Samsung might have caught up to TSMC
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Hopes its 3nm chip manufacturing process will win back clients

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming that Samsung’s new 3nm chip manufacturing process is ready to claw back clients it lost to TSMC.

Chinese Fab gear maker sees off US IP infringement case
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Lam Research Shanghaid 

After a 13-year legal battle, semiconductor equipment giant Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment of China (AMEC) has won an intellectual property infringement case against US competitor Lam Research.

AMD quietly sneaks out budget Zen 3 quad-core processor
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Previously unannounced and still unseen in the wild

AMD has released a budget-focused quad-core processor based on Zen 3.

Intel kills off its NUC range
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Will encourage partners to make them instead

Intel has decided to stop making its Next Unit of Computing (NUC), but the company will encourage partners to keep making the small form-factor (SFF) PCs.

Intel kills off the last of the Cascade Lake Xeons
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Rome conquered

Intel has pulled the plug on the last of its Cascade Lake Xeon processors after years of competition from AMD's EPYC Rome lineup.