Huang rewrites PC gaming history at Computex
Published in Gaming


Nvidia boss forgets gaming existed before 1999

Nvidia chief Jensen Huang opened his Computex 2025 keynote with the kind of historical revisionism that would make a dictator blush.

MSI’s AI server lineup gets serious upgrade
Published in Network


Built on NVIDIA’s MGX and DGX Station architectures

MSI has tipped up to Comptex 2025  flaunting its latest AI server arsenal built on Nvidia's MGX and DGX Station architectures.

Nvidia’s retro driver hype cools
Published in News
Monday, 19 May 2025 11:22

Nvidia’s retro driver hype cools


Core 2 meets cold, hard reality

Earlier this week, a driver update from Nvidia had retro-PC fans frothing with excitement. Thanks to the removal of a pesky POPCNT instruction requirement, GeForce drivers suddenly played nice with ancient Intel CPUs all the way back to the Core 2 era.

MIT’s breakthrough makes chips stretchier than pasta
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Boffins fling something against the wall and it sticks

MIT boffins have emerged from their smoke-filled labs with a new form of chip that behaves like pasta.

Xiaomi flexes silicon muscles with XRing chip
Published in Mobiles


China’s phone makers race to dump Qualcomm

Xiaomi is sharpening its knives for Qualcomm and MediaTek with its own in-house silicon, the XRing 01, and if leaks are anything to go by, it might just have the grunt to pull it off.

Acer's Swift and Predator models chase AI and OLED glory
Published in PC Hardware


Refreshed upgraded laptops

Acer turned up to Computex 2025 with a wheelbarrow full of refreshed laptops, hurling upgrades at nearly every model it sells. It’s the usual story of faster chips, louder acronyms and shinier graphics, but this time there’s real polish, especially in the Swift range.

Maxsun's Terminator board goes rogue with rear PCIe
Published in PC Hardware


BTF-style tricks without the cable Zen

Maxsun’s new Terminator B850BKB WIFI board is doing something funky with PCIe slots.

Nvidia opens up NVLink, but not for Chipzilla or AMD
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Qualcomm, Fujitsu and pals get cosy while rivals stew

Nvidia strutted into Computex 2025 in Taipei unveiling its NVLink Fusion scheme and handing out interconnect invites to everyone except AMD, Broadcom, and Troubled Chipzilla.

Job’s Mob’s AI ambitions strangled by China deal backlash
Published in Mobiles


Beijing data woes and Alibaba tie-up give Washington conniptions

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple might want to shove Apple Intelligence into every iPhone it sells, but doing that in China could turn into a diplomatic landmine.

Qualcomm listing sparks Xbox on Arm rumours
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Next-gen Xbox won’t dump AMD for Snapdragon just yet

Speculation's swirling after a Qualcomm job listing hinted that Xbox might be dabbling with Snapdragon silicon. But insiders reckon you can stop panicking about your game library just yet, the next-gen Xbox isn't going Arm-native.