
Qatar Helium Crisis Threatens Global Chip Supply
A helium shutdown in Qatar threatens the global chip supply chain with a critical two-week deadline.

A helium shutdown in Qatar threatens the global chip supply chain with a critical two-week deadline.

The MacBook Neo is a highly capable, $600 entry-level Mac that proves Apple's mobile chips are now powerful enough to anchor a mass-market laptop.

AI-fueled demand has shifted TSMC’s leading-edge capacity toward Nvidia, sidelining Apple in the near term while TSMC expands cautiously under heavy capex risk.

AMD lands a massive OpenAI GPU supply deal with a penny-per-share warrant for up to a 10% stake—transformative for AMD, but unlikely to topple Nvidia’s lead.

Microsoft plans to run most AI on its own Maia chips if the next-gen delivers, but GPUs from Nvidia and AMD aren’t going away.

Alibaba’s new Pingtouge AI chip rivals NVIDIA’s H20 and is set for large-scale deployment in China Unicom’s Sanjiangyuan computing project.