China troubles are not over
Nvidia's joy after the Trump administration loosened export restrictions, allowing the AI chip giant to sell its H20 processors in China, might be short lived, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Fujitsu rides the AI boom UK PO scandal grows
Soaring AI ambitions are colliding with a British political and legal crisis
Fujitsu has become one of the biggest winners of the artificial intelligence gold rush. Its shares have jumped by nearly two-thirds since last year’s slump as the Japanese outfit pitches itself as a heavyweight in enterprise AI transformation.
Zen 5 cores, DDR5-6400 support and eye-watering prices
AMD is about to unleash its Ryzen Threadripper 9000 series processors, with retail availability kicking off this month.
What could possibly go wrong?
A week after Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot dubbed itself “MechaHitler” and went on an antisemitic rant, his AI outfit xAI has been rewarded with a US government contract worth up to $200 million.
Intel tapes out Nova Lake CPUs
Intel taps TSMC for hybrid N2 and 18A process
Troubled Chipzilla has taken the next step in its endless comeback saga, with its Nova Lake CPUs reportedly taped out on TSMC’s shiny N2 node. It’s the latest sign that Intel’s once-proud fabs still can’t do it all alone.
Apple told to pull finger on AI
Investors want big deals as Apple's technology rubbish
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is being pushed by jittery investors to rip up its usual playbook and get serious about artificial intelligence after a disastrous year for its share price.
Trillion-parameter open model outshines the big boys
Chinese AI upstart Moonshot AI has lobbed a serious challenge at OpenAI with the release of Kimi K2, a trillion-parameter open-source language model that trounces GPT-4 in several key benchmarks.
Windows 11 gets smarter with adaptive energy saver mode
Software King of the World, Microsoft is tinkering with a new Windows 11 feature that promises to stretch laptop battery life without making your screen look dim and miserable.
Trump bends on Nvidia chip sales to China
Beijing visit by CEO prompts rare reversal
Nvidia has wrung a rare concession out of the Trump administration, securing permission to flog its H20 artificial intelligence chip in China after a tense few months of uncertainty.
Qualcomm might roll out proper smartwatch chip
Snapdragon Wear W6 ditches recycled silicon for something bespoke
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming that Qualcomm is finally going to take the wearable market seriously.