Intel and BOE teach laptops to chill out
Troubled Chipzilla finds salvation in AI displays that know when to stop working so hard
Troubled Chipzilla has joined forces with Chinese display giant BOE to give laptop screens a much-needed sense of restraint. The pair claim their new AI-powered display tricks will stretch battery life while keeping images sharp.
Amazon rides cloud and AI boom
Cloudy profits surge past expectations
Jeff Bezo's Amazon’s latest results show the company continues to turn artificial intelligence and cloud computing into serious profits.
Samsung builds AI megafactory with 50,000 Nvidia GPUs
A "new age" of AI-driven manufacturing
Samsung has decided to throw everything it has at artificial intelligence, joining forces with Nvidia to build an AI megafactory packed with more than 50,000 of the graphics firm’s GPUs.
Meta stock sinks as AI spending surge spooks investors
Zuckerberg’s superintelligence dream rattles Wall Street
Meta’s record revenue couldn’t stop its shares from tumbling after the company warned that its AI ambitions would come with a colossal bill.
Microsoft struggles to keep up with AI and cloud demand
Redmond giant’s capacity crunch boosts profits
Software King of the World Microsoft is swimming in AI money but running short on the servers to handle it.
Google rides AI wave to record-breaking quarter
Cloud and ad growth push revenues to new highs as AI costs soar
Google’s parent Alphabet is swimming in cash after the AI tide lifted its cloud and ad businesses to record levels.
Nvidia wants to kill off AC power in AI data centres
Company pushes 800 VDC to feed power-hungry GPUs and cut copper
Nvidia has admitted that alternating current is no longer up to the job in AI data centres where inferencing surges and bandwidth spikes are battering power infrastructure.
Qualcomm lobs AI chips at Nvidia’s throne
Snapdragon slinger gets Humain and Saudi cash to back its first data centre silicon
Qualcomm saw its shares spike by 20 per cent after it revealed its first AI-focused data centre chips in a desperate attempt to chip away at Nvidia’s vice grip on the market.
Powertech bets on AI to boost chip testing business
DRAM and logic packaging orders on the rise, says CEO
Powertech Technology (PTI) chief Xie Yongda says the company is looking at a strong fourth quarter as AI demand gives memory packaging and testing a much-needed jolt.
AI is being used as a scapegoat for downsizing
Firms blame the bots
Companies are swinging the redundancy axe and blaming artificial intelligence for it.