TSMC US deals might harm Taiwan’s security
The country worried that supply chains could be duplicated
There are significant concerns within the Taiwanese government that accepting US funds to establish chip plants in the US might counter the country's security and economic interests.
EU investigates Broadcom over VMware licencing
Watchdog barks
US chipmaker Broadcom is facing scrutiny from EU antitrust regulators over changes to the licensing conditions of its newly acquired cloud computing firm VMware, following grievances from several EU business users and trade associations.
Nvidia wasted $9 billion on Blackwell
Keller claims he could have done it for a billion
Tenstorrent's CEO, Jim Keller, claims that Nvidia wasted $9 billion developing the Blackwell GPU
AMD's Zen 5 chips set to sizzle
MSI drops firmware news
The dark satanic rumour mill is in overdrive about AMD's new Zen 5 desktop processors claiming that they are so close you can hear the silicon sizzle.
Intel’s Foundry plans are not impressing Wall Street
Taking too long
Even though tech stocks are doing well thanks to accelerated computing infrastructure, artificial intelligence (AI) systems built atop that infrastructure and elevated interest among governments worldwide in "re-shoring" chip manufacturing onto their soil, Intel is doing poorly.
Apple is no longer the world’s biggest mobile phone seller
Sales plummet
Apple, the fruity cargo cult, has been dethroned as the world's largest mobile phone seller following a sharp drop in sales. This allows South Korean rival Samsung to reclaim the global market share lead.
Ubisoft pulls the plug on 'The Crew'
Gamer outrage as users don't get what they paid for
Ubisoft has just given gamers a stark reminder that they are renting access to our libraries and pulled the plug on the online-only racing game 'The Crew'.
AI exterminates humans in some tasks, but not all
Stanford’s New AI Index Report
Stanford’s new AI Index Report discloses that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has outperformed humans in several benchmarks, including image classification, visual reasoning, and English understanding. However, it lags in complex tasks like competition-level mathematics, visual commonsense reasoning, and planning.
Apple in trouble with British courts
Attempts to dodge €1 billion law suit thrown out
Fruity cargo cult Apple’s cheeky bid to dodge a lawsuit worth nearly €1 billion has been chucked out by the beak.
Chipzilla's Raptor Lake CPUs are extinct
Meets its meteor
Chipzilla, also known as Intel, is ringing the death knell for its overclockable Core i5, i7, and i9 Raptor Lake CPUs. The K-series lineup is set to become tech fossils after 24 May 2024, with vendors getting their last chance to snap them up.