IBM and AMD plot quantum mashup
Two potentially dead and alive cats
IBM and AMD say they’re going to “build the future of computing” by welding quantum hardware to high-performance silicon, creating hybrid systems to crack problems too gnarly for either approach.
Samsung bets big on 2nm SF2P
Korean giant eyes redemption with second-gen GAA node
Samsung’s messy 3nm debut may soon be old news as attention shifts to its 2nm GAA roadmap.
ASRock rushes out BIOS fix to stop frying Ryzen 9000 chips
New firmware locks voltages to calm CPU crematorium
ASRock has pushed a fresh BIOS update for its 800-series motherboards, claiming better CPU and memory stability after its boards developed a nasty habit of roasting AMD’s new Ryzen 9000 processors.
Microsoft won’t say where Scottish police data goes
Redmond stonewalls watchdogs over Office 365 flows
Software King of the World, Microsoft is refusing to tell Police Scotland where the sensitive data it processes in Office 365 goes, leaving the force staring down a breach of UK law.
Microsoft builds its own AI models
Copilot gets high-speed voice generation while foundation model debuts on LMArena
Software King of the World, Microsoft has trundled out two new in-house AI efforts, one already talking inside Copilot and the other still in the test arena.
Trump’s stake deal was all about locking Intel into foundry
Real countries have fabs
Intel has been strong-armed into holding on to its bleeding foundry business after Donald Trump’s administration tied subsidies to an equity grab.
EU antitrust boss warns Trump not to mess with tech laws
Brussels hints trade deal could collapse
The EU’s competition chief Teresa Ribera has warned that Brussels must be ready to ditch its freshly minted trade deal with the US if Donald Trump presses ahead with threats to neuter Europe’s digital rules in favour of Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Meta.
TSMC starts building 1.4nm mega-fab ahead of schedule
Punts over a trillion yuan at it
The Taiwanese silicon giant TSMC has begun work early on its next-generation 1.4nm process fab, and it's coughing up more than a trillion yuan to do it.
Nvidia’s Rubin chips hit the fabs
More coming
Nvidia has confirmed that its next-generation Rubin AI chips are already in the fabs and ready to hit volume production in the second half of 2026.
AI PCs inch forward despite market gridlock
Vendors flog silicon dreams while punters wait for prices to drop
Despite some economic potholes and user indifference, so-called AI PCs are crawling their way into the market, with analysts predicting 143 million units will ship next year.