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Susana SchwartzThe OpenAI-AMD partnership could massively expand OpenAI’s compute capacity for GPT-5 while positioning AMD’s chips as a strong alternative to Nvidia’s In sum – what to know: Turning point – The deal marks a turning point for AMD, which is jockeying for position as a viable alternative to Nvidia in the market for high-performance AI chips. Easing dependence – By …
Juan Pedro TomásCarrier noted that the region’s data center cooling market is projected to reach $7.3 billion by 2031 In sum – what to know: Integrated AI cooling – The QuantumLeap platform combines liquid and air cooling with predictive controls for more efficient, scalable data center operations. Liquid cooling in Asia – Carrier introduces its direct-to-chip cooling solution to meet rising thermal demands from AI and …
Schneider Electric said the first reference design provides a unified framework for power and liquid cooling management In sum – what to know: Reference frameworks – Schneider Electric has released two validated designs with Nvidia, integrating power management, liquid cooling, and operational controls to accelerate AI data center deployment. Nvidia supports – The second design targets AI factories of up to 142 kW per rack, …
Under the deal, Hitachi will supply power transmission and distribution equipment to OpenAI’s data centers In sum – what to know: Hitachi power – Hitachi will supply transmission and distribution systems to OpenAI, helping to reduce energy consumption across its global AI infra network. Stargate project – Hitachi joins SoftBank, Oracle, and MGX in the Stargate initiative to scale compute capacity through …
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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