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…
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…
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…
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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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
