Nvidia’s $3.5B MediaTek investment targets the next phase of AI chip competition
Nvidia’s $3.5B MediaTek investment pairs custom AI chips with NVLink, signaling a strategy to keep Big Tech silicon inside its data-center ecosystem.
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OpenAI reports major speed and power gains from its Jalapeño inference chip
OpenAI says its Jalapeño chip improves AI inference speed and power efficiency across models, but the results remain vendor-reported ahead of deployment.
OpenAI’s Jalapeño chip posts strong inference results, but deployment remains years away
OpenAI unveiled Jalapeño inference benchmarks that beat Nvidia systems on speed and efficiency, but limited deployment and vendor-supplied data temper the claim.
AMD to Acquire Taalas, Bringing Model-Specific AI Silicon to Its Accelerator Roadmap
AMD is acquiring Canadian startup Taalas to add model-specific inference silicon to its accelerator roadmap, targeting faster AI serving alongside GPUs.
Nvidia puts Vera CPUs into its own chip-design stack, pairing CPU-heavy EDA with AI to speed future silicon
Nvidia says it is deploying Vera CPUs in chip-design workflows with Cadence and Synopsys tools, aiming to speed verification and tapeout work.
Cadence pushes its AI agent strategy beyond chip design with AuraStack for PCB and packaging workflows
Cadence has introduced AuraStack to bring AI agents to PCB and advanced packaging design, widening its automation push beyond core chip workflows.
Cognichip Raises $60 Million to Use AI for Designing Next-Generation Chips
Cognichip secures $60M in funding to develop AI that autonomously designs chips, promising to cut development costs by 75% and timelines by half.
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