AMD buys photonics outfit Enosemi
Chipmaker eyes light-speed AI arms race against Nvidia
AMD is turning up the heat on Nvidia by snapping up photonic circuit boffin Enosemi in a bid to muscle into the next frontier of chip tech.
Musk throws a strop over OpenAI's Gulf gig
Trump's AI buddies spark drama as Elon tries to squeeze in
OpenAI’s latest scheme to slap one of the world’s biggest AI data centres in Abu Dhabi nearly came off the rails thanks to Elon Musk having a fit about being left out.
Chairman pledges 2025 growth
Foxconn appears to have sobered up after last week’s hangover, now claiming its 2025 revenue will smash past last year’s total despite an earlier downgrade that spooked the market.
Virgin Media O2's leaky network exposed millions
Regulators looking into major privacy howler
Virgin Media O2 has managed to bungle mobile security so badly that anyone with one of its SIM cards could track other users to the nearest mast for nearly two years.
China curbs creating more competition for Nvidia
Export restrictions are helping not hindering the Chinese
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang slammed the export controls on his outfit saying that they were counterproductive and helping the Chinese fight off US compeition.
Benioff wants more AI agents
Salesforce has finally pulled the trigger on its long-rumoured acquisition of Informatica, snapping up the cloud data management outfit in a deal worth $8 billion (€7.4 billion).
Nvidia rakes in €120 billion
AI frenzy turbocharges profits
Nvidia has blown past expectations again, reporting a colossal $39.3 billion (€36.3 billion) in revenue for Q1 2025, a 12 per cent increase from the previous quarter and a 78 per cent leap from a year ago.
Rumour mill suggests a Q4 2025 launch for Intel’s would-be flagship GPU
Troubled Chipzilla's Arc Battlemage B770 graphics card was a no show at Computex 2025, but that hasn’t killed off hopes of its existence. According to Dutch outlet Tweakers, who had a word with insiders during the event, the flagship card is still in the oven and may finally emerge in Q4 2025.
Says Low-NA is still pulling its weight
TSMC appears to be in no rush to adopt ASML’s pricey High-NA EUV machines, despite rivals like Troubled Chipzilla already scribbling them into future roadmaps.
TSMC puts design boots on the ground in Germany
Munich centre adds European edge to Taiwan’s global chip dominance
TSMC has given Brussels something to gloat about by announcing a new chip design centre in Munich.