Microsoft's new Xbox handhelds aim at the Switch and Steam Deck
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Takes aim at the portable gaming throne with Windows 

Microsoft just waded into handheld gaming with both feet, taking direct aim at the Nintendo Switch 2 and Valve’s Steam Deck.

GPU market stumbles as Discrete GPU penetration flattens
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Jon Peddie blames Trump trade chaos for slowdown

Global PC graphics market took a knock in the first quarter of 2025, with GPU shipments sliding to 68.8 million units, down 12 per cent from the previous quarter, according to the latest data from Jon Peddie Research.

Broadcom rakes in VMware cash and bets big on AI
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Turns out that threatening customers for using software they paid for works

Broadcom’s decision to swallow VMware and then do its best to infuriate its suppliers and customers seems to have paid off with the outfit posting $15 billion in second quarter revenue, up 20 per cent from last year.

Chipzilla still chasing TSMC with 18A foundry push
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Intel bangs the drum on 18A node

Troubled Chipzilla is still flogging its foundry turnaround plan, this time at its annual Direct Connect bash, where CEO Lip-Bu Tan and his top brass tried to convince the world that Intel Foundry Services is back on track.

Cloud-based security storms ahead as physical kit plays catch-up
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AI threats and zero-trust mandates are driving a $26bn boom

Beancounters working for the Dell’Oro Group have added up some numbers and divided by their shoe size and worked out that while everyone is banking on about hardware cybersecurity, particularly of the cloudy sort, is where the cash is.