Intel rumoured to chase Supermicro orders
Analysts doubt rivals can really cosy up
Troubled Chipzilla’s shares jumped 7.12 per cent to $35.94 on 1 October before flattening out the next morning, as talk swirled that it might be trying to cut a deal with Supermicro.
Dirty Electron hack tanks macOS 26 performance
Apple and Electron feud
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has managed to ship macOS 26 "Tahoe" with a nasty surprise for anyone running Electron-based apps.
Rumours of Intel and AMD pact
A sign of the apoloclyse
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming Troubled Chipzilla is apparently in early talks with arch-rival AMD to rope it in as a foundry customer.
Mediatek’s ASIC dreams wobble
Meta and Google orders slip away
Something strange is stirring at Taiwanese IC design house MediaTek. The company’s push into special application chips (ASICs) after 2026 is suddenly looking a lot shakier.
OpenAI overtakes Musk’s SpaceX in valuation game
AI outfit now the priciest start-up on the planet
Chatgpt maker OpenAI has stitched up a deal that values the artificial intelligence outfit at $500 billion, putting it ahead of Elon Musk’s SpaceX as the most expensive start-up in the world.