Nvidia and Firmus Sign AI Access Agreement
Nvidia has signed an agreement with Firmus Technologies, an Australian data-center developer it has invested in, giving the company priority access to its newest artificial-intelligence chips as Firmus expands cloud…
ON Semiconductor to Buy Synaptics in $7 Billion All-Stock Deal
ON Semiconductor said Thursday it has agreed to acquire Synaptics in an all-stock transaction valued at about $7 billion, the largest acquisition in the chip maker’s history and its most…
Apple Raises MacBook and iPad Prices as Memory Costs Climb
Apple’s online store went dark for a stretch on June 24, and the usual speculation followed: a new product launch, perhaps, or a maintenance window ahead of a release. When…
IBM Unveils Sub-Nanometer Chip Process With 3D Stacked Transistors
IBM said on June 25 it has developed the world’s first sub-nanometer chip process, a technology built on transistors stacked vertically in three dimensions that leapfrogs the industry to a…
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Valor Equity Partners Seeks $2.5 Billion for a New Fund After Its SpaceX Windfall Valor Equity Partners, the investment firm best known for backing Elon Musk’s companies before almost anyone…
Korea’s AI Trade Breaks: KOSPI Halts Twice as Chip Giants Tumble
SEOUL — The second circuit breaker of the day froze the Korea Exchange at 10:03 a.m., halting trade in the KOSPI for 15 minutes while traders in Seoul’s Yeouido financial…
Broadcom’s $73 Billion AI Backlog Holds Steady Against Google Chip Talk
SAN JOSE — In a session that wiped out hundreds of billions of dollars from chip stocks, Broadcom shares held their ground. The company’s AI-related order backlog now stands at…
U.N. Chief Demands AI Companies Disclose Data Center Environmental Costs
LONDON — The secretary-general of the United Nations used the stage of London Climate Action Week to put a new item on the agenda: the environmental cost of artificial intelligence.…
Microsoft Confirms Copilot Will Auto-Install on Windows PCs Running Office
REDMOND — Microsoft has confirmed that its Copilot AI assistant will be automatically installed on Windows computers that run Microsoft 365 desktop applications, a move that has drawn complaints from…
Goldman Says AI Capex Boom Is Bigger and Longer Than Expected for Korea’s Chip Cycle
SEOUL — Goldman Sachs has told clients that the artificial-intelligence capital expenditure boom is driving South Korea’s chip cycle harder and longer than the bank expected, and that the resulting…
