Samsung teases investment to get into the GPU game Analysis A head-on assault on Nvidia seems unlikely – but dumping AMD from Exynos has merit AI + ML24 Jun 2024 | 7
Bake an LLM with custom prompts into your app? Sure! Here's how to get started Hands on In Rust, we trust. But in gen-AI to not hallucinate? Eh, that's another story AI + ML22 Jun 2024 | 6
Meta warns bit flips, other hardware faults cause AI errors It's no hallucination: '4 in 1,000 inferences inaccurate' due to this alone, depending on the setup AI + ML21 Jun 2024 | 39
Musk ropes Dell, Supermicro into xAI supercomputer project Oh, Mike, what have you got yourself into now HPC20 Jun 2024 | 11
Semiconductor industry navigating choppy waters with sunnier climes ahead Despite dip in equipment revenue, analysts predict robust rebound Systems20 Jun 2024 |
GPU-accelerated VMs on Proxmox, XCP-ng? Here's what you need to know Hands on Go ahead, toss that old gaming card in your box and boost your AI applications — you know you want to AI + ML19 Jun 2024 | 14
Supermicro plans to flood market with liquid-cooled datacenter tech Three new Silicon Valley campuses in pipeline to meet demand Systems19 Jun 2024 | 1
Hong Kong authorities halt alleged smuggler shifting 596 'high-end' CPUs to China Images suggest they could be recent Intel Xeons – perhaps even the sort of kit subject to sanctions Systems19 Jun 2024 | 15
Japan's industrial SciTech Institute plans two quantum computers and an Nvidia injection 10,000 qubits reportedly on the cards for one of them, with help from IBM Systems19 Jun 2024 |
Dark-web kingpin puts 'stolen' internal AMD databases, source code up for sale Updated Chip designer really gonna need to channel some Zen right now Cyber-crime18 Jun 2024 |
TSMC chip plant construction halted by discovery of archaeological ruins Ancient ruined architecture? What's Intel's Itanium doing in Taiwan? Systems18 Jun 2024 | 5
HPE, Nvidia team up to offer 'turnkey' private cloud racks for keeping AI loads local HPE Discover Everyone wants to be best buddies with Jensen Huang's GPU juggernaut AI + ML18 Jun 2024 | 1
CHERI Alliance formed to promote memory security tech ... but where's Arm? Updated Academic-industry project takes next step as key promoter chip designer licks its wounds Research18 Jun 2024 | 3
Arm security defense shattered by speculative execution 95% of the time 'TikTag' security folks find anti-exploit mechanism rather fragile Research18 Jun 2024 | 27
AMD says datacenter still king for profit margins amid AI buzz CFO talks GPU development, strategy and market dynamics at Nasdaq Investor Conference Systems17 Jun 2024 |
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Clearview AI reaches 'creative' settlement with privacy suit plaintiffs: A conditional IOU Biz too broke, class too big to settle now; agrees to pay in limited circumstances like an IPO, liquidation Personal Tech14 Jun 2024 | 14
Startup Diraq taps GlobalFoundries to forge silicon-based quantum chips Vows to have a 'commercially relevant' system within five years Systems13 Jun 2024 | 3
Preventing another chip shortage on G7 summit agenda Group will also look into protecting subsea communications infrastructure Public Sector13 Jun 2024 | 1
ASUS quietly built supercomputers, datacenters and an LLM. Now it's quietly selling them all together The plan is a slow build – not a breakout into enterprise tech Off-Prem13 Jun 2024 |
SK hynix shimmies towards AI silicon by driving merger of South Korean Nvidia challengers Sapeon and Rebellions think they can do better together Systems13 Jun 2024 |
AMD's DC chief happy to work with Intel and others to chip away at Nvidia's AI empire 'If everybody's got their own little ecosystem, it's very inefficient' Systems12 Jun 2024 | 3
Apple built custom servers and OS for its AI cloud WWDC Mashup of iOS and macOS runs on homebrew silicon, with precious little for sysadmins to scry Off-Prem11 Jun 2024 | 12
VMware and Dell back together with fresh OEM agreement Lenovo and HPE have also signed deal to carry on hyperconverging Systems11 Jun 2024 | 6
Nvidia execs cash out shares as GPU giant skyrockets Management may think valuation is peaking on back of AI fever Systems10 Jun 2024 | 7
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Some investors bet against Nvidia, expecting AI bubble to burst Short bread's plenty appetizing as dough hungry traders and analysts voice scepticism on endless growth Systems07 Jun 2024 | 22
Lenovo loses its Infrastructure Solutions Group boss The long and largely unsuccessful effort to turn IBM's x86 server business into consistent profit continues Systems07 Jun 2024 | 1
China's new sanctions loophole: Use export-controlled chips inside the US Oracle, Nvidia accused of working with ByteDance, others to provide access to advanced parts within America Systems06 Jun 2024 | 5
Intel gets $11B from Apollo for joint venture at Irish chip fab Frees up some of the cash Chipzilla's already sunk into Fab 34 Systems05 Jun 2024 | 1
ASML and Imec unveil pricy High NA EUV playground for chipmakers Because who doesn't love a $373M toy? Systems05 Jun 2024 | 3
All the datacenter roadmap updates Intel, AMD, Nvidia teased at Computex Computex We sifted through hours of presentations so you don't have to Systems05 Jun 2024 |
TSMC mulled moving chip fabs from Taiwan over China threat CEO says it even spoke to customers about the switch but decided it was not feasible Systems04 Jun 2024 | 9
Fired-up Pat Gelsinger shoots from the lip at Qualcomm and Nvidia Computex Intel boss reveals first 18A silicon will run next week as he undercuts H100s on price and dismisses X Elite metrics Systems04 Jun 2024 | 2
Raspberry Pi unveils Hailo-powered AI Kit to make the model 5 smarter 13 TOPS for $70 has PiBoss Eben Upton predicting an ML explosion Systems04 Jun 2024 | 34
Intel challenges AMD's Epycs with a 144 e-core Xeon Computex 128 p-core Xeons to follow in Q3 while the x86 giant will release its 288 e-core monster early next year On-Prem04 Jun 2024 | 12
Arm chief exec scored $70M in New York IPO bonanza Brit chip design outfit sets sights on dominating AI market Systems03 Jun 2024 | 9
We're the Ryzen force in CPUs for AI PCs: AMD Computex Arm, schmarm: New 50TOPS NPUs that talk Block FP16 really make AI sing, says CEO Lisa Su Systems03 Jun 2024 |
AMD reveals the MI325X, a 288GB AI accelerator built to battle Nvidia's H200 Computex House of Zen hopes to catch its AI rival by moving to a yearly release cadence Systems03 Jun 2024 | 1
Dell predicts 20 percent jump in memory and SSD prices later this year Has already hiked prices to cope and is prepared to do it again while you wait for boxes with Nvidia inside On-Prem31 May 2024 | 3
Samsung workers treated for exposure to radiation in South Korea Workplace safety org identifies 26 hazards in the chipmaking process Systems30 May 2024 | 10
AI chip sales predicted to jump by a third this year – then cool off Gartner gives us a ray of hope amid ongoing hype and pressure to buy more hardware AI + ML29 May 2024 | 1
Activist investor pressures Texas Instruments to stop spending cash on fabs Thinking about tripling capacity by 2030? Start thinking about our returns... Systems29 May 2024 | 27
Why RISC-V must get its messaging right on open standard vs open source Feature It's the difference between export limits on specific chips – and a problematic blanket ban Systems29 May 2024 | 66
Infineon promises 12kW PSUs for next generation of power-hungry AI servers How else are you going to feed all those 1,000-plus watt GPUs? Systems28 May 2024 | 11
Nvidia said to be prepping AI PC chip with Arm and Blackwell cores Rivalry in Windows on Arm space would intensify once GPU giant enters the fray Systems28 May 2024 | 1
Samsung disputes report Nvidia isn't happy with its HBM quality Asia In Brief PLUS: Indian TV channel adopts 24x7 AI anchors; Google building first Africa-Australia sub cable; Singtel's strategy reset; and more Systems27 May 2024 |
Nvidia faces local competition for its 'China special' GPUs Which rival would be so bold as to snatch its business Huawei? Systems24 May 2024 | 9
AMD's CFO Jean Hu talks CPUs, GPUs and the road ahead Surging demand, the AI plan, and spinning FPGAs into gold Systems24 May 2024 | 1
Thanks for the memory, South Korea tells nation's chip makers – now build processors President warns of 'all-out national warfare' around silicon as he announces $19B development package Systems24 May 2024 | 4
Arm servers are on Nutanix's long-range radar, not yet its to-do list Next CTO waiting for major OEMs to get on board, but when/if that happens it'll be game on ... perhaps for AI Systems23 May 2024 | 2
Nvidia beats market expectations again, but for how long? 262% topline increases won't last forever, amid market worries that mega AI investments won't pay off... Systems23 May 2024 | 16
Bing and Copilot fall from the clouds around the world Final update Alternatively, true AGI has been reached, and the machines decided to delete themselves Systems23 May 2024 | 42
Even TSMC can't cook chips fast enough to sate AI's hunger Semiconductor foundry industry thanks its lucky stars amid slow general recovery Systems22 May 2024 |
AMD's baby Epycs are nothing more than Ryzens in disguise Not content with stealing share from Intel at the high-end, the House of Zen is going low Systems21 May 2024 | 15
Google now 'third-largest' in datacenter processors Updated Custom silicon mounting up, says report from semiconductor researcher TechInsights Systems21 May 2024 |
ASML could brick Taiwan's chipmaking machines in case of uninvited guests If I can't have you, then no one will! Systems21 May 2024 | 36
Among AI infrastructure hopefuls, Qualcomm has become an unlikely ally Analysis The enemy of my enemy is my best friend Systems19 May 2024 | 4
China sets goal for local carmakers to get a quarter of their chips domestically by 2025 Yet another technological self-sufficiency target for China Systems17 May 2024 | 15
Dell latest to enjoy speculative soar as AI bubble builds Comment Now that traders are drinking the Kool-AI-d, companies can either fuel the hype or face the consequences Systems16 May 2024 | 2