Nvidia’s Blackwell AI chip, the same one that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said had “insane” demand, is now free of a design error that caused a production delay. According to a Wednesday Reuters report, Huang said that the design mistake “was 100% Nvidia’s fault.” “We had a design flaw in Blackwell,” he stated. “It was … Read more
Qualcomm revealed on Monday that it will be bringing the technology behind its powerful laptop chips to its mobile phone chips to significantly enhance their performance in generative AI processes. At Snapdragon Summit, the world’s biggest seller of mobile phone chips unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Elite, positioning it as “the most powerful and world’s fastest … Read more
Chinese authorities have informally advised local companies to use domestic-made artificial intelligence (AI) chips over those from Nvidia, according to two sources familiar with the matter, as alternative suppliers on the mainland look to catch up with the US tech giant. While there is no official ban on Nvidia’s China-tailored H20 graphics processing unit (GPU), … Read more
SoftBank Group’s stock rebounded, helped by the Japanese company’s possible participation in an OpenAI funding round that may better position Masayoshi Son in a race over artificial intelligence. SoftBank’s Vision Fund plans to invest US$500 million in OpenAI, the Information reported, citing a person familiar with the deal. OpenAI is in talks to raise US$6.5 … Read more
Intel’s foundry, or contract manufacturing business, has signed up Amazon’s cloud services unit as a customer for making custom artificial intelligence chips, the companies said on Monday, a deal that gives the chip maker a vote of confidence. Intel’s shares rose roughly 8 per cent in extended trading after CEO Pat Gelsinger released a memo … Read more
The results did not rock the broader chip industry. The symbol for Intel appears on a screen at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, Oct. 1, 2019. Intel Corp. Photo: AP AI powerhouse Nvidia and smaller rival AMD ticked up after hours, underscoring how well-positioned they were to take advantage of the AI boom, and … Read more
A decade ago, Nvidia was a major graphics card maker, vying with competitors like AMD and Intel for dominance. Now it’s an AI giant with 70% to 95% of the market share for AI chips, and the brains of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. It’s also the best-performing stock with the highest return in the past 25 years. … Read more
ASML dominates the global market for lithography systems, complex tools that use lasers to help create the tiny circuitry of semiconductors. It is the only maker of lithography systems using extreme ultraviolet (EUV) wavelengths, needed by TSMC to make the most complex processors for smartphones and AI chips. Christophe Fouquet took over as president and … Read more
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. (File Photo) AI chip giant Nvidia and tech major Microsoft were locked in a fight for months over the former’s tight control over how chips are allocated and installed AI chip giant Nvidia and tech major Microsoft were locked in a fight for months over the former’s tight control over how … Read more
Huawei Technologies, which was forced to divest its traditional server subsidiary three years ago under pressure from US sanctions, has regained its influence in that sector on the mainland, thanks to the popularity of its artificial intelligence (AI) chips, according to industry analysts. Shares of Digital China Group, one of the major players in China’s … Read more
