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PremiumThe internet isn’t the best place to find upgrades for your computer — brick-and-mortar stores still reign supreme thanks to bundled dealsComponent bundles are a great way of offsetting high prices on certain parts, but your proximity to a Micro Center may save you even more.
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PremiumSoftware could be the easiest fix for hyperscalers' AI power squeeze, researchers sayThe industry is spending billions on more efficient chips, cooling, and grid connections. But what about making computers do less work – or doing it at a better time?
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PremiumAI's chipmaking frontier may face patent infringement hurdles as autonomous tools take overCan AI outsmart the ingenuity of human thinking and design? If so, what does that mean for proprietary IP? We explore the tools, and the potential pitfalls.
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PremiumThe state of agentic AI in chip design tools in 2026Cadence, Synopsys, and Siemens all offer agentic AI for chip design, largely built on Nvidia's stack, with varying claims of autonomy.
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PremiumOpenAI Jalapeño design interview transcriptWe sit down with OpenAI's Hardware boss to talk about its chart-topping Jalapeño inference chip in this unredacted interview transcript.
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PremiumThe three-pronged future of custom PC building — from repurposing forgotten parts to ultra-premium works of gaming artThis is probably the worst time ever for PC building. Here’s how and why I think the hobby (and the market) still have a future to look forward to.
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PremiumNOR Flash and SLC NAND production are under threat as capacity gets routed to more profitable products — 'severe undersupply' threatens everyday electronicsNOR Flash and SLC NAND are the latest products to be impacted by the ongoing AI buildout, with capacities tightening and production being routed to more lucrative chips.
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