SK Hynix doubles profit on AI chip boom
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Thursday, 24 April 2025 10:13

SK Hynix doubles profit on AI chip boom


Brushes off tariff fears

SK Hynix, Nvidia’s go-to for high-bandwidth memory, has posted a 158 per cent leap in quarterly operating profit, hitting 7.4 trillion won (€5.1 billion), while shrugging off the usual US trade panic.

Nvidia Geforce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB is as bad as we thought it would be
Published in Graphics


No wonder reviews are so rare

Nvidia Geforce RTX 5060 Ti has launched in two versions, with 16GB and 8GB memory, and it appears that the 8GB version is as bad as everyone thought, with a significant performance gap between 16GB and 8GB in some titles.

Nvidia DLSS now available in more than 700 games
Published in Gaming


DLSS 4 coming to Steel Seed this week

Nvidia has announced new titles that will be getting the Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) technology update, adding up to well over 700 titles that now support some version of DLSS. This week, six new games are added to the list, including Steel Seed, which will be getting support for DLSS 4 Multi‑Frame Generation (MFG).

Nvidia plans to fix the China crisis
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Tuesday, 22 April 2025 09:53

Nvidia plans to fix the China crisis


Custom AI chips with local partners

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming that Nvidia is going all-in on a Plan B: building custom, China-specific AI chips through partnerships with domestic tech firms like DeepSeek.

Nvidia fixes thermal bug
Published in Graphics
Tuesday, 22 April 2025 09:07

Nvidia fixes thermal bug


Driver 576.15 ends long-running sensor mess and flaming GPUs

Nvidia has issued a fix for a bug that’s been quietly sabotaging its RTX graphics cards, leaving users flying blind on GPU temperatures and risking overheating in the process.

Gelsinger gives Jensen a reluctant nod
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Tuesday, 22 April 2025 09:01

Gelsinger gives Jensen a reluctant nod


Nvidia's doing everything Chipzilla should have done

Former Troubled Chipzilla CEO Kicking Pat Gelsinger, who bailed in December after a less-than-stellar run, has tipped his hat to Nvidia’s Jensen Huang for running rings around his old firm.

Chipzilla eyes GDDR7 for future Arc GPUs
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Monday, 21 April 2025 10:47

Chipzilla eyes GDDR7 for future Arc GPUs


Intel’s desktop GPU comeback might finally be serious

Just when it looked like Chipzilla was having a snooze in the graphics race a job posting has revealed it is installing  GDDR7 memory for its upcoming Arc GPUs.

Google rolls out Ironwood AI chip
Published in AI
Friday, 18 April 2025 10:27

Google rolls out Ironwood AI chip


TPU muscles into inference turf with 9,216 chip clusters

Google is forging ahead with Ironwood—a new AI chip gunning for Nvidia’s crown.

Nvidia’s loses $250 billion
Published in News
Friday, 18 April 2025 09:59

Nvidia’s loses $250 billion


Analysts look down the back of the sofa

Nvidia’s stock has been in freefall, shedding more than $250 billion in market cap this week after it revealed a $5.5 billion charge tied to US export restrictions on its H20 AI chips to China. 

ASML sees tariff trouble ahead
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Thursday, 17 April 2025 10:19

ASML sees tariff trouble ahead


Dutch kitmaker hopes for growth as chip industry scrambles for AI

ASML, the Dutch giant that builds the world’s priciest chip kit, says rising tariffs have muddied its 2025-2026 outlook, even as it clings to a bullish full-year forecast.