Brussels still wants its pound of silicon

Troubled Chipzilla has lost its latest attempt to shake off an EU antitrust ruling, though Europe’s judges did trim a chunky slice off the fine.

Brings support for AMD FSR4 Redstone

AMD has released its newest Software Adrenalin Edition 25.12.1 WHQL driver, adding support for AMD FSR4 Redstone as well as support for new Radeon AI PRO GPUs and several bug fixes.

Zen 5, up to 16-cores, and TDP ranging from 45W to 75W

AMD has unveiled its new EPYC Embedded 2005 series processors, bringing Zen 5 architecture to network, storage, and industrial infrastructure systems requiring 24/7 operation. The new EPYC Embedded 2005 series processors come in a small BGA package, promising high-performance, energy efficiency, reliability, and security.

Taiwan giant turns to local partners as packaging crunch bites

TSMC is stuffed to the rafters with CoWoS orders, and the AI industry is sweating over it, although the company seems to have a cunning plan.

Gaming slab gets a party trick as its screen rolls out sideways

Lenovo is gearing up to unleash a Legion-branded rollable laptop that stretches sideways into a portable ultrawide gaming panel and is pencilled in for an early 2026 launch, probably at CES.

With fiends like that, who needs enemas

Trump will allow Nvidia to flog its H200 chip to China if he is allowed to skim 25 per cent off the top.

A growing pack of rivals eyes the crown

One company has sat on the AI chip throne for a decade, but the ground beneath Nvidia is starting to shift.

DIY RAM buyers lose out as hyperscalers hoover up every wafer in sight

Micron has decided that flogging low-margin RAM to ordinary punters is no longer worth the candle and will axe its Crucial consumer brand in 2026 after 29 years.

4nm will have a hard time competing with Intel 18A and TSMC 3nm

Last week, AMD presented its AI, data center, and consumer plans for the next few years to financial and industry analysts. Despite the huge success in the data center market, partial success in AI, and a solid roadmap ahead, I wanted to share a shortcoming on the consumer roadmap, especially concerning 2026.

Here comes the sun

AMD has lobbed another shot at the AI infrastructure land grab by tightening its partnership with HPE to build out the next wave of open rack-scale systems, named after a Greek sun god.