- American lab is developing a BAT laser that could enable 'beyond EUV' lithography, provide 10X power efficiency boost | LLNL is working on a laser that is 10x more efficient than CO2 EUV lasers. https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/american-lab-is-developing-a-bat-laser-that-could-enable-beyond-euv-lithography-provide-10x-power-efficiency-boost 10 comments technews
Linking pages
- Chinese freighter suspected of damaging undersea Internet cable connecting the US and Taiwan | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/chinese-freighter-suspected-of-damaging-undersea-internet-cable-connecting-the-us-and-taiwan 48 comments
- Alleged RTX 5080 retail packaging surfaces hours before CES — The GPU reportedly features 16GB of GDDR7 memory and Gainward is preparing for retail launch | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/alleged-rtx-5080-retail-packaging-surfaces-hours-before-ces-the-gpu-reportedly-features-16gb-of-gddr7-memory-and-gainward-is-preparing-for-retail-launch 22 comments
- UK chipmaker Imagination Technologies up for sale — UKCT accuses current owners of stripping the company of its key technologies | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/uk-chipmaker-imagination-technologies-up-for-sale-ukct-accuses-current-owners-of-stripping-the-company-of-its-key-technologies 1 comment
Linked pages
- TSMC's wafer pricing now $18,000 for a 3nm wafer, increased over 3X in 10 years: Analyst | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/tsmcs-wafer-pricing-now-usd18-000-for-a-3nm-wafer-increased-by-over-3x-in-10-years-analyst 139 comments
- Analyst firm raises alarm about EUV chipmaking tools — each consumes as much power as a small city, fabs to consume 54,000 Gigawatts by 2030 | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/each-euv-chipmaking-tool-consumes-as-much-power-as-a-small-city-euv-fabs-to-consume-54-000-gigawatts-by-2030-more-than-singapore 52 comments
- It looks like the Raspberry Pi RP2350 Hacking Challenge may have been beaten — Hacker gains access to the OTP secret by glitching the RISC-V cores to enable debugging | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/it-looks-like-the-raspberry-pi-rp2350-hacking-challenge-has-been-beaten-hacker-gains-access-to-the-otp-secret-by-glitching-the-risc-v-cores-to-enable-debugging 28 comments
- Microsoft surprises analysts with massive $80B AI investment plans for 2025 | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-surprises-analysts-with-massive-usd80b-ai-investment-plans-for-2025 0 comments