoCardz.com

Intel has revealed the full specifications of the Arc G3 and Arc G3 mobile processors. Extreme - GameGPU
GameGPU · May 30

Intel has revealed the full specifications of the Arc G3 and Arc G3 mobile processors. Extreme  GameGPU

Meet the Intel Pioneer Behind EMIB Chip Packaging
Newsroom · May 28

Ravi Mahajan is a foundational figure behind Intel’s leadership in advanced packaging. As an Intel Fellow and director of Substrate and Advanced Packaging Pathfinding at Intel Foundry, he has spent mo…

Intel Arc G-Series Processors Set a New Standard for Handheld PC Gaming
Newsroom · May 28

What’s New: Intel today introduced Intel® Arc™ G-Series processors, a new family of products designed for next-generation handheld gaming systems. Launching with Intel Arc G3 and Intel Arc G3 Extreme…

Intel’s 2025 Outstanding Researcher Awards Honor 10 Academic Innovators
Newsroom · May 21

Intel’s 2025 Outstanding Researcher Awards (ORAs) recognize academic leaders whose breakthroughs are shaping what’s next, from foundational science to real-world impact.The annual program spotlights e…

Intel Core Ultra Series 3: The New Standard for Edge AI Robotics Compute
Newsroom · May 20

At 2 a.m., an emergency room nurse orders a latte at a quiet hospital coffee stand. There is no human behind the counter. Instead, a sleek robotic arm pivots, grabs a cup and begins a precise dance of…

8-K - Current report
INTEL CORP (0000050863) · May 15

0000050863-26-00011834000-06217https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&filenum=000-06217&owner=include&count=402026-05-15https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/50863/00000508632600…

8-K: Shareholder vote
SEC EDGAR · May 15

Item 5.07: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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