Huawei’s latest Pura 70 smartphone, launched earlier this month in China, is powered by the company’s latest HiSilicon Kirin 9010 application processor made by China fab SMIC. The chip is based on SMIC’s7nm-class process technology, according to findings byTechInsightsreported byBloomberg. The findings demonstrate that despite the U.S. government’s efforts to limit Huawei’s ability to develop advanced processors and SMIC to produce them, new chips just keep coming. Huawei’s HiSilicon Kirin 9010 system-on-chip is produced by SMIC, China’s largest contract maker of semiconductors, on its 2nd Generation 7nm-class process technology that is sometimes called N+2, according toTechInsightsanalysis....

Fashion designer Hugo, an offshoot of fashion giant Hugo Boss, has debuted a 3D-printed shoe that has us intrigued. The shoe is completely 3D printed and is designed to resemble a style of loafer. These shoes are produced in partnership withZellerfeld—a company that specializes in fully 3D printed shoes. Unlike traditional shoes, these are constructed as a single piece. There are no soles to be stitched on or separate pieces to be glued....

When Pat Gelsinger rejoined Intel in 2021 and proclaimed the IDM 2.0 model, he mentioned that the company would incur losses in the short term but prosper in the long term. However, because of huge investments in its U.S. production capacity and ramping up products made on the latest nodes, the company’s profit margins are thin—apparently too thin, asPoliticoreports Intel is halting some of its European projects in favor of others....

The beans have been spilled on Intel’s upcoming mobile Arrow Lake-HX series CPUs, aimed at performance-focused laptops and mobile devices.Jaykihn on Xshared the specifications for six upcoming Core Ultra 200HX-series chips. The information is from a leak, so take it carefully. The six upcoming Arrow Lake-HX SKUs are 285HX, 275HX, 265HX, 255HX, 245HX, and 235HX. The flagship 285HX and runner-up 275HX feature the most cores, featuring eight P-cores and 16 E-cores....

Intel announced two new extensions to its AI PC Acceleration Program in Taipei, Taiwan, with a new PC Developer Program that’s designed to attract smaller Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and even individual developers, and an Independent Hardware Vendors (IHV) program that assists partners developing AI-centric hardware. Intel is also launching a new Core Ultra Meteor Lake NUC development kit, and introducing Microsoft’s new definition of just what constitutes an AI PC....

A quartet of Intel Lunar Lake laptops has been listed by a major tech retailer in France. Twitter/X-basedMomomo_usnoticed the four Intel Core Ultra 200V family portables on PC21.fr and a little digging revealed further specs with prices, before and after French VAT. Converting the cheapest and most expensive of the listing prices (before VAT) to USD, gives us a range of $930 to $1,272 for this first batch of machines....

One of the most powerful consumer CPUs available for the home desktop, the Intel Core i9-14900KF, is great for both productivity and gaming. It might not be the overallbest CPU for gaming— thanks to the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D — but what it lacks against AMD’s gaming-focused processor it more than makes up for with its multi-threaded workflow potential. This is the lowest-ever price I’ve seen for this particular CPU....

Intel’s next-generation Xeon processor, codenamed Diamond Rapids, will reportedly utilize a new platform with a 9324-pin LGA socket, indicating a revised memory subsystem and PCIe lane configuration. But a leaked slide published on Sunday byX86 is dead&backreveals that the new CPU could feature up to 192 high-performance cores as well as eight or 16 DDR5 memory channels. Please note that we are dealing with information from an unofficial source, so please take it with a grain of salt....

The China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) recently listed the challenges the country faces in its semiconductor industry, and lithography is notably not among the listed issues. However, according toDigiTimes Asia, the exclusion of lithography is more likely a political consideration to downplay the impact of American sanctions on China’s indigenous chip manufacturing rather than a local innovation that allows the Chinese to build their own lithography tools. This isn’t the first time the country has disregarded lithography, as Xi Jinping told the Dutch Prime Minister that China doesn’t need ASML, the leading lithography tool manufacturer, to advance its technologies....

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. Kingston NV3 2TB Performance Results Comparison Products TheKingston NV2is a natural drive choice for comparison, showing how far budget SSD hardware has come. Other budget drives in the NV3’s range include theCorsair MP600 Elite, theSilicon Power US75, and the QLC-basedHP FX700....

Your laptop’s Wi-Fi internet connection will be strong as it keeps receiving a signal from the router. If this signal gets interrupted, your internet connection will suffer as thelaptop disconnects from the Wi-Fi. The PC might suffer disconnecting Wi-Fi issues due to multiple reasons. Perhaps the laptop is far from the router, or the router itself is not sending a strong signal. There are also cases where an outdated network adapter driver causes the laptop to disconnect from Wi-Fi....

Windows laptops have historically struggled with subpar runtimes, though much of that has changed with Intel’s Lunar Lake processors. While high prices initially kept laptops equipped with these CPUs out of reach, you’re able to now snag Lenovo’s Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition for a historical low of just$930this Cyber Monday - a massive 32% off the original price. TheLenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Editionis powered by the Core Ultra 7 256V, which features eight cores—further divided into four P-cores and four E-cores, with boost clocks of 4....

VideoCardzhas spotted a review of the FEVM FN60G, a mini-PC aesthetically inspired by Apple’sMac Studio. The tiny monster packs a punch, leveraging a Core i9-14900KF processor and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU. The FEVM FN60G is a mini-PC with a smaller footprint than the Mac Studio, although it’s a bit taller. But despite its tiny dimensions—it is smaller than a mini-ITX motherboard—it packs a serious punch with an Intel Core i9-14900KF processor and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU....