Western chips still powering Russian missiles
Loopholes
Three years into Russia's “definitely-not-an-invasion” invasion of Ukraine, it turns out the West’s sanctions regime is as watertight as a colander.
Gelsinger claims Nvidia’s AI GPUs are overpriced
Jensen just got lucky on AI
It appears that former troubled Chipzilla CEO Pat Gelsinger is still upset about Nvidia’s AI dominance, taking a swipe at Jensen Huang’s pricing strategy and implying that Nvidia’s meteoric rise in AI was more a matter of luck than strategy.
Jensen Huang left out of Intel buyout gossip
Not even on the guest list
Nvidia’s leather-jacketed overlord, Jensen Huang, has confirmed that his company was not approached about purchasing a stake in the troubled chipmaker Intel.
Top fabless chipmakers rake in $249.8 billion
Half of this went to Nvidia
The semiconductor industry in 2024 was an all-you-can-eat buffet for AI chipmakers, with the top ten fabless firms raking in a cool $249.8 billion—nearly half of which was trousered by Nvidia.
Intel releases XeSS 2 SDK
Enters the AI upscaling race
Troubled Chipzilla has finally pulled its finger out and released the XeSS 2 SDK, hoping to claw back some relevance in the AI upscaling arms race.
Wall Street’s mixed reaction to Lip-Bu Tan’s appointment
Intel shares up 12 per cent
The cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street had mixed reactions to Tan’s coronation as Chipzilla’s new King.
Beijing boffins create chips from Bismuth
More digestible than silicon
Troubled Chipzilla and its mates at TSMC might want to start sweating because a bunch of Beijing boffins have emerged from their smoke-filled labs with a non-silicon based transistor that’s faster and more efficient than anything out there.
Intel hires Lip-Bu Tan for new CEO
Needs quick turn around before Celine Dion starts singing
Troubled Chipzilla has once again shuffled the deck chairs on its sinking semiconductor ship, bringing in industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan as the latest CEO to attempt a turnaround.
TSMC is making serious moves on Intel
Joint venture with Nvidia, AMD, and Broadcom
TSMC is trying to rescue troubled Chipzilla’s floundering foundry business, pitching a joint venture to Nvidia, AMD, and Broadcom to keep the US chip dinosaur from drowning in a tarpit of its own making.
Intel in hot water in Ohio
Customers walking away, local government cross
Troubled Chipzilla is having a proper mare as Ohio starts sharpening its claws over broken promises, and it looks like a couple of major customers are about to take their business elsewhere.