Chipzilla hit by export curbs
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Thursday, 17 April 2025 10:28

Chipzilla hit by export curbs


Gaudi chips now need a licence for China

Troubled Chipzilla has started warning Chinese customers that it now needs a licence to flog advanced AI processors into China, as Washington’s export grip tightens. 

Intel’s Bartlett Lake-S P-core-only CPU confirmed in Linux kernel patch
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Might revive AVX-512 

Chipzilla’s engineers have confirmed the existence of a P-core-only variant of its Bartlett Lake-S platform in a fresh Linux kernel patch, giving the rumour mill a much-needed shot of validation.

Intel sells 51 percent of Altera
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 15 April 2025 17:04

Intel sells 51 percent of Altera


Tan's first big move

Intel Corporation's new CEO Lip-Bu Tan's first big move was to sell 51 percent of Altera to SilverLake at an $8.75 billion valuation. The company still retains 49 percent. Intel acquired Altera in 2015 for approximately $16.7 billion.

Chipzilla offloads Altera stake for a cut-price $4.46B
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Garage sale as Intel bleeds from old bets

Troubled Chipzilla is flogging 51 per cent of its Altera programmable chip arm to buyout outift Silver Lake for $4.46 billion, marking new Intel boss Lip-Bu Tan’s first big move since taking over in December.

Intel CEO pick tangled in PLA-linked Chinese investments
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Lip-Bu Tan's deep China ties

Silicon Valley investor Lip-Bu Tan, who was tapped to steer troubled Chipzilla out of its tailspin, holds financial stakes in hundreds of Chinese tech outfits, some with direct links to the People’s Liberation Army.

Troubled Chipzilla lands shock Nintendo gig
Published in Gaming
Thursday, 10 April 2025 10:55

Troubled Chipzilla lands shock Nintendo gig


Will Fab Nvidia chip for Switch 3


Chipzilla may be crawling through market muck, but according to the dark satanic rumour mill it's just landed a big order.

Chipzilla crawls to TSMC for a lifeline
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Monday, 07 April 2025 11:06

Chipzilla crawls to TSMC for a lifeline


White House pushes joint venture to keep Intel’s fabs under American control.

Troubled Chipzilla has reportedly struck a tentative deal with TSMC to form a joint venture aimed at bailing out Intel’s faltering fab operations in the US — with Apple’s chip supplier securing a 20 percent stake.

AMD torches Chipzilla in CPU sales again
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Friday, 04 April 2025 11:22

AMD torches Chipzilla in CPU sales again


Ryzen 9800X3D flies off shelves as Core Ultra 200S faceplants

AMD’s Ryzen army continues to stomp on Troubled Chipzilla’s silicon dreams, with March 2025 sales figures showing Ryzen chips practically owning Amazon’s CPU charts in the US.

Chipzilla lurches into 18A risk production
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Thursday, 03 April 2025 11:10

Chipzilla lurches into 18A risk production


Panther Lake to be first guinea pig

Troubled Chipzilla has just pushed its long-delayed 18A node into "risk production"—the transitional stage before actual mass manufacturing—signalling that real chips might finally roll off the line by year’s end.

Bill Gates drops OG Microsoft code to mark 50 years
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Software King of the World goes full retro, slings Altair BASIC source for the nostalgia crowd

The Software King of the World, Sir William Gates III, is marking Microsoft’s 50th birthday by releasing the digital equivalent of a baby photo onto the internet—a 150-page slab of Intel 8080 assembly code from Altair BASIC. This code launched the empire.