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US-made chip prices could soar if the rumour that TSMC might charge 'as much as 30%' more for its Arizona chips pans out
By Jacob Fox published
News So tariffs on foreign chips and hiked prices on domestic ones?

The latest rumoured AMD Ryzen Z2 processor could be used in cheap SteamOS handhelds
By Jacob Fox published
News The Steam Deck's 'Van Gogh' APU to hit the open market?

Chip tariffs could be around the corner as the US starts to probe the 'effects on national security' of foreign semiconductor production
By Jacob Fox published
News Just as cheap graphics cards are about to launch, too. They sure do know how to pick their moment.

As games become ever more multithreaded, Intel's hybrid CPU design might start to lag behind AMD's simpler but more effective architecture
By Nick Evanson published
Core concerns E-cores and the loss of hyperthreading aren't helping Intel win any future gaming crowns.

PCs with Intel's new warranty-backed 'IPO' overclocking feature reportedly go on sale in China with claimed 10% frame-rate uplifts but what about the rest of us?
By Jeremy Laird published
News IPO supposedly makes overlocking all elements of an Arrow Lake CPU simple, effective and safe.

TSMC might have to fork over $1 billion to the US for allegedly breaking export rules after one of its chips was found in a Huawei processor
By Jacob Fox published
News $1 billion here, $1 billion there, who's counting?

Trump gave global chipmaking leader TSMC an offer it could not refuse: 'All I did is say if you don't build your plant here you're gonna pay a big tax... 25, maybe 50, maybe 75, maybe 100%'
By Jacob Fox published
News More stick than carrot.

AMD is reportedly plotting an NPU-enabled 'Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme' chip for handhelds and we still can't figure out what it'll do for us aside from drain more the battery juice
By Jeremy Laird published
News If you really must have Copilot+ in your hands...
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