Nvidia’s RTX 5060 hits shelves 19 May at $299
New budget card launches with GDDR7 and DLSS 4
Nvidia will release the GeForce RTX 5060 on 19 May, starting at $299, the firm confirmed in a press release. The card slots in as a replacement for the widely used RTX 3060 and GTX 1060, and comes with DLSS 4 and Multi Frame-Generation support.
GlobalFoundries posts strong quarter
Solid gains in automotive but weaker smartphone demand and falling margins
Contract chipmaker GlobalFoundries reported first-quarter earnings that surpassed what the cocane nose jobs of Wall Street had expected.
US trade ban slaps $1.5bn hole in AMD’s results
Su says AI demand remains strong despite MI308 blockade
AMD warned that new US export rules will cost it $1.5 billion in lost sales this year, mainly due to a ban on shipping its MI308 chips to China.
Nvidia and MediaTek plot Arm-based PC coup
New chip could rattle Qualcomm, Chipzilla and AMD at Computex
Nvidia and MediaTek are teaming up to launch an Arm-based chip for AI-ready Windows PCs. The official reveal is set for Computex 2025.
Microsoft stuffs Windows 11 with AI
Windows 11 getting more AI tools than you can poke a stick at
The Software King of the World, Microsoft is flooding Windows 11 with new AI tools but only Copilot+ PCs with Snapdragon X chips can run them, with Intel and AMD hardware coming later.
Nvidia’s RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell is a 96GB beast
B-series card coming for the H100’s memory crown
Nvidia has chucked naming convention out the window and launched the RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell family at GTC 2025, ditching the B40 branding you’d expect from a successor to the A40, L40, and L40S.
At least it is an improvement from tectonic pace
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is stepping up efforts to kick Qualcomm out of the iPhone, launching its modems to own the full hardware stack and dump the US chipmaker.
AMD dumps Samsung for TSMC USA
AMD's chip love affair with Korea over
AMD has pulled the plug on a once-promising deal with Samsung Foundry, ditching the Korean giant’s SF4X process in favour of TSMC’s shiny US operations in Arizona.
Looks slick, plays slow, and still can't beat its own last-gen gear
Troubled Chipzilla has taken its trousers down to show off the innards of Arrow Lake, and while the chiplet-based design is a visual treat, it’s struggling to keep up where it matters in games.
Job’s Mob throws legal tantrum over court order
Contempt over App Store monopoly gets messy
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has appealed a ruling by US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers that slapped it with contempt for ignoring a 2021 injunction over its App Store shenanigans.