Nvidia’s $3.5B MediaTek bet reveals its plan for tackling Big Tech’s AI chip buildout
Nvidia is investing $3.5 billion into Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek. As part of the deal, MediaTek will adopt Nvidia’s…
China’s AI chip drive: MetaX and Iluvatar swing to profit, as Biren narrows losses
China’s home-grown artificial intelligence chipmakers are starting to cash in on Beijing’s self-reliance drive, but a fresh wave…
Neocloud Lambda secures $1B in debt to buy more chips
Lambda, an AI cloud company that buys computing chips and rents them out to businesses, has raised $1…
Nvidia competitor Etched hits $5B valuation, $1B in sales for AI chip
Nvidia AI chip competitor Etched issued a progress report on Tuesday, after TSMC successfully manufactured its chip earlier…
Amazon hopes to challenge Nvidia more directly by selling its AI chips
If Amazon Web Services has its way, the cloud giant is going to push even deeper into Nvidia’s…
As ByteDance spends billions on AI, which Chinese chip start-ups stand to gain?
As Chinese technology giant ByteDance accelerates its shift towards domestic chips for artificial intelligence workloads, a few smaller…
Why Wall Street wasn’t won over by Nvidia’s big conference
When Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took the stage for his annual GTC keynote on Monday, the $4-trillion-dollar company’s…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang seemingly ‘realises’ that Google, Microsoft and Meta are set to eat the company’s lunch |
Nvidia’s dominance in AI hardware is facing a significant challenge as customers seek cheaper, purpose-built inference chips. Major…
Smaller, faster, smarter: Chinese transistor ready for future AI chips
A team of Chinese scientists has unveiled the world’s smallest and most energy-efficient transistor in a breakthrough poised…
How Ricursive Intelligence raised $335M at a $4B valuation in 4 months
The co-founders of startup Ricursive Intelligence seemed destined to be co-founders. Anna Goldie, CEO, and Azalia Mirhoseini, CTO,…
Exclusive: Positron raises $230M Series B to take on Nvidia’s AI chips
Semiconductor startup Positron has secured $230 million in Series B funding, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The outfit plans…
In Davos debut, Musk highlights key China advantage in AI race
The economic benefits of China’s abundant and cheap supply of electricity were recognised by US tech billionaire Elon…