Nvidia eyes glass substrates for future AI chips
Nvidia is reportedly investigating glass substrates for its next-generation AI processors, with the technology potentially…
Micron making a killing from memory shortages
Memory maker Micron has reported quarterly revenue of $54.23 billion while warning that DRAM and…
Intel wants to put disco lights inside its CPUs
Intel has patented a way to embed RGB microLEDs directly into processor packages, potentially giving future CPUs their own built-in lighting. According to Hardware Busters the patent, titled “IC Package…
Microsoft axes Snapdragon 850
Software King of the World, Microsoft is ending Windows support for Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 850, leaving…
Amazon throws a billion at custom chip design
Amazon has signed a multiyear agreement worth more than $1 billion with Synopsys to accelerate…
Intel wants to put disco lights inside its CPUs
Intel has patented a way to embed RGB microLEDs directly into processor packages, potentially giving…
Nuvacore wants to design CPU before choosing instruction set
Processor startup Nuvacore is developing a CPU core without committing to Arm, x86 or RISC-V,…
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News
Microsoft axes Snapdragon 850
Software King of the World, Microsoft is ending Windows support for Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 850, leaving one of the pioneering Windows on Arm processors facing retirement after eight years. According to…
Amazon throws a billion at custom chip design
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Graphics
RTX 5070 Ti’s GDDR7 hits 39Gbps
A Gigabyte RTX 5070 Ti owner pushed its GDDR7 to 39Gbps, lifting theoretical bandwidth by…
256-core EPYC Venice gets $14,904 price tag
AMD has published specifications and 1,000-unit pricing for 31 Zen 6 EPYC 9006 processors, with…
AMD’s new driver adds six games and four patches
AMD’s latest optional Radeon driver adds support for six games and fixes four reported problems, including several driver timeouts. According to AMD Adrenalin Edition 26.9.2 covers Minecraft Dungeons II, Call…
Mobiles
Qualcomm wants to stick cameras in your ears
Qualcomm is preparing camera-equipped earbuds that let AI watch the world around you, apparently because microphones weren’t intrusive enough. According to The Indian Express, audio outfit Cleer demonstrated the concept…
Meta thinks your AI needs its own Tamagotchi
Meta has unveiled a pocket-sized 5G gadget for its Muse AI, even though gadgets like…
Qualcomm puts an AI in your pocket
Qualcomm has launched two flagship phone chips built to run more AI on the handset,…
PC Hardware
Intel wants to put disco lights inside its CPUs
Intel has patented a way to embed RGB microLEDs directly into processor packages, potentially giving…
Nuvacore wants to design CPU before choosing instruction set
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Microsoft axes Snapdragon 850
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AI
AMD buys World for $8.2 billion
AMD has agreed to buy World Labs for $8.2 billion in shares, bringing AI researcher Fei-Fei Li into its executive ranks. According to TechCrunch, Li will become AMD’s executive vice…
Nvidia patents AI chatbot to hunt game performance problems
Nvidia has patented an AI assistant designed to help developers diagnose GPU performance problems using…
Anthropic hands Akamai $11.6 billion cloud deal
AI outfit Anthropic has signed an $11.6 billion seven-year cloud deal with Akamai as its…
Gaming
Valve wants $1,059 for Steam Frame
Valve has launched its Steam Frame VR headset at $1,059, asking top dollar for hardware…
Retroid doubles the screens
Retroid has unveiled two dual-screen Android handhelds, proving the clamshell format can be revived with…
Valve teaches SteamOS new compatibility tricks
Valve is expanding SteamOS beyond Proton, adding compatibility layers that bring x86 games to Arm hardware and Android APKs into Steam. According to Ars Technica the first is FEX, Valve’s…
Automotive
RAMageddon increases car prices
RAMageddon is threatening to shove car prices higher as AI outfits gobble up the memory chips needed by modern motors. According to The Atlantic cars now need microprocessors and RAM…
BMW enshittifies its cars with adverts
The maker of expensive cars for twats and travelling salesmen, BMW, has enshittified its motors…
Tesla profits skid despite record deliveries
Tesla’s second-quarter profits dropped unexpectedly after Elon Musk’s electric car circus used discounts to goose…
Data center
AMD booking 2028 Venice CPU supply
AMD may already be taking orders for 2028 production of its next-generation EPYC Venice server…
Nvidia wants insurers to cover AI chip loans
Nvidia is asking insurers to help protect lenders from losses if smaller cloud providers default…
Amazon throws a billion at custom chip design
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Smart devices
Toyota wants 400,000 robots
Toyota plans to deploy 400,000 factory robots while insisting its mechanical workforce should coexist with humans rather than replace them. According to Ars Technica, starting in 2028, the Japanese carmaker…
Hugging Face flogs $399 robot duck
AI outfit Hugging Face has waddled into cheap robotics with Microduck, a $399 AI toy…
Amazon jacks up gadget prices
Amazon has whacked up gadget prices by as much as 60 per cent, blaming pricey…
Network
Private 5G spending heads for $84.7 billion
Global spending on private LTE and 5G networks will hit $84.7 billion by 2031 as…
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Manchester Airports Group has admitted that hackers accessed data from 8.7mn customers after a cyberattack…
Fujitsu unleashes 144-core 2nm MONAKA
Fujitsu has launched its 144-core FUJITSU-MONAKA server processor, bringing 2nm 3D-stacked silicon to AI inference and HPC systems. Global sales start in November 2026, both as a standalone Arm processor…