AMD's upcoming Radeon RX 9060 XT has shown up in the news a number of times leading up to the expected retail launch, from AsRock's announcement to a recent Geekbench leak that put the RDNA 4 GPU ahead of the RX 7600 XT by a fair shout. Now, however, we have a gaming benchmark from 3DMark Time Spy showing the RX 9060 XT nearly matching the RX 7700 XT, and those results could still improve as drivers mature and become more stable. The benchmark results are courtesy of u/uesato_hinata, who got their hands on an XFX Swift AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB and posted their results on r/AMD on Reddit.

There are a few caveats to these performance figures, though, since the redditor who shared the results was using beta drivers and a moderate GPU overclock and undervolt—cited as "+200mhz clock offset -40mv undervolt +10% power limit, I can get 3.46Ghz at 199 W". With those performance tweaks, however, the RX 9060 XT puts up a respectable result of 14,210 points in 3DMark Time Spy. For comparison, the average RX 7700 XT scores 15,452 points in the same benchmark. However, it should also be noted that the gaming PC used in the RX 9060 XT benchmark in question was powered by a rather old AMD Ryzen 5 5600 paired with mismatched DDR4-2133 RAM, meaning there is likely at least some performance left on the table, even if GPU utilization seems consistently high in the 3DMark monitoring chart, indicating there was little bottlenecking limiting the performance. The redditor went on to benchmark the GPU in Black Myth: Wukong, where it managed a 64 FPS average at stock clocks at 1080p, with most settings set to high. Applying the overclock boosted average FPS to a mere 65 FPS, but increased the minimum FPS from 17 to 23. These numbers also won't be representative of the performance for all RX 9060 XT GPUs, since we know that AMD is launching both 8 and 16 GB versions of the RX 9060 XT with different GPU clock speeds for the different memory variants

Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) announces financial results for its fiscal 2026 first quarter. The company also provides guidance for its fiscal 2026-second quarter and full year.

First-Quarter Summary

• First-quarter revenue of $23.4 billion, up 5% year over year
• First-quarter operating income of $1.2 billion, up 21% year over year, and non-GAAP operating income of $1.7 billion, up 10%
• First-quarter diluted EPS of $1.37, flat year over year, and non-GAAP diluted EPS of $1.55, up 17%

Just over a week ago, the Radeon RX 9060 XT graphics card became official; introduced as the fastest gaming GPU option for "under $350." It represents the second wave of AMD's RDNA 4 GPU generation, but definitive verdicts are not expected until a lifting of review embargoes—likely happening the day before retail release: June 4. Evaluation samples are very likely in the possession of media outlets and influencers; as evidenced by pre-launch benchmark results appearing within the Geekbench Browser database. A nondescript Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB model was put through OpenCL and Vulkan wringers, via "Geekbench 6.2.2 for Windows AVX2." Overall tallies are 109315 and 124251, respectively. The test rig consisted of Team Red's Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU, a Gigabyte X870E AORUS MASTER motherboard, and 32 GB of DDR5-8000 RAM.

Geekbench results are not the best indicators of gaming performance on modern PC platforms, but semi-useful data can be compared to figures generated by predecessors and current-gen siblings. Quick analysis points to the benchmarked Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB sample pulling ahead of its RDNA 3-based elder—the Radeon RX 7600 XT—by 25 to 31%. Stepping up against the Radeon RX 7700 XT 12 GB model, the plucky new candidate trails by 14% in OpenCL stakes and 12% in Vulkan. Naturally, a performance gulf exists between the Radeon RX 9070 16 GB (non-XT) card and its forthcoming smaller sibling—almost a +23% difference in OpenCL, and roughly +32% in Vulkan. Crucially, other Geekbench Browser entries suggest that NVIDIA's competing GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16/8 GB and RTX 5060 8 GB designs hold slight advantages in terms of OpenCL numbers. AMD's Navi 44 XT GPU-powered card nudges just beyond the RTX 5060's overall Vulkan result. A clearer picture of Radeon RX 9060 XT's standing will be painted next week; stay tuned for TechPowerUp's inevitable in-depth analyses of board partner specimens.

HP Inc. and its subsidiaries ("HP") announced fiscal 2025 second quarter net revenue of $13.2 billion, up 3.3% (up 4.5% in constant currency) from the prior-year period. "In Q2, we delivered solid revenue growth, led by strong Commercial performance in Personal Systems and continued momentum behind our future of work strategy," said Enrique Lores, President and CEO, HP Inc. "While results in the quarter were impacted by a dynamic regulatory environment, we responded quickly to accelerate the expansion of our manufacturing footprint and further reduce our cost structure. These decisive actions strengthen our foundation and position us to deliver long-term sustainable growth."

"In light of the increased macroeconomic uncertainty, we have adjusted our outlook to reflect moderated demand and the net impact of trade-related costs," said Karen Parkhill, CFO, HP Inc. "We are executing targeted mitigation strategies, and assuming current conditions remain, we expect to fully offset these costs by Q4."

NVIDIA today reported revenue for the first quarter ended April 27, 2025, of $44.1 billion, up 12% from the previous quarter and up 69% from a year ago.

On April 9, 2025, NVIDIA was informed by the U.S. government that a license is required for exports of its H20 products into the China market. As a result of these new requirements, NVIDIA incurred a $4.5 billion charge in the first quarter of fiscal 2026 associated with H20 excess inventory and purchase obligations as the demand for H20 diminished. Sales of H20 products were $4.6 billion for the first quarter of fiscal 2026 prior to the new export licensing requirements. NVIDIA was unable to ship an additional $2.5 billion of H20 revenue in the first quarter.

GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. (GF) today announced preliminary financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025.

Key First Quarter Financial Highlights

• Revenue of $1.585 billion
• Gross margin of 22.4% and Non-IFRS gross margin of 23.9%
• Operating margin of 9.5% and Non-IFRS operating margin of 13.4%
• Net income of $211 million and Non-IFRS net income of $189 million
• Diluted earnings per share of $0.38 and Non-IFRS diluted earnings per share of $0.34

Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal year:

• Revenue was $70.1 billion and increased 13% (up 15% in constant currency)
• Operating income was $32.0 billion and increased 16% (up 19% in constant currency)
• Net income was $25.8 billion and increased 18% (up 19% in constant currency)
• Diluted earnings per share was $3.46 and increased 18% (up 19% in constant currency)

"Cloud and AI are the essential inputs for every business to expand output, reduce costs, and accelerate growth," said Satya Nadella, chairman and chief executive officer of Microsoft. "From AI infra and platforms to apps, we are innovating across the stack to deliver for our customers."

Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced results for its fiscal second quarter ended March 30, 2025.

"We are pleased to report another quarter of strong results," said Cristiano Amon, President and CEO of Qualcomm Incorporated. "As we navigate the current macroeconomic and trade environment, we remain focused on the critical factors we can control - our leading technology roadmap, best-in-class product portfolio, strong customer relationships and operational efficiencies. Our top priorities remain executing our diversification strategy and continuing to invest in areas that drive long-term value."

Western Digital Corp. today reported fiscal third quarter 2025 financial results.

"Western Digital executed well in its fiscal third quarter achieving revenue at the high end of our guidance range and gross margin over 40%," said Irving Tan, CEO of Western Digital. "Even in a world marked by geopolitical uncertainty and shifting tariff dynamics, one thing remains constant: the exponential growth of data. When it comes to storing that data, at scale, no technology rivals the cost-efficiency and reliability of HDDs. With our rich portfolio of storage products, WD is uniquely positioned to meet our customers' mass storage needs."

On April 29, 2025, the company's Board of Directors authorized the adoption of a quarterly cash dividend program beginning with the quarter ending June 27, 2025 and declared a cash dividend of $0.10 per share of the company's common stock, payable on June 18, 2025 to shareholders of record as of June 4, 2025.

Logitech International today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full Fiscal Year 2025 ended March 31, 2025.

"Fiscal Year 2025 was an outstanding year of broad-based sales growth, driven by our strategic priorities," said Hanneke Faber, Logitech chief executive officer. "Thanks to our diverse global footprint, strong brand and resilient operations, we are in a strong position to navigate the unpredictable market conditions ahead in Fiscal Year 2026. In this dynamic environment, we will focus on three core principles - playing offense, disciplined cost control and agility."

"Our teams executed impressively once again this Q4, completing a year of strong operational discipline," said Matteo Anversa, Logitech chief financial officer. "We closed Fiscal Year 2025 with robust growth across all regions, customer channels and in nearly all our categories. Our growth continued to be extremely profitable, with non-GAAP gross margins at 43.5%. We were pleased to return $797 million of cash to shareholders in the year."

Seagate Technology Holdings plc (the "Company" or "Seagate"), a leading innovator of mass-capacity data storage, today reported financial results for its fiscal third quarter ended March 28, 2025.

"Seagate delivered another solid quarter of profitable year-on-year growth and margin expansion, elevating our non-GAAP EPS to the top of our guidance range. Our performance underscores the structural enhancements we've made to our business model and healthy supply/demand environment for mass capacity storage," said Dave Mosley, Seagate's chief executive officer. "We remain focused on executing our HAMR product ramp to support ongoing cloud customer demand. While we navigate the current dynamic macroeconomic environment, we are confident that our technology leadership, resilient financial model and solid industry fundamentals will drive profitable growth through 2025 and beyond," Mosley concluded.

Samsung Electronics today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025. The Company posted KRW 79.14 trillion in consolidated revenue, an all-time quarterly high, on the back of strong sales of flagship Galaxy S25 smartphones and high-value-added products. Operating profit increased to KRW 6.7 trillion despite headwinds for the DS Division, which experienced a decrease in quarterly revenue.

The Company has allocated its highest-ever annual R&D expenditure for 2024, and in the first quarter of this year, it has also increased its R&D expenditure by 16% compared to the same period last year, amounting to 9 trillion won. Despite the growing macroeconomic uncertainties due to recent global trade tensions and slowing global economic growth, making it difficult to predict future performance, the Company will continue to make various efforts to secure growth. Additionally, assuming that the uncertainties are diminished, it expects its performance to improve in the second half of the year.

LG Display today reported unaudited earnings results based on consolidated K-IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) for the three-month period ending March 31, 2025.

• Revenues in the first quarter of 2025 decreased by 23% to KRW 6,065 billion from KRW 7,833 billion in the fourth quarter of 2024 and increased by 15% from KRW 5,253 billion in the first quarter of 2024.
• Operating profit in the first quarter of 2025 recorded KRW 33.5 billion. This compares with the operating profit of KRW 83.1 billion in the fourth quarter of 2024 and with the operating loss of KRW 469 billion in the first quarter of 2024.
• EBITDA profit in the first quarter of 2025 was KRW 1,231 billion, compared with EBITDA profit of KRW 1,306 billion in the fourth quarter of 2024 and with EBITDA profit of KRW 810 billion in the first quarter of 2024.
• Net loss in the first quarter of 2025 was KRW 237 billion, compared with the net loss of 839 billion in the fourth quarter of 2024 and with the net loss of KRW 761 billion in the first quarter of 2024.

LG Display recorded KRW 6.065 trillion in revenues and KRW 33.5 billion in operating profit in the first quarter of 2025.

LG Electronics Inc. (LG) today announced consolidated revenue of KRW 22.74 trillion and operating profit of KRW 1.26 trillion for the first quarter of 2025. This marks the highest first-quarter revenue in the company's history and the sixth consecutive year in which operating profit surpassed KRW 1 trillion during the first quarter. Strong performance was driven by qualitative growth across key business areas, especially in B2B, non-hardware segments (such as subscriptions and webOS platform) and direct-to-consumer (D2C) sales.

Vehicle solutions and heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) - both critical to LG's B2B strategy and future growth - delivered record-breaking quarterly revenue and operating profit. Combined operating profit from the Vehicle Solution Company and Eco Solution Company increased 37.2 percent year-over-year, with revenue climbing 12.3 percent.

Intel is at a crossroads as the company prepares to report earnings on April 24, 2025. Investors are hoping that Lip-Bu Tan, Intel's new CEO, can turn the company's fortunes around and stem its revenue losses. Currently, Intel is projected to report its fourth straight quarter of revenue decline with a 3.4% revenue loss, according to Reuters, and expects a significant widening of its losses to approximately $945 million compared with a loss of $381 million a year ago. Intel continues to lose market share to AMD in both personal computing and data center markets, while NVIDIA dominates the highly lucrative AI chip market. In addition, Intel's PC division is likely to report an 11% revenue decrease to $6.73 billion, and its data center business is probably facing its twelfth consecutive quarter of declines. "The most important thing for Intel now is Lip-Bu Tan's playbook... How he can give investors confidence that he is the person who can turn Intel around and whether a turnaround is possible in the first place," said Hendi Susanto, portfolio manager at Gabelli Funds, which holds Intel shares.

Tan has been implementing sweeping changes as part of his turnaround plan, cutting more than 20% of the employees at Intel and a change in the leadership model to provide quicker decisions. The company is seeing significant geopolitical threats as U.S.-China trade tensions are rolling back. China is threatening to impose retaliatory tariffs of up to 85% on all chips produced in the U.S. and along these lines has also imposed a requirement for licenses to sell some high-end AI products to the Chinese customers. Likely, as part of this, the company is presumed to be moving the production of its 3 nm chips from Arizona to Ireland in late 2025. Under all of these factors, Intel could eventually receive a temporary boost if PC shipments are pulled forward ahead of these tariffs that may ultimately positively impact a significant portion of Intel's sales (nearly one-third of total revenues).

Today, MLCommons announced new results for its industry-standard MLPerf Inference v5.0 benchmark suite, which delivers machine learning (ML) system performance benchmarking in an architecture-neutral, representative, and reproducible manner. The results highlight that the AI community is focusing much of its attention and efforts on generative AI scenarios, and that the combination of recent hardware and software advances optimized for generative AI have led to dramatic performance improvements over the past year.

The MLPerf Inference benchmark suite, which encompasses both datacenter and edge systems, is designed to measure how quickly systems can run AI and ML models across a variety of workloads. The open-source and peer-reviewed benchmark suite creates a level playing field for competition that drives innovation, performance, and energy efficiency for the entire industry. It also provides critical technical information for customers who are procuring and tuning AI systems. This round of MLPerf Inference results also includes tests for four new benchmarks: Llama 3.1 405B, Llama 2 70B Interactive for low-latency applications, RGAT, and Automotive PointPainting for 3D object detection.

Hon Hai Technology Group ("Foxconn") today announced its full year and fourth quarter 2024 financial results.

Full year 2024 net profit reached NT$152.7 billion, resulting in earnings per share of NT$11.01, a 17-year-high. At the same time, the Group announced that it will distribute a cash dividend of NT$5.80 per share, a record level since it's listing in 1991. Despite significant changes in global tariff policies, geopolitical risks and monetary policies, the outlook for 2025 is for strong growth. The company also shared key developments around its three major smart platforms, as well as on AI and EV in 2025.

Dell Technologies announces financial results for its fiscal 2025 fourth quarter and full year. The company also provides guidance for its fiscal 2026 first quarter and full year.

Full-Year Summary

• Full-year revenue of $95.6 billion, up 8% year over year
• Full-year operating income of $6.2 billion, up 15% year over year, and non-GAAP operating income of $8.5 billion, up 8%
• Record full-year diluted earnings per share of $6.38, up 39% year over year, and record non-GAAP diluted EPS of $8.14, up 10%
• Cash flow from operations was $4.5 billion
• Announcing a cash dividend increase of 18% and $10 billion increase in share repurchase authorization
• FY26 guidance: Full-year revenue growth of 8%, diluted EPS growth of 23% and non-GAAP diluted EPS growth of 14%

NVIDIA today reported revenue for the fourth quarter ended January 26, 2025, of $39.3 billion, up 12% from the previous quarter and up 78% from a year ago.

For the quarter, GAAP earnings per diluted share was $0.89, up 14% from the previous quarter and up 82% from a year ago. Non-GAAP earnings per diluted share was $0.89, up 10% from the previous quarter and up 71% from a year ago.

The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D processor will head to retail next month—a March 12 launch day is rumored—but a handful of folks seem to have early samples in their possession. Reviewers and online influencers have been tasked with evaluating pre-launch silicon, albeit under strict conditions; i.e. no leaking. Inevitably, NDA-shredding material has seeped out—yesterday, we reported on an alleged sample's ASUS Silicon Prediction rating. Following that, a Bulgarian system integrator/hardware retailer decided to upload Cinebench R23 and PCMark Time Spy results to Facebook. Evidence of this latest leak was scrubbed at the source, but VideoCardz preserved crucial details.

The publication noticed distinguishable QR and serial codes in PCbuild.bg's social media post; so tracing activities could sniff out points of origin. As expected, the leaked benchmark data points were compared to Ryzen 9 9950X and 7950X3D scores. The Ryzen 9 9950X3D sample recorded a score of 17,324 points in 3DMark Time Spy, as well as 2279 points (single-core) and 42,423 points (multi-core) in Cinebench R23. Notebookcheck observed that the pre-launch candidate came: "out ahead of the Ryzen 9 7950X3D in both counts, even if the gaming win is less than significant. Comparing the images of the benchmark results to our in-house testing and benchmark database shows the 9950X3D beating the 7950X3D by nearly 17% in Cinebench multicore." When compared to its non-3D V-Cache equivalent, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D leverages a slight performance advantage. A blurry shot of PCbuild.bg's HWiNFO session shows the leaked processor's core clock speeds; going up to 5.7 GHz (turbo) on a single CCD (non-X3D). The X3D-equipped portion seems capable of going up to 5.54 GHz.

Lenovo Group Limited (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY), together with its subsidiaries ('the Group'), today announced Q3 results for fiscal year 2024/25, reporting significant increases in overall group revenue and profit. Revenue grew 20% year-on-year to US$18.8 billion, marking the third consecutive quarter of double-digit growth. Net income more than doubled year-on-year to US$693 million (including a non-recurring income tax credit of US$282 million) on a Hong Kong Financial Reporting Standards (HKFRS) basis. The Group's diversified growth engines continue to accelerate, with non-PC revenue mix up more than four points year-on-year to 46%. The quarter's results were driven by the Group's focused hybrid-AI strategy, the turnaround of the Infrastructure Solutions Group, as well as double-digit growth for both the Intelligent Devices Group and Solutions and Services Group.

Lenovo continues to invest in R&D, with R&D expenses up nearly 14% year-on-year to US$621 million. At the recent global technology event CES 2025, Lenovo launched a series of innovative products, including the world's first rollable AI laptop, the world's first handheld gaming device that allows gamers free choice of Windows OS or Steam OS, as well as Moto AI - winning 185 industry awards for its portfolio of innovation.

ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd., the leading provider of semiconductor assembly and testing services ("ATM") and the provider of electronic manufacturing services ("EMS"), today reported its unaudited net revenues of NT$162,264 million for 4Q24, up by 1.0% year-over-year and up by 1.3% sequentially. Net income attributable to shareholders of the parent for the quarter totaled NT9,312 million, down from NT$9,392 million in 4Q23 and down from NT$9,733 million in 3Q24. Basic earnings per share for the quarter were NT$2.15 (or US$0.134 per ADS), compared to NT$2.18 for 4Q23 and NT$2.25 for 3Q24. Diluted earnings per share for the quarter were NT$2.07 (or US$0.129 per ADS), compared to NT$2.13 for 4Q23 and NT$2.18 for 3Q24.

For the full year of 2024, the Company reported unaudited net revenues of NT$595,410 million and net income attributable to shareholders of the parent of NT$32,483 million. Basic earnings per share for the full year of 2024 were NT$7.52 (or US$0.470 per ADS). Diluted earnings per share for the full year of 2024 were NT$7.23 (or US$0.452 per ADS).

People are using AI more and more at home, at work, in school, and everywhere in between. According to the most recent Microsoft Global Online Safety Survey, there has been a global increase in active generative AI users. Our findings showed that in 2024, 51% of people are users or experimenters of generative AI compared to 38% in 2023. Generation Z continues to drive this adoption with 64% of young adults reporting ever using the technology. That means it's up to us - especially those of us who work in technology and gaming - to make sure that young people have the support they need to navigate the world of AI safely while also fostering their curiosity and creativity in exploring these new technologies.

That's why, for Safer Internet Day 2025, Minecraft Education is releasing a new installment in the CyberSafe series where players can explore the risks and opportunities of AI use through fun, game-based challenges. In each instance, players are tasked with articulating guidelines for how to use AI safely and responsibly. Welcome to CyberSafe AI: Dig Deeper, available free on the Minecraft Marketplace and in Minecraft Education!

GlobalFoundries Inc. (GF), today announced preliminary financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.

"In the fourth quarter, the GF team delivered solid financial results that exceeded the Non-IFRS midpoint of the guidance ranges we provided in our November earnings release," said Dr. Thomas Caulfield, President and CEO of GF. "2024 presented a unique set of challenges for our industry, but thanks to our focus on operational excellence, we generated over $1 billion of Non-IFRS adjusted free cash flow. As we look to 2025, we are encouraged by our strong design win momentum across our end markets and product portfolio as we position GF for a growth year."

AMD today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2024. Fourth quarter revenue was a record $7.7 billion, gross margin was 51%, operating income was $871 million, net income was $482 million and diluted earnings per share was $0.29. On a non-GAAP basis, gross margin was 54%, operating income was a record $2.0 billion, net income was a record $1.8 billion and diluted earnings per share was $1.09.

For the full year 2024, AMD reported record revenue of $25.8 billion, gross margin of 49%, operating income of $1.9 billion, net income of $1.6 billion, and diluted earnings per share of $1.00. On a non-GAAP basis, gross margin was a record 53%, operating income was $6.1 billion, net income was $5.4 billion and diluted earnings per share was $3.31.