AI chip boom leaves TSMC scrambling to meet demand
Taiwanese foundry forced to plan packaging a year in advance
TSMC is finding itself on the back foot as demand for its advanced packaging tech has exploded thanks to the AI chip gold rush, with firms like Nvidia breathing down its neck.
Apple’s wafer-thin iPhone Air leaves fanboys cold
Fruity Cargo Cult tries to wow punters with pointless thinness
The new iPhone Air is so thin it might snap in a stiff breeze and even the die-hard Apple fanboys aren't cheering.
Oracle shouts about AI contracts
AI is cool for Catz
Oracle has stopped sulking about being late to cloud and is banging on about how it has become a must-have for the AI set.
AMD says FSR Redstone still coming in 2025
Promises path tracing to rival DLSS 4
AMD has confirmed that its long-teased FSR Redstone tech is still on track for a 2025 release, with a full presentation expected later this year.
Apple iPhone 16 Pro can be fried by car LiDAR
Volvo’s lasers scarred my camera
YouTube tech celeb Marques Brownlee, better known as MKBHD, has discovered that his expensive iPhone 16 Pro camera can be permanently cooked by the lasers from self-driving cars.
Microsoft plays with light to kill off GPUs
Optical computer could crunch AI 100 times faster
A team of Volish boffins have emerged from their smoke-filled labs with a prototype analogue optical computer they claim could blow GPUs out of the water.
Gartner claims all IT will involve AI by 2030
Analyst outfit says OpenAI not fit for enterprise
Number crunchers at Gartner have declared that by 2030, every IT department task will be touched by AI in some form, though the firm is adamant this will not trigger mass job losses.
Microsoft blows $20 billion on GPU power from ex-Yandex cloud
Nebius lands monster deal
Microsoft has signed a deal worth up to $20 billion with AI infrastructure outfit Nebius, agreeing to lease GPU horsepower over five years to feed its AI binge.
ASML throws €1.3 billion at French AI startup Mistral
Chip kit giant buys into Europe’s AI dream
Dutch chip equipment outfit ASML has splashed out €1.3 billion to become the biggest shareholder in French AI startup Mistral, which is raising €1.7 billion at a valuation of nearly €12 billion.
AI boom pushes semiconductors towards $800 billion
IDC says Datacentre growth leads the way
Beancounters at IDC have added up some numbers and divided by their collective shoe size and reckon the global semiconductor market will hit $800 billion in 2025, up 17.6 per cent from $680 billion last year.