Hardware & Semiconductors
NVIDIA, chips, GPUs, TPUs and the compute layer powering AI
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China Opens a New AI Chip Channel for ByteDance and Tencent
China has reportedly allowed a major shipment of NVIDIA H200 processors to enter the mainland, giving ByteDance and Tencent fresh…
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Etched’s $700 Million Bet Puts AI Inference Hardware Into Operation
Etched has raised $700 million in a funding round that values the US-based AI hardware company at $21 billion. At…
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Etched Lands $700 Million as Its First AI Rack Goes Live
Etched has put a rack in production. The US-based company, which builds inference clusters for AI workloads, raised $700 million…
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Google’s Pixel Production Exit From China Takes Shape
Google is preparing to leave China. The company plans to move production of every Pixel device outside the country starting…
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Microsoft’s AI Chip Count Surges as Data Center Demand Grows
Microsoft’s AI infrastructure plans now look bigger than the target it set for the end of 2024. The company aimed…
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Newegg GPU Trade-Ins Save Time but May Cost You Cash
Newegg’s GPU Trade-In program makes upgrading easier, but that convenience may come with a lower payout. The retailer handles the…
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SK Hynix’s $38 Billion Bet on Next-Gen Memory Factories
Big moves are shaking the semiconductor world. SK Hynix just announced a massive $38.1 billion investment to build two brand-new…
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AMD’s Bold Move Into Custom AI Silicon with Taalas Acquisition
AMD has agreed to acquire Taalas, a startup focused on AI inference chips. Taalas builds special chips designed for single…
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Anthropic Builds AI Chip Team Amid Security and Compute Push
Anthropic is assembling a team to design custom chips tailored for AI workloads. The company aims to co-design hardware and…
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Nvidia and Naver Drive Asia’s AI Compute Expansion
Nvidia is doubling down on AI infrastructure with a bold $1 billion investment in South Korea’s Naver. The deal, set…
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