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Big Tech strategy, semiconductor supply chains and the money behind the technology industry, reported by The Silicon Ledger.
The software giant achieved a $4 trillion market valuation on Thursday, becoming only the second company ever to reach that milestone, propelled by surging cloud adoption and its expanding artificial intelligence initiatives.
Intel has quietly introduced the Core 5 120 and Core 5 120F processors, which appear to be rebadged versions of the Core i5-12400 with a modest clock speed increase.
Bloomberg reports that Apple is in early-stage discussions with Anthropic and OpenAI about deploying their AI models on Apple's infrastructure, marking a potential shift away from the company's homegrown approach to powering Siri.
AMD engineer Sameul Zhang has identified a critical hibernation failure affecting Linux servers equipped with multiple Instinct accelerators, where 1.5TB of combined VRAM overwhelms the system's ability to save state to disk.
Leaked images of a blower-style variant of Nvidia's flagship RTX 5090 have surfaced online, showing units packed for distribution from a Chinese facility. The discovery has sparked concerns about unauthorized distribution and whether the cooling design can handle the card's substantial power draw.
By switching to intrusive reflow soldering in partnership with Sony, Raspberry Pi has dramatically reduced product returns while speeding up production and cutting carbon emissions.
Nvidia's latest graphics cards are finding their way to MSRP in the German market, with entry-level and mid-range models now available at or below list price. The RTX 5090 remains the sole exception, continuing to command premium pricing.
User reports documenting defective Ryzen 7 9800X3D processors have climbed past 100 cases, with the majority occurring on ASRock motherboards, though some incidents may stem from firmware issues rather than hardware defects.
