SK hynix bets big on mobile AI with HBS memory
New DRAM and NAND combo
Memory outfit SK hynix is cooking up a fresh batch of silicon aimed at shoving more AI grunt into mobile gear and other edge kit.
Qualcomm eyes Android laptops with Snapdragon X
ChromeOS merger suggests Google is noticing the PC market
Chipmaker Qualcomm might have stuck its Snapdragon X series into Windows laptops, but now it's sniffing around Android too.
World’s smallest GPU goes big with 3D graphics
TinyGPU v2.0 can render 1,000 triangles at 15 frames per second
Retro computing fans are buzzing over TinyGPU v2.0, a homebrew graphics processor from FPGA tinkerer and vintage PC enthusiast Pongsagon Vichit.
TSMC squeezes chip supply as AI giants fight for N3 capacity
Fidelity’s Huang begs for wafers as fabs hit their limits
TSMC’s latest sports day turned into something of a customer summit when Fidelity boss Huang Renxun publicly pleaded for more chip supply, declaring that “without TSMC, there would be no Fidelity.”
Nvidia’s hometown data centres left powerless
Santa Clara projects sit idle as AI boom slams into an energy wall
Two massive data centre projects in Santa Clara, California, in the heart of Nvidia’s glorious green empire, are sitting empty as the city’s grid buckles under demand from the AI gold rush.
EU mulls legal ban on Huawei and ZTE gear
Commission watchdogs want tougher rules on ‘high-risk vendors’
The European Commission is weighing up plans to turn its 2020 guidance on high-risk telecom vendors into binding law, a move that could effectively force EU nations to phase out Huawei and ZTE kit from their mobile and fixed-line networks.
Cyber insurance payouts triple as hackers target UK firms
Industry warns of rising threats and underinsured businesses
British insurers shelled out at least £197 million in cyber claims during 2024, more than triple the £60 million paid the year before, according to fresh data showing how cyber gangs have stepped up attacks on UK companies.
AI takes control of $35 billion Korean data centre
Project Concord aims to make humans redundant in server farms
A group of investors in South Korea claims it is building the world’s first large-scale data centre designed, constructed and operated entirely by AI.
CoreWeave’s AI gold rush stalls
Delays bite despite a flood of new deals.
CoreWeave, one of the biggest outfits flogging cloud computing to AI outfits, saw its revenue more than double in the third quarter as it cosied up to some of the biggest beasts in the AI jungle.
Nvidia shoves Rubin into production with HBM4 in hand
Vera Rubin superchip sprints from keynote glare to TSMC’s lines
Nvidia is racing its Rubin GPUs into production, turning the Vera Rubin superchip from stage prop into silicon while the ink on the slides is still drying.