The Daily Grind: When has a simple MMO task turned into an ordeal?
Have you ever had something that should be simple in an MMO turn into a total ordeal? A few nights back, I had to run...
Billion-dollar AI chip deal between Google and Meta could be on the cards — would involve renting Google Cloud TPUs next year, outright purchases in 2027
Rumors of a deal brewing between Google and Meta could be worth billions. The social-media giant is said to be keen to rent and buy Google’s AI chips starting as soon as 2026, and could help Google expand its share of the AI chip business considerably.
Rapidus to start construction on 1.4nm fab in 2027 — research and development on node to begin next year
Japanese startup Rapidus announced plans to build a 1.4-nm fab in Hokkaido, with construction expected to start in 2027.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says RAM pricing crisis isn’t going away anytime soon — Fortnite boss says crunch ‘will be a real problem for high-end gaming for several years’
Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney’s long-term RAM pricing prediction might make you wince.
This Black Friday desktop deal on the MSI Aegis ZS2 gaming PC saves you a whopping $750 — prebuilt PC packs an RTX 5070 and Ryzen 9 9900X
Save $750 on this prebuilt PC from MSI, the Aegis ZS2 comes with an RTX 5070 and Ryzen 9900X for smooth gaming.
This £799 Acer V16 gaming laptop just hit a record low price for Black Friday — an RTX 5060, 10-core Intel CPU, and 16GB RAM for the lowest price we’ve seen
This 16-inch Acer V16 gaming laptop is a Black Friday bargain with an RTX 5060 for just £799.99.
Huawei claims new software can ‘create an analogue AI chip 1000 times faster than Nvidia’s chips’ — open source Flex:ai software designed to boost AI-chip utilization
Huawei has introduced Flex:ai, an open-source orchestration tool designed to raise the utilization rate of AI chips in large-scale compute clusters.
TSMC says advanced‑node capacity falls ‘about three times short’ of AI demand — company’s wafer capacity is ‘still not enough’ as demand continues to rise
TSMC Chairman-CEO C. C. Wei says capacity is roughly three times short of what its major customers plan to consume.
TSMC sues former executive over defection to Intel, says it’s highly likely he stole trade secrets — chipmaker claims Wei-Jen Lo broke non-disclosure and non-compete agreements
TSMC initiates legal action against Wei-Jen Lo, who retired from TSMC this summer, signed a non-compete agreement, but subsequently joined Intel as Executive Vice President.
Elon Musk claims he will ‘build chips at higher volumes ultimately than all other AI chips combined’ — Tesla AI engineering team has AI5 chip ready to go and is setting its sights on AI6
Hopefully the goal isn’t as far away as Tesla’s Full Self Driving.