US officials have slowed the issuing of licences to chip makers such as Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices for large-scale artificial intelligence (AI) accelerator shipments to the Middle East, according to people familiar with the matter, while officials conduct a national security review of AI development in the region. It is unclear how long the …
When the Ukrainians have taken apart Russian weapons, they have found them stuffed with Western electronics, mainly American. This applies to Russia’s highly successful Lancet Kamikaze drone, also known as a loitering munition. In the Lancet-3, a key component for its alleged artificial intelligence (AI) capability is the advanced development module called the Jetson TX2, produced by US …
Nvidia plans to acquire Israeli startup Run:ai, a Kubernetes-based workload management and orchestration software provider. The chipmaker said in a Wednesday (April 24) blog post that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Run:ai, adding that the deal will help customers make more efficient use of their artificial intelligence (AI) computing resources. “Run:ai enables enterprise customers to …
To understand a key reason artificial intelligence requires so much energy, imagine a computer chip serving as a branch of the local library and an AI algorithm as a researcher with borrowing privileges. Every time the algorithm needs data, it goes to the library, known as a memory chip, checks out the data and takes …
In 1997 the IBM Deep Blue supercomputer defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov. It was a groundbreaking demonstration of supercomputer technology and a first glimpse into how high-performance computing might one day overtake human-level intelligence. In the 10 years that followed, we began to use artificial intelligence for many practical tasks, such as facial recognition, …
US officials have told Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) that the artificial intelligence (AI) chip it tailored for the Chinese market is too powerful to sell without a licence, ensnaring another American semiconductor company in Washington’s crackdown on exports of advanced technologies. AMD had hoped to gain a green light from the US Commerce Department to …
China is reportedly taking measures to help its rising AI startups compete with tech giants. As the Financial Times (FT) reported Monday, at least 17 cities have committed to offering “computing vouchers” for startups to help them pay for increasing data center costs amid a shortage of the type of chips that are vital to the artificial …
Image Credits: Getty Images Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who is touring Asia countries this week, said in a meeting with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday that Meta wants to beef up its cooperation with Samsung Electronics for AI chips to offset geopolitical risk issue in Taiwan, where TSMC, the world’s biggest contract …
Nvidia is scheduled to announce its fourth-quarter earnings following the close of the U.S. market on Wednesday (Feb. 21), and analysts expect AI chips to be vital to the company’s trajectory. Investors will closely examine remarks from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang for insights into the sustainability of the company’s substantial growth. In the last year, …
Sam Altman’s aspiration to amass approximately $7 trillion for the production of AI chips unveils a narrative that extends beyond his seemingly audacious goals. As a report in Bloomberg says, firstly, the infrastructure required for AI development has become prohibitively costly. Secondly, a significant portion of this value is still reportedly predominantly controlled by a …