Who is Intel’s New CEO? 5 Key Things to Know
Image: Intel Intel has named chip industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan as its new CEO, effective March 18. The 65-year-old spent 12 years as the CEO of Cadence Design Systems, a…
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Dutch startup QuantWare seeks to fast-track quantum computing
Big tech companies aren’t sleeping on quantum chips: Amazon Web Services introduced Ocelot; Microsoft, Majorana; and Google, Willow. But although all of these can be considered to be breakthroughs, quantum…
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Intel touts new Xeon chip’s AI power in bid to fend off AMD, ARM advances
Intel emphasizes the efficiency advantage of its Granite Rapids Xeon 6 server chips compared to AMD Turin chips that use more processor cores. Intel Intel on Monday revealed new versions…
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Apple M-Series Chips Are Vulnerable to Side-Channel Attacks
Security researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology and Ruhr University Bochum discovered two side-channel vulnerabilities in devices with Apple name-brand chips from 2021 or later that could expose sensitive information…
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74% of Chip-Reliant Organisations Report Insufficient Supply
While the world has largely recovered from the chip shortage of 2020 to 2023, only 26% of organisations that rely on them currently feel that their supply is sufficient, according…
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NVIDIA Unveils GeForce RTX 50-Series Chips
NVIDIA made a host of new announcements through a keynote speech from its CEO delivered at CES 2025 in Las Vegas on Monday. The main event was the GeForce RTX…
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Nvidia signs largest car maker, Toyota, to use its self-driving chips
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang shows off the company’s Thor AGX chip during his keynote at the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show. Chip giant Nvidia has inked a deal for Toyota, the…
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China Investigates NVIDIA for Allegedly Breaking Monopoly Law
The Chinese government is investigating U.S. chipmaker NVIDIA for allegedly violating its anti-monopoly law by acquiring interconnect provider Mellanox. On Monday, the State Administration for Market Regulation made a statement…
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Apple’s M4 chips are too good for their own good
What a week, huh? Apple just had three straight days of announcements: First we got the new, colorful iMac, then the most powerful Mac mini ever, followed by the grand…
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AMD Reveals Fleet of Chips for Heavy AI Workloads
AMD announced the upcoming release of its most powerful AI chips to date, the Instinct MI325X accelerators, on Thursday. “Our goal is to drive an open industry standard AI ecosystem…
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AI Surge Could Trigger Global Chip Shortage by 2026
Another global chip shortage could be looming, with a new report predicting skyrocketing demand for AI-related products and services that suppliers may struggle to meet. AI workloads could grow by…
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Bolstering the Semiconductors CHIPS Act With Foreign STEM Workers
The nation’s semiconductor chip shortage has far-reaching implications for industries ranging from consumer electronics to national security. The Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors for America Act (CHIPS Act) aims…
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UK Putting £100m Toward AI Chips
Image: Shuo/Adobe Stock The U.K. government will devote £100 million ($126 million USD) to fostering AI hardware development and shoring up possible computer chip shortages, according to a report from…
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Nvidia Revenue Doubles on Demand for A.I. Chips, and Could Go Higher
In a sign that the tech industry’s next big boom is picking up steam, Nvidia on Wednesday predicted rapid growth in the already rabid demand for the chips it makes…
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How Nvidia Built a Competitive Moat Around A.I. Chips
Naveen Rao, a neuroscientist turned tech entrepreneur, once tried to compete with Nvidia, the world’s leading maker of chips tailored for artificial intelligence. At a start-up that the semiconductor giant…
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