Year: 2025
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Google TPU to Host OpenAI Models
OpenAI is not deploying inference services on Google TPUs, according to Reuters. The news service previously reported that the ChatGPT developer had agreed to use Google Cloud. Subsequently various free-to-read sites parroted The Information, saying OpenAI would employ the TPU. Running OpenAI services on the TPU would reduce its reliance on Nvidia GPUs hosted by…
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The MCUs Aren’t All Right
While AI processor sales soar, the broader processor market, particularly MCUs, faces a downturn fueled by post-pandemic inventory corrections and economic slowdown.
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AMD Bares Instinct MI350 GPU, Teases MI400 and MI500
Today AMD officially launched the Instinct MI350, an AI accelerator aiming to compete with Nvidia’s Blackwell, and revealed its roadmap to rack-scale systems. The company also teased the next two Epyc generations and a new Pensando DPU.
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Untethered
Untether AI has folded shop, ceasing supply and support for its hardware and software, and AMD is picking up the team, according to the AI accelerator startup. Untether shipped two product generations and delivered superior power efficiency. However, its NPUs had limitations and faced a relentless incumbent, all in the context of a rapidly evolving…
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Qualcomm Nabs Alphawave to Bolster Data-Center Strategy
Valuing Alphawave at $2.4 billion, Qualcomm’s takeover signals a deeper push into custom data-center processors, leveraging Alphawave’s high-speed serdes technology and established ASIC business. This move aims to complement Qualcomm’s CPU and AI offerings and capitalize on the growing demand for custom silicon among hyperscalers.
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The DM&P Vortex86EX3 Keeps 90s-Era x86 Computing Alive
Rising from the x86 ghetto of the 1990s, the DM&P Vortex86EX3 is a two-core 1.2 GHz integrated x86 processor for industrial designs.