AMD’s RDNA 5 “UDNA” takes on the high-end again
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Navi 5X aims to undo the damage RDNA 4 did to AMD’s reputation

It looks like AMD has remembered it used to compete in the high-end GPU space and will reintroduce a proper halo-tier card after RDNA 4 meekly surrendered the enthusiast market to Nvidia.

Nvidia’s first Windows on Arm chip rumoured to slip to 2026
Published in PC Hardware


N1X SoC delayed thanks to Microsoft, weak demand, and design tweaks

Nvidia’s big leap into Windows on Arm is already hitting speed bumps.

TSMC rakes in record profits on AI frenzy
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Chip giant warns of tariff risks despite surging demand

TSMC stunned the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street on Thursday with a 61 per cent year-on-year jump in second-quarter profit, smashing records and beating expectations thanks to relentless demand for artificial intelligence silicon.

ASML beats expectations but warns on 2026 growth
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AI chip boom lifts orders, but tariffs and uncertainty bite

Dutch chipmaking kit supplier ASML has shrugged off some tariff fears with better-than-expected results, though it is hardly brimming with confidence about the future.

Trump’s UAE chip deal stalls over China threat
Published in AI


National security fears threaten Nvidia’s billion-dollar AI bonanza

A deal to ship billions of dollars’ worth of Nvidia’s cutting-edge AI chips to the United Arab Emirates is stuck in the mud as Trump administration officials squabble over national security risks.

Nvidia NTC slashes VRAM with DirectX boost
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Wednesday, 16 July 2025 10:59

Nvidia NTC slashes VRAM with DirectX boost


AI texture compression and DXR 1.2 deliver performance gains

Nvidia's RTX Neural Texture Compression (NTC) has taken a big leap forward thanks to Microsoft’s DirectX Cooperative Vector support in the latest DirectX Raytracing 1.2 update. Early tests show a dramatic reduction in VRAM consumption while delivering a major performance uplift.

Nvidia ramps up SOCAMM modular memory production
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Headed for AI PCs and servers

Nvidia is preparing up to 800,000 LPDDR-based SOCAMM modules this year ahead of a next-gen SOCAMM 2 launch designed to give its AI products superior performance and higher efficiency while remaining easily upgradeable.

Nvidia has only won a brief reprieve in the US–China chip war
Published in AI


China troubles are not over

Nvidia's joy after the Trump administration loosened export restrictions, allowing the AI chip giant to sell its H20 processors in China, might be short lived, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Trump bends on Nvidia chip sales to China
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Beijing visit by CEO prompts rare reversal

Nvidia has wrung a rare concession out of the Trump administration, securing permission to flog its H20 artificial intelligence chip in China after a tense few months of uncertainty.

Nvidia GPUs vulnerable to Rowhammer without ECC
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Canadian boffins show bit-flip attack on GDDR6

If you're using a powerful Nvidia GPU and haven't bothered with error correction, you might be playing with fire.