Intel loses EU antitrust appeal but dodges a bigger fine
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.
Intel boss tangled in deals that fatten his own portfolio
Lip-Bu Tan’s investment web puts Troubled Chipzilla in an awkward spotlight
Troubled Chipzilla’s chief Lip-Bu Tan is under fire as revelations pile up about deals that seem to bulk up his personal fortune. At the same time, he presides over a company that Washington wants to drag back to industrial prominence.
TSMC’s CoWoS backlog sparks outsourcing scramble
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.
Lenovo preps Legion Pro Rollable for 2026
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.
Trump extorts 25 per cent to let Nvidia into China
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.
Nvidia’s grip on AI chips starts to loosen
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.
MSI parades new Prestige laptops with Intel's Panther Lake
Sleek shells, flashy OLED panels and battery life that sounds like a dare.
MSI has wheeled out its next Prestige lineup and stuffed it with Troubled Chipzilla’s coming Panther Lake Core Ultra Series 3 processors, giving the press in New York a taste of what the firm wants you to ogle in 2026.
Big Tech reaches new levels of Trump sycophancy
Masayoshi Son’s aching need to impress the White House
Big tech has reached fresh heights of grovelling as Masayoshi Son throws himself at the Trump administration with the enthusiasm of a puppy eyeing a bacon sandwich.
AWS grabs Nvidia gear to muscle into the big AI leagues
Amazon arms its cloud with chip tech while rivals circle.
Amazon’s AWS outfit is strapping Nvidia’s prized NVLink Fusion into a future Trainium4 chip as it tries to lure heavyweight AI customers onto its cloud turf.
Intel finally manage to reach 1 percent of discrete GPU market share
While NVIDIA still reigns supreme with 92% of market share
According to the latest Q3 2025 discrete GPU market share report from Jon Peddie Research, NVIDIA is still holding the biggest piece of the discrete GPU market share, although it has lost 1.2 percent in the last quarter. On the other hand, Intel has managed to increase its share, finally hitting 1 percent, while AMD got up to 7 percent.