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Juan Pedro TomásSK Hynix confirmed in a regulatory filing that it is exploring “various measures,” including the possible creation of a subsidiary focused on AI investment In sum – what to know: U.S. AI unit – SK Hynix is weighing a U.S.-based investment unit that could manage about KRW10 trillion in overseas AI assets across SK Group affiliates, though no final decision …
As part of the deal, Humain and Infra will also explore creating a dedicated AI data center investment platform In sum – what to know: $1.2bn financing framework set – Humain and the Kingdom’s National Infrastructure Fund (Infra) agreed on non-binding terms for up to 250MW of hyperscale AI data center capacity in Saudi Arabia. Institutional capital in focus – …
Google Cloud estimates that over the next five years, the new Bangkok region could contribute around THB 1.4 trillion ($41 billion) in economic value In sum – what to know: Local cloud capacity goes live – Google Cloud has opened a Bangkok cloud region to support low-latency workloads and in-country data processing for Thai enterprises and public sector users. Economic …
Susana SchwartzThe AI-related highlights from day 4 centered on some moonshot thinking and some practical advice for world leaders, and business and tech innovators. In sum – what to know: During the last day of the World Economic Forum, Elon Musk covered a variety of topics, including the need for interplanetary life to “ensure the light of consciousness is not extinguished …
Christian de LooperNew Broadcom agreements secure long-term TPU supply and 3.5 gigawatts of future capacity for Anthropic In sum – what we know: The Broadcom-Google-Anthropic love triangle continues. The three companies have announced a number of major new deals, largely focused on Broadcom. Under the first agreement, Broadcom will design and supply Google’s custom Tensor Processing Units through 2031. The second deal …
Cognichip just got $60 million in Series A funding to bring its concept to life In sum – what we know: There’s a ton of hype around AI chips, but what about AI-designed chips. That’s the idea behind Cognichip, which is building what it describes as the first physics-informed AI foundation model for semiconductor design — and it just closed a …
Nvidia’s big Marvell deal will see the two expand the NVLink Fusion platform In sum – what we know: Nvidia’s march into AI data centers continues. The company has announced a $2 billion investment in Marvell, alongside a significantly expanded technical collaboration covering AI infrastructure and next-gen telecom networks. The investment highlights where Nvidia thinks the next bottlenecks in the …
TurboQuant achieves up to 8x speed improvements on modern GPUs without sacrificing model accuracy Google Research has announced TurboQuant, a compression algorithm that could meaningfully change the economics of running large AI models. According to Google’s benchmarks, it shrinks memory usage by at least 6x and delivers up to 8x speed improvements on modern GPUs — with no accuracy loss. If …
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