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Key ChipsH100, B200, TPU v5, Trainium

Key PlayersNVIDIA, AMD, Broadcom, Cerebras

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Google Taps Marvell for AI Chips in $12.2 Billion Deal, Diversifying Beyond Broadcom

Google has granted Marvell Technology the right to sell up to $12.2 billion in shares through a warrant tied to custom AI chip purchases. The partnership expands Google's supplier base beyond longtime partner Broadcom, covering AI inference accelerators and components for its Tensor Processing Units ecosystem through fiscal year 2033.

Business20 sources

Google Taps Marvell for AI Chips in $12.2 Billion Deal, Diversifying Beyond Broadcom

Business20 sources

Analog Devices Posts First $4 Billion Quarter as AI Data Center Chip Demand Surges 40%

Analog Devices delivered its first-ever $4 billion quarter with Q3 2026 revenue of $4.02 billion, crushing estimates by $110 million as AI infrastructure buildout accelerates. The semiconductor company's quarterly earnings of $3.45 per share beat forecasts, while Q4 guidance signals continued momentum in AI-fueled chip demand for data centers and industrial applications.

Business4 sources

Analog Devices Posts First $4 Billion Quarter as AI Data Center Chip Demand Surges 40%

Business4 sources

Samsung Raises Chipmaking Prices Up to 15% as Surge in Demand for AI Chips Tightens Foundry Capacity

Samsung Electronics raised prices for advanced chipmaking services by up to 15% in July across its 4nm, 5nm, and 8nm processes. Chinese customers accepting the steepest hikes as U.S. export restrictions limit their access to advanced manufacturing equipment. The move signals a potential turnaround for Samsung's foundry business, which has been loss-making since 2022.

Business6 sources

Samsung Raises Chipmaking Prices Up to 15% as Surge in Demand for AI Chips Tightens Foundry Capacity

Business6 sources

China Allows Limited Nvidia H200 Shipments as Domestic Chipmakers Capture 90% Market Share

ByteDance and Tencent each received roughly 10,000 Nvidia H200 AI chips in recent weeks, marking the first significant deliveries since December 2025. But these shipments represent just 2.5% of approved orders, as Beijing pushes most licensed chips to Hong Kong while domestic chipmakers like Huawei capture nearly 90% of China's AI chip market.

Policy11 sources

China Allows Limited Nvidia H200 Shipments as Domestic Chipmakers Capture 90% Market Share

Policy11 sources

AI Chip Startup Etched Doubles Valuation to $21 Billion in Under a Month

Etched raised $700 million in a funding round led by Jane Street, doubling its valuation to $21 billion in less than a month. The AI inference hardware startup has secured over $1 billion in customer contracts and shipped its first data center rack to Jane Street after successful testing.

Startups6 sources

AI Chip Startup Etched Doubles Valuation to $21 Billion in Under a Month

Startups6 sources

Velaura AI Raises $110M Series A at $1B+ Valuation for Power-Efficient AI Chips

Chip designer Velaura AI raised $110 million in Series A funding, crossing a $1 billion valuation on Tuesday. Led by Seligman Ventures, the round backs the startup's Titan Core platform that promises to cut AI data center power consumption by two to four times through ultra-low-power silicon and licensing model.

Startups6 sources

Velaura AI Raises $110M Series A at $1B+ Valuation for Power-Efficient AI Chips

Startups6 sources

Baidu Revenue Falls 4% as AI Cloud Boom Fails to Offset Marketing Decline

Baidu reported its fifth consecutive quarterly revenue drop to RMB31.3bn ($4.62bn), down 4% year-over-year, as its traditional online marketing business declined 19% despite AI cloud infrastructure revenue surging 50%. CEO Robin Li pledged to return the Ernie model to AI's frontier amid mounting competitive pressure.

Business10 sources

Baidu Revenue Falls 4% as AI Cloud Boom Fails to Offset Marketing Decline

Business10 sources

Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme outpaces Intel Core Ultra X9 and AMD Ryzen AI 9 by up to 83% in tests

Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme demonstrated significant performance leads in Signal65 testing, beating Intel Core Ultra X9 by up to 53% and AMD Ryzen AI 9 by 83% in Geekbench 7. The battery-powered Snapdragon system outperformed plugged-in x86 systems across CPU and AI benchmarks, though testing caveats and funding sources warrant scrutiny.

Technology2 sources

Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme outpaces Intel Core Ultra X9 and AMD Ryzen AI 9 by up to 83% in tests

Technology2 sources

SK hynix Launches $29 Billion Buyback as AI Infrastructure Demand Drives Memory Chip Stock Surge

SK hynix announced a massive $29 billion share buyback and raised its shareholder return target above 50% of free cash flow. The move comes as AI infrastructure demand for high-bandwidth memory intensifies, with Elon Musk calling memory the biggest bottleneck in AI expansion and Goldman Sachs projecting agentic AI will consume 24 times more tokens by 2030.

Business4 sources

SK hynix Launches $29 Billion Buyback as AI Infrastructure Demand Drives Memory Chip Stock Surge

Business4 sources

High School Dropout James Dacombe Becomes Europe's Youngest Self-Made Billionaire With AI Chip Startup Olix

At 25, James Dacombe has become Europe's youngest self-made billionaire after his AI chip-making firm Olix tripled in value to $3.3 billion following a $312 million funding round. The British entrepreneur dropped out of high school at 17 to build CoMind and later founded Olix, joining just 11 self-made billionaires worldwide under 30.

Business3 sources

High School Dropout James Dacombe Becomes Europe's Youngest Self-Made Billionaire With AI Chip Startup Olix

Business3 sources

Groq Raises $350 Million at $3.5 Billion Valuation as Nvidia Joins Funding Round

Groq has secured $350 million in Series A funding led by Disruptive, with Nvidia joining the round. The AI infrastructure company is valued at $3.5 billion, down from $6.9 billion last September. This marks Groq's continued pivot from AI chip maker to neocloud provider following Nvidia's $20 billion licensing deal that took its founder and key talent.

Startups3 sources

Groq Raises $350 Million at $3.5 Billion Valuation as Nvidia Joins Funding Round

Startups3 sources

Google Teams with AMD on 10th-Generation TPU Project for Reinforcement Learning Workloads

Google is reportedly collaborating with AMD to develop its 10th-generation TPU, marking AMD's first major involvement in a custom AI accelerator project. The hybrid design may integrate on-package CPU cores alongside tensor compute chiplets to handle reinforcement learning and agentic AI workloads that demand more general-purpose processing power.

Technology2 sources

Google Teams with AMD on 10th-Generation TPU Project for Reinforcement Learning Workloads

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Nvidia reveals $21B SpaceX stake and $30B Intel position in strategic AI infrastructure expansion

Nvidia disclosed major equity positions worth over $50 billion in its latest SEC filing, including a $21 billion stake in SpaceX and $30 billion in Intel shares. The chipmaker's strategic investments span AI infrastructure, telecommunications, and chip development, reinforcing its dominance in the AI ecosystem.

Business6 sources

Nvidia reveals $21B SpaceX stake and $30B Intel position in strategic AI infrastructure expansion

Business6 sources

Nvidia invests $1.5B in SB Energy, backs OpenAI's Ohio data center with $105B guarantee

Nvidia commits up to $105 billion to guarantee OpenAI's massive Ohio data center at PORTS-Pike Technology Campus, while investing $1.5 billion in SoftBank-linked data center developer SB Energy. The deal positions Nvidia as the exclusive chip provider for what could become one of the world's largest AI infrastructure projects.

Business30 sources

Nvidia invests $1.5B in SB Energy, backs OpenAI's Ohio data center with $105B guarantee

Business30 sources

Ukraine Finds Nvidia Jetson Orin AI Chip Inside Russian S-71 Cruise Missile

Ukrainian military intelligence discovered an Nvidia Jetson Orin module inside Russia's new S-71 Monochrome cruise missile, suggesting AI-powered autonomous targeting capabilities. The finding raises serious questions about the effectiveness of current export controls and sanctions enforcement despite Nvidia's 2022 exit from Russia.

Technology3 sources

Ukraine Finds Nvidia Jetson Orin AI Chip Inside Russian S-71 Cruise Missile

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