AMD could raise GPU prices by $20 to $40
Published in Graphics


Memory price increase

According to a new report, AMD will be raising its GPU prices by $20 for 8GB and $40 for 16GB versions due to memory pricing.

Startup duo gamble on rapid DIY chip design
Published in AI


Ricursive Intelligence aims to shake up Silicon process.

Money is pouring into a tiny Palo Alto house where two former Google boffins believe they can bulldoze the old chip-design rulebook.

NVIDIA DLSS comes to more games, including Where Winds Meet
Published in Graphics


Giving away ARC Raiders-themed GeForce RTX 5090

NVIDIA has added a few more games to its DLSS list, including Where Winds Meet and Forest Doesn't Care. It is also giving away a custom-wrapped, ARC Raiders-themed RTX 5090 graphics card as part of The Season of RTX.

MediaTek spins TPU gold into a sharper Dimensity 9600
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Google’s Ironwood finally gives Nvidia a real worry

Google’s Ironwood TPU v7 has rattled the AI hardware world by emerging as the first ASIC able to trouble Nvidia’s Blackwell GPUs and spark scrutiny.

Samsung and SK hynix warn punters the DRAM drought will drag on
Published in PC Hardware


The memory giants say profit comes first 

Samsung and SK hynix, which churn out more than 70 per cent of the world’s DRAM, have decided that the current memory boom is an opportunity to squeeze long-term profits.

Rebel nuns tell church to go forth and multiply
Published in News


You can take our freedom, but not our Instagram

Three Austrian nuns in their 80s have sparked a proper ecclesiastical rumpus after breaking out of a care home, reclaiming their former convent and refusing to accept church conditions that would force them off Instagram, ban press contact and stop them getting legal advice.

Intel finally manage to reach 1 percent of discrete GPU market share
Published in Graphics


While NVIDIA still reigns supreme with 92% of market share 


According to the latest Q3 2025 discrete GPU market share report from Jon Peddie Research, NVIDIA is still holding the biggest piece of the discrete GPU market share, although it has lost 1.2 percent in the last quarter. On the other hand, Intel has managed to increase its share, finally hitting 1 percent, while AMD got up to 7 percent.

Nuvias UC cashes out of boxes so it can chase cloud money
Published in Cloud


Offloads hardware to Northamber

Nuvias UC has flogged its hardware arm to Northamber for £7.1 million (€8.3 million), handing the AV and UC distributor a tidy bundle of gear and specialist staff that fits neatly into its intelligent workplace ambitions.

Gelsinger is back with lasers
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Trump throws cash at a bold semiconductor punt

The Trump administration has decided to sling up to $150 million at xLight, a US startup chasing fancier semiconductor manufacturing tricks, in another splashy effort to prop up strategically important industries with government sweeteners.

Raspberry Pi introduces new Raspberry Pi 5 1GB at $45
Published in PC Hardware


Rising memory cost raises pricing on other models

Raspberry Pi has launched the new budget-oriented Raspberry Pi 5 1GB model, pricing it at $45. It has also raised the prices of other models due to the rising memory costs.