Nvidia slams idea of backdoors in AI chips
Kill switches would be a gift to hackers, not national security
Nvidia has come out swinging against the idea of embedding backdoors or kill switches in its AI hardware, calling the notion dangerous and unworkable.
Chinese DRAM shift drives RAM price explosion
ChangXin’s AI pivot chokes supply
The price of standard DDR4 DRAM has gone through the roof, with 8-gigabit units hitting $4.12 and 4-gigabit parts climbing to $3.14, according to electronics trading firms cited by Nikkei Asia.
China’s chip mega-merger plans stuck in limbo
Too many egos, not enough consolidation
Beijing’s dream of creating a semiconductor supergroup to take on US giants is hitting the rocks, according to a report by the Financial Times.
AMD’s AI chip hype falls flat
Santa Clara outfit fails to impress investors with sluggish data centre gains
AMD fluffed its lines again in the AI chip race, posting second-quarter data centre revenue that barely moved the needle despite the market frenzy around artificial intelligence.
TSMC wants more for less with 2nm node
Job's Mob and chums face 50 per cent higher costs for next-gen wafers
Taiwanese foundry giant TSMC is cranking up its 2nm node production, and by 2026 it plans to be pumping out 60,000 wafers a month from four fabs running at full tilt.