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Amazon Open-Sources TorchNeuron, Bringing Native PyTorch Support to AWS Trainium in Challenge to Nvidia's CUDA
Amazon's TorchNeuron runs PyTorch models on AWS Trainium chips with a one-line code change, open-sourced ahead of the PyTorch Conference North America.
Jim Keller's Tenstorrent Raises $1.5 Billion Series E at $6.2 Billion Valuation
Tenstorrent closed a $1.5 billion Series E led by Trace Capital and Innovation X, more than doubling its valuation to fund Galaxy server scale-out.
Samsung to Use TSMC 3nm for Nvidia's NVHBM Base Dies as Foundry Rivals Unite on AI Memory
Nvidia asked Samsung, SK hynix and Micron to build NVHBM base dies on TSMC's 3nm node, Seoul Economic Daily reports, uniting the rival foundries on AI memory.
Nvidia RTX Spark Laptops Go on Sale From $2,399 With Up to 128GB Unified Memory
RTX Spark laptops are now available from ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft and MSI starting at $2,399, pairing a Blackwell GPU with a Grace CPU.
StepFun's STEPX Neo Is a $560 Phone Built Around an AI Agent, Not Apps
StepFun's STEPX Neo runs the agent-first Step AOS 1.0 with Amoo built in, 100 billion monthly tokens for a year, and nearly 100 partners on board.
Google's Willow Chip Clears a 20-Year Quantum Bottleneck With Magic State Cultivation
Google Quantum AI says magic state cultivation works on its Willow chip, cutting errors 40-fold and reaching 99.99% logical fidelity, in a new Science paper.
ASML Posts Record €11.7 Billion Quarter as AI Chipmakers Queue for Machines Through 2030
ASML booked record Q3 sales of €11.7 billion and €5.0 billion net income, raised 2026 guidance a third time, and warned demand outstrips its capacity through 2028.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Says He Would Cut Off Chip Supply to Unsafe AI Developers
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he would halt chip shipments to a customer building unsafe AI, calling the scenario hypothetical but the answer yes.
Nvidia's China AI Chip Market Share Falls to 34% as Huawei Closes the Gap, IDC Finds
IDC data seen by Reuters shows Nvidia's share of China's data center AI chip market fell to 34% in H1 2026 as Huawei's shipments surged to close the gap.
Intel Launches GPU D270: Crescent Island Ships With 480GB of Memory for Inference Workloads
Intel's GPU D270 brings Crescent Island to market with 480GB LPDDR5X, 1.3 PFLOPS of FP8 and 1.5TB/s bandwidth in a 350W card aimed at agentic inference.
NVIDIA and Cisco Unveil USFP: A New Pluggable Optics Form Factor to Scale AI Factories
NVIDIA and Cisco announced USFP, a 400Gb/s-per-lane pluggable optics module delivering up to 12.8Tb/s capacity with 4x the bandwidth density of current optics.
NVIDIA Eyes University of Michigan Software That Cuts AI Training Energy by Up to 50%
Two University of Michigan tools, Kareus and Perseus, cut AI training energy by up to 50% without slowing training. NVIDIA is evaluating them for Megatron-LM.
Microsoft Unveils Maia 300 AI Chip, Plans Multi-Gigawatt Rollout in 2027 to Cut Nvidia Dependence
Microsoft's third-generation Maia 300 accelerator promises 40% more tokens per megawatt and 7x rack-scale throughput, with production deployments starting in 2027.
Intel and Broadcom CEOs Warn Capital, Not Chips, Could Become AI's Biggest Bottleneck
Broadcom's Hock Tan and Intel's Lip-Bu Tan say financing costs and ROI questions may constrain the AI buildout more than scarce chips, memory or power.
Qualcomm CEO Says AI Firms Want Phones Running 100-Billion-Parameter Models by 2028
Cristiano Amon says AI companies are pushing Qualcomm for smartphones that run 100B-parameter models continuously — over triple today's on-device ceiling.
NVIDIA Reportedly Discontinues the RTX 5090 as GB202 Chips Shift to RTX PRO
Leakers say NVIDIA will reserve future GB202 chips for RTX PRO cards, effectively discontinuing the RTX 5090 and leaving the RTX 5080 as the top GeForce.
Super Micro Contractor Pleads Guilty in $2.5 Billion AI Server Smuggling Case
Ting-Wei "Willy" Sun admitted conspiring to divert about $2.5 billion in AI servers with Nvidia chips to China, becoming the first conviction in the Super Micro export case.
Broadcom Seeks More Than $50 Billion in Financing for OpenAI's Custom AI Chips
Broadcom is arranging over $50 billion in private financing for the custom AI chip it is building with OpenAI, with Apollo and Blackstone in talks, WSJ reports.
Microsoft's $2,599 Surface Laptop Ultra Brings Nvidia RTX Spark AI Chips to Windows 11
Microsoft revealed the Surface Laptop Ultra with Nvidia RTX Spark chips, Windows 11 Execution Containers for AI agents, and MacBook Pro trade-in deals.
openTPU: AI Agents Design an Open-Source AI Accelerator That Runs Real LLMs on a Budget FPGA
The openTPU project on GitHub claims an AI-designed, open-source accelerator that runs Qwen, Gemma and LFM models on a low-end Kintex-7 FPGA card, bit-exactly.
Huawei and Qualcomm Sign Multi-Year Patent License Agreement Covering AI Chips and 5G
Huawei and Qualcomm announced a multi-year cross-license spanning 5G, AI, compute and networking patents, with Qualcomm buying select Huawei US patents.
Nvidia Launches $4,999 DGX Spark 64GB as Memory Costs Push the 128GB Model Toward $7,000
Nvidia adds a $4,999 DGX Spark 64GB with 200GbE networking and two-unit 128GB clustering, as the 128GB model climbs to roughly $6,950 on soaring memory prices.
Figure Trains Its F.02 Humanoid Robots to Jump Into Molten Steel in Finland
Robotics maker Figure decommissioned its F.02 humanoid fleet by training AI policies to leap into a 75-ton arc furnace in Finland, with Arnold Schwarzenegger along for the ride.
Applied Digital Powers Up 75 More Megawatts at Polaris Forge 1 as AI Factory Campus Reaches 250 MW
Three more 25 MW data halls at Applied Digital's Polaris Forge 1 campus in North Dakota are ready for service, bringing the leased AI site to 250 MW.
Google's Project Suncatcher Reaches Orbit as SpaceX Launches TPU Satellite
Google's Project Suncatcher prototype carrying four TPUs is now in orbit after a SpaceX launch, a first test toward sun-powered AI data centers in space.
DeepSeek Open-Sources Huawei Ascend Software Stack in Direct Challenge to Nvidia's CUDA
DeepSeek released six open-source tools for Huawei's Ascend AI chips, including TileLang, aiming to break Nvidia's CUDA grip on AI computing.
DeepSeek and Huawei Open-Source TileLang in a Direct Challenge to Nvidia's CUDA Moat
DeepSeek released open-source programming tools for Huawei's Ascend chips, including TileLang, aiming to loosen Nvidia's CUDA grip on AI software.
Microsoft Quietly Retires the Copilot+ PC Brand as Surface Drops the Label
Microsoft's new Surface PCs no longer carry the Copilot+ PC name, executives confirmed, as the company and PC makers quietly retire the once-flagship AI PC branding.
Musk's Colossus 2 to Surpass 1.2 Million Nvidia GPUs by Year-End in Memphis
Elon Musk says Colossus 2 will run over 1.2 million Nvidia GB200 and GB300 chips by the end of 2026, pushing his Memphis fleet toward 1.44 million GPUs.
Oracle Invokes Force Majeure on New Mexico Stargate Data Center Amid Power Delays
Oracle filed a force majeure notice on its 2.45-gigawatt Project Jupiter Stargate campus in New Mexico after gas pipeline and permitting delays, reports say.
Google Is Putting TPUs in Space: First Project Suncatcher Satellite Launches Next Week
Google will launch its first TPU satellite on SpaceX's Transporter-18 mission, testing whether AI chips can survive radiation and vacuum in orbit.
Qualcomm Launches Early Linux Developer Preview for Snapdragon X2 AI PCs
Qualcomm's early Linux developer preview for Snapdragon X2 pairs a custom kernel with Debian 13, with HP, ASUS and HUMAIN planning Linux AI PCs for 2027.
Meta Unveils $1,299 VR Glasses, Muse Charm Wearable and Camera-Free Ray-Ban AI Glasses
Meta's Connect 2026 keynote brought $1,299 VR glasses, the keychain-sized Muse Charm, and camera-free Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses with Muse AI built in.
Alibaba Unveils Zhenwu V900 AI Chip and Plans 5–10 Trillion-Parameter Model
Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu unveiled the Zhenwu V900 AI chip, a 5–10 trillion-parameter model plan and a 20GW data center target at Apsara 2026. Shares jumped 5%.
Google Opens Preorders for the $899 Googlebook, Its Gemini-Powered Laptop
Google has opened preorders for the $899 Googlebook, a Gemini-first laptop running Android. Here is what ships October 4 and what it means for Chromebooks.
Nvidia Expects to Sell Twice as Many Chips Next Year as Vera Rubin Ramp Begins
Jensen Huang says Nvidia expects chip sales to roughly double next year as Vera Rubin enters full production. What the 2027 forecast means for the AI boom.
Z.ai Says Its GLM Agents Now Optimize the Company's Own Inference Infrastructure
Z.ai says its GLM agents now optimize the company's own inference stack, from kernel tuning to a KV-transfer fix, in a step toward recursive self-improvement.
Huawei to Launch Two Ascend AI Chips in 2027 in Direct Challenge to Nvidia
Huawei will launch the 960DT and Ascend 960PR AI chips in 2027, rotating chairman David Wang says, as UnifiedBus clusters scale toward a million processors.
NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 Debuts in MLPerf With Up to 3.7x Faster Inference Than GB300
NVIDIA's Vera Rubin NVL72 delivered up to 3.7x the inference throughput of its GB300 flagship in its first MLPerf Inference v6.1 preview submission.
Samsung Backs Nvidia Rival Euclyd in $231 Million Series A as AI Inference Chip Bets Boom
Dutch AI chip startup Euclyd raised a $231 million Series A co-led by Samsung, the latest sign of investor appetite for alternatives to Nvidia's GPUs.
Samsung Co-Leads $231 Million Round for Euclyd, Dutch Startup Building Non-GPU AI Inference Chips
Dutch AI chip startup Euclyd raised a €200 million Series A co-led by Samsung to build inference chips that abandon GPU architecture, CNBC reports.
Chinese Nvidia Rival Enflame Soars in Shanghai IPO Debut After $912 Million Raise
Tencent-backed AI chipmaker Enflame opened 188% higher in its Shanghai debut after a $912 million IPO, capping China's rush of domestic AI chip listings.
OpenAI Plans to Tap Samsung Foundry for Next-Generation AI Chips in Dual-Sourcing Shift
OpenAI Korea's Harrison Kim says OpenAI plans to produce some next-generation AI processors at Samsung Foundry, adding a second chip source alongside TSMC.
Google Commits €13 Billion to AI Infrastructure in Finland Over the Next Two Years
Google will invest at least €13 billion ($15.1 billion) in AI infrastructure in Finland over two years, the latest salvo in Europe's data center building boom.
Arm Unveils Mali G2-Ultra NX, Its First AI-Native Mobile GPU for Neural Graphics
Arm's Mali G2-Ultra NX GPU integrates neural accelerators into its shader cores, bringing AI upscaling, frame generation and denoising to mobile gaming.
AMD Unveils Threadripper Halo Station: 96-Core AI Workstation With Dual Liquid-Cooled MI350P GPUs
AMD's Threadripper Halo Station packs a 96-core Threadripper Pro and dual liquid-cooled MI350P GPUs with 288GB HBM3E. Specs, pricing clues, and rivals.
New EEBench Benchmark Measures Whether AI Can Actually Design Working Circuit Boards
EEBench grades AI-designed electronics with deterministic SPICE simulations. Claude Opus 5 leads at 61.6% while Grok 4.6 and GPT-5.6 Sol trail behind.
Foxconn's August Revenue Jumps 52% to NT$921.77 Billion as AI Server Demand Booms
Foxconn posted its second-highest monthly sales ever at US$29.14 billion, up nearly 52% year over year, as AI server demand accelerates.
Mukesh Ambani's Jio Opens Cloud PC Service to All of India, Turning Old Computers Into AI-Ready Machines
Reliance Jio expanded JioPC beyond its broadband base, streaming up to 8 vCPUs and 16GB of RAM to aging computers from about $11 for two months.
OpenAI Is Buying Mac minis and Mac Studios by the Tens of Thousands to Train AI Agents
The Information reports OpenAI bought tens of thousands of Mac minis and Mac Studios to train computer-use agents, turning Apple silicon into AI infrastructure.
Apple Caught Off Guard by Enterprise AI Demand as Mac Studio and Mac Mini Sell Out
Enterprise AI demand caught Apple off guard, The Information reports, leaving Mac Studio and Mac mini builds out of stock for months amid the local AI boom.
Nvidia Bets $3.5 Billion on MediaTek as NVLink Fusion Opens the Door to Custom AI Chips
Nvidia invested $3.5 billion in MediaTek convertible bonds as the chipmaker adopts NVLink Fusion to bring custom XPUs into rack-scale AI factories.
US Robot and Drone Barriers Won't Fix the Scale Gap With China, Analysts Warn
Chinese firms built 86 percent of the world's new humanoid robots in early 2026. Analysts say US tariffs and bans will not erase that scale advantage.
Hugging Face Launches MicroDuck, a $399 Open-Source Robot Duck You Can Train Yourself
Hugging Face's MicroDuck is a $399 open-source robot duck that learns new tricks through reinforcement learning — and it ships before Christmas 2026.
Meta's MTIA 400 Chip Splits Its Brain Between AI Training and Ad Serving
Meta detailed its MTIA 400 accelerator at Hot Chips 2026: a 3nm LLM training chip built on Broadcom IP that also powers the ads that pay the bills.
OpenAI's Jalapeño Chip Beats Nvidia Blackwell in First Inference Benchmarks
OpenAI says its Broadcom-built Jalapeño chip delivers more tokens per user and per kilowatt than Nvidia Blackwell in first InferenceX benchmarks.
Apple Launches M6 and M5 Ultra Chips in New Mac Mini and Mac Studio Built for On-Device AI
Apple's first 2nm M6 chip and quad-die M5 Ultra debut in new Mac mini and Mac Studio, with up to 512GB unified memory for running giant AI models locally.
Intel Opens Hot Chips 2026 With Crescent Island: AI Inference GPU With Up to 480GB Memory
Intel detailed its Crescent Island data center GPU at Hot Chips 2026 - a 350W PCIe card built for agentic AI inference with up to 480GB of LPDDR5X.
Xiaomi Unveils Xring O3, O100 and D100 Chips Plus AI Cube Running 120B Models Locally
Xiaomi launched three self-developed Xring chips for phones, AI and cars — and an AI Cube mini PC that runs 120B-parameter models locally.
Nvidia's Groq 3 LPX Enters Full Production With 3,400 Tokens per Second for Agentic AI
Nvidia's Groq 3 LPX inference accelerator is in full production, posting a record 3,400 tokens per second at 100K context on the Vera Rubin platform.
Taiwan Indicts Nine Including Nvidia Manager Over Smuggled AI Servers Bound for China
Taiwan prosecutors indicted nine people, including an Nvidia manager and two Supermicro ex-employees, for smuggling 74 Blackwell AI servers into China.
Broadcom's Mega AI Debt Deal Could Reach $100 Billion to Fund Chips for Anthropic
Broadcom is in talks to raise up to $100 billion in debt for AI chips that Anthropic will lease, in what would be the largest AI financing deal ever.
Starcloud Raises $250 Million at $2.3 Billion Valuation to Build AI Data Centers in Orbit
Nvidia joins Starcloud's $250 million round at a $2.3 billion valuation as the startup races SpaceX to put AI data centers in orbit, with a launch in January.
Nvidia Customers Face Server Price Hikes Above 15% as Memory Costs Soar
Bloomberg reports Nvidia AI server prices will rise over 15% as memory costs climb, hitting Vera Rubin and Grace Blackwell systems due early next year.
Anthropic Hires Google TPU Architect Amir Salek to Accelerate Its Custom Silicon Push
Anthropic has hired ex-Google chip chief Amir Salek, who delivered seven TPU generations, as it builds an in-house semiconductor initiative.
Micron Commits $10 Billion to Boise Research Labs to Chase the Next Generation of AI Memory
Micron Research Labs will spend $10 billion over the next decade in Boise on post-DRAM memory, advanced packaging and manufacturing tech for the AI era.
Google Taps Marvell for Custom AI Chips in $12.2 Billion Warrant Deal
Google has signed Marvell to help build its custom TPU AI chips, granting a warrant worth up to $12.2 billion. Marvell stock jumped while Broadcom fell 5%.
Cerebras CS-4 Launches With WSE-3 Turbo: Rack-Scale AI Inference at 30x GPU Speed
Cerebras unveils CS-4 with WSE-3 Turbo wafers and Nexus rack architecture, claiming 30x faster inference than GPUs as it challenges Nvidia's dominance.
Google Reportedly Taps AMD for a CPU-Heavy Next-Gen TPU Built for Reinforcement Learning
A SemiAnalysis note says Google may pair AMD CPU technology with its TPU accelerators in a new design aimed at reinforcement learning and agentic AI.
Nvidia Cuts OpenAI Data Center Guarantee From $250 Billion to Under $120 Billion
Nvidia has cut its planned guarantee for OpenAI's Ohio data center from $250 billion to under $120 billion after investor concerns, WSJ and Reuters report.
Cerebras Powers OpenAI's New Ultrafast Mode: GPT-5.6 Sol Hits 750 Tokens Per Second
Cerebras and OpenAI unveil Ultrafast Mode for GPT-5.6 Sol, delivering 750 output tokens per second with no quality loss.
Cerebras and OpenAI Unveil GPT-5.6 Sol Ultrafast: 750 Tokens Per Second With No Quality Loss
Cerebras-powered Ultrafast Mode delivers up to 750 output tokens per second for OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol, running 11x faster than Claude Fable 5 with comparable accuracy.
TSMC Posts Record July Revenue, Up 44.7% as AI Chip Demand Surges
Taiwan Semiconductor's July revenue hit NT$467.58 billion on strong demand for 2-nanometer chips, with the company forecasting 40% growth for 2026 driven by AI applications.
Nvidia Taps Wall Street Giants for $500 Billion AI Infrastructure Funding Push
Apollo, Blackstone, BlackRock, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR are in talks with Nvidia on a $500 billion AI infrastructure funding package as Nvidia shares fell on the news.
Microsoft to Unveil Next-Generation Maia 300 AI Chip as Soon as September
Microsoft is preparing to publicly unveil its new Maia 300 AI chip this fall, potentially in September, as it works to cut its heavy reliance on Nvidia's expensive GPUs.
OpenAI's Smart Speaker Will Cost Up to $400 and Use Moving Parts to Feel Alive
OpenAI's upcoming ChatGPT smart speaker, designed with Jony Ive's LoveFrom, could cost $300-$400 and feature moving parts that animate when it responds.
2027 Memory Capacity Is Reportedly Sold Out as AI Demand Triggers a New 'RAMageddon'
Memory capacity for 2027 is reportedly fully sold out as AI demand for HBM and DRAM soars. SK Hynix plans a $38 billion fab expansion, but relief is years away.
Lumilens Emerges From Stealth With $900 Million to Rewire AI Data Centers With Light
Optical interconnect startup Lumilens launched with over $900 million in funding and a $5.5 billion valuation, aiming to replace copper wiring between GPUs in AI data centers.
AMD Acquires Taalas, the Startup That Hardwires AI Models Directly Into Silicon
AMD has acquired Taalas, a Toronto startup that etches AI model weights into silicon for massive inference speedups, weeks after its Cerebras deal.
Lumilens Emerges From Stealth With $900 Million to Wire AI Data Centers With Light
Lumilens raised over $900 million at a $5.5 billion valuation to replace copper with optical interconnects and solve AI's GPU connectivity bottleneck.
SpaceX and Tesla Commit $16.8 Billion to Build Terafab Chip Plant in Texas
Elon Musk's SpaceX and Tesla confirmed a $16.8 billion initial investment for the Terafab semiconductor plant in Grimes County, Texas, near College Station.
Anthropic Builds an In-House Chip Design Team to Power Claude With Custom Silicon
Anthropic confirmed it is hiring a custom silicon team to co-design AI chips for Claude, joining OpenAI and Google in the race to control AI hardware.
Musk Commits SpaceX to Nvidia GPUs 'Exclusively,' Sending Shares Higher and AMD Lower
Elon Musk said SpaceX will use Nvidia chips exclusively going forward, with an optimized Vera Rubin NVL72 system slated to launch into space next year.
AMD's Q2 Revenue Surges as Data Center Sales Double, but Shares Slip on Lofty Expectations
AMD reported 50% revenue growth in Q2 2026 as data center sales more than doubled on Instinct GPU demand, yet shares fell on sky-high Wall Street expectations.
SK hynix and SanDisk Unveil First High Bandwidth Flash Standard Targeting AI Memory Bottleneck
SK hynix and SanDisk have published the first open High Bandwidth Flash (HBF) specification, promising up to 3 TB/s bandwidth to ease AI inference memory costs.
Nvidia's Jensen Huang Forecasts $7.9 Trillion Semiconductor Industry Fueled by Agentic AI
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the global semiconductor industry could swell to $7.9 trillion as agentic AI drives unprecedented demand for computing hardware.
DeepSeek V4 Flash Runs on a Single AMD MI300X GPU, No Nvidia Required
A developer got DeepSeek's 304-billion-parameter V4 Flash model running on a single AMD MI300X at 168 tokens per second, proving AMD can serve frontier models without Nvidia.
Lenovo Googlebook Leak Reveals Gemini PCs With a Dedicated AI Key and a New Operating System
Leaked press images show Lenovo's first Googlebook laptop and 2-in-1 tablet with a dedicated Gemini key, light strips, and Gemini AI baked into a new OS replacing ChromeOS.
AI Chip Startups OLIX and DeepX Raise Billions as the Global Race to Challenge Nvidia Intensifies
London's OLIX raised $312M at a $3.3B valuation and Korea's DeepX hit $2.2B, as startups worldwide bet they can outbuild Nvidia on AI inference hardware.
AMD Releases Instella-MoE: A Fully Open 16B Model Trained From Scratch on Its Own Instinct GPUs
AMD's Instella-MoE-16B-A3B is a fully open Mixture-of-Experts model trained entirely on Instinct MI300X and MI325X GPUs, with all training weights, data, and configs released.
Moonshot's Kimi Runs on 20,000 Nvidia H200 Chips Leased From Alibaba
Bloomberg reports Moonshot AI trained its Kimi models on a 20,000-chip Nvidia H200 cluster supplied by Alibaba, exposing China's reliance on Western silicon.
Eliyan Becomes a Unicorn With $145 Million Series C to Fix AI's Chip-to-Chip Bottleneck
Silicon Valley startup Eliyan raised $145 million at a $1 billion valuation to build electro-optical interconnects that unclog the data bottleneck slowing giant AI chip clusters.
Brookfield and NextEra Unveil $100 Billion AI Data Center at Former Uranium Site in Kentucky
A coalition led by Brookfield and NextEra Energy plans a privately funded $100 billion AI data center campus at the DOE's Paducah site in Kentucky, backed by up to 4.6 gigawatts of dedicated power generation.
A 28.9-Million-Parameter Language Model Now Runs on an $8 Microcontroller
An open-source project runs a 28.9M-parameter LLM on a cheap ESP32-S3 chip at roughly 9 tokens per second, using a memory trick borrowed from Google's Gemma.
Nvidia Puts $1.5 Billion Behind US AI Chip Packaging With Amkor Deal
Nvidia's $1.5 billion Amkor partnership expands advanced chip packaging and testing in Arizona, targeting a growing bottleneck in AI semiconductor supply chains.
A Single Downed Power Line Exposed the AI Data Center Threat to the U.S. Grid
When a power line fell near Washington, D.C., over 3 gigawatts of AI data centers disconnected at once, spiking voltage across the PJM grid. Experts say it is a warning of worse to come.
NAVER, NVIDIA and Brookfield to Scale Korea's National AI Factory to 200 Megawatts
NAVER, NVIDIA and Brookfield will expand Korea's sovereign AI factory at GAK Sejong to 200 megawatts by 2028, with NVIDIA investing $1 billion and Brookfield funding up to $9 billion.
Nvidia and SK Group Unveil $500 Billion Alliance as Jensen Huang Declares a 'Golden Age of AI' for South Korea
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang forged a $500 billion alliance with South Korea's SK Group at a US summit with President Lee and Samsung's Jay Y. Lee, declaring a 'golden age of AI' for the country.
Samsung Lands $200 Billion Broadcom Deal to Manufacture AI Chips in Largest Foundry Win to Date
Samsung Electronics has won a $200 billion deal to manufacture AI chips for Broadcom, the largest contract-manufacturing order in its history and a major push to close the gap with TSMC.
Microchip Technology to Acquire Hailo, Expanding Edge AI Chip Portfolio as Inference Market Heats Up
Microchip Technology signs a definitive agreement to acquire edge AI processor maker Hailo, significantly expanding its AI hardware portfolio.
AI Chip Startup Etched Closes $300 Million at $10.3 Billion Valuation, Doubling in Seven Months
Etched, the inference-chip startup founded by three Harvard dropouts, closed a $300 million Series C led by Sequoia at a $10.3 billion valuation after booking $1 billion in orders.
London's Humanoid Becomes Europe's First Humanoid Robotics Unicorn With $152 Million Round
UK startup Humanoid raised $152 million at a $1.35 billion valuation, backed by Bosch and Schaeffler, betting that wheeled robots can outpace bipedal rivals in factories.