Google rolls out Ironwood AI chip
TPU muscles into inference turf with 9,216 chip clusters
Google is forging ahead with Ironwood—a new AI chip gunning for Nvidia’s crown.
Troubled Chipzilla’s new boss slashes red tape
Lip-Bu Tan axes middle management, promotes AI chief
Troubled Chipzilla’s CEO, Lip-Bu Tan (pictured), has wasted no time in gutting Intel’s bloated hierarchy and shoving AI to the top of the agenda.
HP fined $4 million for fake discounts
Maker of expensive printer ink admits nothing
The maker of expensive printer ink, HP Inc. is forking out $4 million after getting caught using bogus discounts and phoney scarcity tactics on its website to flog PCs and accessories.
Nvidia’s loses $250 billion
Analysts look down the back of the sofa
Nvidia’s stock has been in freefall, shedding more than $250 billion in market cap this week after it revealed a $5.5 billion charge tied to US export restrictions on its H20 AI chips to China.
iPhone flops again in China as Xiaomi eats Job’s Mob’s lunch
Seventh straight quarter of decline as punters pick cheaper gear
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is finding out the hard way that what goes up must come down—especially in China. Its shiny iPhones are still losing traction, with shipments dropping nine per cent in the first quarter of 2025.
TSMC smashes Q1 targets
Smartphone slump no match for AI’s server appetite
TSMC has kicked off 2025 by smashing revenue targets, thanks to ravenous demand for AI silicon—even as mobile chip orders fell flat.
Google’s ad racket faces federal hammering
Judge calls monopoly move illegal
A federal judge has torn into Google’s ad tech stranglehold, ruling the company illegally built monopoly power that let it hike prices and pocket fat margins on web advertising.
Xiaomi builds chip war chest with ex-Qualcomm exec
Chinese outfit eyes 3nm SoC debut with new department lead
Xiaomi has set up a new Chip Platform Department within its Mobile Division, handing the reins to former Qualcomm senior director Qin Muyun as it prepares to launch its first 3nm in-house SoC.
Classic Outlook gobbles CPU
Microsoft shrugs
Software King of the World, Microsoft has finally admitted its legacy Outlook client sometimes turns into a runaway CPU-snarfer, chewing through 30 to 50 per cent of processor power and guzzling more juice than it should.
Chipzilla hit by export curbs
Gaudi chips now need a licence for China
Troubled Chipzilla has started warning Chinese customers that it now needs a licence to flog advanced AI processors into China, as Washington’s export grip tightens.