Fujitsu, AMD lay groundwork to pair Monaka CPUs with Instinct GPUs
Before you get too excited, Fujitsu's next-gen chips won't ship till 2027
Systems01 Nov 2024 | 1
On-Prem
Microsoft tries out wooden bit barns to cut construction emissions
The two hybrid datacenters promise 35% less embodied carbon than steel builds, 65% less than concrete
On-Prem01 Nov 2024 | 6
If Trump gets elected, get your tech buying done asap
60% tariffs on all Chinese goods are going to slam the IT sector
Personal Tech01 Nov 2024 | 63
Hack Nintendo's alarm clock to show cat pics? Let's-a-go!
How 'Gary' defeated Bowser broke into the interactive alarm clock
Security01 Nov 2024 | 21
Hide the keyboard – it's the only way to keep this software running
On Call Lunch can be surprisingly dangerous. So can tea
On-Prem01 Nov 2024 | 73
Apple beats expectations, but drops in China
India saw an all-time revenue record and is poised for four more physical stores
Personal Tech01 Nov 2024 | 1
Intel losses hit $16.6B in Q3 and Wall Street is … loving it?
Improving revenue outlook has Chipzilla's shares back on a positive trajectory – for the moment anyway.
On-Prem01 Nov 2024 | 19
Amazon adds MFA to its enterprise email service ... eight years after launch
No rush, guys
On-Prem31 Oct 2024 |
Uncle Sam lays out plans for $825M EUV R&D site in New York
Given the cost of EUV litho machines, the Netherlands' ASML might be the real winner here
Systems31 Oct 2024 | 21
Samsung blames 'one-off costs' as Q3 chip profits plummet 40%
Unexpected expenses in semiconductor division overshadow revenue gains
Systems31 Oct 2024 |
UK gov report to propose special zones for datacenters, 'AI visas'
Vendors not keen on 'lengthy bureaucracy,' and cost when they try to hire skilled foreigners
On-Prem31 Oct 2024 | 61
Apple throws shade on pokey AI PCs, claims its maxed out M4 chips are 4x faster
Busy week for Cupertino sees shrunken Mac minis, updated lappies, and new SoCs
Personal Tech31 Oct 2024 | 31
US Army should ditch tanks for AI drones, says Eric Schmidt
And what do you know, Google's former CEO just so happens to have a commercial solution
AI + ML30 Oct 2024 | 117
Sketchy financials send Supermicro auditors running for the hills
If SMCI is the AI Enron, Ernst & Young wants nothing to do with them
Systems30 Oct 2024 | 23
Brit Apple semi supplier IQE's CEO departs amid reshuffle
Big personnel changes happening as semiconductor materials seller looks set to list Taiwan biz in 2025
Systems30 Oct 2024 | 3
No-Nvidias networking club convenes in search of open GPU interconnect
Ultra Accelerator Link consortium promises 200 gigabits per second per lane spec will debut in Q1 2025
Networks30 Oct 2024 | 2
AMD teases its GPU biz 'approaching the scale' of CPU operations
Q3 profits jump 191 percent from last quarter on revenues of $6.2 billion, helped by accelerated interest in Instinct
Systems30 Oct 2024 | 4
Softbank CEO says 'super AI' will arrive in 2035 and cost $9T
Video Oh, and it'll need the total current US power output
AI + ML29 Oct 2024 | 21
xAI picked Ethernet over InfiniBand for its H100 Colossus training cluster
Work already underway to expand system to 200,000 Nvidia Hopper chips
Systems29 Oct 2024 | 2
US Army turns to 'Scylla' AI to protect depot
Ominously-named bot can spot trouble from a mile away, distinguish threats from false alarms, says DoD
AI + ML29 Oct 2024 | 3
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If Trump gets elected, get your tech buying done asap
60% tariffs on all Chinese goods are going to slam the IT sector
VMware by Broadcom lifts storage allowances and prices for vSphere Foundation
This will both ease and exacerbate price concerns and competitive sniping
Chinese attackers accessed Canadian government networks – for five years
India makes it onto list of likely threats for the first time
Windows 10 given an extra year of supported life, for $30
MIcrosoft extends its Extended Security Updates club to consumers, at last
Hide the keyboard – it's the only way to keep this software running
On Call Lunch can be surprisingly dangerous. So can tea
Tower PC case used as 'creative cavity' by drug importer
Motherboard missing, leaving space for a million hits of meth
LottieFiles supply chain attack exposes users to malicious crypto wallet drainer
A scary few Halloween hours for team behind hugely popular web plugin
Apple throws shade on pokey AI PCs, claims its maxed out M4 chips are 4x faster
Busy week for Cupertino sees shrunken Mac minis, updated lappies, and new SoCs
Microsoft turning away AI training workloads – inferencing makes better money
Azure's acceleration continues, but so do costs
Hack Nintendo's alarm clock to show cat pics? Let's-a-go!
How 'Gary' defeated Bowser broke into the interactive alarm clock
STORIES
The troublesome economics of CPU-only AI
Analysis At the end of the day, it all boils down to tokens per dollar
Systems29 Oct 2024 | 4
Chinese chips, quantum and AI now on US investment blacklist
Wouldn’t want to inadvertently fund the PLA
Systems29 Oct 2024 | 3
Datacenter developer says power issues holding up new builds
'The single biggest constraint is access,' says exec looking to invest 'hundreds of millions'
On-Prem29 Oct 2024 | 44
FCC chair: Mobile dead spots will end when space-based and ground comms merge
Jessica Rosenworcel looks at policy challenges for the next decade
Networks29 Oct 2024 | 4
Merde! Macron's bodyguards reveal his location by sharing Strava data
It's not just the French president, Biden and Putin also reportedly trackable
Security29 Oct 2024 | 23
UK immigration seeks tech support, development partner for border crossing systems
After years of delay, new systems with 'diverse tech stacks' need a hand in £195M deal
On-Prem29 Oct 2024 | 16
Why AI builds best on private clouds
AI projects under pressure to show real value in the tightest of timeframes might be worth keeping on-premises
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Chinese engineers wire Raspberry Pi into 600-meter railway tunnel to find any holes
The GPIO turns out to be a handy tool if you want to measure the conductivity of concrete
On-Prem29 Oct 2024 | 26
Bluesky capitalizes on X woes with funding and user growth
The decentralized social network hints at sustainability with talk of subscriptions
Personal Tech28 Oct 2024 | 29
TSMC reportedly cuts off RISC-V chip designer linked to Huawei accelerators
You know what they say, where there's a will there's a Huawei
Systems28 Oct 2024 | 4
Feds investigate China's Salt Typhoon amid campaign phone hacks
'They're taunting us,' investigator says and it looks like it's working
Security28 Oct 2024 | 5
ParTec expands supercomputer patent fight from Microsoft to Nvidia
Wants injunction on GPUs that use what it alleges is its own IP
HPC28 Oct 2024 |
Apple quietly admits 8GB isn't enough in 2024, M4 iMac to ship with 16GB as standard
The silicon no longer limited to Cupertino's priciest iPads
Systems28 Oct 2024 | 105
Intel to expand Chengdu facility, despite US China tension
Chipzilla unlikely to give in when it comes to its biggest sales market
Systems28 Oct 2024 | 2
Half the world's online via mobile, but growth is slowing
Nearly all of those without access live in low to middle income countries, GSMA says
Networks28 Oct 2024 | 7
UK’s new Minister for Science and Technology comes to US touting Britain's AI benefits
Interview $82B in investment shows we've still got it as a nation
Public Sector28 Oct 2024 | 15
Huawei's farewell to Android isn't a marketing move, it's chess
Opinion HarmonyOS NEXT sounds dissonant until you get the theme
Columnists28 Oct 2024 | 122
I made this network so resilient nothing could possibly go wro...
Who, Me? All the redundancy in the world can't help a 'brown trouser' mistake
Networks28 Oct 2024 | 99
Indonesia bans iPhone 16 over Apple’s undelivered investment promises
ASIA IN BRIEF Plus: Singapore building two Supercomputers; Toyota to rebuild IT with Fujitsu AI; Are Samsung engineers jumping ship?
Public Sector27 Oct 2024 | 5
UK sleep experts say it's time to kill daylight saving for good
It turns out morning light beats evening rays for health benefits
Personal Tech27 Oct 2024 | 279
Biz Daemon is too cool to respond to fans of his big screen work
BORK!BORK!BORK! If only all Android apps were so effortlessly stylish
Bootnotes26 Oct 2024 | 12
Energy exec punts datacenter power options out to long term
Bit barns aren't going to hook up to nuclear in a rush
Systems25 Oct 2024 | 5
'Consent' LinkedIn used for data processing was not freely given, says Ireland
Microsoft-owned social media for suits site gets €310M fine, told to get compliant
Networks25 Oct 2024 | 12
Mature node chip output to surge 6% in 2025
TrendForce reports significant capacity gains as Beijing targets reduced reliance on imported semiconductors
Systems25 Oct 2024 | 8
European datacenter energy consumption set to triple by end of decade
McKinsey warns an additional 25GW of mostly green energy will be needed
On-Prem25 Oct 2024 | 8
Fujitsu claims 634-gram 14-inch Core i7 laptop is world's lightest
Lightweight 'FMV Zero' is only sold online in Japan, dammit
Personal Tech25 Oct 2024 | 38
Congress to Commerce: Sanction more Chinese chip firms to stop Huawei's evasion
We don't really need a letter full of circumstantial evidence to prove what we already know needs doing
Systems24 Oct 2024 | 35
Huawei releases data detailing serverless secrets
Reveals why your functions start slowly on its cloud and maybe others too
Systems24 Oct 2024 | 4
Floppy discs still run a U.S. metro? Japan steps in with 'project kill floppy'
Hitachi Rail contract inked by SF transport board will kill the throwback
Storage24 Oct 2024 | 46
A closer look at Intel and AMD's different approaches to gluing together CPUs
Analysis Epycs or Xeons, more cores = more silicon, and it only gets more complex from here
Systems24 Oct 2024 | 25
Nvidia CEO whines Europeans aren’t buying enough GPUs
EU isn’t keeping up with US and China investments, AI arms dealer says
Systems24 Oct 2024 | 34
Top EU court overturns Intel's billion-dollar antitrust fine
Conditional rebates settled, but $400M matter of naked restrictions remains
Systems24 Oct 2024 | 6
With record revenue, SK hynix brushes off suggestion of AI chip oversupply
How embarrassing for Samsung
AI + ML24 Oct 2024 |
Yet another UK government seeks to reform GDPR
Yes, the law that needs to be harmonized with Europe for tech businesses' data to flow freely
Public Sector24 Oct 2024 | 39
Arm to Qualcomm: See you in court? Oh yes, please
Doesn't quite confirm eight-week license cancellation deadline, but does strap on the gloves
Systems24 Oct 2024 | 14
IBM's mainframe bubble bursts and growth stalls
Red Hat still glowing, but Big Blue's been bruised by investors
Systems24 Oct 2024 | 17
China's top messaging app WeChat banned from Hong Kong government computers
Google and WhatsApp also binned, which is far easier to explain than canning a local hero
Security24 Oct 2024 | 14
Musk claims Cybertruck has become profitable at last
Third quarter results recharge Tesla's stock price
Personal Tech24 Oct 2024 | 46
Ex-Intel board members make an ill-conceived case for spinning off Foundry
Comment Save America’s most important manufacturer? More like save our portfolio and let Uncle Sam pick up the pieces
Systems23 Oct 2024 | 34
RISC-V reaches milestone with RVA23 profile ratification
Comment No longer an underdog - it now challenges Arm and x86
Systems23 Oct 2024 | 5
41-million-digit prime crunched by datacenter GPUs
Former Nvidia engineer's discovery shows graphics compute can kick some serious ass
Systems23 Oct 2024 | 30
Rackspace is back with a seat on the OpenInfra Foundation board
Absence makes the cloud grow fonder
Systems23 Oct 2024 | 2
Boffins explore cell signals as potential GPS alternative
Team sends a flying cooler packed with DIY tech 15 miles up for the test
Science23 Oct 2024 | 27
NHS would be hit by 'significant' costs if UK loses EU data status, warn Lords
As another government yet again seeks to reform UK GDPR, legislators say data must continue to flow
Public Sector23 Oct 2024 | 189
SuperHTML is here to rescue you from syntax errors, and it's FOSS
Author would like to see a switch back to plain old static HTML. Us too
Applications23 Oct 2024 | 99
Feature phones all the rage as parents try to shield kids from harm
Dad, why does this button say ABC? It's a short term trend, says analyst
Personal Tech23 Oct 2024 | 86
IPv6 may already be irrelevant – but so is moving off IPv4, argues APNIC's chief scientist
There was always more pressing work to do than migrate, and CDNs have changed the rules
Networks23 Oct 2024 | 124
Woman stuck upside down under rock for hours after trying to retrieve dropped phone
Emergency services had to move a boulder to get her out
Personal Tech23 Oct 2024 | 68
Arm reportedly warns Qualcomm it will cancel its licenses
Qualcomm brands ploy as 'unfounded' cash grab
Legal23 Oct 2024 | 48
Fujitsu delivers GPU optimization tech it touts as a server-saver
Middleware aimed at softening the shortage of AI accelerators
AI + ML23 Oct 2024 |
Uncle Sam extends 25% CHIPS Act tax credit to wafer, solar panel manufacturing
Meanwhile, Infinera snags up to $93M of the dwindling subsidies
Public Sector22 Oct 2024 |
US lawmakers push DoJ to prosecute tax prep firms for leaking taxpayer data to big tech
TaxSlayer, H&R Block, TaxAct, and Ramsey Solutions accused of sharing info with Meta and Google
Security22 Oct 2024 | 6
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 8 Elite with custom cores for Android phones
New flagship SoC drops Arm and grows its own legs with Oryon
Personal Tech22 Oct 2024 | 9
TSMC blows whistle on potential sanctions-busting shenanigans from Huawei
Chip giant tells Uncle Sam someone could be making orders on the sly
Systems22 Oct 2024 | 13
It's about time Intel, AMD dropped x86 games and turned to the real threat
Opinion Have recent troubles finally humbled Chipzilla?
Systems22 Oct 2024 | 91
As Arm rivals cook up custom silicon, Mediatek sticks to tried-and-true Cortex recipe
Interview Exec Chris Bergey tells us what the chip designer is doing to stay competitive
Systems22 Oct 2024 | 5
India, Nvidia, discuss jointly developed AI chip
Current capabilities mean local manufacturing is not likely – but a chip tuned to Indian needs could work
Systems22 Oct 2024 | 4
China Telecom's next 150,000 servers will mostly use local processors
Intel and AMD left scrapping over about a third of the deal, and license fees
Systems22 Oct 2024 | 3
US leans on Japan to curb sales of chipmaking equipment to China
Tokyo between a rock and a hard place as Beijing threatens to retaliate
Systems22 Oct 2024 | 5
US moves ahead with crackdown on data brokers selling to six 'countries of concern'
Biden's Executive Order finally getting its day in the sun, soonish
Public Sector21 Oct 2024 | 7
China ramps up semiconductor patents amid US export restrictions
AI innovation and geopolitical tensions push Middle Kingdom filings up 42%
Systems21 Oct 2024 | 2
Musk's $1M election lottery raises serious legal concerns, says Pennsylvania governor
C'mon, do you really think ol' Elon’s handing out all that cash, day after day?
Personal Tech21 Oct 2024 | 129
SiFive launches early access for Premier P550 RISC-V developer board
Broader December release promises Ubuntu support and enhanced features
Personal Tech21 Oct 2024 | 7
ASML faces turbulence amid stock drop, customer delays
Analysis Samsung halts fab orders, deliveries slow, China restrictions continue – but company expects Beijing sales bounce
Systems21 Oct 2024 | 5
Developer pockets $2M in savings from going cloud-free
37signals CTO claims cost of new hardware was 'entirely recouped' as contracts expired after AWS exit
On-Prem21 Oct 2024 | 59
Linux admin asked savvy scientist for IT help and the boffin blew it
Who, Me? In science, every day is about testing hypotheses. Such as: 'plugging this thing in here is OK, right?'
Networks21 Oct 2024 | 93
Chinese chipmaker Loongson now just three to five years off the pace on the desktop
Claims forthcoming chip catches up to Alder Lake and Xen 2
Systems21 Oct 2024 | 31
X to allow third parties to train their AI models with social media users' data
Another raft of reasons to ponder your social media presence
Personal Tech18 Oct 2024 | 49
AWS boss: Don't want to come back to the office? Go work somewhere else
It's our way or the highway
PaaS + IaaS18 Oct 2024 | 110
Tech giants set to pay through the nose for nuclear power that's still years away
Google, Amazon, Microsoft dive into costly deals that aren't generating anything yet
On-Prem18 Oct 2024 | 95
Yes, your network is down – you annoyed us so much we crashed it
On Call If you bluff your way out of unpaid bills, there's a chance someone could call you on it
Networks18 Oct 2024 | 201
Qualcomm 'pausing' X-Elite Dev Kit, offering refunds
Five months in, only 200 units reached customers, Qualy tells El Reg
Systems17 Oct 2024 | 5
Samsung releases 24Gb GDDR7 DRAM for testing in beefy AI systems
Production slated for Q1 2025, barring any hiccups
Storage17 Oct 2024 | 7
Infrastructure giant Schneider Electric powers up with $850M liquid cooling deal
Snags controlling stake in Motivair Corporation, rest to come by 2028
On-Prem17 Oct 2024 |
HMD delivers Android Digital Detox feature to stop you scrolling your life away
Update for Skyline phone brings selective distraction blocking
Personal Tech17 Oct 2024 | 9
TSMC revenue up 36% as world+dog demands AI and smartphone chips
Biggest semi contract manufacturer – and Nvidia supplier – building out capacity in US and Europe
Systems17 Oct 2024 | 3
Post Office CTO had 'nagging doubts' about Horizon system despite reliability assurances
As 'heat' built from campaigners, tech boss kept telling MPs everything was fine
Public Sector17 Oct 2024 | 81
Elon Musk's disaster relief promises: Should we believe the hype?
Opinion When you look behind the headlines, you'll find unfulfilled commitments
Networks17 Oct 2024 | 94
UK electronics firms want government to stop taxing trash and let them fix it instead
CLEAR group calls for VAT to be dropped on spare parts, repairs, labor
Personal Tech17 Oct 2024 | 62
Elon Musk's X isn't important enough to feel the full force of EU regulation
DMA gatekeeper status denied, meaning X can carry on without extra compliance chores
Public Sector17 Oct 2024 | 75
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