TSMC's US fabs cost Big Tech more
AMD and Nvida forced to swallow higher prices
Getting cutting-edge chips out of TSMC’s US fabs is proving far pricier than sticking with its tried-and-tested Taiwan plants, but big tech doesn’t have much choice right now.
SK hynix preps 24 Gb GDDR7 for beefier GPUs
Kicks off HBM4 supply
SK hynix is cranking up the memory arms race, confirming it’s building 24 Gb GDDR7 modules to give next-gen GPUs fatter VRAM buffers while lining up HBM4 for AI and HPC workloads.
Starve ransomware gangs of easy cash
The UK government plans to stop public sector bodies and critical infrastructure operators from paying off ransomware crooks, even if it means enduring painful outages.
Sony tests PS5 power saver mode
New feature will throttle games to cut energy use
Sony is fiddling with a new Power Saver mode for the PlayStation 5, promising lower power consumption at the cost of reduced performance.
Palmer Luckey wants to build made-in-America laptops
Oculus and Anduril founder reckons some Yanks will pay extra
The bloke behind Oculus and the defence-tech darling Anduril, Palmer Luckey wants to take on laptops. But not your usual “assembled in the States with bits from Shenzhen” nonsense. He’s wants to build a Made in USA machine that ticks the Federal Trade Commission’s uncompromising box.