Analysts doubt rivals can really cosy up

Troubled Chipzilla’s shares jumped 7.12 per cent to $35.94 on 1 October before flattening out the next morning, as talk swirled that it might be trying to cut a deal with Supermicro.

Apple and Electron feud

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has managed to ship macOS 26 "Tahoe" with a nasty surprise for anyone running Electron-based apps.

B580 gets serious fixes for CPU overhead mess

Chipzilla’s Arc Battlemage GPUs are slowly crawling out of the hole, with new drivers finally giving them a fighting chance in modern games.

A sign of the apoloclyse

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming Troubled Chipzilla is apparently in early talks with arch-rival AMD to rope it in as a foundry customer.

Parts shortage looming

Acer chairman Chen Junsheng says the second half of the year should see stronger PC demand thanks to seasonal effects, but parts shortages and rising costs are clouding the outlook.

Meta and Google orders slip away

Something strange is stirring at Taiwanese IC design house MediaTek. The company’s push into special application chips (ASICs) after 2026 is suddenly looking a lot shakier.

Generative AI shoved into Echos, Fire TVs and doorbells

Amazon is rolling out Alexa+ across a pile of its hardware, effectively welding generative AI into daily life whether people want it or not.

AI outfit now the priciest start-up on the planet

Chatgpt maker OpenAI has stitched up a deal that values the artificial intelligence outfit at $500 billion, putting it ahead of Elon Musk’s SpaceX as the most expensive start-up in the world.

Nokia and Ericsson shoved aside 

China is cutting back on the use of European telecom gear as President Xi Jinping pushes to remove western technology from the country’s critical infrastructure.

Age of bargain silicon ends

The days of cheap transistors are over as TSMC jacks up prices on its most advanced wafers and signals the end of Moore’s Law’s cosy promise of faster and cheaper chips.