Taiwan’s chip titan bristles as a retired strategist jumps ship

TSMC has kicked off a probe into former vice president of corporate strategy Lo Wen jen after he leapt from retirement into a new gig at Troubled Chipzilla.

Defecting Windows users make up the bulk of the curious crowd

Open saucy Zorin OS 18 has clocked a million downloads in a single month, which is not bad for a Linux distro trying to lure disillusioned Windows refugees.

Outfit still on a tightrope

Shares in Troubled Chipzilla surged after the struggling semiconductor outfit posted better than expected revenue, signalling tentative progress in its long and painful turnaround.

Pins its hopes on 18A process

Intel's upcoming Panther Lake mobile CPUs are set to debut in late 2025, with high-volume production in early 2026, and they’ll be the first proper outing for the company’s much talked-about18A node.

Shrugs at Washington’s pricey patriotism push

Despite a flood of government cash designed to drag chipmaking back to the US, one of the industry's key suppliers seems distinctly unimpressed.

Core Ultra 5 235HX punches above its weight in early benchmarks

While Intel's desktop Arrow Lake CPUs turned out to be all mouth and no trousers, its mobile Arrow Lake-HX line appears to be the opposite, turning in surprisingly strong results where it counts.

I am not highly conflicted

Troubled Chipzilla’s chief executive Lip-Bu Tan [pictured] has fired back at Donald Trump after the US president accused him of being “highly conflicted” and demanded he resign.

Intel threatens shutdown if no buyers emerge for new manufacturing tech

Troubled Chipzilla has once again waved the warning flag over its $28 billion chipmaking venture in Ohio, saying it may stop all work unless it can land external customers for its 14A process node.

More layoffs, fab delays and yet another AI pivot

Intel is hacking away at its workforce and torching grandiose European fab plans in Germany and Poland in a last-ditch effort to look relevant.

Entry-level CPU lineup ditches ray tracing

Troubled Chipzilla is prepping its Wildcat Lake CPUs to replace the tired Alder Lake-N and Twin Lake offerings in the bargain-basement segment.