First in-house 5G chip behind the curve

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple, and its Tame Apple Press, made a big song and dance about its shiny new C1X modem in the iPhone Air, but the reality is less impressive.

Role split between two deputies

Safra Catz is stepping down as chief executive of Oracle after more than a decade, with the US software giant splitting the job between two deputies just as it rides the AI cloud boom.

Chipmaker has 15 customers, most chasing high-performance computing

TSMC’s 2nm process is pulling in orders at a cracking pace, with senior management at wafer inspection outfit KLA letting slip that 15 customers have already signed up. Ten of them are gunning for high-performance computing, showing just how much the AI craze is fattening demand for Intel and Samsung's rival.

Wants nearly 40 per cent of global mobile share

MediaTek has unveiled its Dimensity 9500, a 5G flagship chip built on TSMC’s N3P process and pitched as “super powerful and super cool.”

Stratospheric base stations over remote island

SoftBank has managed to beam 5G to ordinary smartphones from the sky using a high-altitude aircraft circling Hachijō Island, Japan.

Users discover their shiny new handset dents like a drinks can

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple thought it could dodge another Bendgate by swapping titanium for forged aluminium in the iPhone 17 Pro, but punters are already finding the move a bit flimsy.

Chipmaker plans to bank roll a glut of AI data centres

Nvidia has decided to fling up to $100 billion at OpenAI in what is being dressed up as a grand AI infrastructure partnership.

US government and big tech should carve up struggling giant

Troubled Chipzilla should be taken private, stripped apart, and rebuilt into a proper foundry and design house, according to four long-serving former directors writing in Fortune.

Record 35 per cent growth as Microsoft forces mass upgrades

The PC gaming hardware market will balloon by 35 per cent in 2025, hitting $44.5 billion in sales, according to number crunchers at Jon Peddie Research.

Hopes new chip erases 3nm humiliation 

Samsung will start mass production of its Exynos 2600 by the end of September, making it the first SoC built on the company’s 2nm Gate-All-Around process.