Apple’s Qualcomm replacement plans reach glacial speed
Published in News


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
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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.

Arrow Lake die shots show Chipzilla's chiplet gamble
Published in PC Hardware


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
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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.

 OpenAI bottles it on for-profit switch
Published in AI


Charity keeps the leash as Altman plots trillion-dollar AI dreams

OpenAI has abruptly U-turned on its plans to go full corporate, deciding instead to let its nonprofit arm keep control of the outfit’s shiny new for-profit structure.