China’s Anfu and Xiangdi tout 5nm ‘Fuxi’ GPUs for AI push
160 TFLOPS claims and ‘AI PC’ chatter
Beijing’s homegrown silicon drive has coughed up a fresh boast from Anfu Technology and Xiangdi.
AMD freezes China GPU wafers despite fresh licences
MI308 stays on ice
AMD, chief financial officer, Jean Hu, slammed the breaks on China GPU production on 3 September 2025, even after getting licences from the Trump administration.
Dolby vision 2 pokes the purists in the eye
AI “Content Intelligence” and shot by shot motion meddling land on your telly.
Dolby has decided your TV should outvote the director when the room lights are on.
Tesco sues Broadcom and Computacenter over VMware support
Retailer says perpetual licence promises vanished after takeover
Tesco has hauled Broadcom and reseller Computacenter into court for at least $134 million apiece, alleging VMware’s perpetual licence support was binned after Broadcom swallowed the virtualisation shop.
Musk’s xAI haemorrhages senior staff
CFO quits after four months as legal chiefs and a co-founder walk.
xAI has sprung another leak at the top table as senior staff seem to be fleeing the company.
Garmin and AUO tout world’s first micro led smartwatch
A bright, rugged wrist torch for the outdoors crowd.
Garmin and AUO reckon your wrist is ready for stadium-grade glare.
TSMC muscles into silicon photonics, leaving Intel gasping
A patent surge, Nvidia’s shove, and a 2026 CPO rollout crank up the pressure.
TSMC has charged into silicon photonics and is trampling Troubled Chipzilla’s toes. Japanese reports say TSMC has filed nearly twice as many US patents in the latest silicon photonics field as Intel.
Qualcomm readies Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Galaxy S26 gets overclocked monster at 4.74 GHz
Qualcomm is about to unleash its Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 which it claims will be the fastest mobile chip on the planet.
SK Hynix beats Samsung and TSMC to High-NA EUV
Korean outfit first to slot ASML’s kit into its fabs
SK Hynix has stolen a march on both Samsung and TSMC by becoming the first chipmaker to integrate ASML’s new High-NA EUV machinery into its fabs.
Intel splurges $16 billion on R&D without much to show
18a dream node keeps swallowing cash as rivals surge ahead
Troubled Chipzilla is still burning cash at an alarming rate, sinking more than $16 billion into research and development last year, yet it has little to brag about.