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Micron’s worse-than-expected forecast for the second quarter is down to low demand for AI PCs and smartphones.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/ai-pc-revolution-appears-dead-on-arrival-supercycle-for-ai-pcs-and-smartphones-is-a-bust-analyst-says-as-micron-forecasts-poor-q2

Pre-built from Acer featuring the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 have been listed before launch.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidia-rtx-5090-and-rtx-5080-gaming-pcs-listed-prematurely-for-usd7-539-and-usd4-399-at-a-retailer-blackwell-meets-arrow-lake-to-power-upcoming-predator-orion-7000-pcs-from-acer

SK Hynix gets $458 million from the U.S. government via the CHIPS Act to build an HBM packaging plant in Indiana.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/us-department-of-commerce-finalizes-usd458-million-grant-for-sk-hynix-to-build-indiana-packaging-plant-plans-to-lend-an-additional-usd500-million-for-lafayette-project

Intel has confirmed to Tom's Hardware that it is no longer working on the x86S specification.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-terminates-x86s-initiative-unilateral-quest-to-de-bloat-x86-instruction-set-comes-to-an-end

Take your racing games to the next level.

https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/a-perfect-holiday-gift-for-the-racing-sim-enthusiast-in-your-life-thrustmasters-t248-racing-wheel-hits-an-all-time-low

Mark Cerny has given a deep dive on PlayStation 5 Pro's hardware and corrected some leakers' claims.

https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/playstation/playstation-5-pro-specifications-thoroughly-explained-flopflation-debunked-by-ps5-system-architect-mark-cerny

New shipping manifests highlight that Intel might be readying a successor to its N-series CPUs dubbed Wildcat Lake.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-wildcat-lake-cpu-tooling-surfaces-in-shipping-manifests-reportedly-adopts-next-gen-cougar-cove-and-darkmont-cores-intel-18a-node

Intevac says industry-wide HAMR adoption is three years away.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/second-hard-drive-maker-gears-up-to-start-producing-hamr-hdds

Tweakers reports that several AMD add-in board partners confirmed the upper mid-range RX 7900 GRE is now declared "end-of-life" and is no longer being produced.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/radeon-rx-7900-gre-purportedly-reaches-end-of-life-status-golden-rabbit-gpu-is-no-longer-available-at-any-retailer

A collaborative effort between Arm China, CIX, and Radxa has precipitated what is claimed to be the world's first open source Armv9 motherboard. - the Radxa Orion O6.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/motherboards/worlds-first-open-source-armv9-motherboard-surfaces-radxa-orion-o6s-pricing-starts-at-usd200-for-the-8gb-ram-model