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IBM announces plan to acquire Red Hat for $34bn

29 October 2018, 12:21

IBM says that after the acquisition it "will become the world's #1 hybrid cloud provider".

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Intel beats financial forecasts thanks to PCs and data centres

26 October 2018, 10:01

Client Computing and Data Centre groups were winners. Mobileye was another highlight.

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Microsoft enjoys record quarter thanks to Azure and Gaming

25 October 2018, 13:05

And all three of Microsoft's operating groups boasted double-digit growth.

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AMD revenues up 40 per cent from a year ago

25 October 2018, 10:01

But investors expected more, and GPU sales were subdued, so share price falls 22 per cent.

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Gartner: Microsoft enters top 5 PC vendors in the US

12 October 2018, 11:31

PC sales flat compared to a year ago. There are worries of impacts from the Intel chip shortage.

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Broadband 'loyalty penalty' super complaint received by UK Govt

28 September 2018, 13:51

Citizens Advice complaint to be considered by the CMA.

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AMD on track to gain 30 per cent desktop CPU market share

26 September 2018, 11:01

Taiwanese industry sources say we will likely see this rebound in the Q4 2018 figures.

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Trump's China trade tariffs to weigh on US GPU buyers

24 September 2018, 11:01

An MSI GeForce 2080 Ti Gaming X Trio price will rise from $1231 to $1310, for example.

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Nvidia shares fall on RTX 20 Series disappointment

21 September 2018, 15:01

Morgan Stanley analyst says GPU performance was "not the leap we had initially hoped for":

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AMD CEO shares key decisions behind company renaissance

12 September 2018, 10:01

During 4 years, under the stewardship of Dr Lisa Su, AMD shares have risen tenfold.

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Nvidia Q219 results: record revenue from all platforms

17 August 2018, 10:06

However, cryptominer product demand slipped 94 per cent from the previous quarter.

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Analyst: NAND pricing could hit 8 cents per gigabyte next year

16 August 2018, 11:01

Should manufacturers migrate capacity to DRAM production instead?

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Gaming monitor market boom attracts competition

9 August 2018, 11:01

In other industry news, Acer is to spin off its PC gaming peripherals as 'Gadget Technology'.

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AMD 'Raise the Game' triple game GPU bundle announced

8 August 2018, 11:11

Radeon RX Vega 64/56, RX 580/570 purchasers qualify for Assassin's Creed Odyssey & more.

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Windows 10 set to unseat Windows 7 by year end

6 August 2018, 12:30

Windows 10 already trumps 7 in StatCounter, soon it will do the same in NetMarketShare.

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Apple Q3 results push company value up towards $1 trillion

1 August 2018, 11:01

Best-ever revenue, in typically its weakest quarter, thanks to high price iPhone demand.

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AMD reports revenue of $1.76bn, up 53 per cent year-on-year

26 July 2018, 10:11

And it is now sampling its next generation 7nm EPYC and 7nm Vega processors.

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Microsoft Surface revenue up 25 per cent in latest quarter

20 July 2018, 10:11

But Azure cloud is the star performer, up 89 per cent. Overall, annual sales top $100 billion.

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Corsair acquires Munich-based Elgato Gaming

28 June 2018, 10:01

Elgato Gaming is best known for its video game capture and streaming hardware products.

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TSMC has started 7nm commercial production

22 June 2018, 15:11

And it has scheduled its move to 5nm mass production for the end of 2019 or early 2020.

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Microsoft to acquire GitHub code repository

4 June 2018, 11:01

Microsoft is the top contributor to the site, used by Apple, Google, IBM and many others.

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Nvidia revenue up two thirds on data centres and video gaming

11 May 2018, 11:02

Growth in cloud computing and battle royale games behind great results.

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Apple surprises with strong iPhone sales, record Q2 revenue

2 May 2018, 14:01

Revenue up 16 per cent from a year ago. Apple added $100bn to stock buyback programme.

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Microsoft results better than expected across all segments

27 April 2018, 12:31

CEO Nadella dwelled on the cloud, as usual, but Surface revenue surged by 32 per cent.

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AMD stock climbs 11 per cent as it beats Q1 estimates

26 April 2018, 10:01

Its Computing and Graphics Business Segment revenue was up 95pc at $1.12bn.

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Worldwide PC shipments decline for 14th consecutive quarter

12 April 2018, 13:01

There were 61.7 million units shipped in the first quarter of 2018.

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Far Cry 5 raises US$310 million during its first week

5 April 2018, 12:16

Better than any previous franchise release, and generating more cash than Black Panther (US).

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Apple expected to launch lower cost iPads next week ($259)

23 March 2018, 12:31

But it won't unveil any new MacBooks at the education focused event, says the source.

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Google to acquire Lytro for $40 million, says report

21 March 2018, 15:01

Lytro is best known for its light field camera 'infinite-focus' technology.

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Google to ban cryptocurrency advertising from June

14 March 2018, 14:31

Move is part of a wider clampdown on (risk laden) financial services advertising.

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Broadcom and Qualcomm deal blocked by Trump

13 March 2018, 10:01

Hostile takeover won't go ahead due to national security concerns.

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Netflix app to be integrated into Sky Q and Now TV menus

1 March 2018, 11:11

And Netflix has announced it will invest $8 billion in TV and film content this year.

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JPR: crypto-miners bought 3 million graphics cards last year

28 February 2018, 12:11

However year-on-year total GPU shipments dropped nearly 5 per cent during 2017.

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