Starlink Competitor Taara Spins Off from Alphabet
Light-based data transmission provider Taara has spun off from Alphabet’s […]
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Chevron to Build Power Plants to Support AI
Chevron Corp. has taken preliminary steps to begin building power […]
Kioxia Unveils High Capacity SSD for AI Workloads
Just in time for NVIDIA’s GPU Technology Conference (GTC), Kioxia […]
Microsoft’s New Quantum Chip Greeted with Major Skepticism
Microsoft touts its recently unveiled Majorana 1 as the the […]
OpenAI, Meta in Need of More AI Chips
In a dramatic sign of artificial intelligence’s (AI) rapid growth, Meta and OpenAI say they are encountering “significant capacity constraints” in their supply of graphic processing units (GPUs), according to a note from Morgan Stanley analysts at the company’s Tech, Media & Telecom 2025 event.
Meta Develops Custom AI Chip for Training
Meta Platforms has launched a trial deployment of its first in-house chip for training artificial intelligence (AI) models in an effort to reduce the massive costs associated with AI infrastructure. Developed in cooperation with TSMC, Meta’s custom silicon is part of a larger industry push to develop alternatives to NVIDIA’s GPUs, which have been a dominant—but pricey—building block of advanced AI deployments.
Qualcomm Acquires Edge Impulse to Boost Its AI IoT Offerings
Qualcomm Technologies has inked an agreement to acquire IoT developer Edge Impulse which has built a no-code platform to enable developers to create machine learning applications for IoT devices. The acquisition is expected to support Qualcomm’s recently debuted Dragonwing line of AI-powered IoT and networking solutions. The terms of the deal are unannounced.
