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AMD sales up 54 per cent, beats analyst expectations

27 October 2021, 10:11

Server and semi-custom chips are selling particularly well. Strong forecast for Q4.

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Intel shares fall steeply after weaker than expected Q3 sales

22 October 2021, 11:11

Meanwhile, a Redditor received their retail Core i9-12900K early and shared some pictures.

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Leaked docs hint at Pixel Pass: a Google smartphone subscription

11 October 2021, 13:11

Monthly fee gets you new phone every year, Google One, Play Pass, YouTube Premium.

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AMD CPU dominance is "over" when ADL arrives, says Intel CEO

5 October 2021, 14:11

Intel is going to secure the platform leadership role in desktop and server, he asserts.

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Microsoft Store update enables third party app stores

29 September 2021, 10:11

Amazon and Epic are already on board, but no word yet about Steam, GOG, or others.

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Intel CEO talks about the AMD threat and pressurising Nvidia

7 September 2021, 10:11

Goes on to tease some "dramatic" tech changes Intel has "cooking in the labs".

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PayPal considers expansion into stocks and shares business

31 August 2021, 13:11

A brokerage industry veteran has been hired as CEO of an 'Invest at PayPal' division.

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Samsung is the latest SSD maker spotted swapping components

27 August 2021, 10:11

To Samsung's credit it has changed its 970 Evo Plus box, part number, and spec sheets.

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Western Digital in merger talks with Kioxia

26 August 2021, 13:11

WDC share price surged on Wednesday, after a report about 'advanced stage' discussions.

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Insiders say TSMC has decided to raise prices by 10-20 per cent

25 August 2021, 13:11

Some sources say the price rises will be effective from October, others from Q1 2022.

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Virgin outlines its vision for deploying Hyperloop systems

24 August 2021, 13:11

Video shows maglev pods travelling at nearly 700mph, transporting tens of thousands a day.

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PayPal enables cryptocurrency trading for UK account holders

23 August 2021, 13:11

Firm's first expansion of its 'Buy, Hold and Sell Crypto' facilities outside the US.

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Nvidia announces record quarterly revenue of $6.5 billion

19 August 2021, 10:11

Gaming revenue was up 85 per cent YoY, but CMP mining cards were less popular than expected.

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NortonLifeLock to acquire Avast in $8.6 billion deal

11 August 2021, 13:11

The take-out price is roughly 17 times the yearly earnings of Avast.

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UK gov "inclined to reject" Nvidia Arm takeover after CMA report

4 August 2021, 10:11

US$40 billion deal potentially a risk to national security, insiders tell Bloomberg.

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Microsoft's profits are up nearly 50 per cent

28 July 2021, 13:11

Boost comes from Cloud and Office services. Windows and Surface didn't do so well.

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AMD revenue grows 99 per cent YoY driven by strong demand

28 July 2021, 10:11

And Dr Lisa Su said that AMD Zen 4 and RDNA 3 remain on track for 2022.

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Intel NUC 11 Extreme 'Beast Canyon' now up for pre-order

23 July 2021, 11:11

And Intel has released its Q2 2021 earnings, with revenue and EPS above expectations.

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Intel in talks to buy GlobalFoundries, says WSJ report

16 July 2021, 10:11

Deal could be Intel's largest ever, estimated to be worth about $30bn.

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Virgin Galactic completes its first crewed space flight

12 July 2021, 10:11

SpaceShipTwo reached an altitude of 53.5 miles, but the Kármán line (space) is 62 miles up.

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UK's largest chip fab bought by China-owned firm

6 July 2021, 11:11

Newport Wafer Fab, in South Wales, was bought by Nexperia for approx £63 million.

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TSMC secures 90 hectares for its 2nm chip factory in Hsinchu

28 June 2021, 12:11

Massive facility (size appox = 225 football fields) expected to be ready in 2026.

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China gets tough with trading and mining cryptocurrencies

22 June 2021, 10:11

Crackdown has a big impact on values of BTC, ETH, as well as driving GPU prices down.

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UK reaches 100 tech unicorn ($1bn+ valued firms) milestone

18 June 2021, 12:11

AI startup Tractable joined the likes of Skyscanner, Starling Bank, and Darktrace, yesterday.

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Intel pondering purchase of RISC-V chip designer SiFive

11 June 2021, 11:11

California startup employs several of the creators of RISC-V and is valued at about $2bn.

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IBM seeks $2.5bn in damages from GlobalFoundries

10 June 2021, 12:11

It says that after fab acquisition GF broke its contract to develop the next generation of chips.

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119 million PC GPUs were sold in Q1 2021, says JPR report

8 June 2021, 11:11

That represents 38.74 per cent growth year-on-year, says the tech market researcher.

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Smach Z maker admits it "might soon enter bankruptcy"

17 May 2021, 13:11

A significant private investor pulled out. Cites delays due to tech issues and pandemic.

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TSMC is already expanding on its Arizona ambitions says insider

5 May 2021, 13:11

It announced a $12bn Arizona factory last year, but now has plans for up to five more.

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Verizon Media's Yahoo and AOL businesses sold for $5bn

4 May 2021, 12:11

Private equity firm Apollo Global Management to be new owners.

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Intel New Mexico manufacturing upgrade to cost $3.5 billion

4 May 2021, 10:11

It will concentrate on advanced packaging tech like Foveros.

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AMD revenue up 93 per cent YoY in Q1 2021

28 April 2021, 10:11

Increase driven by both data centre and consumer business segments.

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Bitmain teases Ethereum miner as fast as 32x RTX 3080 GPUs

26 April 2021, 12:11

Antminer E9 "launching soon" and is rumoured to cost approx US$20,000.

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