US blocks Nvidia’s B30A AI chip sales to China as export controls tighten again
The US government is moving to block Nvidia’s latest China focused AI chip, the B30A. On paper B30A is a cut down data center accelerator. […]
Data center
Qualcomm AI200 and AI250: rack-scale NPUs that want to undercut Nvidia on inference TCO
Qualcomm has spent a decade dominating smartphone and laptop SoCs. With AI200 and AI250, it wants a piece of the data center too. These new […]
Qualcomm jumps into rack-scale AI with AI200/AI250 to undercut Nvidia and AMD on inference
Qualcomm has announced two rack-scale AI products—AI200 and AI250—marking its first serious swing at data center inference hardware. The pitch is familiar but pointed: win […]
Intel’s ‘Crescent Island’ is an inference-first data-center GPU
Intel has unveiled Crescent Island, an inference-only data-center GPU built on its new Xe3P architecture and paired with up to 160 GB of LPDDR5X. The pitch […]
Report: Microsoft shifting Surface and data-center hardware out of China by 2026
Microsoft is reportedly moving new-product manufacturing for Surface laptops and server gear out of China starting in 2026, pushing assembly and even component sourcing to […]
Micron’s HBM4 clears 2.8 TB/s with samples shipping — HBM4E custom base die points to bespoke AI accelerators
Micron says its next-gen HBM4 already exceeds 2.8 TB/s per stack with >11 Gb/s pin speeds, and that it’s begun shipping customer samples. The company […]