Report: Nvidia orders 300,000 H20 chips from TSMC due to China demand July 29, 2025 The Trump administration recently allowed Nvidia to resume sales of H20 GPUs to China, reversing an effective ban that aimed to keep advanced AI chips from reaching China. The new orders with TMSC would add to the existing inventory of 600,000 to 700,000 H20 chips, Reuters reports.
Arago raises $26M to slash AI energy consumption with new photonic chip July 09, 2025 The heart of Arago's processor, codenamed “JEF,” is a proprietary photonic technology: instead of transistors, it uses lasers to process data with photons. The chip is designed to deliver 10× lower energy consumption than today’s leading GPUs at equivalent performance and cost.
Claus Aasholm on the ripples and tsunamis in the chip supply chain June 23, 2025 “This tide does not lift all boats” – Aasholm warns of structural industry shifts driven by AI, geopolitics and China’s quiet semiconductor conquest.
Trump's first onshoring win isn’t the iPhone – it's the AI server June 12, 2025 As Nikkei Asia reports in a new investigation, the US is quietly assembling a domestic supply chain for one of the most complex machines in the world: the AI server. And while Apple has resisted political pressure to move iPhone production onshore, a host of data centre suppliers – including Foxconn, Wistron, TSMC and SK Hynix – are rapidly expanding their US footprint to serve customers like Nvidia, Microsoft and Amazon.
MangoBoost sets new benchmark for multi-node LLM training on AMD GPUs June 06, 2025 Using 32 AMD Instinct MI300X GPUs across four nodes, MangoBoost fine-tuned the Llama2-70B-LoRA model in just 10.91 minutes, setting the fastest multi-node MLPerf benchmark on AMD GPUs to date.
AMD acquires Brium to enhance Open AI software ecosystem June 05, 2025 AMD said the acquisition was a reflection of its strategic commitment to AI. This is AMD’s fourth strategic acquisition in the past two years — the semiconductor giant previously acquired Silo AI, Nod.AI and Mipsology.
Nvidia selects Navitas to collaborate on 800 V HVDC architecture June 04, 2025 Navitas’ high-power GaNSafe power ICs integrate control, drive, sensing and critical protection features, enabling reliability and robustness.
Report: Nvidia to launch cheaper Blackwell AI chip for China May 26, 2025 The GPU, which will feature Nvidia’s new generation Blackwell-architecture AI processors, may be priced between USD 6,500 and USD 8,000, significantly below the USD 10,000-USD 12,000 the H20 sold for, Reuters reports.
RackBank inaugurates $118 million AI data centre park in Raipur May 05, 2025 Located at Nava Raipur in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, the park will provide services such as GPU-based computing, AI processing and data analytics. The initiative is expected to create over 500 jobs.
Fujitsu, Supermicro expand collaboration in AI computing April 30, 2025 The two companies launch PRIMERGY GX2570 M8s, a Supermicro OEM server product featuring a high-performance GPU, SupportDesk, and maintenance and operational support service for Supermicro products.
Fujitsu partners with Supermicro, Nidec to boost data center energy efficiency April 21, 2025 The three companies will combine Fujitsu’s liquid-cooling monitoring and control software, Supermicro’s high performance GPU servers, and Nidec’s high-efficiency liquid-cooling system to develop a service that will help data centers increase their power usage effectiveness (PUE).
Networking solutions provider Nexthop AI launches with $110M funding April 18, 2025 Nexthop AI specializes in building custom networking solutions for the hyperscalers, which integrate seamlessly into their optimized cloud-stack. The funding was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.
Nvidia to build quantum computing research centre in Boston March 21, 2025 The Nvidia Accelerated Quantum Research Center, or NVAQC, will integrate leading quantum hardware with AI supercomputers, enabling what is known as accelerated quantum supercomputing.
Graid secures $30M to boost data storage, protection March 10, 2025 This Series B funding round was led by HH-CTBC Partnership, a joint venture fund between Foxconn and CTBC, alongside Yuanta Ventures.
SkyLab partners with Esnet, expands XR Cloud into South Korea February 17, 2025 This move will accelerate AI-driven innovation by providing enterprises, research institutions and startups instant access to high-performance GPU computing.
Graid announces SupremeRAID SE Support for GeForce RTX 5000 February 14, 2025 With support for the GeForce RTX 5090, 5080, 5070 Ti, 5070, and 5060, professionals can leverage NVIDIA’s most powerful GPUs to maximize NVMe SSD performance, the company said.
imec spin-off, Vertical Compute raises €20 million January 15, 2025 Vertical Compute, founded by CEO Sylvain Dubois (ex-Google) and CTO Sebastien Couet (ex-imec), has closed a seed investment round of EUR 20 million.
Zettabyte partners with Foxconn to advance AI data centers December 27, 2024 At the forefront of Zettabyte’s offerings is Zware, its AI data center management software. Zware optimizes GPU performance, lowering energy usage while maximizing computing output, the company said.
Hong Kong’s Trio AI partners with HKT in AISC solution December 23, 2024 The agreement between Trio and HKT establishes a collaborative framework to explore opportunities to resell, market and promote the AISC solution in Hong Kong, the Greater Bay Area and Southeast Asia.
Omdia bets on Foxconn becoming world’s largest server vendor December 19, 2024 Fuelled by skyrocketing demand for AI-optimised servers from major US cloud providers, Foxconn's ODM direct business will experience exponential growth in 2024, securing the top rank in Omdia's global server market analysis.
CHIPS Act will support new California semiconductor manufacturing facility November 13, 2024 The U.S. Department of Commerce has agreed to provide up to USD 18.2 million in direct funding to Akash Systems to help develop a 40,000-square-foot cleanroom space for advanced semiconductor manufacturing in West Oakland, California.
US orders TSMC to halt shipments of advanced AI chips to China November 11, 2024 The US Department of Commerce sent a letter to TSMC imposing export restrictions on sophisticated chips, of 7 nanometer or more advanced designs, destined for China, sources told Reuters.
Fujitsu, AMD partner to develop sustainable computing infrastructure November 01, 2024 The partnership seeks to facilitate the creation of open source and energy efficient platforms comprised of advanced processors with superior power performance and highly flexible AI/HPC software.
Global semiconductor revenue to grow 14% in 2025 October 31, 2024 Global semiconductor revenue is projected to grow 14% in 2025 to total USD 717 billion, according to the latest forecast from Gartner. In 2024, the market is forecast to grow 19% and reach USD 630 billion.
Fujitsu, Supermicro to develop green AI computing tech October 04, 2024 The two companies will also collaborate on developing liquid-cooled systems for HPC, Gen AI and next-generation green data centers.
RASPBERRY PI COMPUTERS NOW OFFICIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE TME CATALOGUE Raspberry Pi is a manufacturer which, thanks to its series of single-board computers, has gained worldwide recognition and contributed to the development of the market for electronic modules for the education and hobbyist sector. In addition to that, its products are also used in industrial equipment and other applications.
Nvidia's high-end GPU shipments expected to grow 55% in 2025 August 07, 2024 Despite recent rumours speculating on Nvidia's supposed cancellation of the B100 in favour of the B200A, TrendForce reports that Nvidia is still on track to launch both the B100 and B200 in the 2H24 as it aims to target CSP customers. Additionally, a scaled-down B200A is planned for other enterprise clients, focusing on edge AI applications.
Imagination Technologies bags $100m in private investment July 25, 2024 UK-based chip designer Imagination Technologies has secured a USD 100 million convertible term loan from the Fortress Investment Group to 'power advances across graphics, compute and AI at the edge.'
Doosan Tesna to start build of $160m chip testing plant July 09, 2024 South Korea’s Doosan Tesna is set to construct a semiconductor testing factory in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, to meet growing demand for the inspection of new system on chip (SoC) tech.
Demand from AMD and Nvidia drives FOPLP development July 03, 2024 In 2016, TSMC developed and named its InFO FOWLP technology, and applied it to the A10 processor used in the iPhone 7. Since then, OSAT providers have been striving to develop FOWLP and FOPLP technologies to offer more cost-effective packaging solutions, TrendForce reports.
Kalray plans mergeer with Pliops to 'lead in AI GPUs' June 17, 2024 Kalray and Pliops are set to become one company in a joint drive to be mayor players in the market for AI and storage servers in data centres.
Elon Musk looks to buy 300,000 Nvidia B200 chips for xAI June 05, 2024 Elon Musk is reportedly planning to spend USD 9 billion to acquire some 300,000 units of Nvidia's B200 GPU for his xAI venture by next summer.