Xbox’s $7.5 billion ZeniMax Bet Turns Brutal as Deep Cuts May Threaten Arkane Lyon, MachineGames, and even id Software

We've heard increasingly loud rumblings about mass layoffs at Xbox for a couple of weeks now, and now, it seems like the turn of ZeniMax has arrived.

This past Monday, several sources pointed to Compulsion Games , Double Fine Productions , and Ninja Theory all desperately trying to negotiate an exit with Microsoft, whether that is going independent or being sold to some other publisher. But the rumors said other studios would be affected, too: a French journalist namedropped Arkane Lyon , Bethesda Game Studios , and id Software .

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SK Hynix Samples HBM4E With 48 GB Capacity and 16 Gbps as AI Chip Demand Forces DRAM Makers Into Overdrive

SK Hynix has commenced sampling of its next-gen HBM4E memory , offering up to 16 Gbps speeds and 48 GB capacities.

The acceleration in AI has pushed DRAM manufacturers to dial up their development plans. As such, SK Hynix is racing its rival Samsung to deliver the first HBM4E memory solutions to partners who will be using it to power their next-generation datacenters.

The HBM4E memory will play a crucial role for next-gen datacenters as it will power some heavy-weight

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A Wild Rumor Linked To Sundar Pichai Suggests Google Is “Evaluating” The Procurement Of Memory Chips From China’s CXMT

That memory chips are scarce at the moment is hardly news that raises eyebrows these days. Even so, there appears to be a bit of desperation in the air that was not an elemental presence as recently as just a few weeks back. As a case in point, consider the latest tidbit: Google might procure memory chips from China's CXMT, upending the monopolistic dynamics in the memory sphere, and potentially opening a floodgate of similar deals.


The World’s Top Cloud Providers Are Now Getting NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin NVL72, The World’s Fastest AI Platform

The era of Vera Rubin is upon us, as not only NVIDIA's but the world's fastest AI platform is now being delivered to top cloud providers.

NVIDIA's Vera Rubin is in volume production, but the top AI cloud providers are already getting their hands on the first systems to test and validate. NVIDIA also sent out its first Vera CPUs to major AI firms last month.

Oracle and Coreweave are among the first cloud providers to bring up NVIDIA's Vera Rubin NVL72 platform. These

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iPhone Air 2 Will Restore Your Faith In The Sleek Form Factor, As Two Major Upgrades Will Address Widespread Concerns

The market hasn’t responded well to smartphones bearing the slimmer form factor, so it’s unsurprising that the iPhone Air failed to garner a positive response in major markets. However, Apple isn’t giving up on this form factor because the company is preparing the iPhone Air 2 for a spring launch next year. With this release, the Cupertino firm is expected to introduce two upgrades that weren’t present in the predecessor.

Apple has been previously reported to be testing a dual-rear-camera configuration on


Apple’s Tim Cook Cries Out That Memory Prices Have Become “Unsustainable,” Warns That “Unavoidable” Price Hikes Are Coming

Apple was, until recently, the last bastion of price stability even as a tsunami of memory-induced price hikes have continued to sweep across wide swathes of the global consumer electronics sphere. Alas! No longer.

Apple now appears to have surrendered to the inevitable price hikes after trying to swim against the tide for a few quarters.


Lip-Bu Tan Nearly Walked Away From Semiconductors, But One Plea to ‘Save Intel’ Pulled Him Back as CEO, Now Hiring Top CPU/GPU Architects

Intel CEO, Lip-Bu Tan was about to retire from the semiconductor industry, but was asked to do one more thing: save Intel.

Ever since Lip-Bu Tan joined Intel as CEO , we have seen some radical changes in the structuring of the company . Lip-Bu has turned Intel around. Most of the groundwork was laid by Intel's former CEO, Pat Gelsinger , who set the company's Foundry plans and current product line, but Lip-Bu is creating a new Intel, one

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The Future Of EUV: ASML’s Plans For The Hyperscale Era

By now, everyone and their grandmother is familiar with ASML, the sole provider of EUV (Extreme Ultraviolet) capable lithography machines in the world.

As hyperscalers continue to aggressively build out compute, we constantly discover new bottlenecks at almost every level of Jensen's five-layer AI cake , down to an insulating film supplied by, of all things, an MSG manufacturer. Yet for all the novel bottlenecks that crop up, there remains a perennial, critical constraint to AI build-out: the capacity of leading fabs

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SanDisk’s Latest PS5 SSD With Up To 8 TB Capacity Costs 3x As Much As The Console Itself

SanDisk has introduced its new Optimus GX PRO 850P NVMe SSDs for Sony PS5 consoles, offering up to 8 TB capacities, but they come at a massive price tag.

Today, SanDisk introduced its new SSD lineup, which is officially licensed for the Sony PS5 series consoles. These are the Optimus GX PRO 850P NVMe SSDs , and come in up to 8 TB capacities.

These SSDs are PCIe Gen 4.0 compliant and feature up to 7200 MB/s Read

The SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850P NVMe SSD for PS5 consoles is shown with a capacity of 8TB and priced at $2,959.99.
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Treyarch and Iron Galaxy are Bringing Call of Duty: Black Ops and Black Ops 2 to PS5

After rumours that Call of Duty: Black Ops and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 remasters were in the works, Treyarch came forward to confirm what's actually happening. The original Black Ops and Black Ops 2 are being ported to PS5 this coming July , thanks to the efforts of Iron Galaxy Studios .

The news was announced with a short post on Treyarch's official X (formerly Twitter) account, with a short message that didn't elaborate on what these ports would include or categorize them as

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