Optical computer could crunch AI 100 times faster

A team of Volish boffins have emerged from their smoke-filled labs with a prototype analogue optical computer they claim could blow GPUs out of the water.

Analyst outfit says OpenAI not fit for enterprise

Number crunchers at Gartner have declared that by 2030, every IT department task will be touched by AI in some form, though the firm is adamant this will not trigger mass job losses.

Nebius lands monster deal 

Microsoft has signed a deal worth up to $20 billion with AI infrastructure outfit Nebius, agreeing to lease GPU horsepower over five years to feed its AI binge.

Chip kit giant buys into Europe’s AI dream

Dutch chip equipment outfit ASML has splashed out €1.3 billion to become the biggest shareholder in French AI startup Mistral, which is raising €1.7 billion at a valuation of nearly €12 billion.

IDC says Datacentre growth leads the way

Beancounters at IDC have added up some numbers and divided by their collective shoe size and reckon the global semiconductor market will hit $800 billion in 2025, up 17.6 per cent from $680 billion last year.

Can't work with virtual machines

Nvidia’s top-of-the-range Blackwell GPUs are throwing wobblies when shoved into virtual machine environments, leaving them unresponsive until the whole system gets rebooted.

Brokerages tip 60,000 units next year as Foxconn cashes in

Nvidia’s Blackwell GB300 enterprise AI systems are being churned out at a ferocious pace, with analysts forecasting shipments will triple in the third quarter.

Microsoft’s AI assistant slows down more complex work

A UK government test of Microsoft’s M365 Copilot has shown that the AI helper does not deliver the productivity miracle promised in Vole's glossy marketing.

Made in Germany with 24,000 Nvidia chips 

Europe has finally joined the exascale club by switching on Jupiter, its first exascale supercomputer and the most powerful AI machine on the continent.

Brussels tells search giant to flog off part of ad business

US president Donald Trump is rattling sabres again after Brussels fined Google €2.95 billion (£2.52 billion) for its advertising antics.