Lenovo slashes Windows tax with cheaper Linux laptops
ThinkPads now come with penguins and smaller price tags
Lenovo is quietly offering Linux pre-installed on some laptops in the US and Canada, undercutting the Windows tax by around $140 (around €130) or CAD 211 (around €144) depending on the model.
Nvidia rushes B300 AI chip production forward
New GPU plugs gaps left by banned H20 chips
Nvidia is pushing production of its new B300 AI chip forward to May, using Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s latest 5nm (N4P) process and CoWoS-L advanced packaging technology.
Huawei plots Nvidia AI replacement with Ascend chip
China’s tech champion aims to fill gaps left by US sanctions
Huawei is preparing to test its latest AI chip, the Ascend 910D, hoping it can challenge higher-end products from Nvidia as US restrictions batter the Chinese semiconductor industry.
Irish tech cashes in on Europe’s defence boom
Neutrality does not pay the bills in Dublin
Ireland’s tech start-ups are jumping into Europe’s booming defence market, exploiting their expertise in AI, satellites and subsea surveillance as Brussels doles out cash to counter Russian threats.
Microsoft’s copilot is unpopular
Vole's AI dreams tun to nightmares
Software King of the World, Microsoft’s big AI push is falling flat, with its Copilot assistant stuck at 20 million users a week while ChatGPT soars past 400 million. Despite stuffing Copilot into Windows, slapping a dedicated key on keyboards, and burning billions, the software giant cannot get punters to care.
TSMC unveils 9.5-reticle CoWoS packaging
Chip packaging just got absurdly massive
TSMC is pimping up its CoWoS (Chip-on-Wafer-on-Substrate) tech so that can cram an obscene amount of silicon into a single unit.
Radeon RX 9070 GRE leaks show cut-down specs
PowerColor boards spotted
The first images of AMD’s rumoured Radeon RX 9070 GRE have leaked online, and it looks like it will be a cheaper, nerfed version of its RDNA 4 lineup—if it ever escapes China.
Chipzilla still stuck in tar pit
Meteor Lake flops, Raptor Lake surges
Troubled Chipzilla's quarterly results show its flashy AI PC chips like Lunar Lake and Meteor Lake aren’t selling, and there's not enough factory space to supply the older models that customers want.
AMD Open Sauces GPU virtualisation for Instinct
Radeon might be next
AMD has open-sourced its GPU-IOV Module which lets Instinct accelerators play nice with virtual machines—and hinted it's coming to Radeon cards too. This means SR-IOV support on client GPUs might finally claw its way out of the void.
Aussie radio uses an AI DJ for six months
No one noticed
Sydney's CADA radio station ran a weekday show hosted by a chirpy voiced AI named “Thy” for six months and forgot to mention it to anyone.