Telcos are taking a focused, low-risk approach to AI by prioritizing deployments in OSS/BSS and enhancing data correlation through generative models, while maintaining a clear line of sight on ROI. …
Christian de Looper
Christian de Looper
Christian de Looper covers AI semiconductors. He has previously written for leading consumer technology publications, reviewing everything from audio gear and mobile devices to smart home products. Over the years, he has reported on the rise of 5G, the innovations that powered it, and the evolution of the AI industry, from consumer applications to the infrastructure that makes them possible. Christian holds a (somewhat irrelevant) Bachelor of Science in Music Technology and lives in Santa Cruz with his wife, two kids, and cat.
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AI compute isn’t one thing. It’s two. Under the umbrella of “AI workloads,” training and inference represent distinct computational worlds with different goals, hardware profiles, and economics. They often get …
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It’s been a big week for AI infrastructure as a whole, but especially for semiconductors. Increasingly more companies are joining to race to power future AI data centers, while there’s …
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For decades, compute has scaled faster than memory. Processors can execute more operations every year, but the speed at which data moves in and out of memory has lagged behind. …
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The semiconductor industry is changing quickly, especially as it relates to AI. As AI workloads grow ever more demanding, old monolithic chips are giving way to new chiplet-based designs. But …
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Artificial intelligence has reshaped the semiconductor industry, driving an endless chase for better performance and efficiency. But as transistor scaling slows and Moore’s Law fades, the gains from smaller nodes …
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This week’s semiconductor developments highlight how AI’s hardware backbone is evolving from all sides, from high-bandwidth memory to cloud-scale infrastructure. Samsung’s unveiling of its next-generation HBM4 chips signals a renewed …
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The memory wall is more of an issue than ever in AI workloads. How will it be fixed? As AI workloads scale, compute performance is increasing far faster than memory …
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Is one kind of AI processor likely to reign supreme? GPUs have long been the workhorse behind much of the AI infrastructure buildup. But as AI needs have grown, specialized …
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Edge AI silicon is getting much more capable, but how much will edge AI really handle? Artificial intelligence is moving outside massive data centers. As silicon evolves, AI processing is …