OpenAI jumps into chipmaking with Broadcom
ChatGPT outfit wants to ditch Nvidia addiction
OpenAI is moving into chip manufacturing next year in a bid to feed its AI addiction and loosen its ties with Nvidia’s pricey silicon.
Samsung unveils the new Galaxy S25 FE with Exynos 2400 SoC
Slimmer design, bigger battery, and more improvements
At the IFA 2025 show in Berlin, Samsung has unveiled its new Galaxy S25 FE smartphone, bringing several improvements, including a slightly faster Exynos 2400 SoC, a slimmer design, a better front camera, and a larger battery.
Nvidia Geforce NOW getting Blackwell RTX upgrade next week
Geforce RTX 5080-class streaming and 17 new games
Nvidia has announced that its Geforce NOW streaming platform will be getting Blackwell RTX update on September 10th, offering Geforce RTX 5080-class power streaming from the cloud, over 2,200 new Install-to-Play titles and more, as well as 17 fresh games this month and Battlefield 6 in October.
Samsung 9100 PRO Series SSD now available in 8TB capacity
Priced at $999.99 for standard and $1,019.99 for heatsink version
Samsung has announced the pre-order availability for its 8TB 9100 PRO and 9100 PRO with Heatsink SSDs, featuring sequential trransfer speeds of up to 14,800/13,400MB/s and 2,200/2,600k IOPS, for read and write.
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.