
TSMC Arizona ramps up as Nvidia preps AI chip launch
US fab nears full capacity, 2nm yields soar, and chip prices may spike
Nvidia’s next wave of AI chips is heading for mass production at TSMC’s Arizona plant before the end of the year, according to fresh reports from Taiwan.

TSMC downplays tariff threat
TSMC downplays tariff threat, touts AI boom and record profits
TSMC says it is on course for record revenue and earnings this year, with AI demand roaring ahead and tariffs posing little direct threat.

Xiaomi and Lenovo hit by US EDA crackdown
Chinese tech firms face chip design disruption under new export rules
Chinese tech companies designing advanced chips in Taiwan are facing fresh barriers as the US tightens restrictions on critical software tools used in chip design.

AX Gaming hides RTX 50-series power cables
Another white triple-fan Blackwell card with minor tweaks and no price tag
AX Gaming has released a new batch of GeForce RTX 50-series graphics cards under the X3W Max branding, but the hardware is standard fare with some aesthetic tweaks and cable routing updates.

Builder.ai’s AI was fake
Startup torched $450 million on fake bots and now it’s skint
The wheels have finally come off Builder.ai, the British AI startup that was supposedly revolutionising no-code development and is now begging for bankruptcy protection across five countries.

Jobs Mob’s AI flop swept under carpet as WWDC looms
Tame Apple Press tries to spin ‘nothing to see here’ into AI genius
WWDC 2025 is around the corner, but the only thing the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple seems ready to unleash is a desperate off the books PR campaign to lower expectations while pretending it still knows what it's doing.

Hyperscalers hotwire EV tech for AI data centre binge
Google, Meta and Microsoft push 1MW rack dreams with borrowed volts
Google, Microsoft, and Meta are pilfering ideas from the electric vehicle world, pushing 400VDC systems to wrestle with escalating power and cooling demands.

Snapdragon X2 Elite tipped for 64 GB RAM and 18 cores
Qualcomm’s next laptop chip could double down on power
Leaker Roland Quandt has spilled more details on what Qualcomm is cooking up for its next-gen laptop chip, the Snapdragon X2 Elite.

Ryzen AI Max Pro 385 shows up in Geekbench
AMD's mid-tier Zen 5 chip turns up in HP workstation
The Ryzen AI Max Pro 385 has made its first benchmarking appearance, turning up in Geekbench results with a respectable 2489 single-core and 14,136 multi-core score.

Arrow Lake-S Refresh leaks hint at Intel reboot
Chipzilla regenerates failed architecture
If a leaked manual is anything to go by, Troubled Chipzilla may not be ready to give up on Arrow Lake-S just yet.