News: Semiconductor
Reuters: OpenAI holds talks with Broadcom about developing new AI chip, the Information reports
OpenAI is in discussion with chip designers, including Broadcom, about developing a new artificial intelligence chip.
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TechCrunch: SoftBank acquires UK AI chipmaker Graphcore
SoftBank acquires UK AI chipmaker Graphcore.
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Tech Crunch: Flow claims it can 100x any CPU’s power with its companion chip and some elbow grease
A Finnish startup called Flow Computing is making one of the wildest claims ever heard in silicon engineering.
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May 21, 2024 / Artificial Intelligence, Semiconductor
Techradar: Forget Intel and AMD – Nvidia’s next big competitor might be a company you’ve never heard of
Forget Intel Corporation and AMD - NVIDIA's next big competitor might be a company you've never heard of.
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Interesting Engineering: Trillium: Google unveils its most potent AI chip with 67% energy efficiency
Google’s parent company Alphabet has announced the launch of a new offering in its artificial intelligence data center chip family, called Trillium.
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ITPro: AMD’s new series of AI-enabled processors likely fall short of Microsoft’s performance requirements for next-gen AI PCs
There has been a lot of talk of running elements of AI locally rather than in the cloud but the processing power is not there yet even with the new flagship processors from AMD.
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March 4, 2024 / Innovation, Semiconductor
EE Times: Graphene Transistor Could Revolutionize Semiconductor Industry
Graphene technology has been talked about as overcoming some of the limitations of the current state of semiconductors.
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February 28, 2024 / Artificial Intelligence, Semiconductor
Network World: $15 billion deal with Microsoft boosts Intel’s chipmaking vision
This is an interesting move by Intel but not unexpected.
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February 15, 2024 / Artificial Intelligence, Semiconductor
Network World: Startups pursue GPU alternatives for AI
NVIDIA is not the only game in town.
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Reuters: Sam Altman seeks to raise billions for network of AI chip factories – Bloomberg News
This is an expanding trend where semiconductor companies will make chips focused on AI, and particularly Generative AI.
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