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HighPoint launches a 492TB external NVMe RAID storage solution smaller than a shoebox — five-inch devices come with eight Solidigm SSDs and 28 GB/s transfer speeds (www.tomshardware.com)

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It’s going to cost you a small fortune, though.

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Summit supercomputer gets virtual farewell on Zoom — supercomputer going full tilt until last possible moment (www.tomshardware.com)

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It's time to say goodbye.

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Diamond-cooled GPUs are coming soon — startup claims 20C temp reduction, 25% more overclocking headroom as it seeks US govt funding for diamond-encrusted chip cooling solutions (www.tomshardware.com)

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CHIPS Act helps with $18.2 million in direct funding and $50 million in federal and state tax credits.

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TSMC reportedly delays Fab 21 opening ceremony in Arizona until January (www.tomshardware.com)

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Until when Donald Trump takes office.

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RISC-V motherboard for Framework 13 laptops and mini-PCs starts at $199 – quad-core RISC-V CPU and 8GB of RAM included (www.tomshardware.com)

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It won’t be fast, but it’ll exist, and that might be enough for now.

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U.S Department of Commerce finalizes $6.6 billion CHIPS Act funding for TSMC Fab 21 Arizona site (www.tomshardware.com)

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The site will build chips on TSMC's A16 (1.6nm-class) and N2 (2nm-class) process technologies

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TSMC discovers unexploded bomb at Kaohsiung chip fab construction site — bomb has since been safely removed (www.tomshardware.com)

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The Taiwanese army removed the 'unexploded ordnance' and it has been stored for future disposal.

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Qualcomm upgrades its gaming upscaler from spatial to temporal tech but it lacks AI smarts and may struggle to compete with Nvidia's highly polished DLSS performance (www.pcgamer.com)

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Lots of work to do for Qualcomm, but you gotta start somewhere.

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Solidigm reveals 122TB SSD, the world's highest-capacity drive for AI workloads — D5-P5336 offers unlimited write durability (www.tomshardware.com)

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Familiar controller, familiar 3D QLC NAND.

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NEC supercomputer combines Intel Xeon and AMD Instinct accelerators to nearly triple performance (www.tomshardware.com)

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720 Intel Xeon 6900Ps, 280 AMD Instinct MI300As, 40.4 PFLOPs.

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Japan readies ambitious $65 billion plan to revive homegrown semiconductor manufacturing — Expects economic return of over $1 trillion (www.tomshardware.com)

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The plan is set to be approved by the cabinet on November 22.

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Valve finally made a white Steam Deck that you can actually buy (www.theverge.com)

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It’s limited edition, and costs $679.

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Downed Russian drone used at least 30 chips from Western companies — silicon from Xilinx, TI, Marvell, Micron, and others found in the wreckage (www.tomshardware.com)

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Analysis of Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik-B drone revealed vital Western components.

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Open source, single-PCB HIDman adapter lets peripherals to easily interface with old PCs that don't support USB (www.tomshardware.com)

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Also supports PlayStation controllers and other HID (not XInput) gamepads

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Huawei develops massive 72TB SSD-tape hybrid storage device — first-gen MED drive targets warm and cold storage (www.tomshardware.com)

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Huawei's hybrid storage device can store up to 72 TB.

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Local and foreign chip manufacturers flee China, expand in Vietnam — companies move to Southeast Asia as US-China tensions simmer (www.tomshardware.com)

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Is Vietnam the next semiconductor superpower?

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Amazon wants chips with everything, crafting its own AI-focused line of silicon in a bid to dethrone Nvidia (www.pcgamer.com)

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I prefer a crisp, battered cod myself.

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LG's new stretchable display can grow by 50%, bendy panels can be deformed into new form factors (www.tomshardware.com)

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This stretchable display unlocks an infinite number of possibilities.

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Pizza Hut's new pizza warmer uses the PlayStation 5's heat to keep your pizza hot — you can 3D print the new PIZZAWARMR for free (www.tomshardware.com)

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The company won't be selling this device but has made 3D printing source files available.

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Due to export restrictions, Huawei has been forced to develop a weird hybrid SSD/tape storage drive for data archiving (www.pcgamer.com)

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SSD speed with tape's low cost and reliability. A match made in heaven or the worst of both worlds?

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U.S. ordered TSMC to halt shipments of advanced AI processors to China: Report (www.tomshardware.com)

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Till TSMC's customers get an export license?

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Arrow Lake and Zen 5 motherboards should be getting cheaper soon — Asus files a slew of budget Intel and AMD boards with regulators (www.tomshardware.com)

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Even though AMD never announced a B850E chipset.

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M4 Mac Mini SSD modded from 256GB to 1TB — modder solders higher-capacity NAND to the removable SSD module (www.tomshardware.com)

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You still need to source blank NAND modules, have a spare machine on deck, and be able to solder them.

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Taiwanese law prevents TSMC from producing 2nm chips overseas, Taiwanese govt official confirms (www.tomshardware.com)

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But it will certainly be able to make them abroad later on.

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AMD Strix Point CPU powers upcoming Ayaneo 3 gaming handheld — device sports up to Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 CPU and 7-inch OLED screen (www.tomshardware.com)

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This is one of the first handheld consoles to sport the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370.