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The industry group attempting to create an open standard around GPU interconnectivity have unveiled their first specification, which aims to challenge Nvidia's proprietary technology while significantly boosting AI computing performance. -
The uncertain future of embattled semiconductor giant Intel has taken a significant step towards clarity, as it has reportedly agreed to join forces with TSMC.
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A new era is underway at Intel as new CEO Lip-Bu Tan took to the stage at the company’s Vision 2025 event, delivering a candid and defiant keynote that laid bare the stark challenges ahead and his commitment to overcoming them.
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Wales is set to receive a £250 million investment from Vishay Intertechnology, one of the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturers, marking a significant boost for the UK’s advanced manufacturing sector.
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After a shaky start to the year following the DeepSeek debacle and the lacklustre RTX 50-Series launch, Nvidia came out swinging last week at its annual GTC conference. Despite this renewed confidence, some underlying concerns remain regarding the chipmaker's long-term future.
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Softbank has expanded its AI portfolio with a $6.5 billion deal to buy Ampere Computing, a Silicon Valley startup developing Arm-based sustainable AI chips.
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The Biden administration has awarded up to $53 million in direct funding to HP to expand and modernise its Corvallis, Oregon facility to create a new research lab.
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The Commerce Department has finalised Hemlock Semiconductor (HSC)’s $325 million direct funding award to build a new manufacturing facility in Hemlock, Michigan.
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Nvidia has come out swinging in 2025, unveiling new products to supercharge everything from AI development to content creation and streaming.
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The US Department of Commerce has earmarked the location of the third flagship CHIPS for America research and development (R&D) facility and greenlit the creation of a virtual semiconductor manufacturing research centre.
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Semiconductor giant Micron has appointed Mike Cordano as the company’s executive vice president of worldwide sales.
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Nvidia has completed its acquisition of AI infrastructure firm Run:ai and plans to open source its software to help businesses build AI applications faster.
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POET Technologies, which designs and develops photonic hardware for data centres, AI and telecom workloads, has completed its acquisition of Chinese photonics firm Super Photonics Integrated Circuit Xiamen Co (SPX).
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Here are some news stories from this week you might have missed.
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NTT Docomo’s venture arm has invested in Ayar Labs, a US startup developing next-generation optical I/O technologies.
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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.
