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First look at a prototype of the fastest SSD we’re likely to see in 2024 — Phison’s E26 ‘Max14um’ is coming, and we’ll test performance early next year

Published by craig on December 22, 2023

Phison’s E26 ‘Max14um’ SSD provides our first look at the upcoming PCIe 5.0 drives that will top out at 14 GB/s of throughput. We have…

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New CPU from China’s sole x86 chipmaker grapples with AMD’s Bulldozer in Geekbench results — lower-end model isn’t the fastest, but it gives Zhaoxin a full roster of CPUs for use in the country

Published by craig on December 22, 2023

Zhaoxin’s KX6640MA x86 processor has popped up on Geekbench 6, and it’s about as good as AMD’s old Bulldozer chips. Powered by WPeMatico Go to…

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ASML ships groundbreaking new chipmaking tool to Intel — High-NA lithography tool needed for next-gen process nodes could cost ~$400 million

Published by craig on December 22, 2023

ASML on Thursday announced that it had begun shipping the industry’s first extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography tool with a 0.55 numerical aperture (High-NA) to Intel.…

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