Computer components
The EU is introducing the right to repair. Manufacturers will also be required to repair devices that are out of warranty.
New rules came into force in the European Union on July 31, 2026, aimed at making it easier for consumers to repair broken phones, tablets, household appliances and other devices.
A USB stick that hides a partition with a simple text file
The Phantomdrive from o7-machinehum is an experimental open-source USB stick that uses the CH569W RISC-V chip to hide an encrypted partition directly at the hardware level. More
Dongfang Suanxin with 14nm chip without HBM memory
Shanghai start-up Dongfang Suanxin has introduced the 14-nanometer AI chip DF1000, which achieves a throughput of 6.4 TB/s through innovative 3D stacking of classic memory and successfully avoids ... More
Samsung reveals new SSD 990 early: Less capacity for a lower price?
The upcoming Samsung SSD 990 will be an affordable entry-level M.2 NVMe drive without DRAM. It will achieve blazing read speeds of up to 7250 MB/s via the PCIe Gen 4 x4 bus, but will have ... More
Intel is betting on older processors with DDR4 support amid DDR5 memory shortage
Due to the crisis and expensive DDR5 memory, Intel will prefer to offer more older processors from the 10th to 14th generation. These support cheaper DDR4 and allow for cheaper assembly ... More
Memory crisis opens door for new SSD manufacturer
Due to the widespread shortage of memory components caused by the boom in artificial intelligence, Lenovo has started installing SSD drives from the Chinese manufacturer in its ThinkBook 14 laptop... More
IBM processor with 100 billion transistors for six times faster artificial intelligence
IBM has developed the first 0.7-nanometer chip with a nanostack architecture that packs 100 billion transistors into a fingernail. The technology promises a performance of 9,000 TOPS, but challenges have... More
Artificial intelligence has made 23-year-old technology more expensive
As production shifts to artificial intelligence chips, there is a shortage of all types of memory. Electronics manufacturers are forced to use older standards, which has led to ... More
Developer unlocks Apple's M4 chip
The researcher bypassed CoreML and Metal platforms with his own intermediate language and unlocked 15.8 TFLOPS of power on the M4 chip. The project demonstrates that the neural engine on Apple devices can ... More
Gigabyte sets a new milestone in RAM winding
At Computex 2026, Gigabyte's extreme overclocking team set a new world record for memory frequency. More
