FinalWire releases new AIDA64 v7.50
Published in PC Hardware


Brings improved support for Intel Panther Lake and AVX2 benchmarks for Core Ultra 200

FinalWire has released the latest version of AIDA64 diagnostic and benchmarking software, the AIDA64 v7.50, bringing improved support, new benchmarks, and fixes.

China takes on Nvidia
Published in PC Hardware
11 December 2024

China takes on Nvidia


Tech giant caught in the crossfire of global chip warfare

China has again donned its anti-monopoly cape, this time swooping in to "investigate" Nvidia.

Nvidia’s Project Denver was going to be x86
Published in Network


Legal constraints meant it went to Arm

Nvidia’s Project Denver was supposed to be based on x86 tech, but things took a turn thanks to legal wranglings involving Transmeta’s Tokamak technology. Instead, Nvidia had to pivot to Arm, and the rest is history.

Marvell’s market cap surges past Intel
Published in News


Claims to be the new Nvidia

Marvell Technology's stock price has risen dramatically this year, climbing 95 percent and pushing its market capitalisation above Intel.

Generative AI makes English the hottest new programming language
Published in AI


Natural Language prompts are the new black

Generative AI is transforming software development by enabling natural language prompts to generate code, reducing the need for traditional programming skills and making English the new coding language.

US chips are unsafe, claims China
Published in News


Gloves off in renewed tech tensions

China’s top industry associations have banded together to declare US semiconductor products “no longer safe.”

Tame Apple Press comes up with new Apple vapourware
Published in News


Apparently it is going to build a TV now

Desperate to create an illusion that Apple is on the cutting edge of something, the Tame Apple Press is claiming that Jobs’ Mob is working on a TV.

US prepares to sanction more Chinese chipmakers
Published in News


Because previous sanctions worked so well

The US government may soon introduce a new series of sanctions affecting at least 200 domestic chip makers in China.

Disparity in chipmakers' R&D budgets
Published in News


Nvidia surges ahead of AMD and Intel

Tech Fund has revealed a significant disparity in research and development (R&D) budgets between competing hardware makers AMD and Nvidia. Troubled Intel appears weaker than both despite its vast R&D expenditure.

TSMC will lead markets in 2nm Revolution
Published in News


On track for 2025

TSMC will mass-produce its 2nm process by 2025 according to a new company statement.