November 26, 2025

China’s banned memory-maker CXMT unveils surprising new chipmaking capabilities despite crushing US export restrictions — DDR5-8000 and LPDDR5X-10667 displayed

Like many China-based semiconductor producers that have been hit with U.S. export restrictions, CXMT is one of the companies that prefers to fly under the U.S. government’s radar, so it rarely shares its achievements publicly. Nonetheless, from time to time, the company has to showcase its latest products to attract potential customers. Recently, the company disclosed that it had developed DDR5-8000 and LPDDR5X-10667 memory devices for PCs and mobile devices, according to @tphuang.
November 4, 2025

AMD confirms security vulnerability on Zen 5-based CPUs that generates potentially predictable keys — RDSEED fix coming through an AGESA firmware update for desktop chips

AMD has confirmed the existence of RDSEED failure on CPUs based on its latest Zen 5 architecture, a critical security vulnerability in its hardware-based random number generator. The company has confirmed the fault could lead to the random number generator putting out keys that aren't fully unpredictable, opening up a vulnerability to users.
October 21, 2025

New Panther Lake Core Ultra X7 358H leaks in new benchmark – Geekbench 6 result shows off 12 Xe3 Core iGPU’s chops

In case you missed it, our coverage of Intel's Tech Tour 2025 included an extensive breakdown of the chip company's upcoming Panther Lake mobile processors. There were many details that Intel left out of its presentation, though. Now, thanks to the tearless retina of the ever-watchful Benchleaks bot, we have our first proper leak of what seems like it may be final or near-final Panther Lake silicon.
October 6, 2025

OpenAI’s Stargate project to consume up to 40% of global DRAM output — inks deal with Samsung and SK hynix to the tune of up to 900,000 wafers per month

Samsung and SK hynix have inked preliminary agreements to supply memory to OpenAI’s massive Stargate data center initiative, reports Reuters. Instead of actual tested and packaged DRAM chips or HBM stacks, the companies will supply Stargate undiced wafers, according to Bloomberg, which highlights the vast volumes of memory and other components that Stargate needs.