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.
Qualcomm outshines in Q2
Markets smell trouble ahead
Qualcomm blew past the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street’s expectations with a $10.9 billion revenue haul for its second fiscal quarter ending March 2025, a 17 per cent rise. Adjusted earnings per share sat at $2.85, comfortably above consensus.
Samsung to cripple Galaxy Z Flip 7 with Exynos 2500 gamble
Low yields, high hopes, and no Snapdragon 8 Elite
Samsung’s cost-cutting obsession has apparently reached new heights, as the outfit's mobile division is rumoured to be ditching Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite in favour of its own Exynos 2500 for the upcoming Galaxy Z Flip 7.
Qualcomm fast-tracks Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 to ambush Apple
5GHz mobile spoiler alert
The Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 looks set to gatecrash the iPhone 17’s launch with a reveal as early as September.
Xiaomi builds chip war chest with ex-Qualcomm exec
Chinese outfit eyes 3nm SoC debut with new department lead
Xiaomi has set up a new Chip Platform Department within its Mobile Division, handing the reins to former Qualcomm senior director Qin Muyun as it prepares to launch its first 3nm in-house SoC.
Snapdragon X Elite successor tipped for 22 per cent boost
First speculative performance leaks
Qualcomm’s second-generation Snapdragon X processors — the ones set to power its next wave of client PCs — are now deep in development, and the first speculative performance leaks have started to surface.
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 leak shows promising specs
Chip naming circus continues
Qualcomm is gearing up to launch the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 in April 2025, but while there seem to be some promising specs, there is some confusion about what the chipmaker will call its new products.
Chip stocks rally after Trump flip-flops
Tariffs aren’t a tech bro’s best friend
Chipmakers had a rare moment of joy this week after reports suggested that Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump might not slap the semiconductor industry with another round of wallet-crushing tariffs on 2 April.
Top fabless chipmakers rake in $249.8 billion
Half of this went to Nvidia
The semiconductor industry in 2024 was an all-you-can-eat buffet for AI chipmakers, with the top ten fabless firms raking in a cool $249.8 billion—nearly half of which was trousered by Nvidia.