AMD FSR 4 on RDNA 3 is a half-baked miracle
Upscaling better, but frame rate takes a kicking
A Reddit user has forced AMD’s shiny new FSR 4 to run on a Radeon RX 7900 XTX, despite the chipmaker insisting the tech is only for its RDNA 4 GPUs.
Intel shows off flashy graphics at SIGGRAPH
Flaunts trillion-triangle jungle demo and AI denoiser on ARC B580
Intel took to SIGGRAPH and HPG 2025 to shout about the graphical wonders its latest GPUs can now pull off.
SK hynix gets Nvidia’s HBM4 gig
Beats Samsung and Micron
SK hynix has pulled ahead of its memory rivals by bagging NVIDIA’s first HBM4 orders, giving the South Korean chipmaker a premium position for the launch of Nvidia's Rubin GPUs.
“Google incident” forces soul‑searching at Samsung
Google’s decision to dump Samsung for TSMC to make its Tensor chips has reportedly caused chaos behind closed doors in South Korea.
Skip boot camp and push ups
The US Army Reserve has pulled off a bizarre bit of military cosplay by commissioning four Silicon Valley bigwigs as lieutenant colonels, skipping the usual boot polish and push-ups.
Microsoft axes thousands more staff
Vole keeps shovelling cash into AI
Microsoft is prepping to sack several thousand staff in the coming weeks as it trims the fat before launching into another fiscal year with its AI ambitions still burning through cash.
Microsoft could walk away from OpenAI talks
Huge deal wobbles as OpenAI pushes for profit pivot
Software King of the World, Microsoft is ready to bin its negotiations with OpenAI as the ChatGPT outfit tries to morph into a fully for-profit company.
AMD gets the Xbox gig
Next-gen Xbox could get a Windows makeover
AMD and Microsoft have joined forces to cook up the next generation of Xbox consoles, but the latest teaser video suggests this time it might not just be about silicon.
25 per cent higher clock speeds and up to 36 per cent power savings
Troubled Chipzilla is trying to shift attention from looming layoffs to technical progress, unveiling more details about its next-gen 18A process node at the 2025 Symposium on VLSI Technology and Circuits.
Troubled Chipzilla axing up to 10,890 factory jobs
Intel Foundry workers face the chop as up to one fifth of production staff could go
Troubled Chipzilla is sharpening the axe yet again, this time taking aim at its Intel Foundry division where more than 10,000 jobs could be on the chopping block.