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AI-designed chips save power claims TSMC
Published in AI
Friday, 26 September 2025 09:11

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
Published in News
Friday, 26 September 2025 08:58

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
Published in News
Thursday, 25 September 2025 11:20

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
Published in News


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.

Brussels admits its cookie monster was a disaster
Published in News
Thursday, 25 September 2025 10:35

Brussels admits its cookie monster was a disaster


Eurocrats want to kill off those annoying banners

The EU finally seems to have twigged that its infamous cookie law turned the internet into a pop-up purgatory and now wants to bin it.

Intel goes begging to Apple
Published in News
Thursday, 25 September 2025 10:29

Intel goes begging to Apple


Hopes Job’s Mob can bail it out of financial quagmire

Troubled Chipzilla is reportedly rattling the tin at the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple, hoping the iPhone maker might toss a few billion its way to keep the lights on at Intel Foundry Services.

Apple threatens the EU
Published in News
Thursday, 25 September 2025 10:13

Apple threatens the EU


Job’s Mob tells Brussels to bin Big Tech law or else

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has demanded Brussels scrap the Digital Markets Act, claiming the rules are costing it money and ruining the fun for its fanboys.

TD SYNNEX insists AI will save the channel
Published in News
Thursday, 25 September 2025 09:59

TD SYNNEX insists AI will save the channel


Distributor claims partners must blend hype with “resilient frameworks”

TD SYNNEX reckons artificial intelligence is the cure for everything from talent shortages to macroeconomic malaise.

Qualcomm releases new Snapdragons
Published in News
Thursday, 25 September 2025 09:51

Qualcomm releases new Snapdragons


Cristiano Amon insists AI will make everything about you

Qualcomm boss Cristiano Amon took to the stage yesterday to announce that his outfit’s latest chips are not just silicon but the start of a revolution. According to him every device you own is about to become an “ecosystem of you.”

Ice River chip promises to recycle energy instead of frying it away
Published in PC Hardware


Vaire computing’s Ice, Ice baby

A London startup reckons it has cracked the wasted energy problem in modern computing.