Nvidia’s Project Denver was going to be x86
Legal constraints meant it went to Arm
Nvidia’s Project Denver was supposed to be based on x86 tech, but things took a turn thanks to legal wranglings involving Transmeta’s Tokamak technology. Instead, Nvidia had to pivot to Arm, and the rest is history.
Former Intel CEO defends 18A process
Pat Gelsinger speaks out on yield rate rumours
Intel's now "retired" CEO Pat [kicking] Gelsinger took time out from his busy schedule gardening, making homemade jam and other retirement activities, to defend Intel Foundry's 18A yield rate claims.
Microsoft winds down production of Surface Studio 2+
Curtains for Ultra-Premium All-in-One
Software King of the World, Microsoft has ended production on the Surface Studio 2+, its ultra-premium all-in-one desktop PC designed for creatives and commercial customers.
Arm boss sad about Kicking Pat’s exit
Intel used to be a contender
Arm's CEO Rene Haas has told the Verge he is sad to see Chipzilla suffering so much.
Marvell’s market cap surges past Intel
Claims to be the new Nvidia
Marvell Technology's stock price has risen dramatically this year, climbing 95 percent and pushing its market capitalisation above Intel.
Generative AI makes English the hottest new programming language
Natural Language prompts are the new black
Generative AI is transforming software development by enabling natural language prompts to generate code, reducing the need for traditional programming skills and making English the new coding language.
Google's end-to-end encryption in Messaging App claims pooh
Misleading Security Claims
Tech blogger John Gruber has slammed Google over its claims that its text-messaging app, Google Messages, ensures "conversations are end-to-end encrypted."
Valve Genius fixed video game lighting calculations
The maths was all wrong
The groundbreaking lighting in Half-Life 2 resulted from serious lobbying by a Valve designer on hardware makers who had not correctly added up their sums.
Vole faces £1 Billion Cloud overcharge case in UK
Outlook is cloudy
Software King of the World, Microsoft is staring down the barrel of a potential £1 billion payout if a colossal class action lawsuit brought by UK businesses succeeds.
Consumer electronics to become a trillion-dollar industry by 2026
Heading back to black
A new report from beancounters Stocklytics claims that the consumer electronics industry is back on track after having a dismissal few years and will be worth a trillion dollars by 2026.