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Chinese AI data center

Biren bets on China’s AI silicon independence

Full-stack AI GPU play targets exponential domestic token demand.

SiFive moves RISC-V closer to the mainstream

SiFive's P570 Gen 3 targets the useful middle of RISC-V compute

First-quarter client CPU shipments decreased -15% from last quarter and down -8.6% from previous year

Server CPUs were up 3% from last quarter.

Semidynamics and SiPearl CEOs seal the deal with a handshake

Semidynamics and SiPearl Aim for Sovereign AI at Rack Scale

Europe wants its own AI stack

Lisa Su with new board and cats

AMD Targets Enterprise AI Inference Deployment

PCIe accelerator enables scalable on-prem AI inference

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AMD reports first-quarter revenue up 38% Y-Y to $10.3 billion

Profit up to $1.4 billion and gross margin 53%

Part III: The evolution to AI GPUs

CUDA, Tensor Cores, and NPUs rewrote computing history.

intel discrete graphics journey

Part II:  The long, windy trail of Intel GPUs

The evolution of Intel discrete graphics: A strategic pivot.

Imagination Technologies pushes DXD into PC gaming

If successful, it could mean a third player to challenge Nvidia and AMD’s duopoly.

Programmable graphics history

Part I: The first fully programmable GPUs—a review

If you’re familiar with DirectX 8 and Larrabee, you can skip this and go to part II, Intel’s GPUs.

Cat at supercomputer site

China builds exascale supercomputer without GPUs

Homegrown LX2 processors power China's exascale independence play.

Qualcomm’s custom ASIC turn is not coming out of nowhere 

Qualcomm has a strong quarter and points to custom silicon.