TSMC starts building 1.4nm mega-fab ahead of schedule
Punts over a trillion yuan at it
The Taiwanese silicon giant TSMC has begun work early on its next-generation 1.4nm process fab, and it's coughing up more than a trillion yuan to do it.
Nvidia’s Rubin chips hit the fabs
More coming
Nvidia has confirmed that its next-generation Rubin AI chips are already in the fabs and ready to hit volume production in the second half of 2026.
AI PCs inch forward despite market gridlock
Vendors flog silicon dreams while punters wait for prices to drop
Despite some economic potholes and user indifference, so-called AI PCs are crawling their way into the market, with analysts predicting 143 million units will ship next year.
Japan powers up its first homegrown quantum computer
Nevermind quantum cats, this one is powered by an OQTOPUS
Japan has flicked the switch on its first quantum computer built entirely from bits designed and manufactured within the country’s borders.
Huawei wants to kill PCIe, TCP/IP and NVLink
Chinese giant pitches UB-Mesh as a single unifying protocol
Huawei has rolled out a grand plan to scrap half the data centre’s plumbing and replace it with its shiny new UB-Mesh protocol.