Three AI financing deals, one shared lender risk In sum – what we know: Three separate AI-hardware financing efforts surfaced at the same time this week, each enormous on its …
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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In production now, but 2nm’s first prize for AI is efficiency TSMC has begun scaling its first 2nm-class process after entering volume production late last year, turning the shift from …
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Cerebras capacity for agentic coding opens in Q1 2027 In sum – what we know: General Compute has announced a multi-year agreement to deploy Cerebras Systems’ wafer-scale AI inference hardware at scale. …
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Both are 2nm with the same 5GHz Oryon CPU In sum – what we know: Qualcomm has split its flagship smartphone chip in two. The company has announced the Snapdragon 8 …
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The AgentX result is impressive, but it rides on one specific operating point In sum – what we know: According to Nvidia, the Vera Rubin NVL72 rack system delivers up …
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OpenAI is matching chips to workloads instead of picking one vendor In sum – what we know: OpenAI is slowly but surely moving away from Nvidia, and it’s doing so …
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Bigger CoWoS packages may keep AI accelerators scarce anyway In sum – what we know: TSMC is reportedly preparing to roughly double capacity for its CoWoS advanced-packaging technology by the …
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The Qualcomm deal covers custom inference silicon and 1.6T optical links In sum – what we know: Qualcomm and Amazon have announced a major partnership on September 8, 2026 that …
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TSMC projects 1.9x tool demand within months In sum – what we know: TSMC is set for a dramatic expansion. News reports say the company is building 25 wafer-fabrication and …
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Custom edge-AI SoC — but no confirmation from either company In sum – what we know: Samsung Electronics and Arm have reportedly started work on a custom on-device AI chip …