1. Samsung Foundry secures its first 2nm AI chip order from a Japanese company, Preferred Networks. 2. This move marks a significant shift from TSMC to Samsung for Preferred Networks. 3. The collaboration highlights Samsung's 2nm GAA process technology and Advanced Package technology.

➀ LG Display sold its majority stake in its Guangzhou, China LCD plant to TCL's CSOT unit for $1.54 billion; ➁ LG aims to focus on its more profitable OLED business; ➂ The transaction is expected to finalize by March 2025.

1. An AMD Radeon RX 8000 RDNA 4 GPU has appeared on Geekbench with low OpenCL scores, indicating it may have 56 CUs and 3,584 Stream Processors. 2. The GPU is referred to as 'GFX1201', corresponding to the RDNA4 architecture, but its development status is unclear. 3. Reports suggest a focus on RDNA4 development, with potential releases ranging from RX 8800 to RX 8500 series, and AMD is expected to unveil next-gen discrete GPUs at CES 2025.

1. Intel's Core Ultra 200K series qualification samples have been distributed to partners, featuring 24-core variants with 8 P-cores and 16 E-cores. 2. The Core Ultra 9 285K qualification sample can reach a maximum clock speed of 5.7GHz using TVB, with P-cores at 5.4GHz and E-cores at 4.6GHz. 3. Despite potential lower clock speeds compared to predecessors, the new processors are expected to outperform older models based on Geekbench results.

1. Intel's upcoming Arc Battlemage GPUs, based on the new Battlemage architecture, are starting to see details leak; 2. A leaked Linux boot log reveals a Battlemage GPU with 12GB GDDR6 memory at 19Gbps and 14 Xe2 cores; 3. Intel plans to release three Battlemage GPUs with varying Xe2-Core counts, aiming for a 1.5x performance improvement over the Alchemist series.

1. G.Skill introduces the Trident Z5 Royal Neo memory kit, featuring 32GB of DDR5-8000 memory for AMD platforms. 2. The kit operates in 1:2 clock divider mode and supports AMD EXPO. 3. The new AGESA update enables DDR5-8000 profiles and real-time memory overclocking on current AM5 chipsets.

1. The Ryzen 9 9900X, a 12-core CPU, achieved a top single-core score of 3,400 in Geekbench 6, outperforming the Core i9-14900K by at least 10% in single-core tests. 2. The CPU scored 3401 points in single-core and 19,576 points in multi-core tests, running on Windows 11 Home with 32GB of DDR5 memory. 3. The 9900X also shows significant improvements over its predecessor, the 7900X, by 16% in single-core and 10% in multi-core performance.