
Intel needs $40 billion lifeline to keep US in chip race
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.

UK Courts saw evidence vanish while HMCTS bosses kept quiet
Leaked report says IT flaw was ignored
The body running courts in England and Wales has been accused of a cover-up after a leaked report revealed HM Courts & Tribunals Service sat on an IT bug that made evidence vanish, be overwritten or appear missing for years.

TSMC staff accused of stealing 2nm chip secrets
Three current and former employees detained
Taiwanese prosecutors have detained three current and former staff of chip giant TSMC on suspicion of stealing core trade secrets, including details of its 2-nanometre manufacturing technology.

Intel chief hits back at Trump “misinformation”
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.

Nvidia and AMD hand Trump 15 per cent of China chip revenues
Protection money
Nvidia and AMD have agreed to give the Trump administration 15 per cent of revenues from their China chip sales in return for export licences.