World’s tallest chip breaks Moore’s Law’s last taboo
Scientists stack 41 semiconductor layers
A team of international boffins has emerged from its smoke filled labs claiming that they have kicked Moore's Law in the nadgers and created the world's tallest chip.
AMD hit by patent troll over 3d v-cache tech
Adeia dusts off patents to chase a payout on Ryzen X3D chips
Chipmaker AMD has found itself on the receiving end of a lawsuit from Adeia, a company that doesn’t make anything but claims to own the technology behind the firm’s 3D V-Cache hybrid bonding used in Ryzen X3D processors.
Super Micro boosts forecast despite earnings wobble
Server maker banks on Nvidia’s AI gold rush to lift 2026 sales
Super Micro Computer has decided to crank up its revenue outlook for fiscal 2026, betting that the world’s insatiable demand for Nvidia-powered AI servers will more than make up for a rough patch in earnings.
Nvidia and Deutsche Telekom plan €1 billion AI factory in Germany
Munich data centre makeover aims to close Europe’s AI gap
Nvidia and Deutsche Telekom are teaming up to build one of Europe’s biggest artificial intelligence factories, a €1 billion ($1.15 billion) project designed to give the EU’s lagging AI sector a shot in the arm.
IBM swings the axe as AI “efficiency” drive bites
Thousands of suits to go before year’s end
Biggish Blue is swinging the axe again, with thousands of staff set to be shown the door before the year ends. The company insists it is part of “repositioning for the AI era.”
Intel and AMD jack up CPU prices
Blame AI
Reports from China suggest that Troubled Chipzilla and AMD have hiked CPU prices across multiple product lines this month, catching retailers and distributors flat-footed.
Qualcomm brews Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 on 2nm
New CPU layout and juiced-up performance
Qualcomm’s next flagship chip, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, is shaping up to be a proper kitchen-sink job. Fresh leaks suggest it will use TSMC’s swanky 2nm N2P process and feature an all-new CPU cluster design.
Apple secretly borrows Google’s brain for Siri’s next act
Forced to rely on Gemini because its own AI can barely tie its shoes
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has quietly admitted what everyone in tech already suspected, that Siri’s still as thick as mince, and only Google can save it.
AMD U-turns on RDNA driver fiasco
Red faces in Radeon land after driver chaos and user revolt
After a torrent of angry users, botched uploads and contradictory statements, AMD has published a full web page promising to keep supporting its older Radeon graphics cards after all.
Microsoft throws $9.7 billion at crypto miners for AI muscle
IREN deal gives Redmond a mountain of Nvidia GPUs
Software King of the World, Microsoft has decided that the best way to stay on top of the AI arms race is to buy its way there.