Chips
Microsoft Unveils New AI Inference Accelerator Maia 200 to Boost Cloud AI Performance
Microsoft claims the accelerator offers up to 30 percent better performance per dollar than its current hardware.
Chips
U.S. Charges Four in Scheme to Illegally Export NVIDIA GPUs to China
They allegedly sent 400 NVIDIA A100 GPUs to China via transshipment hubs in Malaysia and Thailand.
Chips
Huawei Aims to Double GPU Efficiency with New AI Infrastructure Push
The technology, expected to be unveiled at a forthcoming AI industry conference, could raise chip utilisation rates to around 70 percent, up from the current 30–40 percent.
![[Exclusive] Meta in Discussions to Tap Google Cloud’s TPUs Amid Billion-Dollar AI Push](/content/images/size/w600/2025/10/-Exclusive--Meta-in-Discussions-to-Tap-Google-Cloud---s-TPU-Chips-Amid-Billion-Dollar-AI-Push.jpg)
Big Tech
[Exclusive] Meta in Discussions to Tap Google Cloud’s TPUs Amid Billion-Dollar AI Push
The TPUs are expected to be used exclusively by Meta’s newly formed Super Intelligence team.
Chips
Qualcomm Unveils AI200 & AI250 Chips to Redefine Rack-Scale AI Inference
The AI200 will be available commercially in 2026, with the AI250 following in 2027.
Chips
Anthropic to Expand Google Cloud Partnership With Massive TPU Investment Worth Tens of Billions
So far, Google has invested roughly $3 billion in Anthropic, comprising $2 billion in 2023 and an additional $1 billion earlier this year.
Chips
Upscale AI Unveils SkyHammer Architecture to Redefine Scale-Up AI Networking
Upscale AI officially launched last month with over $100 million in seed funding.
Chips
Semiconductor Startup Morphing Machines Raises $4.3 Mn to Build India’s First Runtime-Reconfigurable Processor
The fresh funds will be used to develop and test its first chip
Chips
Qualcomm Moves to Arm’s New Architecture Amid Intensifying AI Chip Rivalry
Arm’s shares surged 5% following the news, as Qualcomm’s move is expected to boost the chip designer’s revenues.
Chips
Cerebras CEO Confirms Plans to Re-File IPO After Withdrawal
Feldman framed the move as an opportunity to present more up-to-date results to future public market investors.
Acquisition
Meta To Acquire RISC-V Startup Rivos to Bolster In-House Chips Capabilities
Meta’s engineering VP, Yee Jiun Song, said in a LinkedIn post that Rivos brings “expertise in building full-stack AI systems”.
Chips
Texas Instruments Unveils New Lithography Device for Advanced Chip Packaging
The new device features 8.9 mn pixels, sub-micron resolution, and processing speeds of up to 110 gigapixels per second