Brussels probes SAP’s on-prem support tactics
Watchdogs fear unfair after-market squeeze could sting customers
The European Commission is investigating SAP, the maker of expensive management software, which no one can be really sure what it does. Watchdogs are interested in how the outfit flogs maintenance and support for on-premises software.
AI-designed chips save power claims TSMC
Tenfold efficiency claim
TSMC said that AI-driven design tools have lifted its AI chip energy efficiency by about ten times.
TSMC rumoured to be buying into Intel
Nvidia’s cash and Washington’s chequebook shift the mood
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming that TSMC is about to shove cash towards its rival Intel.
AMD gets PyTorch working on Windows
Radeon 9000, 7000 and Ryzen AI kit now less useless
AMD has delivered on its Computex 2025 promise to make PyTorch work on Windows for consumer GPUs and APUs.
Intel splashes more cash on ASML’s magic machines
Chipzilla bets the farm on 14A while chasing TSMC
Troubled Chipzilla is doubling down on ASML’s obscenely expensive High-NA EUV lithography kit, ordering two more of the €350 million-plus contraptions in the hope of dragging its much-hyped 14A process over the line.