Semiconductor & Chip News

Leaker details A20 Pro chip’s new speed gains

iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Ultra will be unveiled next month with a new A20 Pro chip, and this weekend a reputable leaker shared performance gains to ex…

The $119 MacBook Neo deal going viral on TikTok is a scam, and I almost fell for it — here's where you can actually find it on sale

I almost fell for the viral $199 MacBook Neo deal at Target, only to find out it was a scam, so I'm rounding up real discounts you can find on Apple's…

iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Ultra: New Details Leak as Apple Event Nears

"iPhone Ultra" supply will be very limited when the foldable device is first released later this year, according to Fixed Focus Digital, a known leake…

Dow Falls 0.3% While Memory Chip Stocks Keep the Nasdaq Afloat

Why is the Dow down 200 points while the Nasdaq holds flat? Two chipmakers are doing a lot of heavy lifting for the tech-heavy index. A ceasefire expi…

"July Was A Bad Month": Jane Street Lost $15 Billion In First Down Month In A Decade

"July Was A Bad Month": Jane Street Lost $15 Billion In First Down Month In A Decade Back in February, just around the time gold and silver had peaked…

Groq raises $350M to fuel its pivot from AI chips to neocloud

Groq raised $350 million at a $3.5 billion valuation as the former AI chipmaker pivots to a neocloud business and expands its Nvidia-powered data cent…

Why Are Video Game Consoles So Expensive These Days (And Games Historically Cheap)?

Gaming has never been more expensive. We're here to investigate why, and help you play more while spending less. Welcome to GameSpot Cheap Week. Like …

31 top deals from the Best Buy 60th Anniversary sale — I've found the biggest savings on laptops, TVs, Apple, appliances, headphones, and more

Best Buy is celebrating its 60th anniversary with a massive week-long tech sale, so I've looked through it and picked out the 31 best deals on laptops…

Alibaba is selling its gaming studio for at least $1.5 billion to help fund AI buildout, mirroring Micron's exit from consumer business — dumps entire stake in Lingxi Games, which made 'Three Kingdoms: Strategy Edition'

Alibaba has agreed to sell its game development unit, Lingxi Games, to Asian private equity firm Trustar Capital, according to an internal staff memo.…

Five Questions About SpaceX’s Computer Chip Ambitions

SpaceX plans to build the largest chip manufacturing facility in the world. Here are some key questions about Terafab. To help you understand the tren…

Insta360 Luna Ultra review: This 8K gimbal camera is a challenge to DJIs dominance

Mashable reviewed the Insta360 Luna Ultra, an 8K dual lens gimbal camera that's a serious competitor to the DJI Osmo Pocket 4P. Insta360 launched the …

Nvidia discloses $21B stake in SpaceX

Filing comes after Elon Musk announced exclusive arrangement to kit out its data centers. Nvidia has disclosed that it owns nearly 123 million shares …

Apple’s 16-inch MacBook Pro is a creative professional’s dream with M5 Pro power, 24GB memory and 1TB storage and it's just had a big discount

Apple hiked prices on its laptops and tablets, but the 16-inch M5 Pro MacBook Pro combines an 18-core CPU, 24GB memory and 1TB SSD and a big discount.…

This Solid Midrange Samsung Galaxy Is $100 Off Right Now

The Samsung Galaxy A57 5G is a more affordable alternative to Samsung’s S Series. We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and a…

Asus ROG Edition 20 gaming PC build – A pretty powerhouse PC that next to no one can afford

Futures Rise On Fresh Push Higher In Tech

Futures Rise On Fresh Push Higher In Tech Futures are higher again, just a few basis points away from a new all time high, led by Tech as the week sta…

The Download: dead robot friends and the “censorship-industrial complex”

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. What happens…

AI data center optical interconnect market to hit $144 billion by 2030, an over ten-fold increase from 2024 figures, according to new projections — silicon photonics expected to account for nearly two-thirds of revenue, driven by co-packaged optics

A new CIC forecast projects that the data center optical interconnect market will grow from $13.7 billion in 2024 to $144.4 billion by 2030, with sili…

Rare Apple price drop: Get Apple’s 11-inch A16 iPad for just $399 right now

Find the best Apple iPad at Amazon. Save 11% on the Apple iPad 11-inch (A16) at Amazon. SAVE $50: As of Aug. 17, the Apple iPad 11-inch (A16) is on sa…

Ingenic launches IPO, joining wave of mainland China chipmakers raising funds in Hong Kong

Beijing-based Ingenic Semiconductor has launched a Hong Kong share offering to raise up to HK$3.22 billion (US$410.4 million), joining a growing wave …

Chinese hedge funds rotate out of Nvidia and US hyperscalers in evolving AI trade

China’s biggest hedge funds cut holdings of US hyperscalers and Nvidia and migrated into the hardware makers on the AI supply chain in the second quar…

Intel may be cooking up a budget Panther Lake chip for gaming handhelds

Intel may be preparing a cheaper Panther Lake chip for gaming handhelds, with an 8-core CPU and four Xe3 GPU cores reportedly targeting budget buyers.

Crypto Equity Perpetual Volume Hits $250B in July, Up 17x in Three Months: CryptoQuant

Binance remained the largest venue in the market, accounting for 76% of total equity perpetual futures volume in July. Equity perpetual futures on maj…

3D-printed sound-powered jet engines propel micro drones — fliers are completely silent; researchers use ultrasonic frequencies to drive 12,000-RPM silent hovering fliers

A specially shaped 3D-printed resonator can make air shoot out of its nozzle and provide thrust when it hit with the proper frequency. While the proto…

The PC age began 45 years ago with the breakthrough Intel 8088 processor — 8-bit bus fueled 45 years of x86 dominance

45 years ago, in August 1981, the PC age began in earnest with the launch of the IBM PC Model 5150. At its heart was the Intel 8088 microprocessor. 45…