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AI chips, GPUs, data centers, cloud compute, and the hardware powering the AI revolution.

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Importance:Newsdata center chips

Qualcomm debuts line of AI data center chips and systems, increasing competition with Nvidia

Qualcomm is increasing its line of AI data center products as it looks to grow its share of the market. Source: finance.yahoo.com

Importance:NewsGPU deployment / data center deals

Super Micro-Backed AI Firm Bags $7.8 Billion Deals With Nvidia Chips in Demand

SMCI-backed Argentum AI has agreed deals to deploy 47000 Nvidia GB300 chips. Source: barrons.com

Importance:NewsChina black market / export controls

Nvidia's banned AI chips double in price on China's black market, FT reports

Nvidia's AI ​chips have ‌more than ​doubled ​in price on ⁠China's ​black market, ​the Financial Times ​reported ​on Tuesday, citing ‌multiple ⁠Chinese chip... Source: reuters.com

Importance:NewsAI chip M&A / Qualcomm-Modular acquisition

Qualcomm Nears Deal for AI Chip Startup Modular

Qualcomm Inc. is in advanced talks to acquire Modular Inc. in a transaction valuing the artificial intelligence infrastructure software company at about $4... Source: bloomberg.com

Importance:LaunchDell / Nvidia Vera Rubin GPU server launch

Dell launches AI server based on Nvidia Vera Rubin GPUs

Dell and Super Micro each unveiled new AI servers as part of Nvidia's Vera Rubin rollout. Source: networkworld.com

Importance:NewsAI chip funding / Groq neocloud

AI chipmaker Groq confirms $650M raise, re-staffs after Nvidia’s $20B not-acqui-hire deal

What does an AI company do after one of those not-acqui-hire deals? Groq raised money, is leaning into its neocloud business, and is hiring new execs. Source: techcrunch.com

Importance:Newsdata center sustainability / liquid cooling

Nvidia says its new data center design will fix AI’s water problem

The company says it has eliminated “pretty much all water usage” with its new liquid cooling design. Source: fortune.com

Importance:NewsAI chip M&A / Qualcomm-Modular acquisition

Qualcomm nearing deal for AI chip startup Modular, Bloomberg News reports

Qualcomm is in advanced discussions to acquire Modular Inc in a transaction valuing ​the AI chip company at about $4 ‌billion, Bloomberg News reported on... Source: reuters.com

Importance:NewsAI supercomputers / Europe HPC expansion

Europe Unveils a Record 35 New NVIDIA AI Supercomputers

ISC High Performance 2026 -- NVIDIA today announced that a record 35 NVIDIA AI HPC supercomputers are in development across Europe — equipping more than 3... Source: nvidianews.nvidia.com

Importance:NewsAI server cost reduction / heterogeneous computing

AMD, MangoBoost Aim to Cut AI Server Costs by Up to 90%

AMD and South Korean semiconductor startup MangoBoost are joining forces to expand adoption of heterogeneous computing based on open ecosystems,... Source: thelec.net

Importance:NewsNvidia investment / AI data centers

Nvidia Commits $2 Billion To Nebius Group (NASDAQ: NBIS) As Avride-Uber Partnership Targets Robotaxi Market

Nvidia has committed a direct $2 billion investment into Nebius Group (NASDAQ: NBIS), backing the company's ambitions to scale AI data center... Source: foreignpolicyjournal.com

Importance:OpinionUS-China AI hardware rivalry

Stack battles: the US-China artificial-intelligence rivalry is moving beyond chips alone

China is challenging US leadership in both AI hardware and software, with Europe unlikely to catch up. Source: bruegel.org

Importance:NewsCPU AI extensions/x86

Intel and AMD's new ACE CPU extensions bring an efficient AI-oriented instruction set to x86 — a new design makes matrix multiplication more power- and density-efficient

Most all you hear about "running an AI model" involves a GPU of some sort, but not every AI task is suited to that hardware. Smaller models or single-user... Source: tomshardware.com

Importance:Newsdata center expansion/UK

Nebius Group (NBIS) Launches £1.7b UK AI Buildout With Nvidia Robotics Lab

Nebius Group (NasdaqGS:NBIS) announced a £1.7b UK AI infrastructure expansion, including three advanced data centers. The company is partnering with NVIDIA... Source: simplywall.st

Importance:PolicyAI chip location tracking legislation

Bill that would mandate AI chip location tracking gains industry support

Half a dozen companies came out in support of the Chips Security Act, which would require location-tracking mechanisms for America's most advanced computing... Source: nbcnews.com

Importance:NewsAmazon chip business revenue

Amazon CEO Jassy says company could sell AI chips, raising stakes for Nvidia, AMD

According to the chief executive, Amazon's chip business has an annual revenue run rate of $20 billion and is growing at triple-digit percentages year over year... Source: finance.yahoo.com

Importance:NewsAmazon custom AI chips

Amazon hopes to challenge Nvidia more directly by selling its AI chips

AWS is in talks to sell its chips to other data centers. CEO Andy Jassy has said this represents a $50 billion opportunity for the company. Source: techcrunch.com

Importance:NewsGoogle AI chip strategy

Google Is Using Nvidia’s Playbook to Build a Rival AI Chip Business

Wielding its war chest to win data-center customers for its silicon, the world's second-biggest company is taking a page from No. 1. Source: wsj.com

Importance:NewsAmazon custom AI chips

Amazon in Talks to Sell Custom AI Chips in Bid to Undercut Nvidia

Amazon.com Inc. is in talks to sell its custom-made artificial intelligence chips for use in other companies' data centers, a key expansion of its efforts... Source: bloomberg.com

Importance:NewsNvidia competitive landscape

Nvidia’s Biggest Threat Isn’t AMD—It’s Its Own Best Customers

Nvidia stock is lagging behind the wider semiconductor sector as big customers face pressure to make their AI spending more efficient. Source: barrons.com