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Juan Pedro TomásNvidia said that Samsung Electronics will build an AI factory with 50,000 GPUs In sum – what to know: $3B AI infrastructure expansion – Over 260,000 Nvidia GPUs to power sovereign and industrial AI across Korea’s cloud, manufacturing, and research sectors. Industrial leaders drive AI growth – Samsung, Hyundai, SK Group, and Naver each deploying 50,000+ GPUs, creating large-scale AI …
Under the terms of the agreement, Cisco will power, connect, and secure a large-scale AI cluster operated by G42 In sum – what to know: Expanded AI cooperation – Cisco and G42 will jointly build secure AI infrastructure aligned with the US–UAE AI Acceleration Partnership and digital transformation goals. AMD-powered AI cluster deployment – The large-scale system features AMD MI350X …
Susana SchwartzA multibillion-dollar makeover clears the way for SoftBank’s $22 billion investment, new funding rounds, and a possible IPO in the future In sum, what to know: More freedom: OpenAI is freed from the constraints of the capped-profit model that scared away some investors, and Microsoft is freed from the constraints of the “AGI clause” that stifled its pursuit of AGI. …
A Qualcomm spokesperson told RCR Wireless News that this new collaboration is in line with its broader strategy to expand from mobile into large-scale AI infrastructure and data center markets In sum – what to know: 200 MW AI deployment planned – Humain will integrate Qualcomm’s AI200 and AI250 rack systems starting in 2026 to deliver large-scale inference services across …
Sean Kinney One stop at a time Author’s note: I’m one of those AuDHD people you encounter in tech, media and tech media. CES and Las Vegas are exhausting, but I wanted to get this written while still having some fun. So, I landed on a format where I write a section, have a drink, take the monorail one stop, then repeat. …
Christian de LooperYou don’t have to own the hardware for AI. But should you? Every organization building with AI eventually has to decide whether to own the hardware or rent it. This isn’t necessarily always a financial calculation. It touches data security, talent pipelines, hardware obsolescence, and the fundamentally unpredictable nature of AI workloads. A startup spinning up its first large language …
Will open-source chips democratize the industry? In the early 1990s, a Finnish student named Linus Torvalds released a free operating system kernel called Linux. This new operating system, together with projects like Apache, proved that collaborative, open-source development could produce software that competes with and surpasses propriety alternatives. These days, Linux runs on everything from smartphones to supercomputers, and open-source …
Non-exclusive agreement transfers key talent and technology while Groq remains independent In sum – what we know: Nvidia and chip startup Groq have announced a non-exclusive licensing agreement reportedly worth around $20 billion. The announcement turned heads immediately — not just because of the price tag, which clocks in at nearly three times Groq’s $6.9 billion valuation from just months earlier, but …
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