Gigabyte BIOS Update Points to Intel Raptor Lake Next in Early 2027
Gigabyte's BIOS update suggests Intel will extend LGA 1700 support with a new Raptor Lake refresh in early 2027, keeping DDR4 and DDR5 compatibility.
Compute & Hardware
Chips, datacenters, interconnect, and the power they draw.
Advanced Packaging Needs Electrical Process Control, Not Just Defect Checks
As packaging rivals transistor scaling in importance, residual charge and other electrical effects are becoming critical to yield and reliability.
Co-Packaged Optics Testing Struggles to Keep Pace with Data Center Buildout
As data centers adopt co-packaged optics, test equipment makers face a moving target of connector designs, laser sources, and missing design-for-test standards.
Semiconductor Testing's Blind Spots Demand Correlated Views
No single inspection or test technique gives a complete picture of an advanced chip, so engineers must combine partial views to catch defects that escape electrical tests.
GitHub Rebuilds Git Storage to Handle AI Agent Load
GitHub is replacing its quorum-based storage with an object-store architecture to keep up with a surge in AI agent traffic.
Software Optimizations Could Ease AI Data Center Power Crunch
Researchers argue that software-level efficiency gains, not just new hardware, can meaningfully cut AI energy use.
Taiwan indicts 10 for smuggling military-grade chips to China
Prosecutors say Texas Instruments and Analog Devices parts reached Chinese missile and radar programs via forged Taiwan defense orders.
Two 1080p Gaming PCs Drop Below $1,000 at Walmart and Best Buy
Tom's Hardware highlights two sub-$1,000 gaming desktops, one with Nvidia's RTX 5060 and one with AMD's RX 9060, both aimed at 1080p play.
Wolfspeed gets conditional $1.5B DoW loan for defense-grade chips
The Department of War's Office of Strategic Capital has conditionally committed $1.5 billion to Wolfspeed to expand silicon carbide and gallium nitride production for national security.
Ransomware victim refused security help, went bust months later
A small construction firm that rejected security consulting was crippled by ransomware after an unpatched server and a single backup were encrypted.
Advanced Packaging Process Control Needs Integrated Inspection and Metrology
As packaging features shrink toward front-end tolerances, manufacturers must combine inspection and metrology techniques to catch costly defects before they move downstream.
Atari 800XL Returns as a Modernized 'THE 800XL' with HDMI and USB
Retro Games Ltd's Atari-licensed remake keeps the classic 8-bit computer's cartridge slot and BASIC while adding HDMI, USB, and built-in games.
Margaret Hamilton, Apollo software pioneer, dies at 90
Her team's code kept Apollo 11's landing on course when the guidance computer became overloaded.
GenAI-Driven Phishing Demands New Email Security Tactics
Generative AI is making phishing emails harder to spot, pushing defenders toward intent-based detection.
Bambu Lab patents new heatbed design to reduce 3D print peeling
A new patent from Bambu Lab's parent company describes a monolithic heatbed with an embedded heating element aimed at more even heating and better adhesion.
Gartner: Most quantum startups will be dead by 2030
Analyst predicts a shakeout as the crowded quantum-computing market struggles to turn a profit, despite early enterprise adoption.
Rust Word clone WordCraft hits 62% parity, built with Claude
ArtCraft's pre-alpha WordCraft shows promise on Arm hardware but remains far from production-ready, with legal questions looming.
Xsight Labs E1L Scales DPU Down to 200Gbps for Low-Power Roles
The E1L brings Xsight's DPU architecture to a 25-40W envelope, targeting switches and storage where power matters more than peak speed.