Boffins don’t back the hype

Microsoft has been boasting that its quantum chip is powered by an "entirely new state of matter," but not everyone is buying the hype.

Bankrolled by the EU

ASML and Imec have decided to get cosy for the next five years, ensuring that the Belgian research lab gets a High-NA EUV lithography machine.

Needs quick turn around before Celine Dion starts singing

Troubled Chipzilla has once again shuffled the deck chairs on its sinking semiconductor ship, bringing in industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan as the latest CEO to attempt a turnaround. 

RISC-V business

Meta is quietly testing RISC–V–based AI training chips to kick Nvidia out of its wallet.

EZ Latch Plus doesn’t mangle your motherboard

Gigabyte has thrown some serious shade at Asus with a new video flexing its EZ Latch Plus mechanism—showing a GPU being installed and removed a hundred times without any damage to the motherboard’s PCIe slot.

Does not need ink

Biggish Blue has just bagged a patent for a technology that uses 4D-printed smart materials to transport microscopic particles.

Joint venture with Nvidia, AMD, and Broadcom

TSMC is trying to rescue troubled Chipzilla’s floundering foundry business, pitching a joint venture to Nvidia, AMD, and Broadcom to keep the US chip dinosaur from drowning in a tarpit of its own making.

Exploits high-severity security flaw

A new botnet campaign is tearing through unpatched TP-Link routers like a dodgy kebab through the bowels of an Essex drunk.

Lacks brake peddle and rearview mirrors

Amazon-backed Zoox’s self-driving taxi has hit a bureaucratic brick wall. US safety regulators have pointed out that the futuristic vehicle lacks basic kit—like a brake pedal and rearview mirrors.

Start patching 

Software King of the World Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday is a necessary one, according to Fortra Associate Director Tyler Reguly.