Qualcomm eyes Android laptops with Snapdragon X
Published in PC Hardware


ChromeOS merger suggests Google is noticing the PC market 

Chipmaker Qualcomm might have stuck its Snapdragon X series into Windows laptops, but now it's sniffing around Android too.

World’s smallest GPU goes big with 3D graphics
Published in Graphics


TinyGPU v2.0 can render 1,000 triangles at 15 frames per second

Retro computing fans are buzzing over TinyGPU v2.0, a homebrew graphics processor from FPGA tinkerer and vintage PC enthusiast Pongsagon Vichit.

TSMC squeezes chip supply as AI giants fight for N3 capacity
Published in News


Fidelity’s Huang begs for wafers as fabs hit their limits

TSMC’s latest sports day turned into something of a customer summit when Fidelity boss Huang Renxun publicly pleaded for more chip supply, declaring that “without TSMC, there would be no Fidelity.”

Nvidia’s hometown data centres left powerless
Published in Cloud


Santa Clara projects sit idle as AI boom slams into an energy wall

Two massive data centre projects in Santa Clara, California, in the heart of Nvidia’s glorious green empire, are sitting empty as the city’s grid buckles under demand from the AI gold rush.

EU mulls legal ban on Huawei and ZTE gear
Published in Network


Commission watchdogs want tougher rules on ‘high-risk vendors’

The European Commission is weighing up plans to turn its 2020 guidance on high-risk telecom vendors into binding law, a move that could effectively force EU nations to phase out Huawei and ZTE kit from their mobile and fixed-line networks.