China’s hi-tech progress reshaping global politics as US and allies seek to build ‘balancing coalition’, study says

2024-04-24 10:38 PM by Wanda Parisien

“China’s growing power and expansion in emerging [technologies] are key to driving momentum of the global shifts in technology and the geopolitical landscape,” Maria Papageorgiou, study author and a lecturer at the University of Exeter in Britain, said in a university statement on Monday. The development of emerging technologies, which have “unpredictable implications” on national …

Meta and Google announce new in-house AI chips, creating a ‘trillion-dollar question’ for Nvidia

2024-04-11 01:29 PM by Eugen Boglaru

Hardware is emerging as a key AI growth area. For Big Tech companies with the money and talent to do so, developing in-house chips helps reduce dependence on outside designers such as Nvidia and Intel while also allowing firms to tailor their hardware specifically to their own AI models, boosting performance and saving on energy …

Tech war: Huawei’s AI chip capabilities under intense scrutiny after market leader Nvidia taps it as potential rival

2024-03-02 08:11 PM by Wanda Parisien

The Ascend 910B is believed to succeed the Ascend 910, which was released by Huawei in August 2019, three months after it was put on a trade blacklist by the US Commerce Department. The chip can compete with Nvidia’s A100 in terms of powering AI algorithms, according to Dylan Patel, chief analyst at San Francisco-based …

OpenAI’s Sora pours ‘cold water’ on China’s AI dreams, as text-to-video advancements prompt more soul-searching

2024-02-23 07:12 PM by Eugen Boglaru

Zhou Hongyi, the founder of Chinese internet security firm 360 Security Technology, which has joined China’s race to launch its own ChatGPT-style large language model, said the introduction of Sora was like a “barrel of cold water poured down China’s head”, Chinese media Yicai reported on Friday. “It cools down the heads of many people, …

Opinion: OpenAIâs Sam Altman has plans for AI that could mean big money for Intel

2024-02-20 08:02 PM by Eugen Boglaru

IâmÂ bullish on Intel for three main reasons: the leadership of Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger, the companyâs strong ecosystem and Intelâs INTC ambitious foundry business â which has perhaps found the perfect moment to become the most important driver of Intelâs future.Â Open AI CEO Sam Altman drew widespread attention recently when he appealed for up …

Nvidia (NVDA) is set to report Q4 2024 results. Here is what to expect

2024-02-16 02:10 PM by Wanda Parisien

Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) has emerged as the frontrunner in providing cutting-edge solutions to enterprises for ramping up their generative AI deployments. The chipmaker is thriving on the rapid transition from general-purpose computing to accelerated computing and generative AI. The market will be closely watching the company’s upcoming earnings as it could cause major movements …

China’s Nvidia Contender Cambricon Tech Struggles To Push Chinese-Made AI Chips as It Marks 7th Consecutive Year of Losses – China Money Network

2024-02-09 12:54 AM by Wanda Parisien

Cambricon Technologies, a company ambitiously striving to become China’s Nvidia and once hailed as the pioneer of artificial intelligence (AI) chip development in the country, is anticipating a net loss ranging from 756 million to 924 million yuan for 2023. This marks the seventh consecutive year of losses for the company. After undergoing multiple rounds …

China urges breakthroughs in GPUs, robotics, quantum computing and brain interfaces to drive ‘future industries’

2024-01-29 05:39 PM by Wanda Parisien

Chinese authorities have reiterated the need for technological breakthroughs in a range of hi-tech areas, including graphics processing units (GPUs), quantum computing, humanoid robots and brain-computer interfaces, in Beijing’s latest effort to seek control of “the industries of the future”. A document issued on Monday by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry …

AI and Semiconductors – A Server GPU Market Analysis and

2024-01-23 07:55 AM by Wanda Parisien

Dublin, Jan. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The “AI and Semiconductors – A Server GPU Market – A Global and Regional Analysis: Focus on Application, Product, and Region – Analysis and Forecast, 2023-2028” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The global AI and semiconductor – a server GPU market accounted for $15.4 billion in …

One giant leap for computing? Scientists develop 1st functional semiconductor made from graphene

2024-01-06 07:20 PM by Wanda Parisien

The new graphene-based semiconductor has 10 times the mobility of silicon, which means it has faster computing abilities. With the new finding, published in the Nature journal on 3 January, the semiconductor industry could shift since graphene as a material can also facilitate the production of nanoelectronics. According to the scientists, the discovery could pave …