Intel's Arc B770 “Battlemage” inches closer to launch
Intel hauls out big silicon and hopes gamers will bite
Troubled Chipzilla is gearing up for the release of its top Battlemage GPU, the Arc B770, and if shipping manifests are to be believed, it's already packing crates.
Nvidia's Rubin CPX GPU targets AI inferencing arms race
Rack-sized monster to crush token counts
Nvidia has decided that building GPUs the size of small towns is the way to stay ahead in AI, and its latest weapon is the Rubin CPX which is aimed squarely at inferencing and large context models.
AI chip boom leaves TSMC scrambling to meet demand
Taiwanese foundry forced to plan packaging a year in advance
TSMC is finding itself on the back foot as demand for its advanced packaging tech has exploded thanks to the AI chip gold rush, with firms like Nvidia breathing down its neck.
AMD says FSR Redstone still coming in 2025
Promises path tracing to rival DLSS 4
AMD has confirmed that its long-teased FSR Redstone tech is still on track for a 2025 release, with a full presentation expected later this year.
ASML throws €1.3 billion at French AI startup Mistral
Chip kit giant buys into Europe’s AI dream
Dutch chip equipment outfit ASML has splashed out €1.3 billion to become the biggest shareholder in French AI startup Mistral, which is raising €1.7 billion at a valuation of nearly €12 billion.
Nvidia's RTX 5090 and RTX Pro 6000 hit with nasty bug
Can't work with virtual machines
Nvidia’s top-of-the-range Blackwell GPUs are throwing wobblies when shoved into virtual machine environments, leaving them unresponsive until the whole system gets rebooted.
Nvidia’s Blackwell racks set for 300 per cent shipment surge
Brokerages tip 60,000 units next year as Foxconn cashes in
Nvidia’s Blackwell GB300 enterprise AI systems are being churned out at a ferocious pace, with analysts forecasting shipments will triple in the third quarter.
Nvidia tightens grip on GPU market with 94 per cent share
Tariff panic sends buyers scrambling for cards
Nvidia has gobbled up 94 per cent of the GPU market as shipments jumped 27 per cent in the second quarter of 2025, a spike analysts reckon was fuelled by punters panic-buying ahead of looming tariffs.
OpenAI jumps into chipmaking with Broadcom
ChatGPT outfit wants to ditch Nvidia addiction
OpenAI is moving into chip manufacturing next year in a bid to feed its AI addiction and loosen its ties with Nvidia’s pricey silicon.
Nvidia Geforce NOW getting Blackwell RTX upgrade next week
Geforce RTX 5080-class streaming and 17 new games
Nvidia has announced that its Geforce NOW streaming platform will be getting Blackwell RTX update on September 10th, offering Geforce RTX 5080-class power streaming from the cloud, over 2,200 new Install-to-Play titles and more, as well as 17 fresh games this month and Battlefield 6 in October.