
AMD preps RDNA 4 for pro cards with rumoured Navi 48 XTW
Radeon PRO W9000 series may feature 32 GB workstation
AMD might have ghosted the high-end gaming crowd with its RDNA 4 consumer GPUs, but workstation users could be getting something meatier.

Intel’s Arc B580 budget GPU has a big old problem
Performs well on new chips, tanks on older ones
The Arc B580 might be Chipzilla’s best foot forward in the GPU value game, with Tom’s Hardware calling it the $249 champ, but budget gamers hoping to slot it into their ageing rigs might be in for a nasty surprise.

Chipzilla eyes GDDR7 for future Arc GPUs
Intel’s desktop GPU comeback might finally be serious
Just when it looked like Chipzilla was having a snooze in the graphics race a job posting has revealed it is installing GDDR7 memory for its upcoming Arc GPUs.

Fudan smashes flash memory speed record with PoX
New non-volatile tech writes a bit in 400 picoseconds
A team of boffins at Fudan University have emerged from their smoke-filled labs with a semiconductor storage device that writes a single bit in just 400 picoseconds — about 25 billion operations per second.

US is speeding up China's chip dominance
Locking out China might just hand the AI future to Huawei
Analysts are worried that the US restrictions on exporting chips to China are fueling the country's rapid development of advanced chips.

DeepSeek is an open saucy freight train
Asay says it’s Linux all over again
MongoDB's developer relations boss Matt Asay has come out swinging in InfoWorld with an opinion piece declaring DeepSeek had escaped from its national boundaries and become an Open Sauce juggernaut.

Mechanize thinks you're surplus to economic requirements
Tamay Besiroglu wants AI agents to do your job.
Mechanize, the new startup from AI researcher Tamay Besiroglu, launched on 18 April with a mission to automate all work. Not just the dull bits — the lot.

Google rolls out Ironwood AI chip
TPU muscles into inference turf with 9,216 chip clusters
Google is forging ahead with Ironwood—a new AI chip gunning for Nvidia’s crown.

Troubled Chipzilla’s new boss slashes red tape
Lip-Bu Tan axes middle management, promotes AI chief
Troubled Chipzilla’s CEO, Lip-Bu Tan (pictured), has wasted no time in gutting Intel’s bloated hierarchy and shoving AI to the top of the agenda.

HP fined $4 million for fake discounts
Maker of expensive printer ink admits nothing
The maker of expensive printer ink, HP Inc. is forking out $4 million after getting caught using bogus discounts and phoney scarcity tactics on its website to flog PCs and accessories.