The construction of Intel’s Fab 29 module 1 and module 2 near Magdeburg, Germany, has been delayed due to pending EU subsidy approval and the necessity to remove black soil to reuse it at a different site, with a new timeline pushing the start to May 2025, reportsVolksstimme. The fab could still come online more or less on time in late 2027 – early 2028 if Intel is quick with construction and tool installation....

Today, a slew of supercomputing entities submitted their newest benchmark test results to the Top500 committee to compete for the top spot on the list. The Intel-powered Aurora supercomputer was widely expected to take the top spot from the AMD-powered Frontier, the #1 supercomputer on the Top500 list, but it took second place instead. However, Aurora did take the top spot in the AI-centric HPL-MxP mixed-precision benchmark, allowing Intel to lay claim to powering the fastest AI supercomputer in the world with 10....

TheJonsbo C6-ITXjoins its micro-ATX brother in the Chinese part-maker’s stable of cases that have garnered a fair amount of popularity. Jonsbo has been a rising star in the PC case and cooling worlds, and the latest addition makes some seemingly smart design decisions. Check our list of thebest mini-ITX casesto see competing options.The C6-ITX at first glance seems like a shrunken-down version of the C6 case, featuring the same mesh side, top, and front panels for maximum airflow....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict The Fury Beast DDR5-6000 C40 offers a fair balance between performance and capacity, making the memory kit a legitimate option for heavy workloads and multitasking. Numerous XMP 3.0 profiles Compact design SK hynix A-die ICs for overclocking Loose timings Too expensive Why you’re able to trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you.Find out more about how we test....

Chinese tech firm Lisuan Technology has tested what appears to be a new variant of itsG100graphics card. The new benchmark, uncovered byBenchleaks, sheds new light on the G100, revealing performance that could rival some of thebest graphics cards. Lisuan Technology popped up on the hardware radar a few months ago. The Chinese graphics card startup announced that the G100, reportedly China’s first domestic 6nm GPU, had powered on. What drew significant attention were claims that the G100 could deliver performance comparable to Nvidia’sGeForce RTX 4060....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict The MX Brio is a good 4K webcam for a target audience that doesn’t really need a 4K webcam. Bright, balanced auto-exposure Integrated privacy shutter Good mics Flatter, less-detailed image than other 4K webcams Expensive for what it is Not compatible with Windows Hello like older Brio 4K Why you can trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you....

A Chinese firm has started to mass produce a 31.2-inch color e-paper display. Local mediareports(machine translation) that Guangzhou Aoyi Electronic Technology Co Ltd worked with Shenzhen Jin Yatai Technology Co Ltd to meld display, image processing, and FPGA technologies to realize this new screen which is capable of “smooth video playback” at 18 frames per second. For years the adoption of e-paper displays has been held back by devices with low refresh rates and slow response times....

MicrosoftWindows 10 21H2Enterpriseand Education support will officially end on June 12, 2025. Anyone still running 21H2 will no longer receive official support from Microsoft, nor will they get furthersecurityor bug patches. When such users contact Microsoft for support, they will be directed to upgrade toWindows 11, though such users could also upgrade to Windows 10 22H2.Support for Windows 10 21H2 for Home and Office editions ended on Jun 17, 2025. Users who don’t wish to upgrade to Windows 11 can always upgrade to Windows 10 22H2, which will reach the end of the road onOctober 14, 2025....

It’s hard to see what’s in the air around us—unless you’ve got a handy portable air quality monitor like Arnov Sharma. This maker uses our favorite microcontroller, theRaspberry Pi Pico 2, to power his custom handheld, making it possible to see what exactly you’re breathing in and how much of it is around. This portable air quality meter is an open-source project with full build details available atHackster. Sharma says the meter is built around an MQ135 air quality sensor....

When Moore Threadsintroduced its MTT S80 and MTT S3000 graphics cardsbased on theChunxiao architecture,roughly two years ago, the company touted both decent performance and feature sets. Yet, the company admitted that it would take some time to develop proper drivers supporting the latest application programming interfaces (APIs) and games. As noticed by@Loeschzwerg_3DC, it has taken the company about two years to release itsfirst DirectX 12 driver. Launching a beta driver supportingDirectX12 is a rather big deal for Moore Threads....

Many motherboard issues stem from hardware incompatibility and outdated firmware. Always update your BIOS/UEFI, reset your CMOS battery, andcheck your PSU power rating against your motherboard and processor power requirements. Taking these steps will resolve many issues that prevent your motherboard from turning on. How Do I Debug Motherboard Problems? The motherboard has several in-built diagnostics systems. One key diagnostics tool is thePower-On Self-Test (POST). In the POST, the motherboard generates a two-digit POST code if there is a hardware issue during the booting process (e....

MSI is invoking the past with several new RTX 5060 series SKUs unveiled atComputex2025,Benchlife reports. The new RTX 5060 Ti TwinFrozer Retro and RTX 5060 Cyclone take direct inspiration from MSI’s GPU cooler designs dating back to the early 2010s. The RTX 5060 Ti TwinFrozer Retro is a callback to the TwinFrozer cooler design MSI invented in the early 2010s. This cooler nomenclature was responsible for cooling many of MSI’s GeForce GPUs, including the GTX 500 series, 600 series, and 700 series....

The Netherlands has once again tightened export controls to ensure that ASML will have to apply for export licenses with the Dutch government instead of the U.S. These new rules will come into effect on April 1st and is seemingly The Hague’s response to the updated list of sanctioned equipment;Bloombergreports that this includes specific measurement and inspection equipment made by Dutch semiconductor companies like ASML. While the Dutch authorities didn’t specifically mention Washington, D....