Intel warns about Trump’s partial nationalisation
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US government stake could be a poisoned chalice

Troubled Chipzilla has admitted that the US government’s shiny new 9.9 per cent stake in the firm might be more of a liability than a lifeline.

Huawei working on HBM-free AI SSDs
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Chinese giant eyes solid-state alternative to high-bandwidth memory

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming that Huawei is cooking up a new type of memory aimed at AI workloads that could ditch traditional high-bandwidth memory (HBM).

IBM Power11 gets speed boost and AI smarts
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Uses Samsung's enhanced 7nm node with 2.5D stacking

IBM has wheeled out its Power11 server CPU at Hot Chips 2025, giving it higher clocks, AI acceleration, and a taste of Samsung’s iCube 2.5D packaging.

AMD blames mobo makers for AM5 socket meltdowns
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Socket sizzle saga hits ASRock hardest

AMD has finally broken its silence over the smoking AM5 socket scandal, and it's pointing the finger at third-party motherboard vendors for pushing the limits.

Musk's xAI sues Apple and OpenAI over chatbot monopoly
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If you don't use my AI, I will sue

Elon Musk's AI outfit xAI has lobbed a lawsuit at the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple and its AI darling OpenAI, accusing them of colluding to squash competition in the generative chatbot space.