Everything I write about artificial intelligence lands here. Less of the demo-day theater, more of what sits underneath it: the compute, the real economics, and the distance between what gets announced and what actually ships.
Sony and TSMC signed a binding $4.7 billion joint venture for next-gen image sensors in Kumamoto, three weeks after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit…
Oracle's partnership with Quantinuum introduces a quantum computer within its Cloud Infrastructure, aiming to enhance hybrid workloads. Unlike AWS or Azure, this arrangement co-locates…
OpenAI paused internal work on its Astra model due to concerns it might enable autonomous cyberattacks, highlighting safety issues in AI development. Meanwhile, Meta's…
Researchers at Michigan developed a device that directs electron flow using light, based on principles of quantum interference control established in the 1990s. While…
Nvidia is partnering with major private capital firms to arrange $500 billion in AI infrastructure financing, allowing customers to purchase its GPUs and build…
Illinois' Quantum and Microelectronics Park is home to various quantum computing approaches including PsiQuantum's ambitious plans for a utility-scale machine and IBM's operational commitments.…
The article discusses the evolution of NVIDIA's AI technologies, particularly the Tensor Cores and their role in enhancing graphics rendering through techniques like DLSS…
The Firebird AI factory needs 300 megawatts in a country whose grid peaks near 1,300 and leans on an aging Russian-fuelled reactor and Russian…
Samsung claims its Intelligent Eyewear surpasses Meta's Ray-Ban Gen 2 with nine hours of battery life, attributed to power tuning rather than hardware differences.…
Qualcomm's acquisition of Arduino aims to transform robotics by integrating edge AI with real-time control on a single board. The new Uno Q and…
Elon Musk announced SpaceX's exclusive partnership with Nvidia during an earnings call, securing advanced hardware for AI satellite operations. SpaceX disclosed significant investments in…
AMD has agreed to acquire Taalas, a startup focusing on specialized inference silicon that embeds trained model weights directly into chips, enhancing efficiency but…
AI inference, a crucial aspect of enterprise computing, involves a single forward pass through a neural network without learning or adapting post-training. The costs…
AMD and Anthropic announced a partnership involving 2 gigawatts of AMD GPUs in Helios systems, supported by a $5 billion equity investment. The collaboration…
Anthropic is establishing an in-house chip team while securing multiple partnerships, including a $10 billion deal with Volta. The company aims to reduce dependency…
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