Microsoft unveils new proprietary AI chip Maia 200
Berry Zwets / techzine - Microsoft introduces Maia 200, an AI chip that the company claims is significantly faster than competing products. The accelerator is specifically designed to run large AI models and offers 30 percent better performance per dollar. The chip is manufacture…
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Back to Top / Monday, January 26, 2026, 11:20 am / permalink 18405 / 19 stories in 5 wks
Apple Reportedly Aiming to Upgrade the MacBook Pro Twice This Year
Joe Rossignol / macrumors - Apple plans to release new MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, Mac Studio, and Studio Display models in the first half of this year, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.In his Power On newsletter today, Gurman added that redesigned MacBook Pro models with an OLED …
Back to Top / Sunday, January 25, 2026, 2:20 pm / permalink 18387 / 8 stories in 5 wks
NVIDIA’s real moat isn’t hardware, it’s 4 million developers
/u/jpcaparas / reddit - I couldn't stop thinking about Theo's "Why NVIDIA is dying" video. The thesis felt important enough to verify. So I dug through SEC filings, earnings reports, and technical benchmarks. What I found: NVIDIA isn't dying. Its $35.1B quarterly revenue is up 9…
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Zotac reportedly cancels GPU orders and raises MSRP by $200 or more across the board — the company blames 'system error' for cancellations
tomshardware - Zotac is said to have hiked prices on multiple Nvidia RTX GPUs, with one user claiming that the company canceled their order before the MSRP increase.
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AMD's 9850X3D locks in the $499 sweet spot for gaming CPUs
techspot - That price puts the new chip $20 above the original launch price of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D and roughly $30 higher than many current listings, leaving AMD with a modest premium for what it describes as a small uplift in frame rates rather than a generational …
Back to Top / Friday, January 23, 2026, 3:20 pm / permalink 18343 / 6 stories in 6 wks
Asus announces 'immediate internal review' of 800-series motherboards following string of 9800X3D failures — users report multiple chip failures in recent days
tomshardware - Asus says it is investigating reports concerning its 800-series motherboards and 9800X3D processors following user complaints of hardware failures.
Back to Top / Friday, January 23, 2026, 7:21 am / permalink 18325 / 4 stories in 6 wks
John Ternus solidifies his role as Apple CEO-apparent amid design team shakeup
appleinsider - John Ternus, SVP of hardware engineering, has reportedly taken over Apple's design teams and cemented his position as the likely long-term replacement of CEO Tim Cook.John TernusTernus has long been rumored as a potential successor for Cook, and he has ta…
Back to Top / Thursday, January 22, 2026, 2:20 pm / permalink 18295 / 7 stories in 6 wks
Alibaba Preparing IPO for AI Chip Unit T-head Amid Chinese Semiconductor Listing Boom
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Alibaba reportedly wants to spin off and list its AI chip unit T-Head following employee restructuring, adding to a wave of Chinese semiconductor IPOsThe post Alibaba Preparing IPO for AI Chip Unit T-head Amid Chinese Semiconductor Listing Boom appeared f…
Back to Top / Thursday, January 22, 2026, 12:20 pm / permalink 18290 / 4 stories in 6 wks
AMD Officially Confirms Ryzen 7 9850X3D MSRP: $499 - Launching on January 29
techpowerup - AMD has just announced that the much-anticipated Ryzen 7 9850X3D desktop gaming CPU will launch on January 29, with a suggested retail price of $499. This newcomer will sit just above its 8-core sibling in Team Red's current-gen 3D V-Cache-augmented line …
Back to Top / Thursday, January 22, 2026, 10:20 am / permalink 18285 / 7 stories in 6 wks
Apple Bets It Can Build the Wearable AI Pin That Humane Couldn't
Maria Garcia / implicator - Apple is building an AI wearable pin for 2027, planning 20 million units. Humane sold fewer than 10,000 before HP bought the remains.
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Back to Top / Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 7:21 pm / permalink 18264 / 21 stories in 6 wks
Laptops featuring Nvidia’s ARM-based chips may finally hit stores near you in Q1 2026
digitaltrends - Supply chain sources have revealed that Nvidia could debut the first laptops featuring its ARM-based N1 and N1X chips in Q1 2026.The post Laptops featuring Nvidia’s ARM-based chips may finally hit stores near you in Q1 2026 appeared first on Digital Trend…
Back to Top / Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 4:21 am / permalink 18185 / 5 stories in 6 wks
Asus Confirms It Won't Launch Phones in 2026, May Leave Android Altogether
msmash / slashdot - Asus won't release any new smartphones this year, and that may signal the brand's exit from the Android space altogether. From a report: Asus Chairman Jonney Shih confirmed the news at an event in Taiwan on Jan. 16. According to a machine-translated versi…
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AMD Expected To Focus More On RX 9070 XT Than Its Non-XT Variant As It Needs Less Price Adjustments
Sarfraz Khan / wccftech - Similar to NVIDIA, AMD may prioritize some RDNA 4 GPU models over others to reduce the impact of high DRAM sourcing costs. AMD is Reportedly in a Difficult Position and May Not Sustain a Good Supply for Radeon RX 9070 as the XT Variant is Easier for Price…
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Intel's upcoming Core Ultra 9 mobile CPU outperforms most desktop counterparts in new benchmark — Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus nearly matches flagship Core Ultra 9 285K in single-threaded performance
tomshardware - Intel's mainstream Arrow Lake lineup is due for a refresh later this year, and while we've already seen a lot about the desktop parts, the first mobile SKU has just appeared on PassMark with some impressive scores to boot. It beats every x86 laptop proces…
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Black Forest Labs launches FLUX.2 klein AI models
Erin / testingcatalog - What's new? Black Forest Labs debuted FLUX.2 [Klein] 4B via Apache 2.0 and 9B via FLUX non commercial license with sub second inference on consumer GPUs;
Back to Top / Saturday, January 17, 2026, 12:21 am / permalink 18112 / 8 stories in 7 wks
Samsung Reportedly Ahead of Schedule with M6 MacBook Pro/Max OLED Panel Production
techpowerup - Samsung Display's "Cinematic Experience" OLED experience could make its way to premium Apple laptop pastures. According to fresh inside track info—courtesy of a yeux1122 blog post—the South Korean behemoth's Asan site-based 8.6-generation OLED production …
Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 3:20 pm / permalink 18071 / 3 stories in 7 wks
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 “Dual 3D V-Cache” CPU Benchmarked, Faster Than Ryzen 9950X3D In Both Single & Multi-Core Tests While Packing 192 MB of L3 Goodness
Sarfraz Khan / wccftech - The fastest X3D processor was just benchmarked on Geekbench again, delivering superb single and multi-core performance. AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Delivers 7% Higher Single-Core and Multi-Core Performance in Geekbench vs Ryzen 9950X3D The upcoming Zen 5 flagshi…
Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 1:26 pm / permalink 18064 / 2 stories in 7 wks
Nintendo Portal Lists Myterious Switch 2 "OSM" Model - Speculated to be "Lite" Variant
techpowerup - Yesterday morning, an allegedly new Nintendo Switch 2 model was highlighted by a Bluesky social media account. Members of the gaming community and media outlets quickly picked up on sky :3's discovery of an unused "OSM" identifier within Nintendo's Accoun…
Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 11:21 am / permalink 18039 / 2 stories in 7 wks
M6 MacBook Pro OLED Panel Production Underway, With Samsung Initiating The Manufacturing Of These Displays Far Ahead Of Schedule
Omar Sohail / wccftech - Apple will finally introduce a significant redesign to its M6 MacBook Pro, with the company bidding farewell to mini-LED and bringing OLED technology in its place. With Samsung having years of experience under its belt in manufacturing these particular pa…
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Hard Drive Prices Have Surged By an Average of 46% Since September
msmash / slashdot - Tom's Hardware: Extensive research into the pricing of some of the best hard drives on the market for large capacity, economical storage indicates that prices are beginning to increase sharply, with some of the most popular models on the market seeing inc…
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