Top fabless chipmakers rake in $249.8 billion
Half of this went to Nvidia
The semiconductor industry in 2024 was an all-you-can-eat buffet for AI chipmakers, with the top ten fabless firms raking in a cool $249.8 billion—nearly half of which was trousered by Nvidia.
Micron ships HBM3E and SOCAMM products for AI servers
Memory wizardry is the secret sauce behind AI
Memory outfit Micron is shipping both HBM3E and SOCAMM products for AI servers, and claims its chips will be the secret sauce behind the AI boom.
Copilot deleted by Windows update
Even happens to Vole
Software King of the World Microsoft has admitted that its AI-powered Copilot isn’t immune to the chaos of Windows updates.
AMD finally sorts out Ryzen 7 9800X3D supply
Claims it is available
AMD has declared that it has sorted out all the supply issues with its Ryzen 7 9800X3D -- arguably the best gaming chip on the market.
Intel releases XeSS 2 SDK
Enters the AI upscaling race
Troubled Chipzilla has finally pulled its finger out and released the XeSS 2 SDK, hoping to claw back some relevance in the AI upscaling arms race.
Europe’s tech industry wants radical action
Europe first rather than propping up US big tech
Europe’s tech boffins have penned a desperate plea to the EU, demanding “radical action” to cut the bloc’s reliance on foreign-owned digital infrastructure before the whole thing collapses into a tech vassal state of the Yanks or the Chinese.
Huawei about to lose Windows licence
It might have to put Linux on the desktop
Huawei’s already rocky relationship with the US just hit another pothole, as Microsoft's supply license for the company is set to expire this month, leaving Huawei’s Windows-based PCs in limbo.
Musk’s Starlink in nepotism row
Exiting commerce official whistleblows
A departing Commerce Department official dropped a scathing farewell email accusing Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump’s administration of lining Elon [Roman salute] Musk’s already bulging pockets with taxpayer cash.
Motherboard soap opera ends in tragedy
BIOS update saga ends
The poor sod who had the PC-building world biting their nails over a BIOS update saga that lasted longer than many marriages has finally admitted defeat.
Trump using TSMC as a protection fee
Taiwan former president furious
Taiwan’s former president Ma Ying-jeou has accused Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump of forcing TSMC into paying what amounts to a “protection fee” by moving more of its operations to the US.
