Intel pivoted toward energy-efficient AI inference hardware at Computex on June 2, betting that rising data center power consumption will drive demand for Xeon-based systems over Nvidia's training GPU…
Semiconductor stocks lost 12% in two sessions while the Dow hit a record, as investors rotated from AI chip makers to enterprise software companies. A weak jobs report crushed rate-hike odds.…
Best Buy's 4th of July sale offers Copilot+ PC deals under $1,000, featuring laptops with Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus, AMD Ryzen AI 400-series, and Intel Core Ultra Series 3 chips, starting at $329.99…
Lenovo's Legion 7i Gen 10 gaming laptop offers a sleek design, crisp OLED display, and great keyboard but is held back by an RTX 5060 GPU that underperforms against similarly priced competitors like t…
TPIsoftware has adopted Intel processors and GPUs to power its enterprise AI solutions, leveraging Intel's hardware to enhance AI performance and scalability. The partnership aims to deliver optimized…
Intel, TSMC, SK Hynix, Samsung, Micron, Marvell, Lightmatter, and Microsoft disclosed advanced packaging technologies at ECTC 2026, including Intel's EMIB-T with 36/35 µm bump pitch and plans for 25 µ…
Intel engineers posted initial GCC compiler patches for the AI Compute Extensions (ACE), a cross-vendor x86 specification for optimizing AI and machine learning workloads. The ACE specification, devel…
Apple has extended its Private Cloud Compute (PCC) to Google Cloud for the first time, running AI workloads on NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, Intel TDX CPUs, and Google Titan chips. The move allows Apple to u…
OpenAI has proposed giving the U.S. government a 5% equity stake worth $42.6 billion to ease political pressure, with CEO Sam Altman arguing it shares AI's benefits. The plan, discussed since early 20…
Michael Burry, famed for his 'Big Short' bet against the housing market, has taken short positions against Tesla, Caterpillar, and major chip stocks including Nvidia and Applied Materials, citing over…
Ten stocks, led by Micron Technology, drove nearly all of the Nasdaq-100's 20% gain in the first half of 2026, with Micron alone contributing 26% of the index's returns after its stock quadrupled. The…
Oxmiq Labs, the GPU startup founded by Raja Koduri, raised $35 million in Series A funding to expand its technology stack into custom data center-scale hardware and software, including bespoke silicon…
Intel's new ASUS NUC 16 Pro mini PCs, tested in a cluster of three, failed to speed up large language model inference, with token generation dropping to half the single-machine rate due to memory band…
Big Tech's first half saw hardware stocks surge while software stocks struggled, with Micron rising 308%, Intel 280%, and AMD 173%, as Meta fell 15% and Microsoft 23%. Wall Street remains bullish on A…
Etched Inc. launched with $800 million in funding and a $5 billion valuation, backed by VentureTech Alliance, to compete in the AI inference chip market against NVIDIA and Intel. The company aims to c…
AMD announced the Versal Premium Gen 2 Memory on Package (MoP) adaptive SoC, integrating up to 32GB of LPDDR5X memory directly into the package to reduce board area by 60% for AI and defense applicati…
Phoronix reported that Q2 2025 featured 872 news articles and 54 hardware reviews, with top stories including Linux kernel optimizations, NVIDIA Vera CPU, Intel Arc Pro B70, and AI/LLM impacts. Popula…
Andrzej Janik released ZLUDA v6 on June 29, adding 32-bit PhysX support and AI workload improvements, but announced commercial funding has ended for the third time, returning the project to a weekend …
Stocks closed their best quarter in years on Tuesday, with the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq posting strong gains, driven by chipmaker stocks and easing concerns about an AI bubble. However, analysts warn …
Wall Street investors are diversifying beyond Nvidia, pouring money into other chipmakers like AMD and Intel as the AI boom expands. The shift reflects a desire to hedge bets and capitalize on the gro…