Micron beats SK hynix to HBM4 sampling
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Thursday, 12 June 2025 08:53

Micron beats SK hynix to HBM4 sampling


Micron claims pole position in high-bandwidth memory race

 US memory outfit, Micron claims to have leapfrogged SK hynix in the HBM race by slipping samples of its 12-layer 36GB HBM4 to key clients.

Nvidia's RTX 5060 is a 50-class pretender with a 60-class price
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Shrinkflation hits hard as PC gamers pay more for less

Nvidia is flogging off what should be an RTX 5050 under the grander name of RTX 5060 and hoping no one notices. But the data is out, and it’s damning, according to analysis by TechSpot.

IBM boasts quantum masterplan
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Wednesday, 11 June 2025 09:54

IBM boasts quantum masterplan


Biggish Blue bets big on fault-tolerant qubits

Biggish Blue has swaggered into the quantum saloon waving a roadmap it says will make AI look like a warm-up act.

Panicking over AI failures, Apple declares it impossible
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If we can't get it to go it does not exist

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has thrown its toys out of the pram again, in the form of a gloomy research paper declaring that artificial general intelligence might just be a dead end. That is, of course, after finding itself embarrassingly behind rivals who have functioning first generation AI.

EVGA boards choke on RTX 50 GPUs
Published in Graphics
Wednesday, 11 June 2025 09:31

EVGA boards choke on RTX 50 GPUs


Users resort to tape and prayer

Users of EVGA motherboards are discovering that their once-trusted gear is now allergic to Nvidia’s latest RTX 50 series graphics cards.

Taiwan dollar smacks TSMC’s May revenue
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Wednesday, 11 June 2025 09:20

Taiwan dollar smacks TSMC’s May revenue


Despite record-breaking streak

Chipmaker TSMC took a hit in May as the new Taiwan dollar surged, taking a sizeable bite out of TSMC’s revenue.

ChatGPT falls over worldwide, users rage
Published in AI
Wednesday, 11 June 2025 09:04

ChatGPT falls over worldwide, users rage


Outage sparks meltdown as OpenAI scrambles to fix it

ChatGPT fell on its face yesterday bringing misery to both free-riders and those daft enough to shell out for Plus. The outage saw thousands of users staring into the digital void as OpenAI’s servers decided they'd had enough.

Glorious snubs US with launch of lightweight gaming mouse
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Model O Eternal lands everywhere except home turf

Texas-based Glorious has flung its latest gaming mouse across the globe but left its own backyard out in the cold.

Huawei boss says US is overhyping its AI chips
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Ren tries to downplay progress as trade talks get dicey

Huawei’s founder Ren Zhengfei has tried to cool the narrative around his company’s AI chips, claiming the US is giving it too much credit saying it is a good generation behind.

Apple finally invents Windows Vista, calls it “Liquid Glass”
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Tame Apple Press pretends it's new because WWDC is hot air

After nearly two decades of sniffing at Windows design choices, the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has decided it quite likes Aero Glass, rebranding the whole thing as “Liquid Glass” and parading it as a revolutionary new UI it just invented.