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RIP High End GPUs - Tech News Feb 1
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0:00 Welcome to Paul’s Tech News - February 1, 2026
1:44 Three RTX 50 cards reportedly make up 75% of NVIDIA’s Q1 2026 supply
4:21 AMD Zen 6 12-core CCD leak, RDNA 3.5 and RDNA 5 Rumors
TECH BRIEFS
6:37 Nvidia to reportedly shift 2028 chip production to Intel
7:33 One-Third of U.S. Video Game Industry Workers Were Laid Off in Last Two Years
8:21 Newegg’s owner detained by Chinese anti-corruption authorities; stock drops
9:02 Microsoft is walking back Windows 11’s AI overload

► LINKS
Three RTX 50 cards reportedly make up 75% of NVIDIA’s Q1 2026 supplyhttps://wccftech.com/only-three-geforce-rtx-50-gpus-expected-to-make-up-75-of-total-nvidia-gpu-supply-in-q1-2026/ https://videocardz.com/newz/three-rtx-50-cards-reportedly-make-up-75-of-nvidias-q1-2026-supply https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-reportedly-cuts-gpu-supply-to-board-partners-by-up-to-20 https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-issues-a-third-rtx-5070-ti-clarification-and-walks-back-the-earlier-eol-claim https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/nvidia-gb205.g1074 https://wccftech.com/gamers-ditch-geforce-rtx-5060-ti-16-gb-as-the-gpu-soars-in-price-significantly/ https://videocardz.com/newz/streamer-shares-video-of-msi-geforce-rtx-4090-gaming-trio-smoking-near-power-connector https://x.com/jessickyeah/status/2017155311577289100 https://theintercept.com/2025/11/01/ice-nvidia-software-hsi-surveillance/ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/15/elon-musk-xai-datacenter-memphis https://www.trendforce.com/news/2026/01/20/news-vram-shortage-reportedly-drives-nvidias-rtx-50-price-hikes-at-taiwans-gpu-card-makers-this-month/
Zen 6 CCD leak claims size similar to Zen 5 but with 12 cores and 48MB L3https://videocardz.com/newz/zen-6-ccd-leak-claims-size-similar-to-zen-5-but-with-12-cores-and-48mb-l3https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-to-use-rdna5-for-premium-igpu-solutions-but-rdna3-5-to-remain-the-core-of-amd-portfolio-until-2029 https://www.pcmag.com/news/intel-panther-lake-core-ultra-x9-benchmark-tests
TECH BRIEFS
Nvidia to reportedly shift 2028 chip production to Intelhttps://www.digitimes.com/news/a20260128PD213/tsmc-intel-nvidia-packaging-2028.html https://wccftech.com/nvidia-is-set-to-adopt-intel-18a-14a-process-emib-advanced-packaging-for-feynman-chips/
One-Third of U.S. Video Game Industry Workers Were Laid Off Over the Last Two Years, per GDC Studyhttps://variety.com/2026/gaming/news/one-third-video-game-workers-laid-off-2025-1236644512/ https://gdconf.com/news-insights/ https://www.techpowerup.com/345810/state-of-the-game-industry-survey-game-workers-united-on-unionization-divided-on-gen-ai
Newegg stock price falls 17.7% after Chinese owner is detained by anti-corruption authoritieshttps://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/newegg-stock-price-falls-17-7-percent-after-chinese-owner-is-detained-by-anti-corruption-authorities-company-insists-its-operating-normally-and-in-accordance-with-the-laws https://investors.newegg.com/board-of-directors https://www.google.com/finance/beta/quote/NEGG:NASDAQ
Microsoft is walking back Windows 11’s AI overload — scaling down Copilot and rethinking Recallhttps://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-is-reevaluating-its-ai-efforts-on-windows-11-plans-to-reduce-copilot-integrations-and-evolve-recall https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/30/microsoft-stock-price-market-ai-cloud-azure-earnings.html

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