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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.

Tariff chaos fuels robot revival
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Thursday, 10 April 2025 10:43

Tariff chaos fuels robot revival


Volatility, but automation’s future looks bulletproof

The tariffs crisis might be a migraine for many, but it's opening some tasty new doors for the AI, robotics and automation sector. 

Trump caves on Nvidia crackdown after $1m Mar-a-Lago knees-up
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China export curbs on H20 AI chips safe

Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump’s White House has quietly shelved a looming crackdown on Nvidia’s H20 chip exports to China, just days after the GPU peddler’s CEO Jensen Huang dined at Mar-a-Lago — where seats went for a $1 million a head.

Investor bets big on AMD’s AI ‘second place’
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Inference, not training, may be AMD’s golden ticket

AMD might be down 50 per cent in six months, but investor Yiannis Zourmpanos (pictured) is doubling down, insisting the market’s missing the point. While the chipmaker continues to trail Nvidia, he says the prize isn’t in training gargantuan AI models—it’s in running them.

Nvidia's RTX 5060 gets a 128-bit leash, but GDDR7 gives it teeth
Published in Graphics


Slim memory bus could hobble performance.

Nvidia might be offering a slimmed-down memory bus with its upcoming GeForce RTX 5060 cards, but its real power lies in the new GDDR7 memory modules.

Trump’s tariffs torch big tech
Published in News
Monday, 07 April 2025 11:41

Trump’s tariffs torch big tech


Silicon Valley in melt down

Big Tech just got a bloody nose thanks to Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump’s latest trade war tantrum.

RTX 5090’s fiery flaw isn’t going anywhere
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Nvidia’s melted mess torches another $2,900 GPU

Another RTX 5090 has gone up in smoke. Reddit user Roachard shared photos of a charred MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Gaming Trio OC, revealing a meltdown that took out both the graphics card and the power supply cables.

Nintendo Switch 2 console launching on June 5 at $449.99
Published in Gaming


7.9-inch FHD 120Hz screen, new Switch Dock for 4K gaming, and more 

Nintendo has officially announced the launch date for the Nintendo Switch 2, which will launch on June 5, 2025, at a suggested retail price of $449.99/€469.99. The new system promises to offer an enhanced gaming experience with powerful hardware, innovative features, and a range of exciting new games, including faster CPU and GPU, 1080p 120Hz screen, updated Joy-Con 2 controllers, new Gamechat feature, and more.

AMD cosies up to Rapt AI to claw into Nvidia’s turf
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Improving inferencing performance and GPU chaos with workload wizardry

Underdog chipmaker AMD is teaming up with Rapt AI in a strategic move to boost performance on its Instinct GPU lineup and tackle the AI infrastructure headaches that have plagued would-be innovators.

Micron jacks up the prices
Published in News
Tuesday, 01 April 2025 09:47

Micron jacks up the prices


Chipmaker banks on AI boom 

Memory vendor Micron has confirmed what punters feared—memory is getting dearer, and it’s not stopping anytime soon.