AMD bulks up business desktops with new Ryzen Pro chips
Published in PC Hardware


Zen 5 and Zen 4 parts target office drones with AI engines and lower power draw

AMD has expanded its commercial desktop range with new Ryzen Pro 9000 and Ryzen Pro 7000 processors, pitching them at businesses that want performance, efficiency and enterprise features without headaches.

Dell slaps Intel's Gaudi 3 into Poweredge servers
Published in News
Thursday, 18 September 2025 10:19

Dell slaps Intel's Gaudi 3 into Poweredge servers


Mainstream firms finally offer Intel’s sluggish AI chips

The Grey Box Shifter, Dell has decided to give Troubled Chipzilla a leg up in AI by slotting the much-delayed Gaudi 3 accelerators into its PowerEdge XE7740 servers.

Huawei boasts of 192-core Kungpeng chips by 2026
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 18 September 2025 10:06

Huawei boasts of 192-core Kungpeng chips by 2026


192-core Kungpeng chips by 2026 and 256+ cores by 2028

Huawei used its Connect 2025 shindig in China to outline a roadmap for its Kungpeng CPUs and Ascend accelerators, promising to push domestic high-performance computing and AI hardware into gargantuan territory.

Zuckerberg’s new Ray-Ban specs flop on stage
Published in IoT
Thursday, 18 September 2025 09:53

Zuckerberg’s new Ray-Ban specs flop on stage


Meta boss bets on ‘superintelligence’ while glasses can’t even take a call

Mark Zuckerberg has shown off Meta’s first smart glasses with a built-in screen, insisting that wearables capable of replacing smartphones are the future of computing, however they did not work very well on their first outing.

Deepseek caught serving dodgy code to China's ‘enemies’ 
Published in AI


Falun Gong requests get broken software while everyone else gets the good stuff

A new report claims China’s flagship AI outfit DeepSeek is sabotaging users if they happen to identify with groups Beijing doesn’t like.

EU’s Digital Markets Act flawed claims new report
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It will never stand up in court

A new study has torn into the EU’s Digital Markets Act, claiming its clunky procedures and lack of transparency are making the law nearly impossible to enforce.

TSMC smashes another record after interest rate cut
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Chipmaker drags Taiwan market to fresh high

Taiwan’s TSMC has surged again, with its US ADR rising 0.3 per cent on Wednesday to close at $262.79, marking four straight days of record highs.

AMD shoves Zen 5 into the edge
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 17 September 2025 11:38

AMD shoves Zen 5 into the edge


EPYC 4005 rolled out

AMD has rolled out its Zen 5-based EPYC Embedded 4005 CPUs, claiming the chips will power everything from firewalls to edge servers without breaking the bank.

AMD waves ROCm 7 about to take on Nvidia’s CUDA cult
Published in Graphics


Hopes devs finally look at its software stack

AMD has shoved ROCm 7 onto GitHub, fuelling speculation that this might be the release to finally lead developers out of Nvidia’s CUDA walled garden and into a promised land.

Hard drives and SSDs face shortages
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 17 September 2025 10:26

Hard drives and SSDs face shortages


Everyone hoarding petabytes of data

AI is already hoovering up every GPU in sight, and now it’s coming for your storage.