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Arm Vision Day outlined upcoming Arm v9 CPU design

Enlarge / There are two types of reactions to this marketing image: “ooh, shiny!” and “oh god no, all that particulate will get in the socket…” (credit: Arm) On Tuesday afternoon, Arm held a Vision Day event at which it teased details about its upcoming Arm v9 architecture. The short version: expect a massively altered […]

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Sunday’s Best Deals: Ninja Hot + Cold Brew Coffee Maker, Solar-Powered Flickering Torches, Ergo Standing Desk Converter, Heidi & Oak Drawer Organizers, and More

A Ninja Hot and Cold Brew coffee system and a six-pack of Heidi & Oak drawer organizers lead Sunday’s best deals. Read more…

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Intel CEO plans to build two new CPU fabs in Arizona

Enlarge / The new fabrication plants will likely be somewhere near the company’s existing campus in Chandler, Arizona. (credit: Laura Segall/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger—a former chip designer who took the top slot from finance specialist Bob Swan this February—announced plans to expand Intel’s manufacturing muscle this week. Gelsinger wants to spend […]

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TSMC: How a Taiwanese chipmaker became a linchpin of the global economy

Enlarge (credit: TSMC) When Li Ta-sen was a little boy, he used to walk to school through fields of sugarcane taller than himself. Some 40 years later, he is making a living by selling off the same fields as a property boom takes hold in his hometown of Shanhua. The reason for the construction frenzy […]