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TSMC unveils 9.5-reticle CoWoS packaging
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Friday, 25 April 2025 11:15

TSMC unveils 9.5-reticle CoWoS packaging


Chip packaging just got absurdly massive

TSMC is pimping up its CoWoS (Chip-on-Wafer-on-Substrate) tech so that can cram an obscene amount of silicon into a single unit.

Chipzilla still stuck in tar pit
Published in Graphics
Friday, 25 April 2025 10:42

Chipzilla still stuck in tar pit


Meteor Lake flops, Raptor Lake surges

Troubled Chipzilla's quarterly results show its flashy AI PC chips like Lunar Lake and Meteor Lake aren’t selling, and there's not enough factory space to supply the older models that customers want.

Wall Street's AI debt bubble inflates on Nvidia's silicon
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Industry is built on loaning cash to buy Nvidia chips

The cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street have lobbed more than $11 billion at “neocloud” outfits like CoreWeave, Crusoe and Lambda Labs, betting that a warehouse full of Nvidia chips is as good as gold.

SK Hynix doubles profit on AI chip boom
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Thursday, 24 April 2025 10:13

SK Hynix doubles profit on AI chip boom


Brushes off tariff fears

SK Hynix, Nvidia’s go-to for high-bandwidth memory, has posted a 158 per cent leap in quarterly operating profit, hitting 7.4 trillion won (€5.1 billion), while shrugging off the usual US trade panic.

Google rolls out Ironwood AI chip
Published in AI
Friday, 18 April 2025 10:27

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
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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.

TSMC smashes Q1 targets
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Friday, 18 April 2025 09:23

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.

Nvidia blindsided by $5.5bn hit
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Wednesday, 16 April 2025 08:56

Nvidia blindsided by $5.5bn hit


Chipmaker stumbles as trade war with China tightens its grip

Chipmaker Nvidia has been slapped with a $5.5 billion (€5.2 billion) financial gut punch after the US government demanded export licences for its H20 AI chip sales to China and Hong Kong.

Palantir’s AI joins NATO’s war machine
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Fastest deal in NATO history lands Maven on European frontlines 

NATO has rushed through a deal with Palantir to strap its Maven Smart System to the Alliance’s battlefield operations, sealing the contract in just six months.

Nvidia bets big on the US for AI supercomputers
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Blackwell factories to take root in Arizona and Texas

Nvidia is yanking its AI chip and supercomputer production back to the US, planning to churn out its Blackwell architecture entirely within American borders for the first time.