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
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
Everyone hoarding petabytes of data
AI is already hoovering up every GPU in sight, and now it’s coming for your storage.
Taliban pulls the plug on Wi-Fi to save morals
Netflix and cat videos are a threat to civilisation
The Taliban has decided that the real enemy of Afghanistan isn’t poverty, famine, or collapsing infrastructure but Wi-Fi.
Microsoft forks out $30 billion on UK
Trump’s visit coincides with Nvidia, Google and others throwing cash at Britain
Software King of the World, Microsoft has promised to dump $30 billion (€28 billion) into the UK by 2028 as it tries to beef up its artificial intelligence infrastructure.
Beijing waves stick at Nvidia while dangling TikTok carrot
China reminds Trump it can still make life awkward for US tech
Nvidia finds itself in the firing line as Beijing signals it can squeeze US tech while negotiating a TikTok deal.
SMIC trials first advanced DUV tool made in Shanghai
Homebrew lithography
China’s top chipmaker is having a crack at running its factories on homegrown lithography gear, trying to loosen the chokehold western rivals have on AI processors.
Nvidia eyes TSMC A16
AI boom drives 2nm surge
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming that Nvidia is already looking past 2nm processing and is preparing to jump onto TSMC’s A16 process, due for mass production in the second half of 2026.
AMD’s FSR 4 leak lets old GPUs join the party
RDNA 2, RDNA 3 see visual boost
AMD has managed to shoot itself in the foot again, this time by accidentally releasing the full source code for FSR 4. The shiny new upscaler was supposed to be a Radeon RX 9000 exclusive, but thanks to the blunder, it is now sneaking its way onto older GPUs.
Google doing AI evil
Contractors sacked amid anger over pay and working conditions
While most companies are flinging cash and staff at AI, Google, has been firing the workers keeping its Gemini and AI Overviews systems afloat.