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Intel will continue to lose money on its foundry business in 2024

Intel Foundry, the company's chip manufacturing business, had $7 billion in operating losses for 2023 and won’t break even until at least 2027, says CEO.

By Elizabeth Montalbano

Apr 3, 2024 5 mins

CPUs and Processors

Nvidia GTC 2024 wrap-up: Blackwell not the only big news

More happened at the Nvidia GTC conference than the Blackwell announcement, including the launch of two new high-speed network platforms.

By Andy Patrizio

Mar 29, 2024 6 mins

CPUs and Processors Data Center High-Performance Computing

Samsung opens lab dedicated to next-gen AI chips

The facility, with sites in the US and South Korea, will develop chips to support the processing demands of ‘artificial general intelligence,’ which refers to AI that can perform as well as or better than humans.

By Elizabeth Montalbano

Mar 19, 2024 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence CPUs and Processors Generative AI

Nvidia expands partnership with hyperscalers to boost AI training and development

As part of its extended collaboration with AWS, GCP, Microsoft, IBM, and Oracle, the chip designer will share its new Blackwell GPU platform, foundational models, and integrate its software across platforms of hyperscalers.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Mar 19, 2024 4 mins

Cloud Computing Computer Components Generative AI

Nvidia debuts massive Blackwell-powered systems

The DGX SuperPOD features eight or more DGX GB200 systems and can scale to tens of thousands of Nvidia Superchips.

By Andy Patrizio

Mar 18, 2024 3 mins

Artificial Intelligence CPUs and Processors High-Performance Computing

Nvidia launches Blackwell GPU architecture

The next-gen Blackwell architecture will offer a 4x performance boost over the current Hopper lineup, Nvidia claims.

By Andy Patrizio

Mar 18, 2024 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence CPUs and Processors High-Performance Computing

Akamai, Neural Magic team to bolster AI at the network edge

The partnership will give joint customers a CPU platform on which to run computationally intensive AI workloads.

By Elizabeth Montalbano

Mar 14, 2024 4 mins

CPUs and Processors Edge Computing Generative AI

Report: Pentagon backs out of Intel funding deal

If the U.S. Department of Defense pulls the $2.5 billion grant, it shouldn’t have a major effect on Intel, analysts note.

By Grant Gross

Mar 13, 2024 3 mins

CPUs and Processors Data Center

Omdia: Servers for AI processing are big sellers

Once optional, GPUs are becoming mandatory in servers. Companies are prioritizing investment in highly configured server clusters for AI, research firm Omdia reports.

By Andy Patrizio

Mar 11, 2024 3 mins

CPUs and Processors Generative AI Servers

AMD faces US hurdles for its China-focused AI chip

Meanwhile, in response to chip availability constraints, several Chinese city governments have committed to offering “computing vouchers” to subsidize AI startups grappling with escalating data center costs.

By Prasanth Aby Thomas

Mar 5, 2024 4 mins

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