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TSMC has commenced mass production at itsfab in Kumamoto, Japan, marking a significant milestone in advanced chip manufacturing for the country and the first step in its major expansion overseas, reportsNikkei. The plant, operated by Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing (JASM), produces chips using a variety of process technologies for TSMC’s major customers in Japan, reportsDigiTimes. As TSMC’s Kumamoto fab kicks off operations, this marks the first time logic chips featuring FinFET transistors have been made in the Land of the Rising Sun....

Why you may 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. Benchmarks and Conclusion Thermal results without power limits Without power limits enforced on Intel’s i7-13700K, the CPU will hit its peak temperature (TJ Max) and thermally throttle with even the strongest of air coolers. When the CPU reaches its peak temperature, I’ve measured the CPU package power to determine the maximum wattage cooled to best compare their performance....

We’ve all been there before. Your hands are soaking wet because you’re decent enough to wash them but you really don’t want to undo all of your hard work and touch the same towel dispenser that everyone else has. Sure, you could be lucky enough to find yourself in front of one of those motion sensor ones that require you to wave your hands like a maniac just to get a paper towel — but if you’re luckier, you may use this cool voice-activatedRaspberry Pipaper towel dispenserput together by maker and developer 3megabytesofhotram and yell your paper towel into existence....

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. WD Black SN850X 8TB Performance Results Comparison Products The only other 8TB drives that we have for comparison are theSabrent Rocket Q— which is considered to have been the first readily available 8TB consumer SSD — and theRocket 4 Plus, which was the first readily available 8TB high-performance drive with TLC flash....

All devices including computers contain a unique identification number that helps the manufacturer track the ownership and warranty information of the device. While most technology companies use the term, Serial Number, to refer to this identification, companies like Dell, HP, and so on call it a Service Tag. Mac computers show the serial number directly on the Mac information window,About this Mac. But devices that use the term, service tag, targetWindowsand Linux as the main operating systems....

Usually,DHCP is preferred over static IPsas you do not have to worry about individually assigning addresses to each device on the network. That’s also why DHCP is enabled (by default) on most systems today. One thing to note here is that the IP isonly leasedfor a certain time and willexpire if not renewed. When this happens, the IP returns back to the DHCP pool. Now, this address becomes available for the DHCP server to lease to newer devices in the network....

Every new release of Windows Update focuses on improving the operating system, security improvements, or simple quality-of-life enhancements. And windows update medic service supervises the update components. The Windows updates are automatic, and there is no dedicated option to just simply shut it off. But since it consumes a lot of resources in the background, it’ll be helpful to disable it if you have limited resources. There are a few ways you’re able to turn off windows update medic service....

Many monitors these days are included with built-in speakers. Although these speakers are not as good as the dedicated ones, they could end up saving your finances and the desk space as well. However, that doesn’t mean these speakers are not prone to flaws and errors. Monitor speakers not working is a fairly common issue. These speakers are not powerful and not well optimized as standalone speakers. So, software issues and cable problems frequently disrupt its workflow....

If you are using a fast SSD, butyour system is slow, improper connections, firmware/driver issues, or high system resource usage are usually the culprits. So, if you want to speed up your slow SSD, firstcheck its type to understand the usual speedit should provide. If it doesn’t show the necessary speed,check connectionsandupdate firmware and drivers. you may alsolower system resource usage,scan for malware,andchange power settingsto boost system performance. First, Check the SSD Type (and Health) Different types of SSD (M....

Just yesterday, Twitter/X user @NTDEV_ posted a series of screenshots showcasing the Tiny11 Core build ofWindows 11running on their iPhone 15 Pro. The emulated specifications provided through the UTM SE PC emulator include a 1 GHz, 1-core virtual QEMU CPU and 2GB of RAM, so this is hardly an ideal use case for Windows 11 or an iPhone 15 Pro, but it’s a fascinating showcase of both. An important distinction to make before proceeding is that “emulation” and “virtualization” are two different concepts....

Tracking the ups and downs of the hard disk drive (HDD) industry’s lengthy history isn’t easy. HDDs were introduced in 1956 byIBMand have endured while a series of tech industry analyst firms charting the revenue and sales volume of the mechanical storage segment has come and gone. However, Tom Coughlin, President of Coughlin Associates and a storage analyst and consultant,recently sharedsome illuminating HDD industry performance charts spanning the whole 67 years to the present day....

xMEMS, one of the leading companies behind solid-state cooling, has just announced the expansion of its µCooling fan-on-a-chip platform to solid-state drives (SSDs). This innovation will place active cooling components directly onto E3.S SSDs, usually deployed in AI data centers, andNVMe M.2 SSDs, used in desktop and laptop PCs. This arrangement would allow for direct cooling of NAND flash and controller ICs on the SSD, reducing thermal throttling and allowing for sustained higher performance over longer periods....

A music and science lover has revealed that some birds can store and retrieve digital data. Specifically, he converted a PNG sketch of a bird into anaudiowaveform, then tried to embed it in the song memory of a young starling, ready for later retrieval as an image.Benn Jordanmade a video of this feat, sharing it on YouTube, and according to his calculations, the bird-based data transfer system could be capable of around 2 MB/s data speeds....