TSMC has a stonking quarter
39.6 per cent year-over-year revenue increase
TSMC reported a stonking 39.6 per cent year-over-year revenue increase for September 2024.
Samsung slashes executive roles
Chips are down
Samsung Electronics plans to significantly cut its chip executive positions and restructure semiconductor-related operations.
Vole's Windows 11 update steals 8.63GB of hard drive
Mouse missing presumed fed
Microsoft, the software king of the world, seems to be having some major problems with the latest update for Windows 11.
Claims that the archive belongs to the US
A Pro-Palestinian hacktivist group has claimed responsibility for downing the Internet Archive and Wayback Machine and compromising user data.
Ubuntu 24.10 'Oracular Oriole' released
Ubuntu's 20th anniversary brings a revamped GNOME
Ubuntu 24.10 'Oracular Oriole', the latest version of the Linux distribution, has been released for the Linux operating system’s 20th anniversary.
The 3nm CDNA 4-based MI355X with 288GB HBM3E comes H2 2025
In addition to the Instinct MI325X AI Accelerator, AMD also updated its AMD Instinct roadmap and previewed the upcoming Instinct MI355X AI Accelerator at its Advance AI event held earlier. Based on CDNA 4 architecture and made on 3nm manufacturing process, the Instinct MI355X will bring 288GB of HMB3E memory and continue AMD's Instinct push next year, acting as a stepping stone before CNDA Next MI400 Series which comes in 2026.
Firefox has a crucial bug
Install the latest update now
Big cheeses in the Mozzarella Foundation have warned that its Firefox browser has a critical zero-day vulnerability and needs to be updated immediately.
AMD launches Instinct MI325X Accelerator for AI workloads
With 256GB HBM3E memory and 2.6 PFLOPs of FP8 compute performance
At its Advancing AI event, AMD announced its newest Instinct MI300X series accelerator, the Instinct MI325X. The new AI accelerator is based on CDNA 3 architecture, packs 153 billion transistors, comes with 256GB of HBM3E memory on 16-Hi stacks with up to 6TB/s of memory bandwidth, and offering 2.6 PFLOPs or FP8 and 1.3 PFLOPs of FP16 performance.
Five SKUs, all available for pre-order
Intel has officially launched the new Core Ultra 200S "Arrow Lake" desktop CPUs, with five SKUs that are now available for pre-order and will ship out on October 24th. The new Arrow Lake architecture brings Lion Cove P-cores, Skymont E-cores, Xe-LPG GPU, and NPU3, all neatly stacked in tiles. In addition, Intel's Z890 motherboards are also launched and these are available as well.
Lenovo and Microsoft optimistic about 2025 PC prospects
Optimism abounds
In a buoyant display of confidence, two of the largest technology vendors, Lenovo and Microsoft, have expressed optimism about their prospects for the coming year, driven by a combination of a Windows refresh and the emergence of more artificial intelligence (AI)-capable PCs.