Optical interconnect startup CScale emerges from stealth following investment from Nvidia, Intel
Californian startup raised $145m in Series C funding round
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Intel partners with Fortinet for development of cybersecurity firm’s SP6 chip
Processor will be built using chipmaker’s Intel 4 technology
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Google developing new chip to run Gemini AI model more efficiently: report
The hardware, dubbed Frozen v2, is slated for launch in 2028
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Microsoft to deploy AMD Helios rackscale solution to support inference workloads and Azure services
AMD will start shipping Helios later this year
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Meta could start production of Iris AI chip in September: report
Company worked with Broadcom and TSMC on design and manufacture of chip
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Nvidia pushes Kyber release to 2028 following manufacturing concerns: report
Research firm SemiAnalysis claims 12 months delay is due to issues manufacturing the PCB midplane
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Chip industry group warns US government against interventionist approach to memory chip shortage
SEMI argues that policies that “distort” pricing and capacity decisions risks prolonging downturn
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IBM details major chip breakthrough with new sub-1nm ‘nanostack’ 3D architecture
Company claims technology provides up to 50% more performance or 70% greater energy efficiency
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Samsung and SK Hynix in discussions with South Korean government about future chip investments: report
Government official said announcement regarding new chip cluster expected soon
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European Commission unveils Chips Act 2.0 to further strengthen chip industry across the continent
Builds on progress made by legislation the bloc first introduced in 2023
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Lightmatter unveils Guide DR laser NIC to support CPO scale-up
The liquid-cooled LNIC has been designed to support high-bandwidth optical interconnects
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FuriosaAI partners with Broadcom for development of AI inference chips
South Korean startup’s third-generation accelerators will have a multi-die system architecture
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Anthropic in discussions to buy inference chips from UK startup Fractile: report
Fractile’s hardware not expected to be available until 2027
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Microsoft loses OpenAI IP exclusivity rights, likely loosens up capacity
Revenue share payments will also no longer be contingent on OpenAI achieving AGI
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Strong data center growth helps Intel post Q1 revenue of $13.6B
Shares in the company rose 20% after results were published
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Marvell acquires silicon photonics device startup Polariton Technologies to advance optical scaling
Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed
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Google in discussions with Marvell for development of two inference chips: report
Follows announcement that Broadcom will develop Google TPUs until 2031
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Meta partners with Broadcom for development of multiple generations of MTIA chips
Deal comes a month after Meta unveiled next four generations of its AI training and inferencing chips
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SK Hynix invests in memory-centric RISC-V firm Semidynamics
Financial details have not been disclosed
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AI chip startup Rebellions raises $400m in funding, launches AI infrastructure platforms
The newly launched RebelRack and RebelPod are available now
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Samsung and AMD sign MoU for AI memory collaboration and foundry partnership
Agreement with see Samsung supply AMD with HBM4 and DDR5 RAM for its forthcoming GPUs and CPUs
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AWS partners with big chip co. Cerebras for AI 'inference disaggregation'
Will be deployed on Amazon Bedrock in AWS data centers
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Applied Materials and SK Hynix to co-develop next-gen DRAM, HBM at $5B Silicon Valley R&D facility
SK Hynix has become a founding partner of the EPIC Center, slated to open later this year
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Optical interconnect startup Ayar Labs closes $500M funding round backed by Nvidia, AMD
Latest fundraise values the company at $3.75 billion
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AI inferencing startup Positron AI raises $230M to develop chips 'to rival Nvidia'
Company claims its first-generation Atlas chips can achieve three times the compute per watt of Nvidia’s H100 GPUs