
ARM wants to build is own silicon
SoftBank-backed firm taking on AMD and Intel
ARM is apparently tired of flogging CPU blueprints and wants to play with the big boys by building its own chips. That means going head-to-head with Troubled Chipzilla and AMD in the high-stakes silicon game.

Taiwanese foundry reckons 2025 growth nothing to write home about
Wafer baker UMC has warned that its third quarter might not deliver the usual seasonal sparkle, despite a slight bump in shipments.

Microsoft hits $4 Trillion market cap
Redmond rides GenAI gold rush
Software King of the world, Microsoft's share price briefly cracked the $4 trillion mark on Thursday, making it only the second outfit in history to do so, before it promptly slid back to $3.96 trillion.

Intel's Ohio dream teeters without 14A customers
Intel threatens shutdown if no buyers emerge for new manufacturing tech
Troubled Chipzilla has once again waved the warning flag over its $28 billion chipmaking venture in Ohio, saying it may stop all work unless it can land external customers for its 14A process node.

Snapdragon pulls 61 per cent of revenue as chipmaker bets on glasses, cars and clouds
Qualcomm has managed to beat the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street’s estimates for Q2 2025, pulling in a tidy $10.37 billion in revenue, even as the clock ticks down on its once-lucrative relationship with the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple.