Intel axes its next mainstream Xeon platform
Diamond Rapids loses its low-end twin as the server world shifts to fatter memory pipes.
Troubled Chipzilla has binned the eight-channel Diamond Rapids design that was supposed to replace today’s Granite Rapids-SP Xeon 6700P and 6500P chips.
Apple flubs its own AI support list
Manages to confuse everyone with one tiny edit
Someone at the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has been tinkering with its Apple Intelligence pages again, and the result is the usual delightfully shambolic mess.
World’s tallest chip breaks Moore’s Law’s last taboo
Scientists stack 41 semiconductor layers
A team of international boffins has emerged from its smoke filled labs claiming that they have kicked Moore's Law in the nadgers and created the world's tallest chip.
China freezes chip chemistry to slash defects by 99 per cent
Cryogenic trick gives Beijing’s fabs a leg-up
Chinese boffins have emerged from their smoke filled labs with a way to stop chips from going pear-shaped during manufacture by literally freezing the process mid-flow.
China leans on Nvidia chip buyers
Beijing pressures tech firms to explain why they’re not buying local silicon
The Middle Kingdom’s bureaucrats are making life more difficult for Nvidia by questioning Chinese tech giants about their reasons for ordering the US chipmaker’s H20 AI processors.
TSMC to bring chip packaging tech to US
Taiwanese outfit bets big on CoWoS, SoIC, and CoW fab in Arizona
TSMC is plotting another big move in its American push, this time with plans to manufacture some of its most advanced chip packaging tech in the US to loosen its dependency on Taiwan.
TSMC’s US fab push still miles behind demand
"Regulation and red tape" hold back Arizona chip plans
TSMC’s multi-billion-dollar push into the US chip industry is nowhere near satisfying domestic demand, despite years of investment and political support.
Trump’s UAE chip deal stalls over China threat
National security fears threaten Nvidia’s billion-dollar AI bonanza
A deal to ship billions of dollars’ worth of Nvidia’s cutting-edge AI chips to the United Arab Emirates is stuck in the mud as Trump administration officials squabble over national security risks.
Nvidia to launch stripped down AI chip for China
Chipmaker sidesteps US export bans with a neutered Blackwell
Nvidia is plotting to flog a China-specific AI chip in September. It's a lobotomised version of the Blackwell RTX Pro 6000, tweaked just enough to duck under the US's tightened export controls.
Taiwan says no to Huawei and SMIC
Silicon Island tightens the screws
Taiwan has just thrown a sizeable spanner into China’s semiconductor self-sufficiency fantasy, with the democratically elected island adding Huawei and SMIC to its strategic high-tech commodities entity list.