Samsung is reportedly sticking with its regional chip strategy for the Galaxy S26 series. The standard and Plus models will get different processors depending on your market, while the Ultra goes Snapdragon-only worldwide.
AMD just laid out an incredibly ambitious growth roadmap, predicting its data center chip business will reach $100 billion in annual revenue. The company sees the total market hitting $1 trillion by 2030, with AI driving most of that expansion.
AI chip startup Tsavorite has secured over $100 million in pre-orders for its Omni Processing Unit. The company claims its unified architecture delivers breakthrough performance for AI inference, training, and reinforcement learning.
NVIDIA’s CEO claims China has closed the AI gap from “years” to “seconds” in just months. Meanwhile, the company faces a political and regulatory nightmare trying to sell AI chips in China. The situation creates a perfect storm of business challenges.
AMD has quietly confirmed two new Ryzen AI Max+ processors, including the 8-core 388 model with a massive integrated GPU. This chip could bring desktop-level gaming performance to handheld devices and compact systems. The real question is whether the pricing will make sense for gaming builds.
AMD is addressing a serious security flaw in its Zen 5 processors that could weaken cryptographic security. The bug affects the RDSEED function used for generating high-quality random numbers. Patches are rolling out through January for affected Ryzen and Epyc chips.
Adeia has filed a patent lawsuit against AMD in Western District of Texas, alleging unlicensed use of hybrid bonding methods in 3D V-Cache processors. The case involves ten patents covering bonding techniques and advanced process node technologies.
Apple is reportedly planning to debut an M5 Ultra chip specifically for the Mac Studio in 2026. This follows the company’s decision to skip an M4 Ultra variant entirely. The chip will likely power both Mac Studio and Mac Pro updates.
AMD delivered a record $9.2 billion in Q3 revenue, up 36% year-over-year, fueled by strong sales of Instinct GPUs and EPYC server processors. The company’s deepening partnership with OpenAI could drive over $100 billion in revenue in coming years as AI demand accelerates.
AMD’s new Zen 5 processors have a critical bug in their pseudorandom number generator that could seriously impact security. The issue affects the RDSEED instruction and produces predictable zeros about 10% of the time. Fortunately, fixes are already being distributed.
