AMD thrashes server market
Record 41 per cent share
Chipzilla’s life just got a lot more miserable after AMD walked off with a record 41 per cent of server revenue in the second quarter of 2025, according to number crunchers from Mercury Research.
Musk's SpaceX throws tantrum over Virginia broadband plan
Wants $60 million for doing less than local providers
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is throwing its toys out of the pram again, this time over Virginia’s decision to fund proper broadband infrastructure instead of handing cash to his satellite internet sideshow.
US considers partial nationalisation of Intel
Socialism sneaks in the back door
Troubled Chipzilla might soon be partly owned by Uncle Sam if President Donald Trump gets his way.
Intel's job cuts gut Linux driver support
Intel’s restructuring leaves key open-source work without a home
Troubled Chipzilla’s decision to sack around 24,000 workers has not only left its product lines short-staffed, it has gutted some of the essential work keeping Linux support alive for Intel hardware.
Tariff chaos gives CPU market a surprise jolt
Panic buying boosts shipments
Thanks to tariff jitters in the second quarter, CPU shipments jumped 7.9 per cent quarter-on-quarter, with Client CPU sales leaping from nearly 62 million units in the first quarter to just over 67 million.
Apple plans sneaky iPhone 17 Pro price hike
Apple ditches 128GB model so it can charge more
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is getting ready to pull a fast one with the iPhone 17 Pro by scrapping the 128GB version, forcing buyers to start at a “base” 256GB model costing $1,049.
Uncle Sam sneaks tracking devices into AI server shipments
Dell, Super Micro gear laced with spy kit as US hunts chip smugglers
The US has been tucking location trackers into shipments of advanced AI chips and servers, hoping to catch them being smuggled into China.
Pentagon torches $800m in working HR projects
Accenture and Oracle binned so Salesforce, Palantir and Workday can have a go
The US Department of Defence is chucking out two human resources software projects worth more than $800 million even though they were nearly finished because someone wanted to give their favourite contractors a turn.
DeepSeek’s R2 model delayed
Beijing’s homegrown chip dream still can’t train properly
Chinese AI outfit DeepSeek has been forced to eat humble pie after its shiny new model flopped on Huawei’s Ascend chips, dragging a planned May launch into the long grass and handing rivals the chance to surge ahead.
Foxconn surprises Wall Street
iPhone assembly into second place
Hon Hai, better known as Foxconn, did much better than expectations with its second quarter numbers.