Choking down the reviews
Nvidia won't be releasing the RTX 5060 driver before the launch day, which means we won't be having any reviews of the Geforce RTX 5060 before the launch.
Chipzilla returning to greatness with 18A node
Nvidia, Google, and Microsoft sniff around Intel’s foundry comeback
Troubled Chipzilla might finally be catching a break. After years of being flattened by TSMC’s relentless march and its own comically late roadmap slips, Intel’s foundry arm may have stumbled onto its redemption arc with the 18A process.
Trump scraps Biden’s AI chip export rule
Nvidia happy for now
The Trump administration has torched the Biden-era “AI Diffusion Rule” just days before it was set to take effect on 15 May. The rule, described by a Commerce Department official as “overly complex, bureaucratic, and would stymie American innovation,” carved up the globe into chip access tiers.
Tariff tantrums rattle Arm
SoftBank’s silicon darling stumbles as Washington jitters mount
British chip designer Arm took a knock on 8 May, warning that trade uncertainty has fogged up its revenue crystal ball..
Nvidia’s RTX 5060 hits shelves 19 May at $299
New budget card launches with GDDR7 and DLSS 4
Nvidia will release the GeForce RTX 5060 on 19 May, starting at $299, the firm confirmed in a press release. The card slots in as a replacement for the widely used RTX 3060 and GTX 1060, and comes with DLSS 4 and Multi Frame-Generation support.
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.
Nvidia’s RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell is a 96GB beast
B-series card coming for the H100’s memory crown
Nvidia has chucked naming convention out the window and launched the RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell family at GTC 2025, ditching the B40 branding you’d expect from a successor to the A40, L40, and L40S.
Coming to Geforce NOW as well
Nvidia has announced its latest bundle, partnering with Bethesda to give the Premium Edition of DOOM: The Dark Ages with the purchase of a qualifying Geforce RTX 50 series graphics card, desktop system, and laptop.
Chipzilla’s Battlemage “G31” leaks
New ARC GPU push
Troubled Chipzilla has apparently slipped another ARC Battlemage graphics card into the pipeline, as a new “G31” model turned up in a shipping manifest en route to Intel Vietnam.
AI chip clampdown throttling Nvidia’s global sales
US diffusion rules target even friendly nations
New US export rules are about to hammer Nvidia’s artificial intelligence chip business far beyond China.