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Amazon and Synopsys ink multi-year billion-dollar deal in multi-year IP agreement to accelerate AI chip design efforts
Amazon and chip design tool maker Synopsys have inked a multi-year partnership worth over a billion dollars. As part of the arrangement, Amazon will license Synopsys' chip designs and its design tools to create and optimize new AI chips.
Micron almost quadruples its revenue thanks to AI's insatiable demand for memory chips
Memory chipmaker Micron Technology Inc. predictably delivered another blowout quarter in its latest financial results, with no sign of a slowdown in the demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure.
Experts worry about Nvidia's AI chip sales in China and influence over Trump
Nvidia may be on the verge of recovering ground in China, as Beijing considers allowing the country's largest AI companies to import banned chips while Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang deepens his influence over President Trump's technology policy.
Nvidia debuts enhanced safety controls to rein in rogue AI agents
Few companies are more invested in the success of artificial intelligence agents than Nvidia Corp., so it makes sense that the chipmaker would want to ensure these autonomous software systems run safely, without causing any problems.
Why OLPC’s $100 laptop never stood a chance
The idea was big, exciting, and inspiring: What if we could get every kid in the world access to a computer? For a bunch of thinkers and executives in Silicon Valley, it felt like the way to fix everything.
Taiwan's chip talisman snack faces production halt after 94% strike vote
Taiwan's tech talisman snack production could be halted as the Guai Guai company faces strike action.
War Bros Didn’t Always Rule Silicon Valley
Some say that tech was always about the money and the military. Don’t buy that argument.
Who Killed Paulina Borsook’s Career?
A quarter-century ago, Borsook published a wildly prophetic, penetrating book about Silicon Valley called Cyberselfish. Then she disappeared.
Micron discontinues 2GB GDDR7 chips for gaming GPUs as it pivots toward higher-density memory for AI
Micron is reportedly ending production of its 2GB GDDR7 chips, shifting attention toward higher-density 3GB parts used in more lucrative professional and AI-focused GPUs.
Microsoft refreshes its smaller Surface Pro and Laptop with Qualcomm’s X2 Plus
Microsoft is refreshing its Surface Pro 12-inch and Surface Laptop 13-inch devices with Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon X2 Plus chips.
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