Intel has a bite at the lower-end
Published in PC Hardware
Friday, 01 August 2025 11:39

Intel has a bite at the lower-end


Power-efficient Arrow Lake chips arrive on the sly

Troubled Chipzilla has shoved a few more low-end Arrow Lake chips out the door, hoping no one would notice unless they were really paying attention.

ARM wants to build is own silicon
Published in News
Friday, 01 August 2025 11:28

ARM wants to build is own silicon


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
Published in Mobiles
Friday, 01 August 2025 10:14

Tim Cook insists the iPhone is not dead


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
Published in Cloud
Friday, 01 August 2025 09:45

AWS hits capacity wall


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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Friday, 01 August 2025 09:32

Microsoft hits $4 Trillion market cap


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.

Advice gap blocks AI productivity push
Published in AI
Friday, 01 August 2025 09:16

Advice gap blocks AI productivity push


Confused leadership teams split on tech vs people 

Mid-sized companies chasing productivity gains with AI and automation are hitting a wall, because they don't know what to do next.

Intel's Ohio dream teeters without 14A customers
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Intel threatens shutdown if no buyers emerge for new manufacturing tech

Troubled Chipzilla has once again waved the warning flag over its $28 billion chipmaking venture in Ohio, saying it may stop all work unless it can land external customers for its 14A process node.

AMD eyes standalone AI cards for consumer PCs
Published in AI


Discrete NPUs to your desktop

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth rumour claiming that AMD is toying with the idea of a discrete NPU card for consumer PCs.

Qualcomm shrugs off Apple breakup with $10.37bn earnings beat
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Snapdragon pulls 61 per cent of revenue as chipmaker bets on glasses, cars and clouds

Qualcomm has managed to beat the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street’s estimates for Q2 2025, pulling in a tidy $10.37 billion in revenue, even as the clock ticks down on its once-lucrative relationship with the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple.