AI
AMD Just Bought the Company Betting Inference Doesn’t Need a GPU
AMD has agreed to acquire Taalas, a startup focusing on specialized inference silicon that embeds trained model weights directly into chips, enhancing…
AI
AI
AI Inference: Architecture, Bottlenecks, and the Infrastructure War Nobody Sees Coming
AI inference, a crucial aspect of enterprise computing, involves a single forward pass through a neural network without learning or adapting post-training.…
DEEP TECH
The Harmonic Parity Qubit Puts a Dial on a Noise Source You Can’t Normally Touch
A team from Copenhagen and CU Boulder developed a harmonic parity qubit, enabling control over odd harmonics in a superconducting circuit. This…
CONSUMER TECH & HARDWARE
Nothing’s 2027 Plan Is Twice the Phones, and CMF Phone 3 Pro Is Still Hostage to RAM Prices
Nothing co-founder Akis Evangelidis indicated the company has launched three smartphones in 2026 and plans to double that next year. However, challenges…
AI
AMD and Anthropic Bet $5 Billion on Breaking NVIDIA’s Grip on Frontier AI
AMD and Anthropic announced a partnership involving 2 gigawatts of AMD GPUs in Helios systems, supported by a $5 billion equity investment.…
CONSUMER TECH & HARDWARE
Gaming’s Layoffs and the DRAM Price Spike Are the Same Story Now
Halo Studios faced layoffs following the successful launch of Campaign Evolved, part of Microsoft's larger job cuts across its studios. As hardware…
CHIPS & AI
SMIC’s N+3 Node: What China’s 7nm Achievement Actually Means
Five years ago, creating a 7nm-class chip without EUV was deemed irrational. SMIC achieved it, but claims about its N+3 node density…
APPLE
CXMT’s Beijing Expansion Is the Small Story. Its LPDDR6 Progress Is the One That Matters
CXMT's stock surged 470% on its Shanghai debut, financing a second wafer plant in Beijing. The company is nearing LPDDR6 production, potentially…
AI
Anthropic’s Custom Silicon Team Is Real, and Its Newest Supplier Is a Company Nvidia Just Funded
Anthropic is establishing an in-house chip team while securing multiple partnerships, including a $10 billion deal with Volta. The company aims to…
AI
TSMC’s CoWoS Outsourcing Is Nvidia’s Fault, and the OSATs Saw It Coming First
TSMC is expanding its CoWoS outsourcing to OSAT partners due to overwhelming demand, particularly from Nvidia. Despite doubling capacity, TSMC will still…
CHIPS & AI
Samsung and SK Hynix Are Testing Chinese Chip Tools, and Samsung Says They Aren’t
Samsung and SK Hynix have quietly tested Chinese chip manufacturing tools from AMEC in their Chinese factories for two years, amid concerns…
AI
Qwen3.8-Max Claims Frontier Benchmarks. The Open Weights Are Still a Promise
Alibaba's Qwen team launched the Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4 trillion parameter model, outperforming competitors in key benchmarks. While it promises "open weights" soon,…
DEEP TECH
EU Inc.: Inside the Commission’s Bet on a Single European Company Form
EU Inc. aims to streamline corporate processes across Europe by offering a unified corporate framework for startups, simplifying registration, governance, and insolvency…
AI
Qualcomm’s AI Pivot: More Than Just Snapdragon Smartphones
Qualcomm's push into data-center inference, Windows-on-ARM laptops, and car cockpits is an escape plan from a shrinking smartphone annuity. Where its power-efficiency…
AI
AXA’s Copilot Rollout Is a Sovereignty Retreat Dressed as a Productivity Upgrade
In 2021, AXA implemented SecureGPT for controlled AI that safeguarded sensitive data. However, the subsequent adoption of Microsoft 365 Copilot bypasses these…