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Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have introduced a novel method for aligning layers in chips using lasers and metalenses. The new technique is claimed to achieve accuracy down to the atomic scale, reportsSciTechDaily. This advancement could be critical for next generation process technologies as well as integration of multi-chiplet 3D designs. Overlay accuracy — precise alignment of one layer of a chip with the underlying layer — is one of the most critical capabilities of today’s chipmaking tools as each wafer with logic chips requires over 4,000 manufacturing steps performed by different machines....

Ayaneo recently announced its new handheld gaming system, the Next Lite, which has a 7-inch 800p display, Hall Effect joysticks and was initially reported to have SteamOS. It ends up that it’s not really running SteamOS.At first, Ayaneo claimed that its upcoming portable gaming console has pre-installed SteamOS butlater it confirmed to Gaming On Linux that it uses HoloISO, which is essentially a re-packaged version of SteamOS for use with systems other thanValve’sSteam Deck....

Biwin has introduced two new ultra-high-capacity 192GB (4x48GB) DDR5 memory kits to compete with thebest RAM. Targeted at AI developers to boost memory-hungry AI applications, the latest kits, dubbed the Black Opal OC Lab Gold Edition DW100 RGB, are comprised of DDR5-6400 and DDR5-6000 models, both featuring a massive 192GB of capacity in total (48GB per stick). The new kits will be available starting late April onAmazon, priced at an estimated $849....

Caps lock is one of the toggle keys that, when activated, allows you to capitalize words. Your keyboard has a caps lock indicator to notify you whether it is active or not. While many users don’t even know this indicator exists, others may heavily rely on it. I, for instance, use it to type the correct password on my PC. Although the caps lock light itself could be a minor inconvenience, this could be indicating a greater problem....

Hugging Face has released itssecond LLM leaderboardto rank the best language models it has tested. The new leaderboard seeks to be a more challenging uniform standard for testing open large language model (LLM) performance across a variety of tasks. Alibaba’s Qwen models appear dominant in the leaderboard’s inaugural rankings, taking three spots in the top ten. Pumped to announce the brand new open LLM leaderboard. We burned 300 H100 to re-run new evaluations like MMLU-pro for all major open LLMs!...

It’s that time of year again, meaning we’re in fullComputexmode. We have an entire crew of Tom’s Hardware editors in Taipei covering the show from all angles, and everything covered can be found on ourComputex 2024 hubfor your convenience. Computex 2024 Day Zero kicked off with a big bang, as we had keynotes from AMD, Nvidia, and Qualcomm. And if you thought that artificial intelligence was abig talking point at last year’s show, you haven’t seen anything yet....

Sony’s newPlayStation 5 Prohas quietly introduced a very interesting heatsink design change. Popular console repair YouTube channel TronicsFix discovered that the PS5 Pro heatsink isn’t glossy-smooth – it features a rectangular spiral surface detail. TronicsFix postulates that the deliberately machined surface pattern was implemented to reduce the occurrence of dry spots and surface oxidation caused by liquid metal thermal interface material (TIM) migrating across the heatsink. He also reckons it slightly increases the contact surface area....

Cooler Masterintroduced a range of new CPU cooling solutions and case fans atCES2025, showcasing both air and liquid cooling options. The lineup includes the V-Series and V-Lite Series air coolers, the MasterLiquid Atmos II AIO liquid cooler, and the MasterFan XT series. They are all designed to improve cooling performance and offer practical customization features. V-Series and V-Lite Series Air Coolers The V-Series air coolers take inspiration from the design of high-performance automotive engine blocks, featuring top plates resembling engine hoods or cylinder heads....

Tesla and xAI, Elon Musk’s companies, will bring online $10 billion worth of training compute capacity by the end of this year, as observed bySawyer Merritt, a co-founder of TwinBirch and a Tesla investor. And yet, it probably means that both companies will be somewhat behind schedule set by Elon Musk. Elon Musk and his companies have recently been actively making announcements about AI supercomputers, so indeed, we are talking about huge investments....

A fan ofSony’s classic handheld Windows slider PC designs is planning a drop-in upgrade. On Friday, Tomsek68 shared his planson Reddit, proposing swapping out the decrepit internals of a Sony Vaio VGX-UX Micro PC (circa 2006) with a custom PCB and assembly based on an OrangePi CM5. If the above-outlined project works out, the old Intel Core Solo-driven Windows XP device from Sony Vaio will be transformed into a modern octa-core processor packed with portable Linux....

If you ever want to expand your local network through an Ethernet connection, it’s better to use network devices such as hubs, splitters, and switches. These devices are designed for this purpose and prevent the need for using multiple long Ethernet cables and/or routers in the network. While switches are commonly used in various scenarios, splitters have unique benefits in certain situations. In this article, I will provide insights into splitters and switches and highlight the striking differences in terms of working, usage, and many more....

EVGA has confirmed toGamers Nexusthat the company will replace a customer’s damaged hard drives due to an internal RMA processing error. The slip-up involved sending anEVGA 1000 GQreplacement unit thatkilled 22TB of the owner’s storagebecause the revised unit had a different pinout and was incompatible with the owner’s power cables from a previous version. “We had set up an internal procedure for RMAs for these model numbers based on a serial range to make sure the customer would get the right version for their cables....

Today, the Corsair MP600 Mini 1TB, thebest SSD for the Steam Deck,n is available onAmazonfor a nice 23% discount. The SSD normally retails for $109.99, but it’s on sale for$84.99for a limited time. TheCorsair MP600 Mini 1TBgained a 4/5 star rating in our review for providing a high-end NVMe Gen 4 drive experience in a more compact form factor. Still, we did have some issues with its high pricing and limited availability at the time....