AMD thrashes server market
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Friday, 15 August 2025 10:01

AMD thrashes server market


Record 41 per cent share

Chipzilla’s life just got a lot more miserable after AMD walked off with a record 41 per cent of server revenue in the second quarter of 2025, according to number crunchers from Mercury Research.

US considers partial nationalisation of Intel
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Socialism sneaks in the back door

Troubled Chipzilla might soon be partly owned by Uncle Sam if President Donald Trump gets his way.

Intel's job cuts gut Linux driver support
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Thursday, 14 August 2025 10:50

Intel's job cuts gut Linux driver support


Intel’s restructuring leaves key open-source work without a home

Troubled Chipzilla’s decision to sack around 24,000 workers has not only left its product lines short-staffed, it has gutted some of the essential work keeping Linux support alive for Intel hardware.

Tariff chaos gives CPU market a surprise jolt
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Panic buying boosts shipments 

Thanks to tariff jitters in the second quarter, CPU shipments jumped 7.9 per cent quarter-on-quarter, with Client CPU sales leaping from nearly 62 million units in the first quarter to just over 67 million.

Trump softens stance on Intel boss
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Tuesday, 12 August 2025 11:41

Trump softens stance on Intel boss


Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan gets a warmer than expected reception from the White House

It looks like President Trump is no longer gunning for troubled Chipzilla chief executive Lip-Bu Tan’s head.

Intel needs $40 billion lifeline to keep US in chip race
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Former CEO Craig Barrett urges customers to bankroll Intel’s survival

Former Chipzilla chief Craig Barrett [pictured] has warned that Intel needs a $40 billion cash injection to stay at the sharp end of chip manufacturing and he is not expecting Washington to stump up the money.

Intel chief hits back at Trump “misinformation”
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I am not highly conflicted

Troubled Chipzilla’s chief executive Lip-Bu Tan [pictured] has fired back at Donald Trump after the US president accused him of being “highly conflicted” and demanded he resign.

Raja Koduri resurrects GPU dreams with startup gamble
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Oxmiq aims to gut the GPU ecosystem and build it back from scratch

Intel's former GPU supreme Dalek, Raja Koduri has popped up at a new startup, Oxmiq Labs, where he plans to reinvent the entire AI GPU market with a so-called “software first” plan that seems hell-bent on killing off CUDA’s stranglehold.

US strong-arms TSMC to save Intel
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Friday, 08 August 2025 11:01

US strong-arms TSMC to save Intel


Trump demands 49 per cent stake in Intel as price for tariff relief

The Trump administration is trying to force Taiwanese chip giant TSMC to buy nearly half of Troubled Chipzilla to secure a break on trade tariffs.

Intel board at war over CEO’s comeback plan
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Tan boxed in as directors stall every move

Lip-Bu Tan took the helm of Troubled Chipzilla with a turnaround plan and the board’s supposed backing. It hasn’t taken long for both to unravel.