OpenAI’s future rides on mountain of risky loans
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Partners stack colossal borrowings around the start-up

OpenAI’s rise looks flashier than a Vegas strip as its data centre pals rack up eye-watering loans so the chatbot darling can scale without sweating the repayments.

AMD bangs open source drum to prise devs away from Cuda
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Pitches ROCm as the antidote to Nvidia’s walled garden

AMD reckons it can win over AI developers by offering an open software ecosystem rather than locking everything behind a proprietary moat.

Intel circles the wagons after TSMC lawsuit over exec hire
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Insists it has done nothing wrong as talent wars flare up

Troubled Chipzilla is digging in after TSMC accused one of its newly hired vice presidents of breaching a nondisclosure agreement.

HP swings the axe as AI costs bite
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Thursday, 27 November 2025 09:44

HP swings the axe as AI costs bite


Chops thousands of jobs while warning of pricier memory and weaker profits

HP, maker of expensive printer ink, is lopping thousands of heads as it scrambles to tame costs and bolt more AI into its product pipeline.

Dell rides an AI sugar rush
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Thursday, 27 November 2025 09:25

Dell rides an AI sugar rush


Leans on pricey AI servers to keep the wheels spinning

The Grey Box Shifter, Dell is surfing an AI boom that props up its headline numbers even as the rest of its empire looks like it needs a sit-down.

Japan flings another mountain of cash at Rapidus
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Tokyo tries to claw its way back into the chip big leagues

Japan has decided to pour more than a trillion yen [€6.38 billion] into Rapidus as it scrabbles to shore up its economic security through a homegrown semiconductor supply chain.

Infineon cosies up to AMD for a slice of the edge AI action
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HYPERRAM is the new cheap and cheerful memory fix

Infineon decided to wave a flag today by saying AMD has put its 64 Mb HYPERRAM memory and matching controller IP through their paces for the Spartan UltraScale+ FPGA SCU35 Evaluation Kit.

China’s power play jolts the AI race
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Thursday, 27 November 2025 08:59

China’s power play jolts the AI race


Expert warns the West is missing the real contest

China’s sheer electrical muscle is about to reshape the AI race faster than many Western wonks care to admit.

Nvidia’s RTX 5090 melts itself into the socket in latest connector fiasco
Published in Graphics


Another day, another crispy cable

Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5090 is having a troublesome launch, with yet another report of the card cooking its own power connector so thoroughly that it appears welded into place.

Analyst claims TSMC could leapfrog Apple by 2030
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Wednesday, 26 November 2025 10:35

Analyst claims TSMC could leapfrog Apple by 2030


Job's Mob can't hide behind its walled garden for much longer

The AI boom is giving TSMC a roaring tailwind while the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple clings to its glory years and hopes no one notices it has not invented a genuinely new product in yonks.