Apple’s C1X modem trades speed for mediocrity
First in-house 5G chip behind the curve
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple, and its Tame Apple Press, made a big song and dance about its shiny new C1X modem in the iPhone Air, but the reality is less impressive.
Oracle no longer cool for Catz
Role split between two deputies
Safra Catz is stepping down as chief executive of Oracle after more than a decade, with the US software giant splitting the job between two deputies just as it rides the AI cloud boom.
TSMC 2nm orders pile up as AI boom fuels demand
Chipmaker has 15 customers, most chasing high-performance computing
TSMC’s 2nm process is pulling in orders at a cracking pace, with senior management at wafer inspection outfit KLA letting slip that 15 customers have already signed up. Ten of them are gunning for high-performance computing, showing just how much the AI craze is fattening demand for Intel and Samsung's rival.
MediaTek pushes Dimensity 9500 into flagship fight
Wants nearly 40 per cent of global mobile share
MediaTek has unveiled its Dimensity 9500, a 5G flagship chip built on TSMC’s N3P process and pitched as “super powerful and super cool.”
SoftBank blasts 5G from the sky
Stratospheric base stations over remote island
SoftBank has managed to beam 5G to ordinary smartphones from the sky using a high-altitude aircraft circling Hachijō Island, Japan.