Samsung announces new Odyssey OLED monitors
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With built-in AI upscaling for the G8 model

Samsung has announced a couple of new OLED gaming monitors that will be a part of its Odyssey series, the Odyssey G8 and the Odyssey G6 OLED monitors. The 32-inch Odyssey G8 G80SD will also be the first AI-power gaming monitor from Samsung, featuring the NQ8 AI Gen3 processor seen in Samsung's Neo QLED 8K TV lineup.

I’m a Mac guy is now a Qualcomm fanboy
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And the Tame Apple Press is furious

Justin Long, the actor known for playing the Mac guy in Apple's mid-2000s ad campaign has escaped the cult and is promoting new Windows laptops from Qualcomm.

Raspberry Pi gets AI
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Raspberry Pi 5 AI kit

Raspberry Pi has launched a new kit that brings AI capabilities to the Raspberry Pi 5.

Infineon releases Thin-TOLL 8x8 and TOLT packages
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Smaller more powerful

Infineon has unveiled its latest Thin-TOLL 8x8 and TOLT packages. These cutting-edge solutions optimise space on circuit boards and enhance heat dissipation, making them ideal for a wide range of applications.

Q-CTRL solves IBM quantum computer problem
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Quantum cats no longer need slow annealers

Quantum infrastructure software Q-CTRL outfit has completed a study which show  than fourfold increase in the size of optimisation problems that can be solved accurately.

Musk diverts AI Nvidia chips away from Tesla
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Claims there is no room for them

Elon [look at me] Musk as let slip that a bunch of Nvidia chips, which were supposed to power Tesla's electric dreams, have taken a little detour to X Corp because Tesla's cupboards were too full.

Intel flogs 49 per cent of its Irish chip plant to Apollo
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Spreading the risk with the Greek god of plagues

The investment firm Apollo Global Management is set to buy a 49 per cent share in a partnership linked to Intel's new production site in Ireland for $11 billion (€10.12 billion).

Agile working is useless
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New book claims Impact Engineering much better

Although the Agile Manifesto has existed for over two decades, solid research still exists on its impact on the tech industry.

Intel details its Lunar Lake architecture with impressive improvements
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Foveros packaging at its best with new P- and E-cores, Intel Thread Director, new NPU, and Arc Xe2 GPU

Intel has shed more details about its Lunar Lake architecture during the Tech Tour event, including details about all the improvements it will bring to the new Core Ultra mobile processors. This is an extensive list that includes new Lion Cove P-cores, Skymont E-cores, new NPU, the Arc Xe2 Battlemage GPU, and enhancements to the Intel Thread Director, all neatly packaged into a single-tiled SoC.

Chip industry set to boom this year  
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Driven by AI development with TSMC Wei ahead

TSMC new supremo C C Wei has reaffirmed expectations for artificial intelligence (AI) development to drive this year's industry recovery.