Chipzilla's silicon scramble to top TSMC
Working with Taiwan’s suppliers
Intel has been chinwagging with TSMC’s partners to help give its foundry biz a leg up.
Hollywood bigwigs launch fresh Crusade against pirates
Crusades don’t end well for anyone
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) is once again taking a strong stance against piracy, with their leader, Charles Rivkin, announcing at CinemaCon in Las Vegas that they are actively collaborating with Congress to tackle the issue of pirate websites.
UK Tories go Big Brother on shoplifters
Will tag people if it must
The government's splashing out more than €65 million to beef up facial recognition systems – we're talking vans that'll scan bustling high streets –in a bid to clamp down on shoplifting.
Intel teams up with Ubisoft for Star Wars Outlaws bundle
Bundles it with 14th gen CPUs and laptops
Both Ubisoft and Intel have announced their team-up for the upcoming Star Wars Outlaws game, with Intel bundling it with its Core 14th Gen CPUs and laptops.
Intel Core Ultra Lunar Lake platform packs >100 TOPS
Laptops on shelves before Christmas
In addition to announcing the new Gaudi 3 AI accelerator and unveiling the new Xeon 6 branding for upcoming Granite Rapids and Sierra Forest processors, at its Vision 2024 event Intel also revealed a bit more information about the upcoming Core Ultra Lunar Lake processor for laptops.
Intel wants it on the market before November
Intel has so far managed to keep most information about its upcoming Battlemage GPUs well hidden and has only confirmed that these are on track. Now, rumors suggest that Intel aims to launch these GPs before the all-important holiday shopping season, which peaks with Black Friday.
TMSC's chip shop cashes in on AI craze
Sales spike
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TMSC) is laughing all the way to the bank, thanks to a bonanza in March that saw them rake in a hefty €5.6 billion, a 34.3 per cent jump from last year—talk about a growth spurt.
UK biz in cyber shambles
Government warned
The latest Cyber Security Breaches Survey for 2024 released by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has got the UK's knickers in a twist.
Google's Axion packs a punch
Google squares off against the AI competition
Google Cloud's thrown its hat into the ring with Axion, its first custom-built Arm brawler, promising a 30 per cent beefier performance than other Arm contenders from AWS and Microsoft. They're even boasting a 50 per cent muscle-up and 60 per cent more energy thriftiness than the X86 heavyweights.
Beeper's bounces back with Automattic buyout
Bubble bursts
Last year, Beeper ruffled Jobs' Mob's feathers by mimicking Android's coveted blue bubble chat. Not one to take it lying down, the tech titan clipped Beeper's wings. Yet, in a twist of fate, the plucky startup found a new nest in a €117 million deal with Automattic.