Amazon quietly cools off global data centre ambitions
Published in Cloud


Joining rival Microsoft in a conservative approach

Amazon Web Services has started dragging its heels on some data centre leases, particularly internationally, signalling that even the cloud titans are feeling the pinch as economic headwinds and tariff chatter rattles the tech sector.

Nvidia fixes thermal bug
Published in Graphics
Tuesday, 22 April 2025 09:07

Nvidia fixes thermal bug


Driver 576.15 ends long-running sensor mess and flaming GPUs

Nvidia has issued a fix for a bug that’s been quietly sabotaging its RTX graphics cards, leaving users flying blind on GPU temperatures and risking overheating in the process.

Gelsinger gives Jensen a reluctant nod
Published in News
Tuesday, 22 April 2025 09:01

Gelsinger gives Jensen a reluctant nod


Nvidia's doing everything Chipzilla should have done

Former Troubled Chipzilla CEO Kicking Pat Gelsinger, who bailed in December after a less-than-stellar run, has tipped his hat to Nvidia’s Jensen Huang for running rings around his old firm.

AMD preps RDNA 4 for pro cards with rumoured Navi 48 XTW
Published in Graphics


Radeon PRO W9000 series may feature 32 GB workstation

AMD might have ghosted the high-end gaming crowd with its RDNA 4 consumer GPUs, but workstation users could be getting something meatier.

Intel’s Arc B580 budget GPU has a big old problem
Published in Graphics


Performs well on new chips, tanks on older ones

The Arc B580 might be Chipzilla’s best foot forward in the GPU value game, with Tom’s Hardware calling it the $249 champ, but budget gamers hoping to slot it into their ageing rigs might be in for a nasty surprise.

Chipzilla eyes GDDR7 for future Arc GPUs
Published in News
Monday, 21 April 2025 10:47

Chipzilla eyes GDDR7 for future Arc GPUs


Intel’s desktop GPU comeback might finally be serious

Just when it looked like Chipzilla was having a snooze in the graphics race a job posting has revealed it is installing  GDDR7 memory for its upcoming Arc GPUs.

Fudan smashes flash memory speed record with PoX
Published in News


New non-volatile tech writes a bit in 400 picoseconds

A team of boffins at Fudan University have emerged from their smoke-filled labs with a semiconductor storage device that writes a single bit in just 400 picoseconds — about 25 billion operations per second.

US is speeding up China's chip dominance
Published in News
Monday, 21 April 2025 09:35

US is speeding up China's chip dominance


Locking out China might just hand the AI future to Huawei

Analysts are worried that the US restrictions on exporting chips to China are fueling the country's rapid development of advanced chips.

DeepSeek is an open saucy freight train
Published in AI
Monday, 21 April 2025 09:16

DeepSeek is an open saucy freight train

 
Asay says it’s Linux all over again

MongoDB's developer relations boss Matt Asay has come out swinging in InfoWorld with an opinion piece declaring DeepSeek had escaped from its national boundaries and become an Open Sauce juggernaut.

Mechanize thinks you're surplus to economic requirements
Published in News


Tamay Besiroglu wants AI agents to do your job. 

Mechanize, the new startup from AI researcher Tamay Besiroglu, launched on 18 April with a mission to automate all work. Not just the dull bits — the lot.