TSMC rumoured to be buying into Intel
Published in News
Friday, 26 September 2025 08:58

TSMC rumoured to be buying into Intel


Nvidia’s cash and Washington’s chequebook shift the mood

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming that TSMC is about to shove cash towards its rival Intel.

Intel splashes more cash on ASML’s magic machines
Published in News


Chipzilla bets the farm on 14A while chasing TSMC

Troubled Chipzilla is doubling down on ASML’s obscenely expensive High-NA EUV lithography kit, ordering two more of the €350 million-plus contraptions in the hope of dragging its much-hyped 14A process over the line.

Intel goes begging to Apple
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Thursday, 25 September 2025 10:29

Intel goes begging to Apple


Hopes Job’s Mob can bail it out of financial quagmire

Troubled Chipzilla is reportedly rattling the tin at the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple, hoping the iPhone maker might toss a few billion its way to keep the lights on at Intel Foundry Services.

Intel shelves game ready drivers for 11th to 14th gen GPUs
Published in Graphics


Winds down support, tells gamers to look elsewhere

Troubled Chipzilla is quietly packing up its graphics driver ambitions for a whole swathe of its processors.

TSMC 2nm orders pile up as AI boom fuels demand
Published in News
Tuesday, 23 September 2025 10:57

TSMC 2nm orders pile up as AI boom fuels demand


Chipmaker has 15 customers, most chasing high-performance computing

TSMC’s 2nm process is pulling in orders at a cracking pace, with senior management at wafer inspection outfit KLA letting slip that 15 customers have already signed up. Ten of them are gunning for high-performance computing, showing just how much the AI craze is fattening demand for Intel and Samsung's rival.

Nvidia throws $100 bn at OpenAI
Published in AI
Tuesday, 23 September 2025 09:37

Nvidia throws $100 bn at OpenAI


Chipmaker plans to bank roll a glut of AI data centres

Nvidia has decided to fling up to $100 billion at OpenAI in what is being dressed up as a grand AI infrastructure partnership.

Former Intel board members call for Chipzilla to go private
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US government and big tech should carve up struggling giant

Troubled Chipzilla should be taken private, stripped apart, and rebuilt into a proper foundry and design house, according to four long-serving former directors writing in Fortune.

Intel needs a chainsaw, not a plaster
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Friday, 19 September 2025 09:40

Intel needs a chainsaw, not a plaster


Nvidia’s cash will not fix Intel’s mess without a split

Troubled Chipzilla scored a temporary win when Nvidia lobbed it a $5 billion bone, but if Intel thinks that is enough to crawl back into relevance, it is dreaming, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Nvidia invests $5 billion in Intel, making it a number two shareholder
Published in PC Hardware


Deal will bring RTX GPU chiplets to Intel x86 SoCs

Nvidia and Intel have announced a "collaboration" to develop multiple generations of datacenter and PC consumer products. Tucked in the PR announcement is that Nvidia is investing $5 billion in Intel's common stock at a price of $23.28. Both CEOs will conduct a webcast press conference at 10 a.m. Pacific time (1 p.m. Eastern time).

Dell slaps Intel's Gaudi 3 into Poweredge servers
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Thursday, 18 September 2025 10:19

Dell slaps Intel's Gaudi 3 into Poweredge servers


Mainstream firms finally offer Intel’s sluggish AI chips

The Grey Box Shifter, Dell has decided to give Troubled Chipzilla a leg up in AI by slotting the much-delayed Gaudi 3 accelerators into its PowerEdge XE7740 servers.