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Samsung delays $37B Texas chip plant with no customers in sight
Posted on Saturday July 05, 2025
Samsung is reportedly delaying the completion of its chip manufacturing plant in Taylor, Texas, due to a lack of customers for its foundry services. According to industry sources cited by Nikkei Asia, the South Korean corporation's ambitious plan to launch a major new US foundry operation is already backfiring.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
TSMC shifts focus to US, postpones new chip plant in Japan
Posted on Saturday July 05, 2025
Individuals familiar with TSMC's strategy told The Wall Street Journal that the company is accelerating investment in its US projects ahead of potential trade measures from the Trump administration. President Trump has called for semiconductors to be made in America and has launched an investigation that could result in tariffs...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Most graphics cards still priced way above MSRP, led by Nvidia's RTX 5080 and 5090
Posted on Saturday July 05, 2025
Gamers Nexus carried out its usual in-depth research into the current state of the graphics card market, looking at 420 listings across Amazon, Newegg, and Best Buy.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Nvidia closes in on $4 trillion valuation, surpasses Apple's record
Posted on Friday July 04, 2025
"When the first company crossed a trillion dollars, it was amazing. And now you're talking four trillion, which is just incredible. It tells you that there's this huge rush with AI spending and everybody's chasing it right now," Joe Saluzzi, co-manager of trading at Themis Trading, told Reuters.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
EA sets ambitious 100 million player goal for Battlefield 6 as development costs reach $400 million
Posted on Friday July 04, 2025
Speaking to Ars Technica, several EA developers who have worked on the project expressed concerns that the company is setting an unrealistic goal by targeting 100 million players, a figure significantly higher than what any previous title in the franchise has achieved.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Open source project is making strides in bringing CUDA to non-Nvidia GPUs
Posted on Friday July 04, 2025
By enabling CUDA applications to run on third-party GPUs from AMD, Intel, and others, this effort could dramatically expand hardware choice, reduce vendor lock-in, and make powerful GPU computing more accessible than ever.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
MindsEye studio's troubles continue: staff receive layoff emails, founder blames "sabotage," player count at 22
Posted on Friday July 04, 2025
With Benzies being a former Rockstar North president and the lead producer on the GTA series from Grand Theft Auto III through Grand Theft Auto V, there were high hopes for third-person sci-fi shooter MindsEye – some wondered if it could even be a GTA challenger.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Xbox exec suggests people use AI to lessen the pain of being laid off
Posted on Friday July 04, 2025
Turnbull has very wisely removed his post, but it was captured by Necrosoft's Brandon Sheffield. The exec started by mentioning these are challenging times – particularly for the 9,000 Microsoft workers who have recent been laid off in the company's fourth round of layoffs in 18 months.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Slate Auto's budget EV truck jumps above $20,000 as Trump's bill ends federal tax credits
Posted on Friday July 04, 2025
There's been plenty of excitement surrounding the Slate Truck, the first vehicle from the Jeff Bezos-backed Slate Auto. Thanks to its no-frills design, including plastic body panels, a lack of touchscreen, radio, or Bluetooth, and other stripped-down elements, it was set to arrive with a sub-$20,000 price.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Apple macOS Tahoe brings major gaming improvements through Metal 4 and DLSS wrapper support
Posted on Friday July 04, 2025
PCGamingWiki founder Andrew Tsai recently shared encouraging results from testing the latest versions of CrossOver and the Game Porting Toolkit (GPTK) in a preview build of macOS Tahoe. Updates to both macOS and these Windows compatibility layer tools have substantially improved performance and expanded functionality.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »