Tech Tonic | Can China’s 14nm chips really rival Nvidia and AMD’s AI silicon?

There’s a fascinating game of technological chess playing out in the semiconductor world. First it was the TPU vs GPU conversation, as it came to light that Meta will be spending a significant amount of money to buy Google’s Tensor Processing Units for its AI deployments, that a direct competition to Nvidia’s graphics processing unit […]

Meta said in talks to use Google Tensor AI chips in fresh headache for Nvidia| Business News

Meta Platforms Inc. is reportedly in talks to spend billions on Google’s Tensor AI chips, which are powering its industry-benchmark Gemini 3 model. Nvidia Corp. shares plunged even as Alphabet Inc.’s shares surged on the news. Google already supplies up to 1 million Tensor chips to Anthropic PBC, in what has been called a “really […]

Nvidia says working with Foxconn to introduce AI in manufacturing lines| Business News

Nvidia Corp. is working with Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. (Foxconn) to bring AI to the factory floor and manufacturing, CEO Jensen Huang’s son Spencer Huang said on Friday. Spencer works as a product line manager at Nvidia’s leading robotics product. Signage at the Foxconn Technology Co. battery cell plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan (Bloomberg) Earlier, […]

Nvidia’s upbeat revenue forecast, Jensen Huang soothe fears of an AI bubble| Business News

Nvidia Corp. delivered a surprisingly strong revenue forecast and pushed back on the idea of an AI bubble, easing concerns that had spread across the wider technology sector. “There’s been a lot of talk about an AI bubble,” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says. “From our vantage point, we see something very different.” (AFP) The world’s […]

Microsoft, Nvidia, Anthropic announce new AI deal amid fears of a bubble| Business News

Microsoft, Nvidia and Anthropic have formed an alliance, with Anthropic committing $30 billion to Azure for its Claude AI models. Dario Amodei, CEO and co-founder of Anthropic. (AP) The partnership details: 1. Anthropic to buy $30B of Azure compute capacity 2. Nvidia to invest $10 billion in Anthropic 3. Microsoft to invest $5 billion in […]

SoftBank offloads entire Nvidia stake for $5.8 billion in surprise move| Business News

SoftBank Group Corp. sold its entire stake in Nvidia Corp., pocketing $5.8 billion ahead of a rash of planned investments by founder Masayoshi Son to build his own sphere of influence supporting artificial intelligence. SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son. (Reuters) The Tokyo-based company had raised its stake in Nvidia to about $3 billion by the end […]

Nvidia joins India Deep Tech Alliance as group secures $850 million in new capital| Business News

Nvidia Corp. has joined Indian and US investors backing deeptech startups in the country that’s home to the world’s largest internet population outside of China. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Nvidia is a founding member of India Deep Tech Alliance that seeks to attract funding for local deeptech startups. (Reuters) The India Deep Tech Alliance has […]

Jensen Huang net worth tops $180 billion as Nvidia becomes $5-trillion company| Business News

The surge in the stock of Nvidia Corp. has not only made it the first $5-trillion company in the world, but also propelled Jensen Huang’s net worth towards $200 billion. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has dismissed concerns about an AI bubble. (Reuters) According to the Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires Index, Huang’s net worth rose 4.35%, or […]