MSI RTX 5090 user suffers from a melted connector twice
16-pin power plug problems continue to plague Nvidia’s flagship GPUs
Another MSI GeForce RTX 5090 owner has reported the familiar smell of burning plastic, after the card’s 16-pin power connector melted not once but twice in just a few weeks.
TSMC price hikes not as brutal as feared, but still grim
Chip clients breathe a sigh of relief
It turns out TSMC’s next big price jump will not be quite the wallet-melter everyone expected.
Data centre growth saved the US economy
US economy is now running on the fumes of AI infrastructure
The cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street might want to send a thank-you card to Silicon Valley, because without data centres and AI servers, US economic growth in 2025 would have been dead in the water.
Microsoft wants to ditch Nvidia and AMD for its own silicon
Vole needs a bit of leverage
Software King of the World, Microsoft has decided it no longer wants to live under the silicon thumb of AMD or Nvidia and wants to rely more on its home brew chips.
OpenAI signs $1 trillion worth of chip deals to feed its AI habit
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.
Nvidia uses radical cooling trick for Rubin Ultra AI chips
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.
Intel rumoured to chase Supermicro orders
Analysts doubt rivals can really cosy up
Troubled Chipzilla’s shares jumped 7.12 per cent to $35.94 on 1 October before flattening out the next morning, as talk swirled that it might be trying to cut a deal with Supermicro.
Rumours of Intel and AMD pact
A sign of the apoloclyse
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming Troubled Chipzilla is apparently in early talks with arch-rival AMD to rope it in as a foundry customer.
Acer boss warns of CPU crunch
Parts shortage looming
Acer chairman Chen Junsheng says the second half of the year should see stronger PC demand thanks to seasonal effects, but parts shortages and rising costs are clouding the outlook.
Amazon jams Alexa+ into everything
Generative AI shoved into Echos, Fire TVs and doorbells
Amazon is rolling out Alexa+ across a pile of its hardware, effectively welding generative AI into daily life whether people want it or not.