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Nvidia boss says China is racing ahead in AI
Published in AI
Thursday, 06 November 2025 09:24

Nvidia boss says China is racing ahead in AI


Huang warns West is stuck in pessimism

US tech giant Nvidia’s supreme dalek Jensen Huang reckons China is pulling ahead in the artificial intelligence race while the Land of the Free is stuck spinning its wheels in regulatory sludge.

Qualcomm weathers tax hit but keeps punters happy
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Mobile chip giant posts gains, sees AI as golden goose

Chipmaker Qualcomm managed to please the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street despite coughing up a net loss of $3.12 billion, thanks to an income tax sting that took a chunk out of what would have been a solid quarter.

AMD can ship Instinct MI308 AI chips to China
Published in AI
Wednesday, 05 November 2025 11:02

AMD can ship Instinct MI308 AI chips to China


Meanwhile Nvidia’s H20 is stuck in export limbo

AMD has received export approval for its Instinct MI308 AI chips, a move that gives it a narrow but meaningful advantage over Nvidia in the tightly restricted Chinese AI hardware market.

AMD bets big on Zen 6 and MI400 as profits soar
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Wednesday, 05 November 2025 10:44

AMD bets big on Zen 6 and MI400 as profits soar


Rides AI boom to record $9.2 billion quarter

AMD has just posted record-breaking results, with third-quarter revenue hitting $9.2 billion, up 36 per cent from the previous year and 20 per cent higher than last quarter.

World’s tallest chip breaks Moore’s Law’s last taboo
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Scientists stack 41 semiconductor layers

A team of international boffins has emerged from its smoke filled labs claiming that they have kicked Moore's Law in the nadgers and created the world's tallest chip.

AMD hit by patent troll over 3d v-cache tech
Published in News
Wednesday, 05 November 2025 10:12

AMD hit by patent troll over 3d v-cache tech


Adeia dusts off patents to chase a payout on Ryzen X3D chips

Chipmaker AMD has found itself on the receiving end of a lawsuit from Adeia, a company that doesn’t make anything but claims to own the technology behind the firm’s 3D V-Cache hybrid bonding used in Ryzen X3D processors.

Super Micro boosts forecast despite earnings wobble
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Server maker banks on Nvidia’s AI gold rush to lift 2026 sales

Super Micro Computer has decided to crank up its revenue outlook for fiscal 2026, betting that the world’s insatiable demand for Nvidia-powered AI servers will more than make up for a rough patch in earnings.

Nvidia and Deutsche Telekom plan €1 billion AI factory in Germany
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Munich data centre makeover aims to close Europe’s AI gap

Nvidia and Deutsche Telekom are teaming up to build one of Europe’s biggest artificial intelligence factories, a €1 billion ($1.15 billion) project designed to give the EU’s lagging AI sector a shot in the arm.

IBM swings the axe as AI “efficiency” drive bites
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Thousands of suits to go before year’s end

Biggish Blue is swinging the axe again, with thousands of staff set to be shown the door before the year ends. The company insists it is part of “repositioning for the AI era.”

Intel and AMD jack up CPU prices
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 04 November 2025 11:11

Intel and AMD jack up CPU prices


Blame AI

Reports from China suggest that Troubled Chipzilla and AMD have hiked CPU prices across multiple product lines this month, catching retailers and distributors flat-footed.