TSMC is swapping round wafers for square panels to cut costs and make room for more HBM4 In sum – what we know: TSMC is inching closer to production for …
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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Alphabet moves to diversify supply chain with Intel amid TSMC capacity crunch In sum – what we know: Alphabet’s Google has placed a firm order with Intel to manufacture more …
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The 600W MI350P is essentially a halved MI350X In sum – what we know: AMD has unveiled its latest data center chip, and while it’s not a massive generational upgrade, …
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SK Hynix’s expansion targets HBM and advanced-node DRAM for AI In sum – what we know: SK Hynix is set to dramatically increase its memory capacity. At Computex 2026, SK …
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The RTX Spark “superchip” is powerful enough to run 120B-parameter models and persistent agents without the cloud In sum – what we know: Nvidia wants to bring its chip and …
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Qualcomm apparently wants to be the next major ASIC builder In sum – what we know: Qualcomm has reportedly agreed to supply ByteDance with millions of custom AI chips for …
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AMD’s 256-core flagship targets agentic AI workloads In sum – what we know: AMD has moved its 6th Gen EPYC “Venice” server CPUs into volume production, marking the transition from engineering …
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The new Google-Blackstone-powered provider targets 500 MW of capacity by 2027 In sum – what we know: Google and private equity giant Blackstone are teaming up to build a U.S.-based AI cloud …
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Blaize and Winmate want to bring secure, real-time decision-making to defense and critical infrastructure without cloud reliance In sum – what we know: Edge AI is quickly becoming one of …
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The potential agreement would mark a shift in how Anthropic sources specialized silicon for its models In sum – what we know: Anthropic is in early-stage talks to buy inference …