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AMD's Ryzen AI MAX+ brings 128B LLMs home
Published in AI
Wednesday, 30 July 2025 10:40

AMD's Ryzen AI MAX+ brings 128B LLMs home


Strix Halo platform lets PCs muscle into AI territory

AMD has flung open the doors to local large language model mayhem by enabling support for up to 128 billion parameters on consumer machines.

Apple faces earnings test as Wall Street eyes cracks in empire
Published in Mobiles


Flat iPhone sales, legal threats to App Store and Google deal unsettle investors

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is about to unveil its latest earnings report, and the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street are getting twitchy. Despite a stock price that’s multiplied ninefold since 2015, Apple hasn’t sold more iPhones in 2024 than it did a decade ago.

Nvidia chases more H20 chips from TSMC
Published in News
Wednesday, 30 July 2025 09:54

Nvidia chases more H20 chips from TSMC


Wants 300,000 extra units 

Nvidia is grovelling at the door of TSMC, begging it to crank out another 300,000 of its H20 AI chips, according to Reuters.

Indie unveils whisper-quiet laser for quantum and secure comms
Published in News


Aims its new photonics toy beyond cars

Indie Semiconductor has taken the wraps off a super quiet laser module.

Apple flogs recycled Pixel feature with moody cat ad
Published in Mobiles


iPhone’s “new” Clean Up tool is actually just Google’s Magic Eraser in drag

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has wheeled out its latest “innovation” for iOS 26, which is really just a old Google Pixel feature dressed up in Californian smug.

Opera sings to Brazilian watchdog over Edge’s browser bullying
Published in News


Microsoft accused of kicking rivals out of Windows with dodgy tactics

Browser minnow Opera has lodged an antitrust complaint in Brazil claiming Microsoft’s Edge is being unfairly shoved down users' throats.

Micron rolls out SSDs for AI data centres
Published in News
Wednesday, 30 July 2025 09:06

Micron rolls out SSDs for AI data centres


Power-saving speed demons arrive as AI infrastructure gets a storage upgrade

Micron boffins have emerged from their smoke filled labs after shoving some serious tech into their latest SSDs to give artificial intelligence an extra kick in the circuits.

AMD jacks up MI350 AI chip price by 70 per cent
Published in AI


Reckons it can still slug it out with Nvidia's Blackwell

AMD has decided it no longer wants to be the budget option in AI hardware and is slapping a 70 per cent price hike on its high-end Instinct MI350 AI accelerator.

Nvidia may launch RTX 50 SUPER GPUs in time for Christmas
Published in Graphics


Holiday splash with VRAM-heavy refresh

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming that Nvidia may launch RTX 50 SUPER GPUs in time for Christmas

China’s MTT S90 GPU beats RTX 4060 in gaming tests
Published in Graphics


Moore Threads closes gap on Nvidia thanks to driver fixes

China’s GPU scene is no longer just a sideshow. Moore Threads' latest card, the MTT S90, has been benchmarked and managed to give Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 4060 a bloody nose in several tests.