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Chinese memory maker CXMT's output has grown from 40,000 to 720,000 wafers in a few years, and it's closing in on Micron
Posted on Friday July 17, 2026
According to a new report from Citrini Research, ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is growing much faster than expected. The Chinese memory and IDM manufacturer is expected to produce between 350,000 and 375,000 DRAM wafers per month by the end of 2026. In 2020, CXMT had a capacity of 40,000 WPM...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
OnePlus confirms exit from US and European markets, will replace OxygenOS with ColorOS
Posted on Friday July 17, 2026
OnePlus also assured existing users that it will honor all warranty coverage and that eligible devices will be repaired through its authorized service centers in accordance with its standard warranty and support obligations. Eligible OnePlus devices will also continue receiving Android updates and security patches under the company's existing software...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Japan's first national AI factory will use 27,500 GPUs across 382 Vera Rubin racks
Posted on Friday July 17, 2026
In total, the project calls for 27,500 Rubin GPUs and 13,750 Vera CPUs connected through Spectrum-X Ethernet networking. The system is designed to handle the training of trillion-parameter models as capacity ramps up.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Apple's OLED iPad mini could arrive this October, kicking off a major iPad overhaul
Posted on Friday July 17, 2026
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports that Apple is aiming to release a revised iPad mini with an OLED display by October. Meanwhile, a new version of the standard iPad is expected to launch in the first quarter of 2027, followed by an OLED-equipped iPad Air and a new iPad Pro in...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
The EU is forcing Google to give rival AI assistants the same access as Gemini on Android
Posted on Friday July 17, 2026
The stakes are high. Android powers about 60% of smartphones in the European Union, and AI companies see those devices as the primary gateway for turning chatbots into everyday assistants. The deeper a service is integrated into a device – reading the screen, handling messages, and interacting with other apps...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
This Lenovo laptop is the first to use inkjet-printed OLED, a technology that could make OLED screens cheaper
Posted on Friday July 17, 2026
Lenovo's R9000P laptop, the world's first to feature an IJP OLED screen, is now available in China, starting at around $1,300. It remains unclear when the laptop or any other IJP OLED model might appear globally, but the device raises hopes that the technology will soon lead to cheaper OLED...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Over 4,500 Google workers demand layoff protections as Alphabet's value hits $4.3 trillion
Posted on Friday July 17, 2026
Like many other companies invested in the AI boom, Google is enjoying plenty of success right now. Parent company Alphabet's latest quarter produced $109.9 billion in revenue, up 22%, while operating income rose 30% to $39.7 billion. It's also the third-largest company in the world by market cap with a $4.3 trillion valuation.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
A Doom developer says Microsoft "destroyed an immense amount of value" at id Software
Posted on Friday July 17, 2026
In an interview with Game Developer, the unnamed developer, who was one of the 3,200 Xbox employees fired by Microsoft earlier this month, criticized Redmond for announcing the job cuts a day before the launch of the new Doom DLC. The layoffs accounted for 20% of the total staff at...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
GTA 6 hacker who was sentenced to life in a secure hospital is moved to prison ahead of retrial
Posted on Friday July 17, 2026
Back in September 2022, one of the biggest leaks of all time hit the internet when over 90 videos and screenshots of the still-unreleased GTA 6 were posted to the GTAForums. They originated from a then-18-year-old hacker who also claimed to be behind an Uber breach that occurred a few days earlier.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Researchers synchronize 105,000 tiny magnetic oscillators in 45 nanoseconds, pointing to faster, low-power computing
Posted on Friday July 17, 2026
Each oscillator is tiny, just 10 to 20 nanometers wide. There's no external clock running the show. Once the grid gets nudged, the oscillators fall into sync on their own, using nothing but their natural magnetic spin. Think of ripples spreading across a pond until the whole surface moves the...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »