Huawei braces for $12 billion in AI chip revenue driven by homegrown AI model demand — Chinese fabs can barely keep up as Nvidia's market share craters within the region
Premium The projection, based on orders already received from major Chinese technology firms including Alibaba, ByteDance, and Tencent, would represent growth of at least 60% year-over-year.
Microsoft attributes $25 billion of AI budget to memory and chip costs
Premium Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta plan to spend a combined $725 billion on capital expenditure in 2026, a 77% increase over last year's record $410 billion.
ASML's roadmap for chipmaking lithography tools examined — from DUV to Low-NA, High-NA, Hyper-NA, and beyond
Premium ASML shipped 48 EUV lithography systems and 131 immersion DUV tools in 2025, generating €32.7 billion in total revenue and ending the year with a €38.8 billion order backlog.
Talent over tokens: AI models are becoming more expensive to run, and productivity gains are limited
Premium Token costs rise as the industry reckons with AI's impact on the workforce.
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Alienware 16 Area-51 review: OLED screen update
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Biwin M350 2TB SSD Review: A Better Budget Alternative?
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Here are the best gaming monitors for PC available in 2026, from budget displays to 144Hz, 4K and curved.
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Intel's P-core Core 9 273PQE 'Bartlett Lake' CPU beats 14900K by up to 9% in gaming tests
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ASML's roadmap for chipmaking lithography tools examined — from DUV to Low-NA, High-NA, Hyper-NA, and beyond
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PC Components
Crushing shortages have pushed long-term supply agreements for SSDs and HDDs to record five years
Demand for storage devices is so high that large customers are willing to sign up to five-year long-term supply agreements, according to Sandisk, Seagate, and Western Digital.
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Thermal pads with in-built vapor-chambers claim 50 to 80 times better thermal conductivity than normal thermal pads
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How to setup an Android smartphone as a webcam — Camo Studio unlocks new uses for old smartphones in Windows 10 or 11 and OBS software
You don’t need to throw out that old Android smartphone; you can recycle it into a backup webcam or create a multi-camera setup for your streaming platform. And we show you how to do that, for free!
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