AMD agrees to buy New Jersey-based ZT Systems, founded in 1994 to design and make servers, server racks, and other infrastructure, for $4.9B, closing in H1 2025
chipmaker strengthens AI ecosystem with ZT Systems' expertise in server design Josh Norem / ExtremeTech : AMD Acquires AI Infrastructure Company ZT Systems for $4.9 Billion Diana Goovaerts / Fierce Ne...
CrowdStrike says a Falcon sensor configuration update on Windows triggered a logic error that resulted in a system crash and BSOD, remediated after 78 minutes
Thankfully, Macs weren't affected by last week's catastrophic … Anthony Ha / TechCrunch : TechCrunch Minute: What caused last week's major tech outage? CrowdStrike : Likely eCrime Actor Uses Filenames...
Nvidia updates its experimental ChatRTX chatbot, formerly “Chat with RTX”, to support voice queries and AI models Google's Gemma, ChatGLM3, and OpenAI's CLIP
better photo search, AI speech recognition, and more LLM options Daniel Sims / TechSpot : Nvidia thinks its GPUs are better for onboard AI than NPUs Allisa James / TechRadar : Could generative AI work...
National Bureau of Statistics: China's integrated circuit output rose 40% YoY to 98.1B units in Q1, a sign that the country is expanding legacy chip production
production jumped 40% in Q1 2024 Josh Norem / ExtremeTech : US Sanctions Against China Could Turn It Into a Legacy Node Powerhouse TechNode : China's chip production soars 40% in Q1 despite US constra...
National Bureau of Statistics: China's integrated circuit output rose 40% YoY to 98.1B units in Q1, a sign that the country is expanding legacy chip production
production jumped 40% in Q1 2024 TechNode : China's chip production soars 40% in Q1 despite US constraints Josh Norem / ExtremeTech : US Sanctions Against China Could Turn It Into a Legacy Node Powerh...
Kuo: Apple's only foldable device with a “clear development schedule” is the 20.3-inch MacBook, which is expected to enter mass production in 2027
before iPhone Flip AleksandarK / TechPowerUp : Apple Reportedly Developing 20.3-inch Foldable MacBook for 2027 Launch Joe Rossignol / MacRumors : Kuo: Apple Planning 20-Inch MacBook With Foldable Scre...
Microsoft unveils a Copilot keyboard key, shipping in new PCs and laptops from its partners, the first major change to the PC keyboard layout in nearly 30 years
adds dedicated AI Copilot key to all future PCs Lily Polanco / New.blicio.us : Windows PCs Get Dedicated AI Key as Microsoft Bakes Copilot into Hardware Sharon Goldman / VentureBeat : Microsoft adds C...
OpenAI updates ChatGPT Plus and ChatGPT Enterprise to let users prompt the tool using voice commands or by uploading an image, coming to all users “soon after”
and Look Into Your Life Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch : OpenAI's GPT-4 with vision still has flaws, paper reveals The Hill : ChatGPT given the ability to talk Laurent Giret / Thurrott : ChatGPT Can Now Ta...
Google releases “multisearch” for Lens, letting users ask questions about photos and screenshots, in beta for US users in English on Android and iOS
by starting with a picture Josh Norem / ExtremeTech : Google Now Lets You Use Images to Search For Things You Don't Know How to Google Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable : Search By Image & Tex...
Intel commits $20B to build at least two semiconductor fabrication plants on a 1,000-acre site by 2025, employing at least 3,000 people in New Albany, Ohio
and US manufacturing New York Times : Biden Looks to Intel's U.S. Investment to Buoy His China Agenda Alana Semuels / TIME : Exclusive: Intel Reveals Plans for Massive New Ohio Factory, Fighting the C...