Supreme irony: AMD got rid of GloFo’s predecessor to survive; Intel may now merge with the foundry to do the same

GlobalFoundries was spun off when AMD decided to go fabless 16 years agoThomas Caulfield’s leadership made GloFo profitable; now rumors link him to IntelA merger could help Intel, but regulatory…

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Dynabook and NEC have just launched a series of laptops that pair 13th gen Intel processors with optical drives

Dynabook and NEC defy industry trends by bringing back optical drivesDynabook T series uses both Blu-ray Disc drive and DVD Super Multi-DriveNEC Lavie N16 opts for only DVD Super Multi-DriveIn…

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Powered by an Intel Core i3 CPU with up to 32GB of RAM, this NAS is not as expensive as you’d think

X86-P6 Pocket is a palm-sized NAS with up to 32TB of storageIt supports four SSD slots and up to 32GB of DDR5 memoryThere's also flexible storage options and network connectivityIn…

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Intel slams Nvidia and AMD, claims chip giants have huge numbers of security flaws

Intel releases its sixth annual Product Security Report, outlining how it addresses security vulnerabilitiesIntel also slammed AMD and Nvidia, sharing unflattering statsClaims AMD has 78 vulnerabilities with no planned fixes,…

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Nvidia will continue to outrageously dominate HBM allocations with AMD, Intel and Microsoft getting just crumbs in the AI race

Nvidia stays king of AI chips, buying millions of HBM from Samsung in 2026Google’s TPU push makes it Nvidia's closest rival for HBMAmazon, AMD, and Microsoft fight for scraps while…

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Watch out Nvidia, a Linux leak revealing three new Intel Arc Battlemage GPUs may challenge the RTX 5000 series

New Linux leak may have revealed Intel Battlemage GPUsThe recent Linux patch had three code numbersIf true, this could challenge Nvidia's 5000 series GPUsIntel’s upcoming Arc Battlemage graphics cards have…

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Why would Arm’s owner want to buy a rival to AMD and Intel? I can think of one reason

Softbank is apparently looking to buy Ampere ComputingJapanese tech giant already owns Graphcore and ArmExperts say Softbank's ambition would be to rival global hyperscalersSoftBank, the majority stakeholder in Arm, is…

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