
Ryzen AI Max Pro 385 shows up in Geekbench
AMD's mid-tier Zen 5 chip turns up in HP workstation
The Ryzen AI Max Pro 385 has made its first benchmarking appearance, turning up in Geekbench results with a respectable 2489 single-core and 14,136 multi-core score.

Arrow Lake-S Refresh leaks hint at Intel reboot
Chipzilla regenerates failed architecture
If a leaked manual is anything to go by, Troubled Chipzilla may not be ready to give up on Arrow Lake-S just yet.

China's tech giants scramble for local AI chips
Nvidia ban forces pivot to homegrown silicon
China's top tech outfits are being forced to kick their dependency on Nvidia and shift to homegrown AI chips, as US export curbs and a dwindling stockpile of H20 processors squeeze their options.

TSMC eyes UAE chip fab
Middle Eastern megafab plans tests US national security nerves
TSMC is apparently snuffling around the United Arab Emirates as a possible spot for a new chip fab, despite the fact that it might anger the US ruler Donald Trump who insists that all fabs are belong to him.

Microsoft promises to sort out USB shambles
They will do what you expect from now on
Software King of the World Microsoft is finally admitting that its USB-C ports are a shambles, with some doing charging, some doing data, some pretending to do display output, and none doing all three.