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.
Nvidia rolls out 7bn-parameter AI brain for robots
Cosmos Reason makes robots think like humans
Nvidia has decided your next robot needs to think a little more like you, or at least the better bits of you, with the launch of its new inference visual language model “Cosmos Reason.”
Samsung rolls out 500Hz OLED gaming monitor
Adds curvy new Odyssey G7 to its display arsenal
Samsung has decided gamers still aren’t clicking enough buttons per second, so it’s unveiled the Odyssey OLED G6, which it claims is the world’s first 500Hz OLED gaming monitor, alongside two new Odyssey G7 models.
Arm brings DLSS-style AI graphics to Android
Neural Super Sampling promises sharper mobile gaming without torching your battery
Graphics on your Android phone might finally stop looking like pixel soup, thanks to Arm’s latest Neural Super Sampling tech, shown off at SIGGRAPH 2025.
China leans on Nvidia chip buyers
Beijing pressures tech firms to explain why they’re not buying local silicon
The Middle Kingdom’s bureaucrats are making life more difficult for Nvidia by questioning Chinese tech giants about their reasons for ordering the US chipmaker’s H20 AI processors.
Nvidia straps Blackwell GPUs into more enterprise servers
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell heads for mainstream 2U systems
Nvidia is stuffing its RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs into the world’s most popular enterprise server designs, claiming it will help companies ditch slow CPU-only boxes for faster, more efficient accelerated computing.
Why Huang giving Trump a kick back was Nvidia's only move
It is unclear if it is actually legal
Nvidia's CEO's Jensen Huang half-trillion-dollar "carrot" to Donald Trump appeared to get the president to turn a blind eye to his exporting chips to China, proving where diplomacy fails a good kick-back will always succeed.
Intel needs $40 billion lifeline to keep US in chip race
Former CEO Craig Barrett urges customers to bankroll Intel’s survival
Former Chipzilla chief Craig Barrett [pictured] has warned that Intel needs a $40 billion cash injection to stay at the sharp end of chip manufacturing and he is not expecting Washington to stump up the money.
TSMC staff accused of stealing 2nm chip secrets
Three current and former employees detained
Taiwanese prosecutors have detained three current and former staff of chip giant TSMC on suspicion of stealing core trade secrets, including details of its 2-nanometre manufacturing technology.
Nvidia and AMD hand Trump 15 per cent of China chip revenues
Protection money
Nvidia and AMD have agreed to give the Trump administration 15 per cent of revenues from their China chip sales in return for export licences.