Too much AI for some, too little for others: Why AMD can't win with investors
A diverse portfolio is usually a good thing, except when AI is the only thing
Systems04 Feb 2026 |
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HP CEO prints final page after six years, moves to PayPal
Multimillion-dollar tenure could have bought a couple of crates of toner
Personal Tech03 Feb 2026 | 13
Intel welcomes memory apocalypse with Xeon workstation refresh
Chipzilla touts 4 TB of DDR5 and 128 lanes of PCIe 5 for less than the House of Zen just in time for memory winter
Systems02 Feb 2026 | 5
DRAM prices expected to double in Q1 as AI ambitions push memory fabs to their limit
NAND flash now expected to surge 55–60% compared to Q4
Storage02 Feb 2026 | 21
Intel puts consumer chip production on back burner as datacenters make a run on Xeons
CFO David Zinsner says foundry capacity should improve starting in Q2
Systems23 Jan 2026 | 4
Windows 11, not AI, kick-started the PC upgrade cycle
Corporate IT refreshed hardware to stay supported, not chase new features
Personal Tech20 Jan 2026 | 14
BROADER TOPICS
NARROWER TOPICS
Price, battery life, performance – that's how you sell PCs
Traditional considerations back in vogue. On-device AI? Not so much
AI + ML19 Jan 2026 | 43
The AI PC needs to deliver more than performance - it needs to deliver security
Scanning the future
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Memory shortage could push PC shipments to pre-pandemic lows
Could be back to 2016 levels
Systems13 Jan 2026 | 7
While you pay through the nose for memory, Samsung expects to triple its profits in Q4
Memory pricing expected to surge another 60% in Q1 with relief years away
Storage08 Jan 2026 | 10
AMD clocks in with higher CPU speeds, leaves architecture untouched
New chips same as the old chips
Systems06 Jan 2026 | 11
Nvidia says it's more than doubled the DGX Spark’s performance since launch
Just maybe not in the way you're thinking
Systems05 Jan 2026 | 1
AMD Strix Halo vs Nvidia DGX Spark: Which AI workstation comes out on top?
Hands On Two tiny boxes, 128 GB apiece – but very different strengths
Systems25 Dec 2025 | 11
Intel Core Ultra Processors: Powering business-ready AI PCs
A one-stop hub of practical resources for IT teams exploring AI-enabled laptop refresh strategies
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Cutting through the noise on AI PCs with Intel Core Ultra
What changes for battery life, security, and real-world productivity when AI moves onto the laptop
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Rethinking desktop real estate in the call center era
Say hello to the little machine with big savings
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Dell says Windows 11 transition is far slower than Win 10 shift as PC sales stall
Lessons from COVID and tariff shocks getting Mike D's tech shop through AI-induced memory maze
Systems26 Nov 2025 | 43
HP to sack up to six thousand staff under AI adoption plan, fresh round of cost-cutting
Warns memory price explosion means PCs may have less RAM, or use low-cost parts
AI + ML26 Nov 2025 | 66
Microsoft blanks out BSODs on public displays with new ‘Digital Signage mode’
BORK is borked
OSes18 Nov 2025 | 44
UK agri dept spent hundreds of millions upgrading to Windows 10 – just in time for end of support
Updated After a £312M upgrade to the retiring OS, Defra still has 24,000 devices to replace
Public Sector05 Nov 2025 | 125
Apple goes all in on AI acceleration with M5 MacBook, iPad, and Vision Pros
Oh and the CPU is up to 15% faster for those that could care less about articifically intelligent Apple products and more about getting work done
Personal Tech15 Oct 2025 | 52
DGX Spark, Nvidia’s tiniest supercomputer, tackles large models at solid speeds
hands on This relatively affordable AI workstation isn’t about going fast; it’s about doing everything well enough
AI + ML14 Oct 2025 | 12
US PC shipments hit the buffers as Trump’s tariffs take their toll
WORLD WAR FEE Rest of the world surges on Windows 10 end-of-life upgrades
Personal Tech09 Oct 2025 | 28
Panther Lake sets stage for Intel's 2 nm comeback, but many details still TBD
Notebook chip promises 8 to 16 cores and up to 180 TOPS of total AI performance when it hits shelves in January
Systems09 Oct 2025 | 7
X2 Elite is Qualcomm’s latest attempt to bring Apple’s M-series magic to the PC
Plus the Snapdragon 8 Elite turns 5
Systems25 Sep 2025 | 8
PC memory costs to climb as fabs chase filthy lucre in servers and HBM
TrendForce warns of Q4 hikes as suppliers squeeze consumer markets
Systems24 Sep 2025 | 7
Intel and Nvidia sitting in a tree, NVLink-I-N-G
But still no hero customer for Chipzilla's Foundry biz
Systems18 Sep 2025 | 7
Tariff threat plays havoc with US PC market, economy not helping
World War Fee American businesses join Win 10 upgrade train, consumers happy to sit on the platform
Personal Tech17 Sep 2025 | 18
Campaigners urge EU to mandate 15 years of OS updates
Nothing says ‘circular economy’ like Microsoft stranding 400 million PCs on International E-waste Day
OSes16 Sep 2025 | 117
Everyone needs an AI phone. No, don't hang up, it's true
Analyst bets smart money on 'proactive digital companion' upgrade cycle
Personal Tech09 Sep 2025 | 67
AMD Ryzen CPUs fry twice in the face of heavy math load, GMP says
GMP library test meltdown has AMD looking for answers
Systems29 Aug 2025 | 36
HP bottom line fattens up on a diet of AI PCs and Windows 11
Nobody knows why they need one, but folk seem to be buying them
Systems29 Aug 2025 | 21
Tinker with LLMs in the privacy of your own home using Llama.cpp
Hands on Everything you need to know to build, run, serve, optimize and quantize models on your PC
AI + ML24 Aug 2025 | 7
Nvidia gives its tiniest workstation GPUs a Blackwell boost
70W TDP means the new RTX Pro 4000 SFF and RTX Pro 2000 won't blow power budgets
Systems11 Aug 2025 | 5
Long live the nub: ThinkPad designer David Hill spills secrets, designs that never made it
Interview We almost got more butterfly keyboards and foldable workstations
Personal Tech02 Aug 2025 | 108
Trump tariffs turn techies topsy-turvy as US braces for PC tax
Shipments in America flat, surge across ROTW ahead of Win 10 support cutoff
Channel10 Jul 2025 | 105
Folks aren’t buying the PCs that US vendors stockpiled to dodge tariffs
World War Fee Plus: Consumers respond to imminent Win 10 cutoff date with collective 'Meh'
Personal Tech01 Jul 2025 | 68
The year of the European Union Linux desktop may finally arrive
Opinion True digital sovereignty begins at the desktop
OSes27 Jun 2025 | 127
Lenovo shows what a Chromebook packing a MediaTek Kompanio Ultra can do
Nothing startling, even with Google’s AI extras
Personal Tech24 Jun 2025 | 21
Microsoft testing PC-to-Cloud-PC failover for those times your machine dies or disappears
‘Windows 365 Reserve’ will be usable ten days a year for undisclosed fee
Virtualization19 Jun 2025 | 34
If it can’t double our money, we’re not building it, Intel Products chief says
New products must show potential for 50% gross margin to get the greenlight
Systems04 Jun 2025 | 29
Please tell us Reg: Why are AI PC sales slower than expected?
World War Fee Trump's on again off again tariffs, economic uncertainty, no vital apps and higher price tags
AI + ML04 Jun 2025 | 74
HP Inc. hastens China exit as tariffs kick a hole in its profits
Hiked prices and thinks that will make buyers nervous
Personal Tech29 May 2025 | 20
ASUS to chase business PC market with free AI, or no AI - because nobody knows what to do with it
Computex Really strong USB ports make a difference too by reducing the need for motherboard replacements
Personal Tech28 May 2025 | 22
Fear of tariffs made the PC market great again in Q1 as vendors emptied factories to dodge price future hikes
World War Fee Expected sales surge sparked by Windows 10 support ending could yet be trumped, analysts suggest
Personal Tech10 Apr 2025 | 9
Not even Intel's top bosses know what's on CEO Lip-Bu Tan's chopping block
Vision Chipzilla chief asked customers to be 'brutally honest' ... which will lead to what changes, we wonder
CxO01 Apr 2025 | 8
Political poker? Tariff hunger games? Trump creates havoc for PC industry
Comment Tech channel increases stockpiling amid 'volatile trade policies.' CIOs to get fewer devices for same money
Personal Tech19 Mar 2025 | 44
DeepSeek-R1-beating perf in a 32B package? El Reg digs its claws into Alibaba's QwQ
Hands on How to tame its hypersensitive hyperparameters and get it running on your PC
AI + ML16 Mar 2025 | 24
Run DeepSeek R1 on an Apple M3 Ultra Mac Studio? Sure, it'll just cost you $9,499-plus
Desktop family gets chip boost as MacBook Air bags an M4 upgrade, more memory, price cut
Personal Tech05 Mar 2025 | 17
AMD looks to undercut Nvidia, win gamers' hearts with RX 9070 series
The question is whether we can find them in stock and at MSRP
Systems28 Feb 2025 | 51
Profit slide at HP can only mean one thing: Hammer time
Executives pull on the baggy trousers to distribute the pink slips
Systems28 Feb 2025 | 22
Framework Desktop wows iFixit – even with the soldered RAM
Is stuck-down memory forgivable if it's for the sake of performance?
Personal Tech27 Feb 2025 | 51
Trump tariffs forcing rethink of PC purchases stateside
Some businesses sticking with Windows 10, AI boxes not reviving demand
Personal Tech27 Feb 2025 | 37
HP ditches 15-minute wait time policy due to 'feedback'
It woz The Reg wot won it ... or maybe just common sense prevailed among management
Personal Tech21 Feb 2025 | 165
Lenovo isn't fussed by Trumpian tariffs or finding enough energy to run AI
Enterprise hardware biz produced record revenue, just $1M of profit, but execs think losses are behind it
On-Prem21 Feb 2025 | 6
HP deliberately adds 15 minutes waiting time for telephone support calls
Updated Stalling tactics designed to push print or PC users to online support, sorry, 'self-solve'
Personal Tech20 Feb 2025 | 249
Dark mode might be burning more juice than you think
Most people crank up the brightness, making energy savings moot
Personal Tech20 Feb 2025 | 89
This open text-to-speech model needs just seconds of audio to clone your voice
Hands on El Reg shows you how to run Zyphra's speech-replicating AI on your own box
AI + ML16 Feb 2025 | 47
China's DeepSeek just emitted a free challenger to OpenAI's o1 – here's how to use it on your PC
Hands on El Reg digs its claws into Middle Kingdom's latest chain of thought model
AI + ML26 Jan 2025 | 120
Intel pitches modular PC designs to make repairs less painful
x86 behemoth calls the approach 'innovative' - DIY builders may disagree
Personal Tech23 Jan 2025 | 117
Where does Microsoft's NPU obsession leave Nvidia's AI PC ambitions?
Comment While Microsoft pushes AI PC experiences, Nvidia is busy wooing developers
Nvidia GTC20 Jan 2025 | 26
Microsoft, PC makers cut prices of Copilot+ gear in Europe, analyst stats confirm
Double-digit reduction only served to 'stimulate some interest'
AI + ML14 Jan 2025 | 47
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