AMD's RX 9070 XT gets serious speed boost with new drivers
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Beats Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti by three per cent 

AMD’s driver team has pulled a rabbit out of the hat with Adrenalin 25.6.3, giving the Radeon RX 9070 XT a much-needed shot in the arm.

Apple's Indian dream dented by China pushback
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Foxconn boots Chinese workers as Beijing tightens grip

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple’s plans to turn India into its new iPhone haven have run into trouble, as Foxconn has been quietly shipping Chinese staff out of the country. This follows its $1.5 billion investment and India’s green light for a new semiconductor plant.

TSMC dumps GaN as price war bites
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PSMC steps in with Navitas to chase AI power chip gold rush

The world's top chipmaker TSMC has decided to ditch its gallium nitride (GaN) wafer foundry business, confirming it will be out by 31 July 2027.

Microsoft axes 9,000 staff in AI cash shuffle
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Tech giant sheds four per cent of workforce to keep AI wheels turning

Software King of the World, Microsoft is slashing around 9,000 jobs globally as it shuffles cash towards its ever-growing AI empire. The move carves out about four per cent of its 228,000-strong workforce and comes hot on the heels of earlier bloodlettings in May and January.

Nvidia pulls the plug on Maxwell, Pascal and Volta GPU driver support
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580 series will be the swan song for aging cards 

Nvidia is set to drop the curtain on driver support for its Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs, with the upcoming 580 driver series marking the final stop on the update train.