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After spat with Chinese gov't, Meta cuts AI Manus off from its internal systems and is 'sunsetting' platform, report claims — Beijing-ordered breakup of $2 billion AI deal begins
…The order extends to AI companies and their engineers the same restrictions Beijing has been increasingly applying to silicon all year. Chinese regulators have held up Nvidia's H200 shipments even after…
SK hynix unveils 'iHBM' thermal architecture that cools AI memory at the source — integrated cooling elements inside HBM interface cut thermal resistance by 30%, target next-gen HBM5 accelerators and dense AI data centers
…and feed AI processors fast enough to avoid bottlenecks, HBM is placed extremely close to the GPU or AI accelerator on the same package, connected through a high-speed silicon interposer. However…
AI cryptomining network's 320,000 RTX 3090-class GPUs allegedly burn 112 megawatts of power on ‘zero useful AI computation’ — GPU rental costs jump 38%, but Pearl’s cards are doing random matrix math, study claims
…benchmarked on a CPU and Apple Silicon, plus an on-chain payout earned by running the standard mining software unmodified. If random numbers collect rewards as readily as genuine AI work, the…
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Apple will skip its high-end M6 Mac chips and fast-track an AI-focused M7 generation for 2027, report claims — may release a base M6 chip for entry-level Macs this year
3d agoApple CEO Tim Cook warns AI-driven price increases are unavoidable — says company is trying its best but 'the situation has become unsustainable'
1w ago'The retail SSD market has almost disappeared,' says Silicon Motion exec — PC OEMs are buying third-party drives as direct NAND supply dries up
1w agoSMI's PCIe 6.0 SSD controller for consumer SSDs coming next year, but severe NAND shortages will get even worse in 2027 as AI data centers swallow supply — An interview with Silicon Motion's SVP Nelson Duann
1w agoFrore shows off LiquidJet Nexus coldplate for Nvidia Vera Rubin, other AI accelerators — offers up claimed 10% token generation boost over rival liquid-cooling solutions
…The same method can be applied to other processors, which is why Frore is indeed working with hyperscalers with custom silicon, in addition to other merchant silicon providers, aside from Nvidia. TOPICS…
Trailing-edge foundry roadmaps for GlobalFoundries, UMC, and SMIC — mature node chipmakers each pursue differing strategies and IP
…It bought Singapore-based Advanced Micro Foundry last year, making it one of the world's largest silicon photonics foundries, and acquired MIPS (for RISC-V CPU and AI inference IP) along…
Apple reportedly lobbies Uncle Sam for access to Chinese memory chips — tech giant allegedly wants to buy from blacklisted CXMT
…while suddenly conceding in the AI race (which is the reason behind the RAMpocalypse). Whether Apple's efforts in Washington succeed or not is also predicated on the changing of the guard…
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…Ultrabooks and Ultraportables Acer’s Swift 16 AI blends a premium design, an OLED screen, and the latest Intel silicon, though its massive haptic touchpad isn’t the selling point it’s…
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TSMC is reportedly hiking prices for 'all advanced nodes,' accounting for 74% of the company’s wafer business — Nvidia, AMD, Apple, Qualcomm, and others will face higher wafer costs
…At the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting in Hsinchu on June 4, CEO C.C. Wei said customers remained positive on the AI demand outlook, while also acknowledging cost pressures and the…
Trump says Apple has agreed to 'build' chips with Intel — neither company confirms deal as Intel share price rockets
…The logic behind any such deal for Apple would be simple supply diversification; the company remains dependent on TSMC, whose leading-edge capacity is being absorbed by AI customers, including Nvidia and…