Despite all odds, Russia hopes to kick off local mass production of chips using its domestic28nm-class process technology by 2030, just as it expected several years ago. This 28nm process technology will purportedly enable MCST, the developer of SPARC-based Elbrus processors, to build CPUs with performance that meets the expectations of Russian companies. However, some argue that the Elbrus ecosystem has to develop before the adoption of such processors becomes viable....

AMD’s newRyzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600XCPUs have been tested with the 105W TDP option in MSI’s latest BIOS updates. Japanese news outletASCIItested the 105W mode but discovered underwhelming performance in gaming scenarios, with the higher power target doing virtually nothing to increase FPS. ASCII tested three games:Black Myth: Wukong,Counter-Strike 2, andF1 24with the Ryzen 7 9700X, Ryzen 5 9600X, and the previous generationRyzen 7 7700XandRyzen 5 7600X. ASCII tested theRyzen 9000parts at three power levels: the default TDP of 65W, the new 105W option, and a custom 120W option (probably configured via PBO2)....

The fastest of thebest SSDsnow use PCIe 5.0 connectivity, boasting transfer rates of up to 14 GB/s. But to date, all the consumer models we’ve tested have the same core hardware: aPhison E26 controllerand 236-layer Micron TLC NAND. This same combination powers theCrucial T705, which sports the fastest 14 GT/s NAND and the updatedMax14um Phison firmware. But Phison’s time as the sole purveyor of consumer PCIe 5.0 SSD hardware will be coming to an end later this year, as SK hynix will be launching its own PCIe 5....

If you’re in the market for a budget gaming monitor, you don’t have to sacrifice too much when it comes to specs thanks to this offer on theAsus TUF gaming VG249Q1RYscreen. It usually goes for around $149 but you can now pick it up at Walmart for just $79. This is an excellent deal for the screen given the specs and definitely worth a closer look even if you aren’t shopping on a budget....

At Nvidia’s AI Summit in Tokyo this week, Jensen Huang, chief executive of Nvidia, and Masayoshi Son, the head of SoftBank, expressed regrets that the former did not privatize Nvidia a decade ago when the latter offered him money to do so. As a result, the two companies have failed to merge and create an AI and supercomputer giant with CPU and GPU prowess, reportsFortune. At the event, the two executives discussed three critical attempts to strengthen ties, from privatization to a potential merger with Arm, which regulators stopped....

Every item besides apps on Android collectively is known as System UI. Android’s user interface is what lets you customize the display. However, sometimes you’re able to get the “System UI is not responding” or a similar error due to multiple factors. For instance, one common reason is after updating your Android OS or when the OS update fails to install successfully. Additionally, when an app is requesting unauthorized resources, you’ll get a similar error....

Chairman Young Liu claims Foxconn’s largest tech partners are getting a “big headache” from the Trump administration’s tariff strategy. Foxconn held itslatest earnings call on Friday, during which Liu discussed the impact of the U.S. government’s recent trend of rapid declaration and rescinding of tariffs on its business. “Judging by the attitude and the approach we see the US government taking towards tariffs, it is very, very hard to predict how things will develop over the next year," shared Liu in the Friday earnings call....

Today’s deal is one of our favorite keyboards that we’ve reviewed, packed with the quality and features of an enthusiast keyboard, but from a well-known PC gaming component and peripheral manufacturer. The Asus ROG Azoth combines form and function for a superb keyboard that includes all the bells and whistles from OLED screens to multiple layers of sound-dampening foam and pre-lubed switches, all packed in a luxurious chassis with superb build quality....

These early Memorial Day deals keep throwing up some stunning discounts on our favorite tech products. This deal on the amazing Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 ARGB is the lowest-ever price offered for this cooler, and it’s not even been released on the market that long. This variant is a revised version of the standard Arctic Liquid Freezer III 360, and it improves the product immensely. New fans with increased blade count and much better performance help keep the hottest processors icy-cool, increasing your PC’s performance and protecting your CPU hardware from damage or thermal throttling....

There’s a new gold rush happening, but it’s not in the Wild West of the U.S. Instead, it’s being referred to as urban mining, extracting gold from recycled electronics components. The latest entrant in the rush is the Royal Mint, the United Kingdom’s official maker of British coins. The Royal Mint has justopened a large factory in South Walesto recover gold from old circuit boards. The Royal Mint’s new Precious Metals Recovery factory is a nearly 40,000-square-foot facility that uses patented chemistry developed by Canadian firm Excir....

This Prime Day season has been a target-rich environment for putting together great PC builds at great prices. We’ve already builta 1440p gaming rigwith a Ryzen 7 7800X3D anda surprisingly awesome sub-$800 buildthat still manages to squeeze in a Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB. Now it’s time to turn our attention to the high end. Amazon has discounts running on theEditor’s Choice-winningRyzen 9 9950X3D CPU, and B&H is still discounting the PNY Epic-X ARGB RTX 5090to just $2649 right now....

Big curved gaming monitors often come with big price tags, but that isn’t always the case and certainly isn’t so today. We’ve come across a nice deal on this 32 inchLG 32GS60QC-B Ultragearcurved gaming monitor. It has a recommended price of $299, but right now you can purchase it atAmazonfor just $196. This monitor was one of several fromLGthat were part of a sale for Amazon Prime Day. Even though it was marked down just last week during the big sale, it’s already dropped even further since then and is currently at a cheaper rate than the Amazon Prime Day offer, which was $199....

Mastering the Etch A Sketch is no easy task. It’s not enough to have an understanding of basic art compositional skills, you’ve got to make your masterpiece in one go using one really long line. Instead of racking his brain to make pictures by hand, maker and developerMicah Tiltonhas gone out of his way to program aRaspberry Pito draw the pictures on an Etch A Sketch for him. The way the project works is straightforward and simple in concept but not so much in execution....