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Intel and AMD lock Chinese customers into multi-year server CPU deals as prices surge over 40%

Intel and AMD are signing long-term purchase agreements with Chinese server customers for data center processors as prices surge over 40% since the start of the year. The deals lock in volumes but not prices, marking a shift for server CPUs that were once easy to obtain. The AI boom has spread demand beyond GPUs to every layer of the infrastructure stack, giving chipmakers unprecedented leverage.

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Intel and AMD lock Chinese customers into multi-year server CPU deals as prices surge over 40%

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Elon Musk hints at Tesla-SpaceX merger as AI spending drives company overlap

Elon Musk declined to dismiss a potential Tesla-SpaceX merger during Wednesday's earnings call, citing growing collaboration between the companies. Analysts now estimate a 90% probability of the merger happening within years. The companies already collaborate on AI integration, autonomous vehicles, and the Terafab chip factory, though regulatory approvals and governance complexities could pose significant hurdles.

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Elon Musk hints at Tesla-SpaceX merger as AI spending drives company overlap

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Texas Instruments says AI data center demand will stay strong as Q2 revenue jumps 23%

Texas Instruments reported second-quarter revenue of $5.46 billion, surpassing analyst estimates by $210 million, driven by surging demand from AI data centers and industrial markets. The chipmaker's data center revenue doubled year-over-year while industrial revenue climbed 30%, signaling broad-based momentum in analog and embedded chip demand tied to AI infrastructure expansion.

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Texas Instruments says AI data center demand will stay strong as Q2 revenue jumps 23%

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Framework Desktop brings Ryzen AI Max, 192GB RAM, and local AI power to a compact system

Framework unveiled its latest Desktop at AMD's Advancing AI event, featuring the Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 495 chip with 192GB of unified memory. The mini PC is designed specifically for running large AI models locally, including DeepSeek V4 Flash, and can pool up to 384GB of memory across two machines using high-speed networking.

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Framework Desktop brings Ryzen AI Max, 192GB RAM, and local AI power to a compact system

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AMD splits Zen 7 into three EPYC families for 2028 as it pushes deeper into AI server market

AMD announced its 6th Gen EPYC Venice processors at the Advancing AI 2026 event, revealing plans to split Zen 7 into three distinct EPYC families—Florence, Ferrara, and Fidenza—arriving in 2028. The Venice lineup features up to 256 cores and 512 threads, built on TSMC's 2nm process node, with support for PCIe Gen 6 and DDR5-8000 memory. AMD also extended its roadmap to 2030 with Zen 8 Ravenna.

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AMD splits Zen 7 into three EPYC families for 2028 as it pushes deeper into AI server market

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Nvidia donates GB300 AI supercomputer to Naval Postgraduate School for military AI education

Nvidia has donated its most advanced AI supercomputer to the Naval Postgraduate School, marking the first direct deployment of GB300 Grace Blackwell servers by the U.S. military. The system will power AI education and research for over 1,500 students and 600 faculty, supporting applications from weather prediction to drone warfare as the U.S. races against China in military AI capabilities.

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Nvidia donates GB300 AI supercomputer to Naval Postgraduate School for military AI education

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NVIDIA RTX Spark AI PC launches this fall with ASUS and MSI leading the charge

NVIDIA confirms its first RTX Spark laptops will arrive this fall, with ASUS and MSI leading the initial rollout, followed by Acer and Gigabyte. The AI PC platform combines a 20-core Grace CPU with Blackwell GPU and up to 128GB unified memory, promising one petaflop of AI performance alongside gaming capabilities at 100 fps in 1440p. Pricing is expected to start between $2,500-$3,000.

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NVIDIA RTX Spark AI PC launches this fall with ASUS and MSI leading the charge

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AMD invests $5 billion in Anthropic, deploying 2 gigawatts of AI chips to challenge Nvidia

AMD announced a strategic partnership with Anthropic that includes investing up to $5 billion and deploying 2 gigawatts of computing capacity using its next-generation MI450 AI GPUs. The deal positions AMD to compete with Nvidia in the AI hardware market while securing critical computing power for Anthropic's Claude AI model as the industry faces a semiconductor shortage.

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AMD invests $5 billion in Anthropic, deploying 2 gigawatts of AI chips to challenge Nvidia

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AI surge pushes data centers to consume 20% of US electricity by 2035 as demand skyrockets to 194GW

Data centers are projected to consume one-fifth of U.S. electricity by 2035, up from 5.9% today, according to BloombergNEF. The firm raised its forecast to 194 gigawatts—an 83% jump from seven months ago—driven primarily by AI training and inference workloads. Even at record grid connection rates, analysts predict a 19-gigawatt supply shortfall.

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AI surge pushes data centers to consume 20% of US electricity by 2035 as demand skyrockets to 194GW

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Samsung in talks to invest €1 billion in Mistral at €20 billion valuation

Samsung is in advanced discussions to invest up to €1 billion in French AI startup Mistral as part of a multibillion-euro fundraising round that could value the company at €20 billion. The move reflects growing demand for European AI alternatives and strengthens partnerships between AI developers and semiconductor suppliers amid an unprecedented chip crunch.

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Samsung in talks to invest €1 billion in Mistral at €20 billion valuation

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Noetra CEO calls $2.33B robot AI venture Japan's last chance in global AI race

Japan launches Noetra, a government-backed AI venture with $2.33 billion in first-year funding to develop a foundational model for robots. CEO Hironobu Tamba frames it as the country's final opportunity to achieve technological self-sufficiency as China and the US dominate AI development. Backed by 44 companies including SoftBank, Honda, and Sony, the project targets 10 million AI-enabled robots by 2040.

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Noetra CEO calls $2.33B robot AI venture Japan's last chance in global AI race

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Wistron opens $700M Fort Worth plant to mass-produce Nvidia's most powerful AI superchips

Wistron launched its first U.S. facility in Fort Worth, Texas, a $700 million AI manufacturing plant producing Nvidia's GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra Superchip. The 324,000-square-foot site marks the first time Nvidia's flagship AI chip has been mass-produced on American soil, creating over 500 jobs with plans to reach 1,000 by year's end.

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Wistron opens $700M Fort Worth plant to mass-produce Nvidia's most powerful AI superchips

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Nvidia unveils Vera CPU specs and benchmarks, positioning itself to challenge AMD and Intel

Nvidia released detailed specifications for its Vera CPU, featuring 88 custom Olympus cores designed specifically for agentic AI workloads. The chip is part of the company's Vera Rubin platform and represents its first custom core design for data centers. Early customers including OpenAI, Microsoft, and Oracle are already receiving systems, marking Nvidia's aggressive push into a CPU market traditionally dominated by AMD and Intel.

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Nvidia unveils Vera CPU specs and benchmarks, positioning itself to challenge AMD and Intel

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Startup's oscillator-based AI technology could slash energy consumption by 1,000 times

Unconventional AI has unveiled Un-0, an experimental image-generation model that replaces traditional computing with a network of physical oscillators. Founded by researchers from MIT and Stanford, the startup claims this oscillator-based AI technology could eventually consume 1,000 times less energy than current systems. While the proof of concept shows promise on benchmark tests, the team acknowledges dedicated hardware is needed to realize the full energy savings.

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Startup's oscillator-based AI technology could slash energy consumption by 1,000 times

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US and China plan high-level AI talks in September to address frontier model risks

The United States and China are preparing to hold AI talks in September, marking a significant outcome of the Trump-Xi summit in May. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will lead the US delegation as both superpowers seek to address risks posed by increasingly powerful frontier models. The meeting is expected before President Xi Jinping's planned September 24 visit to the US.

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US and China plan high-level AI talks in September to address frontier model risks

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