Government funding of semiconductor projectsalways causes debates as microelectronics fabs require tens of billions in upfront investments anddo not promise profitabilityafter they come online. Rapidus — which needs some $32 billion for its first 2nm-capable fab — is not an exception as opposition lawmakers to the current government debate over funding source and accountability due to the country allocating money from its COVID funds to the chipmaker, reportsNikkei. In November, the government announced a seven-year plan worth at least $63....

Renowned leaker@kopite7kimibelieves Nvidia will launch the upcomingBlackwell RTX 50-series GPUsthis fall, starting with the RTX 5080 rather than the flagship 5090. As with any unofficial rumor, sprinkle liberally with salt. Still, it could make plenty of sense, depending on the specifications and configurations Nvidia uses for what will inevitably be some of thebest graphics cardswhen Blackwell arrives.A bit of historical review is in order to set the stage. Two years ago, Nvidia launched it’sRTX 40-series Ada Lovelace GPUsby starting with the topRTX 4090on July 26, 2025....

If you’re in the market for a gaming handheld device,Amazonis selling theLenovo Legion Goat its lowest price since launch, with a 24% discount, bringing its price down to$533.31. Additionally, you’re getting 22% off on the Lenovo Legion Go devices with skins. Irrespective of which version you choose, you are getting a good deal. The Lenovo Legion Go leverages the AMD Z1 Extreme APU. It has a large 8.8-inch 144 Hz IPS touchscreen panel with 2450 x 1600 resolution and comfortable-to-hold detachable controllers....

The touch screen problem is seen as more prevalent in the Lenovo Flex models. The touch panels on these models either do not appear to register touch inputs at all or do so randomly from time to time. On some Lenovo devices, it is also seen that the multi-touch and pen inputs stopped working all of a sudden. This touch screen not working issue is often linked to touch screen drivers and misconfigurations in the settings....

Lexar unveiled new portable SSDs atCES2024 — the SL500, Professional SL600, and the SL660 Blaze — with up to 2,000 MB/s read & write speeds. All three portable SSDs are purpose-built and have multiple storage variants. The SL500 and the Armor 700 for video recording The SL500 Ultra Slim delivers up to 2,000 MB/s read and 1,800 write transfer speeds with 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB options. This drive is useful for devices like the iPhone 15 Pro, which uses the ProRes RAW format for videos....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict The G309 Lightspeed is only really worth looking at if you already have PowerPlay. Pros Effectively unlimited battery life with PowerPlay charging mat (an extra $120) Best with PowerPlay charging mat (an extra $120) Boring, basic design Not that lightweight with a battery 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.Find out more about how we test....

Microsoftsays a known issue causing reboot loops and problems with the taskbar after aWindows 11update has been resolved. The situation forced Microsoft to halt theWindows 11 23H2 update rollouton June 27 and affected Windows 11 22H2.Microsoftissued an update squishing the bug on July 9. The reboot loop problem only affected those using virtual machine tools and virtualization features, such as CloudPC, DevBox, and Azure Virtual Desktop. Some users also reported seeing problems with VMware virtual machines....

Microsoftis set to invest $80 billion in fiscal 2025 to expand its AI datacenter capabilities, Brad Smith, the company’s president and vice chairman wrote in ablog post. Microsoft sees artificial intelligence as the next industrial revolution and wants to participate in it. While analysts certainly were aware of the software giant’s AI ambitions, few if any expected the company to bet that much money on a technology that has yet to prove its profitability....

3D printing and silicon photonics have combined in a rather exciting way this week.Researchers at MIThave engineered a novel 3D printing design on a single computer chip, officially the world’s first chip-based 3D printer. The chip emits beams of light into a well of resin to fabricate designs, and will be iterated on to create a fully volumetric 3D printer on a chip. The printer employs no moving parts, using a series of nanometer-scale antennas to direct beams of light into a small well of resin....

The Redditor who had thousands of PC-DIY enthusiasts on tenterhooks with posts charting theirextraordinarily long BIOS updateodyssey (100 hours+) had some sad news to share today. GoatWithAGun posted a defeated “Welp, we’re done here,” and shared a picture of their famous-for-15-minutes PC, which was described as “completely unresponsive” after the monitor seemingly lost signal from the machine. In the above post, which serves as both an obituary and epitaph for the deceased PC, GoatWithAGun sensitively told those gathered around this virtual deathbed “As of 2:14 PM Philippine Standard Time, my monitor lost signal from the PC and I returned to it completely unresponsive to any troubleshooting....

Kioxia has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, aiming for an October debut, reportsNikkei. The NAND flash maker aims to raise at least $500 million and could be valued at over $10 billion, according toFinancial Times. Even after the IPO, the company will be controlled by Bain Capital, SK hynix, and Toshiba. Kioxia, the world’s third largest supplier of NAND flash memory based on its performance in Q1 2024, as reported byTrendForce, has been seeking an IPO for a while and now that there is interest in stocks associated with the AI boom, it is time for its owners to capitalize on this....

Under therecently proposedU.S. export rulesfor advanced artificial intelligence processors, only entities in the U.S. and 18 allied countries can get advanced AI hardware without any restrictions. 120 countries — including both allied nations and foes like China and Russia — will either face restrictions or will be generally prohibited from buying devices like Nvidia’s H100 or B200 GPUs for AI and HPC. Among the restricted countries are close allies of the U....

Have you ever thought the Nintendo Wii would make a good enclosure for a mini PC?Tech By Mattclearly did— on November 3, the YouTuber uploaded a video showcasing a custom mini PC build taking the original Wii enclosure and repurposing it with the internals of a Minisforum UM773 Mini PC, which is an AMD-powered rig using a Ryzen 7 7735HS APU andRadeon680M graphics. The Radeon 680M iGPU features 12 RDNA 2 Compute Units— combined with the 8-core, Zen 3+ Ryzen 7 7735HS....