
AMD jacks up MI350 AI chip price by 70 per cent
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
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
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.

TSMC to bring chip packaging tech to US
Taiwanese outfit bets big on CoWoS, SoIC, and CoW fab in Arizona
TSMC is plotting another big move in its American push, this time with plans to manufacture some of its most advanced chip packaging tech in the US to loosen its dependency on Taiwan.

Samsung kills bootloader unlock globally
Tinkerers left in the cold as One UI 8 slams the door shut
Mobile phone giant Samsung has decided to kill off the bootloader on its operating system and prevent those who love to tinker with their phone from getting their fix.

Anker dumps 3D printer business
Comprehensive support turns out to be not that comprehensive
Charging gear peddler Anker appears to have given up on the idea of making 3D printers.

Adult game fans revolting over payment processors
Censorship row sparks coordinated disruption campaign
Frustrated punters who reckon payment processors are to blame for the culling of adult games from platforms like Steam and itch.io are now gunning for Visa and Mastercard.

TSMC’s US fab push still miles behind demand
"Regulation and red tape" hold back Arizona chip plans
TSMC’s multi-billion-dollar push into the US chip industry is nowhere near satisfying domestic demand, despite years of investment and political support.

MSI posts record motherboard shipments
Eyes AI server push and US expansion
MSI has smashed past the 10 million mark in motherboard shipments for the first time, closing in on rival Gigabyte and hitting a major milestone in the consumer PC space.

AI chips face energy crisis as startups take on Nvidia
Cloudflare, Groq and Positron chase greener inference alternatives
Chip boffins are scrambling to cut the soaring energy costs of artificial intelligence, with a new generation of startups targeting Nvidia’s grip on the market by building faster, leaner, and more efficient inference silicon.