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News - IT Hardware & Semiconductors, Charlotte Trueman, DatacenterDynamics
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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Vertical Semiconductor awarded $73m in CHIPS Act funding to support vGaN transistor development
The agreement will see the Department of Commerce take a minority stake in the company
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Supermicro launches 100% liquid cooled Nvidia Vera CPU rack
Rack scale solution can be deployed alone or alongside Nvidia Vera Rubin NVL72
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HPE expands Private Cloud AI solution to support mixed Nvidia hardware clusters, launches Vera CPU rack
Expanding support for agentic AI
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Dell unveils Nvidia Vera CPU offerings, launches its first Groq 3 LPU rack-scale inference solution
All have been purpose-built for agentic AI, Dell said
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Former OpenAI head of data centers joins Nvidia to help lead DSX Platform team
Chris Malone announced new role two months after OpenAI departure was reported
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Nvidia GTC Berlin keynote disrupted by Greenpeace activists
‘Nvidia, clean up your dirty business,’ - protesters heckle Jensen Huang
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Nvidia launches DSX POD, claims the Vera-Rubin reference architecture will make AI data centers more water and energy efficient
Details released at GTC Berlin event, taking place this week
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AI chip startup Tenstorrent raises $1.5bn at $6.2bn valuation
Funding will support ongoing development of company’s Galaxy servers
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Optical switching startup Salience Labs raises $125m with AMD and Intel participating in round
Series B raise will support continued development and deployment of optical circuit switching technology
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Wolfspeed signs agreement with Infineon for supply off 200mm silicon carbide substrates
Multi-year deal will directly support Infineon’s conversion to 200mm SiC manufacturing
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NTT deploys Nvidia GPU test cluster at Munich 2 data center
Allows customers to test AI applications on Nvidia Blackwell hardware
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D-Wave delivers Advantage2 quantum computer to Italy
System has been funded by SQT and will support the region's quantum computing ambitions
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Two workers killed, third injured, in explosion at Intel’s Kiryat Gat fab in Israel
Company says it is cooperating with authorities on investigation into incident
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Photonics quantum firm Orca Computing deploys PT-3 system at Digital Realty’s LHR19 data center
Quantum computer was installed and operational within 24 hours, and is already powering two projects
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GlobalFoundries to build and operate two new chip fabs in NY as part of $21bn US-Japan deal
First facility is expected to be operational in 2029
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Microchip Technology updates its networking and storage products to better support AI and HPC workloads
Expanded data center portfolio will help customers address multiple infrastructure challenges, the company said
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Microsoft unveils Azure Maia 300, says chip will be its “primary inference system”
Meanwhile, Maia 200 has already been deployed across multiple geographies
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Supermicro contractor Ting-Wei “Willy” Sun pleads guilty to four counts associated with Nvidia chip smuggling charges
Charges include conspiracies to violate export controls, smuggle goods, defraud the US, and obstruct justice
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AMD unveils Helion rack to support agentic AI workloads
Company says rack is customizable, with CPU-only version available
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Photonic quantum startup Quanfluence raises $10m for full-stack architecture development
Bengaluru-based company is designing and developing its own photonic quantum hardware
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Oratomic raises $775m for development of fault-tolerant quantum computer
Pasadena-based startup emerged from stealth in March 2026
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Report: Nvidia plans to invest in inference chip startup d-Matrix
Follows reports that company was seeking to raise additional funds, targeting $5bn valuation
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GlobalFoundries signs $2bn, five-year deal with TSMC for production of advanced packaging components
GF’s Malta, NY, fab will become first US source for supply of silicon interposers
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Oracle, Broadcom, and SpaceX looking to secure ten of billions in financing to support AI compute purchases – report
Broadcom is seeking $50bn, while SpaceX is looking to secure $40bn
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Wolfspeed receives $1.5bn conditional loan commitment from US gov’t to boost domestic SiC and GaN production
Financing will also help advance a number of DoD initiatives
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HPE launches four new AMD-powered servers as part of its ProLiant Gen13 portfolio
Will expand compute, memory, and I/O capabilities across a number of different workloads
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Intel and Applied Materials to collaborate on chip manufacturing advancements
Work will take place at the companies' respective R&D facilities
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Japanese chipmaker Rapidus to establish CORE initiative to support semiconductor design and manufacturing
First phase will see launch of Design Solution Associates project