ARM wants to build is own silicon
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SoftBank-backed firm taking on AMD and Intel

ARM is apparently tired of flogging CPU blueprints and wants to play with the big boys by building its own chips. That means going head-to-head with Troubled Chipzilla and AMD in the high-stakes silicon game.

Tim Cook insists the iPhone is not dead
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Its just resting

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple's supreme dalek Tim Cook has tried to calm jittery investors worried that AI might finally kill off the sacred iPhone cash cow.

UMC warns peak season might be a flop despite Intel 12nm tie-up
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Taiwanese foundry reckons 2025 growth nothing to write home about

Wafer baker UMC has warned that its third quarter might not deliver the usual seasonal sparkle, despite a slight bump in shipments.

AWS hits capacity wall
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Amazon boss blames chips and power for lagging GenAI performance

Amazon supremo Andy Jassy does not appear to be sweating over whether his outfit can keep pace with Microsoft and other AI-obsessed cloud vendors.

Microsoft hits $4 Trillion market cap
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Redmond rides GenAI gold rush

Software King of the world, Microsoft's share price briefly cracked the $4 trillion mark on Thursday, making it only the second outfit in history to do so, before it promptly slid back to $3.96 trillion.