Europe’s space chiefs eye the military realm
Shower ESA with fresh billions
Europe’s space ministers have lobbed a hefty wedge of money at the European Space Agency and, for the first time, told it to build hardware meant for soldiers as well as civilians.
OpenAI’s future rides on mountain of risky loans
Partners stack colossal borrowings around the start-up
OpenAI’s rise looks flashier than a Vegas strip as its data centre pals rack up eye-watering loans so the chatbot darling can scale without sweating the repayments.
Intel Granite Rapids-WS Xeon 696X spotted in SiSoftware Sandra
64-core SKU with 336ML of L3 cache and 350W TDP
Intel is preparing its new W890 platform for next-gen Xeon 6 workstation system and a 64-core Xeon 696X SKU has been spotted in SiSoftware Sandra database, running at 4.4GHz base clock and 4.51GHz Boost.
AMD bangs open source drum to prise devs away from Cuda
Pitches ROCm as the antidote to Nvidia’s walled garden
AMD reckons it can win over AI developers by offering an open software ecosystem rather than locking everything behind a proprietary moat.
Intel circles the wagons after TSMC lawsuit over exec hire
Insists it has done nothing wrong as talent wars flare up
Troubled Chipzilla is digging in after TSMC accused one of its newly hired vice presidents of breaching a nondisclosure agreement.
HP swings the axe as AI costs bite
Chops thousands of jobs while warning of pricier memory and weaker profits
HP, maker of expensive printer ink, is lopping thousands of heads as it scrambles to tame costs and bolt more AI into its product pipeline.
Dell rides an AI sugar rush
Leans on pricey AI servers to keep the wheels spinning
The Grey Box Shifter, Dell is surfing an AI boom that props up its headline numbers even as the rest of its empire looks like it needs a sit-down.
Japan flings another mountain of cash at Rapidus
Tokyo tries to claw its way back into the chip big leagues
Japan has decided to pour more than a trillion yen [€6.38 billion] into Rapidus as it scrabbles to shore up its economic security through a homegrown semiconductor supply chain.
Infineon cosies up to AMD for a slice of the edge AI action
HYPERRAM is the new cheap and cheerful memory fix
Infineon decided to wave a flag today by saying AMD has put its 64 Mb HYPERRAM memory and matching controller IP through their paces for the Spartan UltraScale+ FPGA SCU35 Evaluation Kit.
China’s power play jolts the AI race
Expert warns the West is missing the real contest
China’s sheer electrical muscle is about to reshape the AI race faster than many Western wonks care to admit.