TSMC muscles into silicon photonics, leaving Intel gasping
A patent surge, Nvidia’s shove, and a 2026 CPO rollout crank up the pressure.
TSMC has charged into silicon photonics and is trampling Troubled Chipzilla’s toes. Japanese reports say TSMC has filed nearly twice as many US patents in the latest silicon photonics field as Intel.
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Acer has unveiled its version of an AI workstation based on the Nvidia GB10 Superchip, the Veriton GN100 AI Mini Workstation. Featuring the Nvidia GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip, it delivers up to 1 PFLOPS of FP4 AI performance and starts at $3,999.
Qualcomm readies Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Galaxy S26 gets overclocked monster at 4.74 GHz
Qualcomm is about to unleash its Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 which it claims will be the fastest mobile chip on the planet.
SK Hynix beats Samsung and TSMC to High-NA EUV
Korean outfit first to slot ASML’s kit into its fabs
SK Hynix has stolen a march on both Samsung and TSMC by becoming the first chipmaker to integrate ASML’s new High-NA EUV machinery into its fabs.
Intel splurges $16 billion on R&D without much to show
18a dream node keeps swallowing cash as rivals surge ahead
Troubled Chipzilla is still burning cash at an alarming rate, sinking more than $16 billion into research and development last year, yet it has little to brag about.
SAP flings €20 billion at sovereign cloud
German outfit wants to keep Europe’s ai data away from US
The maker of esoteric business software, which no one is sure quiet what it does, SAP has promised to splurge more than €20 billion ($23.3 billion) over the next decade on “sovereign cloud” infrastructure in Europe.
32GB of RAM about to dethrone 16GB on Steam
Falling DDR5 prices and bloated AAA titles drive the move
Valve’s monthly Steam hardware survey shows that 32GB of RAM is about to shove 16GB off its throne as the default spec for PC gamers.
US pulls plug on TSMC's China waiver
We tell other countries what to do
The United States has yanked TSMC's authorisation to freely ship essential kit to its mainland plants, a move that could wreck the foundry’s China operations.
Judge lets Google off lightly in antitrust case
AI means Google's hotel's on Mayfair and Park Lane are safe
Champagne corks will be popping at Google HQ after US District Judge Amit Mehta effectively gave the search giant a free pass for its monopoly antics.
Samsung announces its next Galaxy Event for September 4
Galaxy S25 FE and new Galaxy Tab tablets
Samsung has announced its next Galaxy Event, which will be held virtually on both Samsung and YouTube on September 4.