Alibaba Unveils Zhenwu V900 Chip and Plans a Qwen Model of Up to 10 Trillion Parameters
Alibaba unveiled its Zhenwu V900 AI chip and confirmed plans for a Qwen model of up to 10 trillion parameters, alongside a target of more than 20 gigawatts...
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Nvidia Races to Optimize Chips for Chinese AI Models
Nvidia is building hardware optimizations for Chinese AI models like DeepSeek and Qwen, even as it warns regulators that US restrictions on such models could hurt...
AI Boom Turns a Furniture Hardware Maker Into Taiwan’s Richest Company
King Slide Works, once known for cabinet hinges, now dominates the market for AI server rack rails, making founder Lin Tsung-chi Taiwan's richest person.
OpenAI Publishes First Benchmarks for Its Jalapeño AI Chip
OpenAI's first custom inference chip, Jalapeño, delivered up to 1.9 times more work per watt and far lower latency than rival systems, with AI accelerating its...
ByteDance, Tencent Get Nvidia H200 Chips, but Beijing Wants Them in Hong Kong
ByteDance and Tencent each received about 10,000 Nvidia H200 chips, but Chinese regulators want the hardware kept in Hong Kong, which lacks the power to run...
Anthropic Reportedly Signs $9.1B Compute Deal with Riot Platforms
Anthropic has reportedly signed a 20-year, $9.1 billion data center agreement with Riot Platforms for 191 MW of AI computing capacity at the bitcoin miner’s Rockdale...
SpaceX Chooses NVIDIA Rubin for Starmind AI Satellites
SpaceX plans to build Starmind orbital AI satellites around optimized NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 computing, with initial launches expected in 2027.
Arthur Hayes Says an AI Data Center Bust Could Send Bitcoin to $1M
Arthur Hayes argues that an AI infrastructure bust could force a larger monetary rescue than 2008 and redirect liquidity toward Bitcoin.
Cloudflare Wallets Gives AI Agents Guardrailed Stablecoin Payments
Cloudflare Wallets introduces stablecoin balances, x402 micropayments and programmable spending controls for autonomous AI agents.
Amazon AI Project Burned $1.8M in Tokens Before Costs Were Detected
An unsuccessful Amazon AI project reportedly spent $1.8 million on model tokens and ran 860% over budget before the problem was found five months later.