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Juan Pedro TomásFujitsu and Nvidia will co-develop an AI agent platform focused on sectors such as healthcare, manufacturing, and robotics In sum – what to know: AI collaboration – the partnership will deliver sector-specific AI agents and computing infrastructure built on Monaka CPUs, Nvidia GPUs, and NVLink Fusion interconnect. Industry apps – a joint AI platform will target manufacturing, healthcare, and robotics, with agents …
In May, the UAE committed to make investments in the U.S. in return for access to several hundred thousand Nvidia AI chips on an annual basis In sum – what to know: Chip deal stalled – a multibillion-dollar agreement between Nvidia and the UAE government for AI chip exports remains frozen nearly five months after its announcement. Commerce approval – the US …
A joint task force from the South Korean government and U.S. asset management firm BlackRock will be created to advance a new AI hub initiative In sum – what to know: AI hub project – a memorandum of understanding between South Korea and BlackRock sets a framework for building a hyperscale AI data center hub powered by renewable energy. APAC AI leader – Korean officials …
Microsoft launched its first AI-focused chip, the Azure Maia accelerator, and the Cobalt CPU in 2023, and is working on next-generation versions In sum – what to know: Microsoft plans chip self-reliance – CTO Kevin Scott said the firm ultimately wants its own silicon to power AI data centers, reducing reliance on Nvidia and AMD. End-to-end system design focus – …
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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