TSMC discovers the American dream costs a fortune
Arizona Fab’s profits fall off a cliff
TSMC’s big Arizona adventure was supposed to be a landmark moment for the US chip industry, although it now looks more like an expensive lesson in why fabs prefer cheaper postcodes.
Apple rumoured to be giving up on the Mac Pro
Why does it even exist?
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell-on-earth yarn claiming that Apple is about to walk away from its Mac Pro range.
Intel axes its next mainstream Xeon platform
Diamond Rapids loses its low-end twin as the server world shifts to fatter memory pipes.
Troubled Chipzilla has binned the eight-channel Diamond Rapids design that was supposed to replace today’s Granite Rapids-SP Xeon 6700P and 6500P chips.
RTX Pro 6000 snaps itself in half during a move
$10,000 down the loo
A $10,000 RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell workstation card reportedly snapped under its own weight during a house move, becoming a pricey brick.
Take-Two boss expects games to drift toward PC
Zelnick reckons consoles stay alive, but the real action moves elsewhere.
Take-Two Interactive chief executive Strauss Zelnick fired a shot across the bow by saying the games business is drifting toward PCs as the next decade rolls in.