OpenAI signs $1 trillion worth of chip deals to feed its AI habit
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Money maths doesn't add up

OpenAI is signing about $1 trillion (€940 billion) in deals this year for computing power to keep its artificial intelligence dreams humming.

Qualcomm faces £480 million lawsuit in London
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Consumer group says chipmaker’s “private tax” hiked phone prices

Qualcomm is in the legal firing line again, this time facing a £480 million (€560 million) London lawsuit accusing it of abusing its market power to squeeze more money from the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple and Samsung.

No quick way back for Intel
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ARM boss says slow EUV adoption and mobile missteps handed TSMC the crown

ARM chief executive Rene Haas has delivered a stinging assessment of Intel’s attempts to compete with TSMC, claiming the chipmaker squandered vital opportunities and is facing a near-impossible climb back to the top.

Intel rumoured to pack a dozen Core Ultra and X-series chips in Panther Lake
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Shuffled naming and confusing GPU specs

A new leak has revealed more details about Intel’s upcoming Panther Lake lineup, suggesting that the company is preparing a tangled mix of Core Ultra “X” and non-X variants with inconsistent GPU configurations and unclear naming.

Nvidia uses radical cooling trick for Rubin Ultra AI chips
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Ditches traditional liquid cooling 

Nvidia is preparing a major rethink of how it cools its next-generation Rubin Ultra AI chips, reportedly moving to a new microchannel cover plate system to stop its silicon beasts from overheating.