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Apple’s Qualcomm replacement plans reach glacial speed
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At least it is an improvement from tectonic pace

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is stepping up efforts to kick Qualcomm out of the iPhone, launching its modems to own the full hardware stack and dump the US chipmaker.

AMD dumps Samsung for TSMC USA
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AMD's chip love affair with Korea over 

AMD has pulled the plug on a once-promising deal with Samsung Foundry, ditching the Korean giant’s SF4X process in favour of TSMC’s shiny US operations in Arizona.

Job’s Mob throws legal tantrum over court order
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Contempt over App Store monopoly gets messy

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has appealed a ruling by US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers that slapped it with contempt for ignoring a 2021 injunction over its App Store shenanigans.

Qualcomm outshines in Q2
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Markets smell trouble ahead

Qualcomm blew past the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street’s expectations with a $10.9 billion revenue haul for its second fiscal quarter ending March 2025, a 17 per cent rise. Adjusted earnings per share sat at $2.85, comfortably above consensus.

TSMC's 2nm chips on track
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AMD beats Apple and Intel to tape-out

TSMC's 2nm process node is cruising through development and is already showing better defect rates than 3nm and 7nm did at the same stage.