Coracer slaps graphene thermal pad on AMD AM5 chips
Claims 130 W/m·K conductivity miracle
A mysterious outfit calling itself Coracer has chucked a new graphene thermal pad into the AM5 processor ring, claiming it’s a better option than thermal paste or liquid metal.
Intel bolting Xe3 and Xe4 onto Nova Lake-S chips
Celestial and Druid working together
Troubled Chipzilla appears to be hedging its bets with its upcoming Nova Lake-S processors, mixing two separate GPU architectures into one silicon soup.
Chipzilla leaks roadmap full of maybes
Internal Intel document hints at Nova Lake, Panther Lake and Bartlett Lake
Troubled Chipzilla appears to have spilled the beans on several upcoming products, though it’s making sure no one takes the roadmap as gospel.
Arrow Lake-S Refresh leaks hint at Intel reboot
Chipzilla regenerates failed architecture
If a leaked manual is anything to go by, Troubled Chipzilla may not be ready to give up on Arrow Lake-S just yet.
Standard, passive, and liquid-cooled
Although we were pretty sure they were coming, Sparkle has rather quietly listed several Intel Arc PRO B60 graphics cards, including a standard blower-style one, as well as a passive and liquid-cooled version.
Troubled chipzilla bangs on about its AI chops
Claims Lunar Lake Core Ultra 200V runs rings around rivals
Troubled Chipzilla is trying to claw back relevance in the laptop game, and it seems like its latest Lunar Lake platform might deliver a proper AI punch. If you believe Intel's own benchmarks.
AMD buys photonics outfit Enosemi
Chipmaker eyes light-speed AI arms race against Nvidia
AMD is turning up the heat on Nvidia by snapping up photonic circuit boffin Enosemi in a bid to muscle into the next frontier of chip tech.
Rumour mill suggests a Q4 2025 launch for Intel’s would-be flagship GPU
Troubled Chipzilla's Arc Battlemage B770 graphics card was a no show at Computex 2025, but that hasn’t killed off hopes of its existence. According to Dutch outlet Tweakers, who had a word with insiders during the event, the flagship card is still in the oven and may finally emerge in Q4 2025.
Says Low-NA is still pulling its weight
TSMC appears to be in no rush to adopt ASML’s pricey High-NA EUV machines, despite rivals like Troubled Chipzilla already scribbling them into future roadmaps.
Intel, Micron, Qualcomm say tarrifs could blow up their supply chains
Troubled Chipzilla has joined forces with Micron and Qualcomm to tell the Trump administration to pack in the semiconductor tariff sabre-rattling.