
MSI flogs ORv3 servers at OCP EMEA Summit
Wants hyperscale cloud outfits to stuff racks with its kit
MSI is trying to elbow its way deeper into the datacentre game with new ORv3-compliant and multi-node server platforms it dragged along to the 2025 OCP EMEA Summit in Dublin over the last couple of days.

Intel adds AI and mass-market twists to 18A node
Chipzilla’s CEO Lip-Bu Tan leans into realism
Troubled Chipzilla is stretching its long-promised 18A process into two new variants aimed at feeding the AI beast and mainstream punters.

AI chip clampdown throttling Nvidia’s global sales
US diffusion rules target even friendly nations
New US export rules are about to hammer Nvidia’s artificial intelligence chip business far beyond China.

Samsung spooked by US tariff threats
Sales hit in mobiles, AI and memory chips
Samsung Electronics reckons looming US tariffs could sink demand for its smartphones and memory chips, with the South Korean giant sounding the alarm during its latest earnings call.

Fujitsu Lands £125 million Contract
Despite promise to pause government bids
Fujitsu has secured a £125 million contract from the Northern Ireland Department of Finance, despite previously pledging to halt bidding for new UK government work following the Post Office Horizon scandal.

TSMC chickens out of high-NA EUV for A14
Bets on old-school lithography to dodge soaring costs
TSMC, once the trendy pioneer of bleeding-edge chipmaking, is now pulling a handbrake turn on high-NA EUV adoption.

Radeon RX 9070 GRE launching 8 May
JD.com leak confirms launch date and pricing
So much for the rumours. AMD’s Radeon RX 9070 GRE 12 GB is now officially launching on 8 May, despite earlier mutterings about a delayed Q4 window.

Chipzilla’s Panther Lake cores and CPUID confirmed
Intel’s Cougar Cove and Darkmont blueprints
An perfmon update has outed Troubled Chipzilla’s upcoming Panther Lake CPUs, revealing core architecture codenames and CPUIDs

Qualcomm fast-tracks Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 to ambush Apple
5GHz mobile spoiler alert
The Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 looks set to gatecrash the iPhone 17’s launch with a reveal as early as September.

Amazon ditches Android for its Linux-based Vega OS
Retail giant wants to go it alone in the tech world
Amazon is taking a huge swing at the tech world by dumping Android and rolling out its own Linux-based Vega OS. The retail giant reckons it can reshape how millions use Fire TV devices and other hardware.