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NTT Docomo’s venture arm has invested in Ayar Labs, a US startup developing next-generation optical I/O technologies. -
China’s antitrust regulator has opened an investigation into chip-making giant Nvidia over alleged breaches of anti-monopoly behaviours.
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Google has unveiled its latest quantum computing chip, Willow, a next-generation hardware unit that dramatically reduces quantum computational errors and can perform complex calculations exponentially faster than classical supercomputers.
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IBM researchers claim to have uncovered a way for fibre optic-level speeds to work in data centres, unveiling a new co-packaged optic (CPO) module that could revolutionise AI training efforts.
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Elon Musk’s OpenAI rival xAI is set to further expand its Colossus supercomputer facility, with an announcement from the Greater Memphis Chamber claiming the site will scale to a whopping one million GPUs.
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A new supercomputer has come online in the UK that’s set to power AI and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads.
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Lightmatter, a startup developing computing hardware that uses light instead of electricity has raised $400 million with its valuation soaring to $4.4 billion.
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Optical semiconductor supplier Infinera has secured $93 million in direct funding from the US government to expand its fabrication and test and packaging facilities.
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Intel and AMD have joined forces to establish an x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group, aimed at countering the growing dominance of alternative processor architectures like Arm.
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Semiconductor manufacturer Wolfspeed is the latest chipmaker to receive funding under the US CHIPS and Science Act, receiving up to $750 million to build a new silicon carbide wafer manufacturing site in North Carolina.
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TSMC, Nvidia's primary chip manufacturer, is harnessing a library of tools and algorithms to accelerate the production of next-generation hardware.
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The US government will provide $8.5 billion in funding to Intel by the end of the year, providing crucial support to the embattled semiconductor giant.
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Intel is halting semiconductor factory expansion plans in Europe as part of cost-cutting measures amid ongoing financial woes.
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Nvidia will beat previous results when the chipmaker publishes its earnings later today.
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AMD acquires ZT Systems in deal to enhance data centre AI capabilities
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The US has plans to award Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) US$6.6 billion in grants and up to $5 billion in loans to help the company build factories in Arizona.
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The Biden administration has agreed to give intel up to US$8.5 billion in direct funding and $11 billion in loans for chip plants in Arizona, Ohio, New Mexico and Oregon.
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Ericsson and Nokia are reportedly expanding their in-house chip design capabilities to better compete in the 5G era.
