Jury spares Qualcomm's AI PC ambitions, but Arm eyes a retrial Analysis The victory may be short lived as the chip designer gears up for second round Legal23 Dec 2024 | 14
Nvidia upgrades tiny Jetson Orin Nano dev kits for the holidays 'Super' edition promises 67 TOPS and 102GB/s of memory bandwidth for your GenAI projects Systems17 Dec 2024 | 14
Jury trial kicks off Arm's wrestling match with Qualcomm The Nuvia buyer's alleged violations of license terms expected to last through Friday Legal16 Dec 2024 | 11
Cheat codes for LLM performance: An introduction to speculative decoding Hands on Sometimes two models really are faster than one AI + ML15 Dec 2024 | 46
You're buying fat new servers to save energy and make room for AI hardware, claims Dell But PCs and Nvidia are weak points, because you’re not buying one and can't buy the other The Future of the Datacenter - 2025 and Beyond27 Nov 2024 | 10
AI PCs: 'Something will have to give in 2025, and I think it's pricing' Consultant bemoans lack of use cases and businesses' budget AI + ML22 Nov 2024 | 84
Whomp-whomp: AI PCs make users less productive People just don't know how to wrangle chatbots into useful things, Intel says AI + ML22 Nov 2024 | 110
Arm lays down the law with a blueprint to challenge x86's PC dominance Now it's up to OEMs and devs to decide whether they want in Systems21 Nov 2024 | 19
Microsoft goes thin client with $349 Windows 365 Link mini PC Ignite Just as good as Apple at making squat boxes, but this one doesn't do very much Personal Tech19 Nov 2024 | 64
AI PCs flood the market. Their makers hope someone wants them Despite 49% surge in shipments, buyers seem unconvinced Personal Tech14 Nov 2024 | 37
Everything you need to know to start fine-tuning LLMs in the privacy of your home Hands on Got a modern Nvidia or AMD graphics card? Custom Llamas are only a few commands and a little data prep away AI + ML10 Nov 2024 | 18
Intel sued over Raptor Lake voltage instability Failure to warn customers about chip flaw leads to fraud claim Systems06 Nov 2024 | 15
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 | 122
Qualcomm 'pausing' X-Elite Dev Kit, offering refunds Five months in, only 200 units reached customers, Qualy tells El Reg Systems17 Oct 2024 | 5
PC shipments stuck in neutral despite AI buzz Analysts can't agree whether market is marginally up or down Personal Tech10 Oct 2024 | 13
A year after taking on Intel's NUC mini-PCs, Asus says it's ready to improve them AI is showing the way to new possibilities after a tricky first year Personal Tech08 Oct 2024 | 37
India extends IT hardware import license scheme that enraged Big Tech And hints at revised rules to come later this year Systems26 Sep 2024 | 7
AI PCs will dominate shipments by 2026, but not because of demand Buying computers without the tech to get harder as chipmakers compete for cash, say analysts AI + ML25 Sep 2024 | 33
AI to power the corporate Windows 11 refresh? Nobody's buying that Opinion Microsoft should look to Apple for lessons in flogging dead horses Personal Tech23 Sep 2024 | 68
Huawei to dump Windows for PCs in favor of its own HarmonyOS Asia In Brief Plus: Indian gov's fact-checking unit ruled unlawful; Fukushima datacenter boom; GoTo partners with Tencent, too OSes23 Sep 2024 | 23
Win 11 refreshes delayed, say PC makers – and here's why Oh and about those AI computers... analysts reckon there are still no killer apps or convincing use cases Personal Tech13 Sep 2024 | 88
Qualcomm reportedly eyeing Intel's PC design biz and more Chipzilla hasn't collapsed yet but the vultures are circling Systems06 Sep 2024 | 2
Qualcomm guns for Intel, AMD with cheaper 8-core X chips It’s set to slice up the AI PC competition at $700-$900 Systems04 Sep 2024 | 5
Intel's 120 TOPS Lunar Lake AI PC chips have landed And all it took was some good old fashioned outsourcing to TSMC AI + ML03 Sep 2024 | 13
Dell's all-in bet on AI pays off in latest earnings The term was mentioned over 140 times during the earnings call Systems30 Aug 2024 | 8
AMD's Victor Peng: AI thirst for power underscores the need for efficient silicon Hot Chips Moore's Law may be running out of steam, but there are still knobs to turn and levers to pull Systems29 Aug 2024 | 8
Missing Fujitsu PCs? It's back with a fresh lineup of 16 models Business left Europe last year, but remains ticking away Personal Tech28 Aug 2024 | 19
India misses ten million public WiFi hotspot goal, catchup not looking likely ASIA IN BRIEF Plus: Glowing reports for Fukushima wastewater; New datacenters in Fiji, Malaysia & South Korea; and more Public Sector26 Aug 2024 | 3
Buying a PC for local AI? These are the specs that actually matter Feature If you guessed TOPS and FLOPS, that's only half right AI + ML25 Aug 2024 | 30
AMD reverses course: Ryzen 3000 CPUs will get SinkClose patch after all Still no love for 1000- or 2000-series Systems20 Aug 2024 | 21
Who needs GitHub Copilot when you can roll your own AI code assistant at home Hands on Here's how to get started with the open source tool Continue AI + ML18 Aug 2024 | 28
AMD won’t patch Sinkclose security bug on older Zen CPUs Updated Kernel mode not good enough for you? Maybe you'll like SMM of this Patches13 Aug 2024 | 14
Intel's microcode fix to save Raptor Lake chips may only work with default power settings All those BIOS options that promise better performance? Enabling them might kill your processor Systems12 Aug 2024 | 27
Raptor Lake microcode limits Intel chips to a mere 1.55 volts to prevent CPU destruction Is that a lot? Depends on the context. GHz, no. Voltage, yes Personal Tech09 Aug 2024 | 28
HP Inc loves China – but wants to reduce the risks it presents Amid reports that plenty of PC production will shift elsewhere, supply chain boss emphasizes agility Personal Tech09 Aug 2024 | 9
Intel's legal troubles mount after plunging stock sparks yet another court battle Pension fund claims CEO, CFO covered up truth about money-pit foundry Systems08 Aug 2024 | 15
Raptor Lake microcode patch arrives for Intel motherboards this month, ASUS and MSI say Updated MSI even claims all of its LGA 1700 motherboards will get updated before month end Systems08 Aug 2024 | 2
China’s preferred desktop Linux, openKylin, chases the AI PC in version 2.0 Middle Kingdom netizens can look forward to the same kind of letdown Windows users get with Copilot OSes08 Aug 2024 | 7
Rickety Raptor Lake CPUs won't lose Turbo-boosted speeds after microcode medicine, Intel claims Chipzilla still has ways to stop these processors cooking in their own juices On-Prem08 Aug 2024 | 8
AMD’s latest desktop CPUs feature lower prices yet again as Intel readies a fightback Brand-new Ryzen 9000 processors are about 10% cheaper than their Ryzen 7000 counterparts Personal Tech07 Aug 2024 | 5
Legal eagles target Intel for class action over cooked Raptor Lake CPUs If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with elevated voltage, you may be entitled to compensation Systems01 Aug 2024 | 10
AMD stalls Ryzen 9000 launch over poor chip quality Oh, actual QA? In 2024? In this economy? Personal Tech24 Jul 2024 | 19
Intel to deliver fix for Raptor Lake CPUs made 'unstable' by voltage snafu Put those pesky crashes in the past with a fun microcode upgrade! Personal Tech23 Jul 2024 | 32
AMD predicts future AI PCs will run 30B parameter models at 100 tokens per second Analysis They're gonna need a heck of a lot of memory bandwidth – not to mention capacity – to do it Systems15 Jul 2024 | 25
Honey, I shrunk the LLM! A beginner's guide to quantization – and testing it Hands on Just be careful not to shave off too many bits ... These things are known to hallucinate as it is AI + ML14 Jul 2024 | 20
China’s homebrew openKylin OS creates a cut for AI PCs Devs of OS named for a mythical beast join in the 'local models will will deliver legendary productivity' trope AI + ML11 Jul 2024 | 8
PC sales inch upwards as market starts to upgrade its hardware Analysts hoping Windows 11 refresh adds fuel to fire, as OS market share finally on rise Personal Tech10 Jul 2024 | 7
A friendly guide to containerization for AI work Hands on Save the headaches, ship your dependencies AI + ML07 Jul 2024 | 4
A friendly guide to local AI image gen with Stable Diffusion and Automatic1111 Hands On A picture is worth a 1,000 words... or was that a 1,000 TOPS AI + ML29 Jun 2024 | 23
Samsung Korea warns many apps won't run on its Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PCs FWIW Microsoft says 'your apps run great' even when emulated on Arm Personal Tech20 Jun 2024 | 46
From RAGs to riches: A practical guide to making your local AI chatbot smarter Hands on Nine out of 10 execs recommend adding Retrieval Augmented Generation to your daily regimen AI + ML15 Jun 2024 | 27
Microsoft cancels universal Recall release in favor of Windows Insider preview Wider release coming real soon – promise – after the Windows faithful give it a thrashing OSes14 Jun 2024 | 52
AI PC vendors gotta have their TOPS – but is this just the GHz wars all over again? Comment As usual, things are more complicated than 'bigger number better.' AI + ML11 Jun 2024 | 18
AI PCs might solve a real problem: The 'friction' that sees users ignore security Computex Trend Micro says cloudy email scans trigger GDPR warnings that deter users. Local models that use NPUs don't AI + ML06 Jun 2024 | 17
The definition of an AI PC is now even muddier, helping no-one – not even AIs Computex Analysis Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger wants benchmarks to go beyond TOPS but warns we’re in for months of uncertainty Personal Tech05 Jun 2024 | 9
AI chip sales predicted to jump by a third this year – then cool off Gartner gives us a ray of hope amid ongoing hype and pressure to buy more hardware AI + ML29 May 2024 | 1
Nvidia said to be prepping AI PC chip with Arm and Blackwell cores Rivalry in Windows on Arm space would intensify once GPU giant enters the fray Systems28 May 2024 | 1
Will Windows drive a PC refresh? Everyone's talking about AI As Lenovo says it'll cram hybrid AI into multiple devices, CIOs and analysts remain unconvinced AI + ML28 May 2024 | 69
Flexing financial muscles, Arm aims to elbow into Windows PC market Despite record revenues, Wall Street doesn't expect growth to last Systems09 May 2024 | 42
45 Drives adds Linux-powered mini PCs, workstations to growing compute lineup Exclusive Plus the system builder says an Arm-based system is already in the works Systems26 Apr 2024 | 10
Intel excited by PC sales pop and GPU prospects, but investors aren’t because the outlook is poor Chipzilla's Foundry business weighs down the Gelsinger gang - for now On-Prem26 Apr 2024 | 2
Microsoft really does not want Windows 11 running on ancient PCs Even tighter requirements, so it's time to put old hardware out to pasture... or find an alternative OS OSes23 Apr 2024 | 255