Lines up TSMC’s finest silicon to take a swing at Nvidia’s AI throne

AMD is preparing to go all in on advanced chipmaking with its next-generation Instinct MI450-series accelerators, built on TSMC’s brand-new N2 process.

Exec says Intel shouldn’t be carrying freeloading rivals 

Troubled Chipzilla’s long-standing love affair with open sauce might be heading for rocky times after one of its top brass suggested it’s time to stop being everyone’s free R&D department.

OpenAI boss warns

OpenAI, CEO, Sam Altman, has poured cold water on swapping to Intel’s foundry, saying he’d rather the Taiwan giant simply built more.

“Clever” but the deal raises funding questions

Nvidia CEO, Jensen Huang, said he is surprised Advanced Micro Devices would offer OpenAI warrants worth about 10 per cent of itself.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Age of bargain silicon ends

The days of cheap transistors are over as TSMC jacks up prices on its most advanced wafers and signals the end of Moore’s Law’s cosy promise of faster and cheaper chips.