Boffins create plastic which can conduct electricity
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Metallica lasagna

University of Chicago boffins have discovered a way to create a material that can be made like a plastic, but conducts electricity more like a metal.

AMD 10-core/20-thread Ryzen 7 7800X spotted
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Alongside the Ryzen 3 7300X

A fresh leak from the Geekbench database has revealed two new upcoming AMD Ryzen 7000 series CPUs, the 10-core/20-thread Ryzen 7 7800X and the 4-core/8-thread Ryzen 3 7300X.

US chip restrictions on chip inevitable
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Intel sees no way out 

Intel Chief Executive [kicking] Pat Gelsinger (pictured) said that recently imposed US restrictions on semiconductor-industry exports to China were inevitable as America seeks to maintain technological leadership in competition with China. 

Nvidia chips power socket and cable catching fire
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Pizza which is too hot and spicy 

The GPU maker named after a Roman pizza, with potatos and sausages, apparently has a problem with the 600W power socket and cable on its RTX graphics cards.

Yangtze Memory Technologies forces US employees to leave
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US export controls mean losing your job or your citizenship

The Financial Times claims that Chinese chipmaker Yangtze Memory Technologies [YMTC] has asked American employees in core tech positions to leave.