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

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LaunchNvidia AI PC superchip

Nvidia bets on AI personal computers with new ‘superchip’ powering Windows laptops

Nvidia has unveiled powerful new chips to bring advanced artificial intelligence to Windows laptops and desktops. apnews.com

NewsNvidia AI PC chip

Nvidia announces new AI chip for personal computers

The technology giant's boss Jensen Huang called the move the "reinvention of the computer". bbc.com

NewsNvidia PC chip vs Intel/AMD

Nvidia Is Taking On Intel and AMD With AI Chip for Computers

(Bloomberg) -- Nvidia Corp. is entering the PC market with a new chip aimed at loosening the stranglehold of Intel Corp. technology in that arena and... finance.yahoo.com

NewsNvidia RTX Spark superchip

Nvidia launches ‘superchip’ putting AI power into laptops and PCs

Firm says its RTX Spark PC chip for Microsoft Windows will let AI agents replace the mouse and keyboard. theguardian.com

NewsAI PCs / Nvidia chips

Nvidia Introduces First PCs Designed for AI Agents

Company will work with manufacturers including Dell, Lenovo, HP to make the laptops. wsj.com

NewsNvidia AI PC chip

Nvidia unveils new chip to bring AI directly to personal computers

Nvidia's new chip will power new Windows laptop and desktop computer models to make 'AI personal computers'. aljazeera.com

PolicyAI chip export controls

US takes step to halt Nvidia AI chip shipments to Chinese firms outside China

The unexpected guidance suggests that the United States' best AI chips may have been making ​their way to the subsidiaries of Chinese AI firms. reuters.com

LaunchAI PCs / edge compute

NVIDIA and Microsoft Reinvent Windows PCs for the Age of Personal AI

NVIDIA today unveiled NVIDIA RTX Spark™, a new superchip that reinvents Windows PCs for the era of personal AI agents — offering a new class of computer... nvidianews.nvidia.com

NewsChina ASIC development

How US export curbs are forcing China to redesign its AI chip industry

China's tech giants are pursuing ASICs, a type of custom chip, over generic GPUs dominated by American giants like Nvidia. scmp.com

PolicyAI chip export controls

US says ban on AI chip shipments applies to Chinese firms outside China

Department of Commerce issues guidance on chip restrictions amid concerns about loopholes in export control regime. aljazeera.com

NewsIntel AI chip competition

Intel targets Nvidia with new AI chip by year end

Intel plans to ship an AI chip by the end of this year that uses cheaper memory and cooling technology than rival offerings from Nvidia and AMD, as the US... ft.com

LaunchNVIDIA DGX workstation

NVIDIA DGX Station for Windows Puts a Trillion-Parameter AI Supercomputer on Every Enterprise Desk

NVIDIA today announced NVIDIA DGX Station™ for Windows, the world's most powerful deskside AI supercomputer designed to build, run and connect always-on AI... nvidianews.nvidia.com

NewsAI chip design priorities

TSMC says energy efficiency has overtaken raw performance as the top priority for AI chip customers

TL;DR: TSMC highlights energy efficiency as the top priority over raw computing power across chip markets, driven by AI demand. tweaktown.com

NewsNvidia PC chips

First Windows PC powered by Nvidia chips to debut next week, Axios reports

AI chip firm Nvidia and Microsoft are expected next week to ​debut the first Windows PCs that use Nvidia's chips ‌as the main processor, Axios reported on... reuters.com

NewsNvidia PC chips

Scoop: First Windows PCs powered by Nvidia chips to debut next week

The company best known for powering the AI boom is coming for the PC: Nvidia is expected next week to debut the first Windows computers that use its chips... axios.com

OpinionAI compute cost sustainability

The AI economy could crash on mounting chip costs — and those token costs won’t help

Soaring GPU prices, debt-funded chip deals and an agentic token explosion — the cost of the hardware and compute powering AI could be what breaks it. fortune.com

NewsByteDance AI chip development

China’s ByteDance Developing New AI Chips Like Those from Nvidia Partner Groq

TikTok owner ByteDance is developing a new chip to run artificial intelligence models as part of an aggressive expansion of its homegrown AI infrastructure. theinformation.com

NewsAI memory chips competition

Micron Faces New Threat From Samsung’s Memory Chip for AI

Micron stock has been on a stellar run but it still faces fierce competition from Samsung and SK Hynix. barrons.com

NewsGroq AI chip startup funding

After Nvidia’s $20B not-acqui-hire, AI chip startup Groq reportedly raising $650M

Chipmaker Groq is looking to raise $650 million in internal funding as it pivots from hardware to focus more on AI inference, the process of refining the... techcrunch.com

NewsComputex AI infrastructure

At Computex, Nvidia and Taiwan's expanding role in AI infrastructure set to take centre stage

At Taiwan's annual Computex trade show next week, the spotlight ​is likely to be dominated, as usual, by Nvidia and its products, but also by the island's... reuters.com