Raja Koduri resurrects GPU dreams with startup gamble
Published in Graphics


Oxmiq aims to gut the GPU ecosystem and build it back from scratch

Intel's former GPU supreme Dalek, Raja Koduri has popped up at a new startup, Oxmiq Labs, where he plans to reinvent the entire AI GPU market with a so-called “software first” plan that seems hell-bent on killing off CUDA’s stranglehold.

Qualcomm wants Wi-Fi 8 to work when everything goes wrong
Published in Network


No more dropped packets, roaming flops, and latency hell

Qualcomm is leading a new crusade to make Wi-Fi suck less in the real world.

AMD and Microsoft plan one chip to rule them all
Published in News


In the darkness bind them

AMD is getting chummy with Microsoft again and is cooking up a custom chip that will run the next-gen Xbox console, and PCs and handhelds. 

US strong-arms TSMC to save Intel
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Trump demands 49 per cent stake in Intel as price for tariff relief

The Trump administration is trying to force Taiwanese chip giant TSMC to buy nearly half of Troubled Chipzilla to secure a break on trade tariffs.

Sony still pretending Xperia matters
Published in Mobiles


Execs call dying phone division "very important" despite shrinking market presence

Sony seems to be clinging to the fantasy that its Xperia phone business is vital to its future, despite barely shifting units and the outfit withdrawing from most major markets.

Intel board at war over CEO’s comeback plan
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Tan boxed in as directors stall every move

Lip-Bu Tan took the helm of Troubled Chipzilla with a turnaround plan and the board’s supposed backing. It hasn’t taken long for both to unravel.

OpenAI hypes up GPT-5
Published in AI


Altman reckons it's a "major upgrade" 

OpenAI has finally coughed up GPT-5, a supposedly smarter version of its ChatGPT chatbot, which chief Sam Altman insists is a “major upgrade” in the quest to build something resembling artificial general intelligence.

SonicWall VPN breached in Akira blitz is no zero-day
Published in News


Just sloppy setups and sneaky drivers

SonicWall walks back zero‑day fears, addresses credential reuse—and now driver-based evasion—in Gen 7 and newer VPN attacks

Vancouver Wired for AI, Real-Time Graphics, and What’s Next
Published in Graphics


SIGGRAPH 2025 preview

World’s biggest graphics conference returns to Canada with a heavy dose of neural rendering, immersive tech—and a few surprises still under wraps.

Nvidia kicks off SIGGRAPH 2025
Published in Graphics


With inaugural RTX Rendering Day

With SIGGRAPH 2025 just around the corner, NVIDIA isn’t wasting any time promoting their upcoming inaugural RTX Rendering Day.