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Intel Core Ultra 3 205 Spotted for $149 with 4+4 Cores

Intel’s cheapest Arrow Lake-S CPU yet, the Core Ultra 3 205, has leaked for about $149. It’s rocking 4 Performance and 4 Efficient cores, 15 MB cache, and no hyperthreading. Sounds fine for entry-level PCs… until you see AMD’s 6-core Ryzen deals undercutting it. Might be a tough sell if the chipset costs stay high.

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NVIDIA and AMD Agree to 15% Revenue Share with US on China AI GPU Sales

NVIDIA and AMD will hand 15% of their restricted AI GPU sales revenue from China to the US government under a new export license deal. NVIDIA’s H20 and AMD’s MI308 chips are at the center of the agreement, with Washington eyeing the funds to cut the trade deficit or boost chip production. NVIDIA has already secured some licenses, while AMD is still waiting. The move highlights rising tension over GPUs and high bandwidth memory in US-China tech trade.

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