Fudan smashes flash memory speed record with PoX
New non-volatile tech writes a bit in 400 picoseconds
A team of boffins at Fudan University have emerged from their smoke-filled labs with a semiconductor storage device that writes a single bit in just 400 picoseconds — about 25 billion operations per second.
US is speeding up China's chip dominance
Locking out China might just hand the AI future to Huawei
Analysts are worried that the US restrictions on exporting chips to China are fueling the country's rapid development of advanced chips.
DeepSeek is an open saucy freight train
Asay says it’s Linux all over again
MongoDB's developer relations boss Matt Asay has come out swinging in InfoWorld with an opinion piece declaring DeepSeek had escaped from its national boundaries and become an Open Sauce juggernaut.
Mechanize thinks you're surplus to economic requirements
Tamay Besiroglu wants AI agents to do your job.
Mechanize, the new startup from AI researcher Tamay Besiroglu, launched on 18 April with a mission to automate all work. Not just the dull bits — the lot.
Google rolls out Ironwood AI chip
TPU muscles into inference turf with 9,216 chip clusters
Google is forging ahead with Ironwood—a new AI chip gunning for Nvidia’s crown.
Troubled Chipzilla’s new boss slashes red tape
Lip-Bu Tan axes middle management, promotes AI chief
Troubled Chipzilla’s CEO, Lip-Bu Tan (pictured), has wasted no time in gutting Intel’s bloated hierarchy and shoving AI to the top of the agenda.
HP fined $4 million for fake discounts
Maker of expensive printer ink admits nothing
The maker of expensive printer ink, HP Inc. is forking out $4 million after getting caught using bogus discounts and phoney scarcity tactics on its website to flog PCs and accessories.
Nvidia’s loses $250 billion
Analysts look down the back of the sofa
Nvidia’s stock has been in freefall, shedding more than $250 billion in market cap this week after it revealed a $5.5 billion charge tied to US export restrictions on its H20 AI chips to China.
iPhone flops again in China as Xiaomi eats Job’s Mob’s lunch
Seventh straight quarter of decline as punters pick cheaper gear
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is finding out the hard way that what goes up must come down—especially in China. Its shiny iPhones are still losing traction, with shipments dropping nine per cent in the first quarter of 2025.
TSMC smashes Q1 targets
Smartphone slump no match for AI’s server appetite
TSMC has kicked off 2025 by smashing revenue targets, thanks to ravenous demand for AI silicon—even as mobile chip orders fell flat.
