Intel's 18A gamble wobbles
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Wednesday, 06 August 2025 10:10

Intel's 18A gamble wobbles


Intel's Panther Lake yields so low insiders are calling it a Hail Mary

Intel is floundering again, this time with its hyped 18A chip process meant to revive its credibility in high-end manufacturing.

TSMC wants more for less with 2nm node
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Tuesday, 05 August 2025 11:36

TSMC wants more for less with 2nm node


Job's Mob and chums face 50 per cent higher costs for next-gen wafers

Taiwanese foundry giant TSMC is cranking up its 2nm node production, and by 2026 it plans to be pumping out 60,000 wafers a month from four fabs running at full tilt.

Intel's Core Ultra 120 is just Alder Lake in drag
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Chipzilla's Rebadged chips cost triple what AMD offers

Intel's latest Core Ultra 120 and 120F are just a reheated Alder Lake design, flogged at a price that borders on fantasy.

Intel retires 20-year CPU ID as Nova Lake breaks cover
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Ancient Family 6 gets binned 

Intel is finally ditching its ancient Family 6 CPU designation after more than two decades of clinging to it like a legacy BIOS.

Intel has a bite at the lower-end
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Friday, 01 August 2025 11:39

Intel has a bite at the lower-end


Power-efficient Arrow Lake chips arrive on the sly

Troubled Chipzilla has shoved a few more low-end Arrow Lake chips out the door, hoping no one would notice unless they were really paying attention.

ARM wants to build is own silicon
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Friday, 01 August 2025 11:28

ARM wants to build is own silicon


SoftBank-backed firm taking on AMD and Intel

ARM is apparently tired of flogging CPU blueprints and wants to play with the big boys by building its own chips. That means going head-to-head with Troubled Chipzilla and AMD in the high-stakes silicon game.

UMC warns peak season might be a flop despite Intel 12nm tie-up
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Taiwanese foundry reckons 2025 growth nothing to write home about

Wafer baker UMC has warned that its third quarter might not deliver the usual seasonal sparkle, despite a slight bump in shipments.

Intel's Ohio dream teeters without 14A customers
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Intel threatens shutdown if no buyers emerge for new manufacturing tech

Troubled Chipzilla has once again waved the warning flag over its $28 billion chipmaking venture in Ohio, saying it may stop all work unless it can land external customers for its 14A process node.

MSI posts record motherboard shipments
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Monday, 28 July 2025 10:39

MSI posts record motherboard shipments


Eyes AI server push and US expansion

MSI has smashed past the 10 million mark in motherboard shipments for the first time, closing in on rival Gigabyte and hitting a major milestone in the consumer PC space.

Intel's slow-motion car crash
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Friday, 25 July 2025 09:28

Intel's slow-motion car crash


More layoffs, fab delays and yet another AI pivot

Intel is hacking away at its workforce and torching grandiose European fab plans in Germany and Poland in a last-ditch effort to look relevant.