The Hot Take: As GPU's and CPU's get hotter and hotter only going to become more of the norm, unless they don't get ride of DYI building and maybe allow us to buy GPU's like CPU's w/out cooling solutions.
A user on Reddit is claiming a massive 20°C temperature drop on an ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4080 graphics card simply by removing the stock thermal compound it shipped with and replacing it with a phase change thermal pad based on Honeywell's PTM7950, a proprietary material that gained some notoriety a couple of years ago.
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The Hot Take: That's really cool, looks like they setup a custom GPU block from the images in the article.
I'm always impressed with the custom PC gaming builds shared online, but sometimes there's a project that really sets itself apart. This time it's a PC built into a sleek LEGO frame, and you have to see it to believe it.
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The Hot Take: More good news on them clawing back to relevance again in the manufacturing arena.
Intel's Foundry business will soon house some big names by the end of this year as its 14A technology gains huge momentum. Intel 14A Technology Will Be A Game Changer For Chipzilla As It Hopes To Get Some Big Names Onboard By The End of This Year Intel's Foundry success relies a lot of it's upcoming 14A process technology. The 14A node is designed to attract external customers more so than it is designed for internal use. That's something that 18A is built for. So far, Intel hasn't publicly named any big customers for its 14A technology, but it makes […]Read full article at https://wccftech.com/intel-to-land-big-14a-wins-with-surprise-customers-by-the-end-of-this-year/
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By ckasprzak | TkOut | April 19, 2026 |
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The Hot Take: I feel they want the white box DIY market gone to push device rentals and devices as a service.
Some reports come without product photos, without teaser slides, and without the now-ubiquitous “AI” in the title—and are all the more revealing for it. The latest sales data regarding Mindfactory falls into this category. According to analyses by TechEpiphany, which were picked up by several trade publications on April 14 and 15, 2026, the German […]
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The Hot Take: Good sign that Intel is clawing back it's manufacturing prowess.
Stripped-down Ultra for laptops and low-power edge boxes Intel brought a few more chips home from Taiwan this week, with a new round of budget-oriented Core Series 3 processors fabbed right in the US-of-A.…
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The Hot Take: Oh yay more lower end options because of shortages....
Motherboards used to be the quiet workers in the background. Now they act like mini memory labs, and Gigabyte is stepping up its game in this very area. With the Z890 Plus series, the manufacturer is turning a CES showcase project into a broader platform statement: more focus on signal integrity, two DIMM slots instead […]
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The Hot Take: Definitely looks like Apple is getting priority on the latest from TSMC.
The first wave of 2nm chipsets is scheduled to arrive later this year, with Apple introducing its A20 and A20 Pro range for its iPhone 18 family, but there’s little time for taking breaks, especially in the silicon industry, because the question is, what comes after this manufacturing process? According to the latest report, the trillion-dollar entity’s exclusive semiconductor partner, TSMC, is planning to achieve a new milestone by introducing its sub-1nm technology in a few years, with trial production expected in 2029. New lithography roadmap reveals that TSMC will initially set a target of 5,000 wafers for its sub-1nm process, taking […]Read full article at https://wccftech.com/first-apple-sub-1nm-chip-arriving-in-few-years-tsmc-2029-trial-production-target/
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The Hot Take: Nice, competition domestically is the best thing to see going on. I'm cheering on intel but Samsung and TSMC domestically too.
Samsung has made a massive investment in a cutting-edge chipmaking plant in Taylor, Texas. A $16.5 billion order from Tesla has already been secured for its next-generation self-driving chips.
A new report claims that Samsung's Taylor plant is now close to launch, with Tesla's chips likely to be produced from the second half of this year.
This is one of Samsung's biggest investments in the US
A report out of South Korea mentions that Samsung will host a major equipment move-in ceremony at the Taylor plant on April 24th. Key Samsung Electronics executives are said to attend this event, including Han Jin-man, the president of the company's foundry division.
This has been a long time coming. Samsung initially broke ground on the project back in November 2022. The Taylor fab was projected to begin operations in October 2024. However, given the lack of visibility on major orders, Samsung had delayed production activities.
It then received a shot in the arm from Tesla last year when the automaker confirmed it had signed a $16.5 billion deal with Samsung for its AI5 and AI6 chips to be built at the Taylor fab. Samsung views its Taylor fab as key to catching up with TSMC, its biggest rival in the contract chipmaking space, which already enjoys a dominant lead over the Korean aspirant.
Samsung's focus on making 2nm production capacity available at its US plant is meant to offer major customers like Microsoft and Meta a viable alternative to TSMC's US plant which operates on the 4nm process technology.
Major chip designers will closely watch how Samsung is able to deliver on these 2nm Tesla chips. If yields are stable at mass production volumes, it could unlock a surge in orders for Samsung as TSMC simply doesn't have the capacity to absorb all of the 2nm orders.
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The Hot Take: I really wish we could put these patent trolls to bed across the industry. Preventing these kinds of things from happening. I hope this doesn't impact Intel's clawing back to competitiveness.
The U.S. Court of Appeals determines $3 billion VLSI lawsuit was not suitable for summary judgment and must instead be evaluated by a jury, so it must return to a district court for proceedings.
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The Hot Take: ARM has a awakened and re-newed Intel to start competing with.
Intel has just launched its highly anticipated Wildcat Lake "Core Series 3" SoCs, designed for everyday PCs & a strong competitor to MacBook Neo. Intel Wildcat Lake vs Apple MacBook Neo Laptop Battle Is Something To Look Forward To As Chipzilla Brings Panther Lake's Goodness To Mainstream Users The Panther Lake "Core Ultra Series 3" lineup took the laptop market by storm, offering unprecedented levels of efficiency, battery times, and graphics performance. While the laptop designs were great, these products were mainly positioned in the high-end category with only a few options within the sub-$1000 segment. Then came Apple's MacBook […]Read full article at https://wccftech.com/intel-launched-its-macbook-neo-competitor-wildcat-lake-for-everyday-pcs/
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