semiconductor
-
Semiconductor giant Micron Technology has overhauled its business structure in a bid to better align with surging demand for AI across data centre, edge, and client markets. -
Intel has agreed to sell a majority stake in Altera, its programmable logic device unit, to Silver Lake in a deal worth $8.75 billion.
-
Nvidia has pledged to manufacture its AI supercomputing solutions in the US after President Trump’s currently suspended tariffs continue to force firms into supply chain rethinks.
-
NTT Corporation has developed a purpose-built chip for AI inferencing on ultra-high-res video at the edge, capable of powering use cases like autonomous drone inspections of towers or real-time monitoring of critical infrastructure.
-
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.
Forthcoming events
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
A new supercomputer has come online in the UK that’s set to power AI and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads.
-
Amazon Web Services announced the general availability of instances powered by its custom Trainium2 and teased its next-generation custom silicon: Trainium3.
-
Capacity boldly goes where no data centre has gone before: into space
-
The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has further tightened export rules for advanced semiconductor shipments to China.
-
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired from the company and stepped down from the board of directors as the semiconductor giant tries to turn its fortunes around.
-
AMD has released the latest version of its ROCm software stack for GPUs, adding tools to cut down AI development times.
-
Qualcomm has reportedly cooled its interest in embattled semiconductor giant Intel after rumours swirled around a possible takeover.
