Kottapalli flees Intel for Qualcomm
After 28 years working for Chipzilla
Sailesh Kottapalli, a 28-year Intel veteran and lead engineer on numerous Xeon server processors, has exited the company to join Qualcomm.
Arm plans massive price hike
Up to 300 per cent
British chip technology supplier Arm wants to jack up tits royalty rates by up to 300 per cent and develop its own chips in a move that could place it in direct competition with its largest customers.
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X sees 59 per cent price cut
$269 on Amazon
AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X processor, boasting 16 cores and 32 threads, is now available at a massive 59 per cent discount on Amazon, priced at just $269, according to Gizmodo.
AMD Radeon RX 9070 series appears in retail
Ahead of rumored January launch
Danish retailer Foniks and an Israeli shop have begun listing AMD's upcoming Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT graphics cards as available for immediate shipping.
Failed Intel buyout was the best thing that happened to Tower
Thank the gods for the regulators
Three years after US chip giant Intel's $5.4 billion bid to acquire Tower Semiconductor fell through due to regulatory delays, the Israeli company has reached new heights.
OpenAI thinks in different languages
Can't you think English or what?
OpenAI's latest "reasoning" AI model, dubbed o1, has been caught "thinking" in Chinese, Persian, and even other languages—even when asked a question in English.
Vole rebrands its Copilot for businesses
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat
Software King of the World, Microsoft is relaunching its free Copilot for businesses as Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, complete with the ability to use AI agents.
Meta is only firing fact checkers in US
Fake news only available in countries run by oligarchs
Meta has told the Brazilian government that it doesn't yet have to worry about the end of fact checkers in its country because it is only removing them in the United States.
Intel to spin off venture arm
Intel Capital goes it alone
Intel has announced plans to spin off its venture capital arm, Intel Capital, into a standalone fund with the chipmaker serving as an “anchor investor.”
D-Link launches Wi-Fi 6 access points for businesses
Jump from 256-QAM to 1024-QAM
D-Link has unveiled two Wi-Fi 6 enterprise-grade access points, the DAP-X3060 and DAP-X3060OU which it claims it can deliver up to a 25 per cent speed boost over previous Wi-Fi standards.