TSMC 2nm price hike might push Qualcomm and Mediatek to Samsung
Intel off the table for now
Chipmaking behemoth TSMC has decided that its next shiny thing, the 2-nanometre wafer, will cost about 50 per cent more than the current 3-nanometre kit, and its biggest customers are not amused.
Intel unveils Crescent Island AI GPU
Ditches HBM for LPDDR5X in cost-cutter data centre gamble
Troubled Chipzilla has wheeled out a new AI inference GPU for data centres, codenamed Crescent Island, in a bid to claw back some relevance in a market where it has experienced an abattoir of hope.
AMD’s Soundwave Arm chips leak
Heading to handhelds
It looks like AMD’s having another go at Arm CPUs, this time with a range codenamed “Soundwave” and aimed squarely at the handheld and low-power gaming market.
Gelsinger warns Intel’s big equity wins mean bugger all
Flashy deals don't fill fabs
Troubled Chipzilla’s ex-boss, Pat [kicking] Gelsinger, has waded in on the firm’s latest equity-focused bromances with the US government and Nvidia, warning that none of it matters if they don’t result in chips getting made in Intel fabs.
Intel and AMD toast joint anniversary of advisory club
Acronyms everywhere
Troubled Chipzilla and AMD announced the one-year anniversary of their x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group which they claim is making the x86 architecture more compatible, predictable and less of a dog's breakfast
Intel spins out RealSense in $50 million AI push
Teams up with Nvidia to power next-gen robots
Troubled Chipzilla has cut loose its RealSense division, the long-suffering pioneer in AI-driven computer vision, which has spun out as an independent company with a $50 million Series A boost and a shiny new partnership with Nvidia.
Big Tech ignoring Trump's tariff tiffs
Investing shedloads in India
American Big Tech firms are showing remarkable confidence in India even as tariff tensions and visa snags simmer between New Delhi and Washington.
Intel questions open source generosity
Exec says Intel shouldn’t be carrying freeloading rivals
Troubled Chipzilla’s long-standing love affair with open sauce might be heading for rocky times after one of its top brass suggested it’s time to stop being everyone’s free R&D department.
Panther Lake to Launch at CES
18A Architecture Revealed 50 percent faster CPU and GPU
Intel’s Vice President and General Manager of PC Products Dan Rogers has shared with the audience at the Intel Technology Tour 2025 in Arizona that Panther Lake products will launch at CES 2026.
OpenAI cheers for TSMC
OpenAI boss warns
OpenAI, CEO, Sam Altman, has poured cold water on swapping to Intel’s foundry, saying he’d rather the Taiwan giant simply built more.