Nvidia and AMD have reportedly agreed to pay the U.S. government a 15% cut of their revenue from their specialized chip sales in China, in a deal so unconventional the business world is still reeling. The arrangement, effectively a new kind of “export tax,” is an unprecedented move that ends a months-long blockade and reopens […]
Nvidia Just Dodged an $8 Billion Bullet, Thanks to Donald Trump
It’s a major victory for the world’s most valuable company in the ongoing tech war. The Trump administration has reportedly granted Nvidia a license to resume selling its specialized AI chips to the lucrative Chinese market, a decision that follows months of high-stakes lobbying and direct appeals to the White House by CEO Jensen Huang. […]
AMD’s Radeon RX 9060 XT Could Do Budget GPUs Better Than Nvidia
In the battle of the low-end, 60-class graphics cards, AMD wants to see if it can pull off the same sucker punch of price and performance it gave Nvidia during the launch of its mid-range GPUs. The graphics card maker offered the first, sparse details on its Radeon RX 9060 XT graphics processors late Tuesday […]
Nvidia Swears You’ll Be Able to Buy an RTX 5060 at $300, but Good Luck Finding One
Nvidia’s RTX 50-series GPUs launch has been fraught, to say the least. Even beyond performance and drivers issues, the most enduring issue is it’s too damn hard to buy any of these GPUs for their base price. After launching all its top-end and mid-range GPUs, Nvidia pinky swears that with the $300 Nvidia GeForce RTX […]