Fatal Fury finally came back swinging, and Season 2 is about to get weird fast. FATAL FURY City of the Wolves marked SNK’s first entry in the series in over two decades, and the launch landed hard, pulling the franchise back into relevance. Season 1 already stacked the roster with returning staples like Andy Bogard and Joe Higashi, while tossing in crossover chaos through Ken and Chun Li.
Season 2 escalates the situation. SNK confirmed additions such as Blue Mary, Kim Jae Hoon, and Wolfgang Krauser, with Krauser positioned as a major figure tied to the unresolved tension surrounding Rock Howard and the legacy left behind in South Town. Developers stayed quiet on story specifics, signaling spoiler territory, and repeated the same...
TSMC is massively ramping up its spending to keep pace with an AI sector that has essentially overwhelmed its production capacity. During its Q4 2025 earnings call, the company announced a major increase in capital expenditure (CapEx) for 2026, setting a guidance range between $52 billion and $56 billion. This represents a significant 31% year-over-year jump and lands roughly 17% higher than market consensus.
The foundry’s High-Performance Computing (HPC) segment, which includes AI chips for giants like NVIDIA, has become its primary engine, accounting for 55% to 58% of total revenue. CEO C.C. Wei admitted that while he was initially nervous about the long-term sustainability of AI, he now believes the demand is real and accelerating...
OpenAI is reportedly building a massive hardware ecosystem to trap users in its premium AI subscription world. The plan is to create a closed environment that connects GPT-class models with custom processors and several consumer gadgets. This shift into physical products follows a trend where big tech companies use their own hardware to gain more control over how people use their software.
The company is developing high-tech AI earbuds internally known as Sweetpea. These buds will likely use a 2nm Samsung Exynos chip for some local processing while relying heavily on the cloud for the smart stuff. The hardware is rumored to feature a unique metal design with units that sit behind the ear.
Another gadget in the works is Gumdrop, a...
NVIDIA is reportedly choking the supply of its RTX 50 series cards to various board partners. Word on the street from hardware leaker Zed Wang suggests a massive 15 to 20 percent drop in available inventory. While the green team claims they are still shipping all models, they admit that a major crunch in memory availability is causing serious friction.
Prices have already been creeping up for weeks, and this supply dip will likely make things worse for anyone trying to build a PC. The company is still bundling VRAM chips with their processors, but the overall lack of hardware is becoming a nightmare. Since several mid-range models were recently rumored for discontinuation, the remaining stock is under heavy pressure.
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MediaTek is firing back at Qualcomm with the new Dimensity 9500s to dominate the mid-tier market. This silicon uses the advanced TSMC 3nm N3E process, and it ditches efficiency cores entirely for a raw performance cluster. The hardware mirrors its more powerful sibling by packing an eight-core setup designed to crush multi-core tasks without breaking a sweat.
The CPU relies on a single Cortex-X925 hitting 3.73GHz alongside three Cortex-X4 and four Cortex-A720 units. MediaTek included a second-generation scheduling engine to keep app launches snappy and touch response fluid. Graphics are handled by the Immortalis-G925 GPU, which brings high-end ray tracing and specialized micromap tech to mobile gaming.
Gamers can hit 165FPS in...
RPCS3 is finally playing nice with Windows-on-ARM PCs after a massive software update. The developers behind the legendary PlayStation 3 emulator just dropped native builds for ARM64 hardware, allowing users with Snapdragon X Elite or X Plus chips to jump into the action. This milestone means the software now supports both major architectures across Windows, Linux, and macOS.
The team recently added direct ISO mounting to make loading games way less of a headache. While Linux-based ARM64 devices have been in the loop since late 2024, Windows users were stuck waiting until this latest release. FreeBSD fans are still out of luck for now, as that platform remains restricted to older X64 systems without any plans for expansion.
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SK Hynix is shutting down rumors about ditching everyday tech users to chase AI riches. The Korean memory giant clarified it intends to keep selling hardware to regular people despite the massive pressure from the artificial intelligence boom. While the industry is buzzing with talk of shortages, the company insists its consumer division remains fully operational and has no plans for an exit.
Supply chains are currently a mess because everyone wants the same memory chips. Micron recently bailed on its Crucial brand, which made people think SK hynix might pull a similar move. Balancing standard parts with high-end AI needs is getting harder for these massive firms, but the consumer market still brings in a huge chunk of their cash.
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AMD engineers are essentially hacking physical space to make future processors way faster. A fresh research paper reveals plans for stacking L2 cache layers, which builds on the existing tech used for Ryzen and Epyc chips. This design uses vertical silicon vias located right in the center of the stack.
Placing these connections in the middle balances data travel distances. This specific layout prevents the need for extra wire stages, which usually slow things down in flat designs. Shorter wires mean less capacitance, resulting in chips that generate less heat.
Testing shows a stacked one megabyte cache hits a twelve-cycle latency, beating the fourteen cycles seen on standard flat versions. These stacked modules can scale up to four...
Bethesda employees finally admitted that toxic fan hatred actually liberated development efforts for Fallout 3. The team felt surprisingly relaxed because hardcore loyalists already decided the project would fail. Studio director Angela Browder told a magazine that intense backlash from purists who hated the Elder Scrolls creators taking over removed all performance pressure. She believes the massive franchise growth and recent television adaptation validate their approach, despite ongoing complaints from Chris Avellone.
Browder also defended the notorious bugs that plagued the launch version. She explained that refusing to restrict player freedom or internal creativity inevitably caused chaos, given the limited staff count. Studio...
