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TSMC smashes Q1 targets
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Smartphone slump no match for AI’s server appetite

TSMC has kicked off 2025 by smashing revenue targets, thanks to ravenous demand for AI silicon—even as mobile chip orders fell flat.

Google’s ad racket faces federal hammering
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Judge calls monopoly move illegal

A federal judge has torn into Google’s ad tech stranglehold, ruling the company illegally built monopoly power that let it hike prices and pocket fat margins on web advertising.

Xiaomi builds chip war chest with ex-Qualcomm exec
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Chinese outfit eyes 3nm SoC debut with new department lead

Xiaomi has set up a new Chip Platform Department within its Mobile Division, handing the reins to former Qualcomm senior director Qin Muyun as it prepares to launch its first 3nm in-house SoC.

Classic Outlook gobbles CPU
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Microsoft shrugs

Software King of the World, Microsoft has finally admitted its legacy Outlook client sometimes turns into a runaway CPU-snarfer, chewing through 30 to 50 per cent of processor power and guzzling more juice than it should.

Chipzilla hit by export curbs
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Gaudi chips now need a licence for China

Troubled Chipzilla has started warning Chinese customers that it now needs a licence to flog advanced AI processors into China, as Washington’s export grip tightens.