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Prioritizing survival over production capacity An ongoing heatwave in Sichuan, China is already compromising chip manufacturing within its borders - while simultaneously threatening the life of Chinese citizens. Air-conditioning usage has spiked due to the severity of the heatwave - which has driven average temperatures up from the 30 degrees Celsius average typical of August towards an arid, low-humidity 40 degrees Celsius. The sudden and unexpected surge in electric power demand, alongside also record-breaking lows in precipitation, means that the water supplies feeding Sichuan's hydropower plants are proving to be insufficient, adding further strain to the situation. The heatwave driving temperatures to 60-year-highs has led to shortages so severe that local news...

Corsair has revealed a small teaser for its upcoming PCIe Gen5 M.2 SSD, the first of its kind from the manufacturer. Called the MP700 (a straight update from the previous Gen4 MP600 series), the new SSD supposedly features a whopping 10,000MB/s read speed, with up to 9,500MB/s sequential write speeds too. Off the back of a strong current partnership with AMD, Corsair was keen to highlight the AM5 compatibility of the new SSD, indicating that it might see a launch in September of October of this year to coincide with the release of AMD’s next generation of processors. It’s worth remembering that Intel’s Alder Lake chips already have PCIe 5.0 support, too. If it hits the projected speeds in real-world use, the MP700 will be as much as 40% faster than the most expensive PCIe 4.0 drive ...