AMD slips out budget RX 7400 and Pro W7400 cards
Navi 33 silicon gets another spin for gamers and workstations
AMD has added two new cards to its line-up, the Radeon RX 7400 for gamers who like to keep their wallets intact, and the Radeon Pro W7400 for the workstation crowd.
Intel needs $40 billion lifeline to keep US in chip race
Former CEO Craig Barrett urges customers to bankroll Intel’s survival
Former Chipzilla chief Craig Barrett [pictured] has warned that Intel needs a $40 billion cash injection to stay at the sharp end of chip manufacturing and he is not expecting Washington to stump up the money.
Apple about to make iPhone more expensive
May dangle bigger storage to keep punters sweet
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming that the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is about to jack up the price of its already overpriced shiny toys later this year.
UK Courts saw evidence vanish while HMCTS bosses kept quiet
Leaked report says IT flaw was ignored
The body running courts in England and Wales has been accused of a cover-up after a leaked report revealed HM Courts & Tribunals Service sat on an IT bug that made evidence vanish, be overwritten or appear missing for years.
TSMC staff accused of stealing 2nm chip secrets
Three current and former employees detained
Taiwanese prosecutors have detained three current and former staff of chip giant TSMC on suspicion of stealing core trade secrets, including details of its 2-nanometre manufacturing technology.
Intel chief hits back at Trump “misinformation”
I am not highly conflicted
Troubled Chipzilla’s chief executive Lip-Bu Tan [pictured] has fired back at Donald Trump after the US president accused him of being “highly conflicted” and demanded he resign.
Nvidia and AMD hand Trump 15 per cent of China chip revenues
Protection money
Nvidia and AMD have agreed to give the Trump administration 15 per cent of revenues from their China chip sales in return for export licences.
Corsair reports strong Q2 2025 financial results
Increased revenue and gross profit
Corsair has reported its financial results for the second quarter, showing strong results with double-digit growth in both revenue and gross profit compared to the last year. According to Corsair, the results exceeded expectations, with an impressive increase in both gaming components and systems, as well as the gamer and creator segments.
ASUS graphics card with triple Noctua fans and custom heatsink
ASUS and Noctua both announced the new ASUS GeForce RTX 5080 Noctua Edition, which is actually the fifth ASUS graphics card to feature Noctua fans and a co-developed heatsink. It also features a recognizable Noctua color scheme.
Korean overclocker "Phantom" to blame
G.SKILL was keen to brag about a new overclocking record of its DDR5 R-DIMM memory, where a renowned Korean overclocker has managed to hit DDR5-8400 frequency with CL38 timings on a high-capacity 256GB (8x32GB) kit. The overclocking was done on the Asus Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE SE motherboard and the latest AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9985WX processor.