
Intel adds AI and mass-market twists to 18A node
Chipzilla’s CEO Lip-Bu Tan leans into realism
Troubled Chipzilla is stretching its long-promised 18A process into two new variants aimed at feeding the AI beast and mainstream punters.

AI chip clampdown throttling Nvidia’s global sales
US diffusion rules target even friendly nations
New US export rules are about to hammer Nvidia’s artificial intelligence chip business far beyond China.

Samsung spooked by US tariff threats
Sales hit in mobiles, AI and memory chips
Samsung Electronics reckons looming US tariffs could sink demand for its smartphones and memory chips, with the South Korean giant sounding the alarm during its latest earnings call.

XPG launches its new PCIe Gen5 MARS 980 SSD Series
Coming in three versions
ADATA's gaming brand XPG has launched its newest MARS 980 PCIe Gen5 SSD Series that will be bringing sequential performance speeds of up to 14,000MB/s and come in three versions, with up to 4TB of storage.

More expensive version of the ROG Astral
ASUS has partnered up with Bethesda and ID Software to unveil a special edition of its Geforce RTX 5080 ROG Astral graphics card, the Doom Edition. This limited edition version will get the Doom design with gold accents and be bundled with several goodies.