Taiwanese chipmaker made the decision following discussions with customers

X owner took to the platform to post a series of updates about Tesla’s AI chips over the weekend

Round was led by Stripes and included participation from Peter Thiel

Merge Labs emerged from stealth last week following a $252 million seed round

First RISC-V company to partner with Nvidia on the interconnect technology

Nvidia H200 and AMD MI325X GPUs will be subject to the levy

Companies will jointly develop “industry specific” AI and generative AI solutions to support applications

US will lower semiconductor tariffs on Taiwan

No details about the timeline have been disclosed

Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed

Exports will only be permitted if sufficient supply of the GPUs exists in the US

Company is reportedly seeking a $22bn valuation

Meanwhile, Nvidia says upfront payments from Chinese customers purchasing H200s is not company policy

Aims to bring countries together to secure semiconductor supply chain

Project result of DOE Q-NEXT initiative

Four-fab campus expected to be operational by late 2041

Land parcel is located near Loop 303 and Interstate 17

System is size of carry on suitcase and contains up to four Nvidia H200s

Customers in China will also not be able to cancel, reconfigure placements, or ask for refunds

Will make D-Wave only company with all three technologies necessary for scaled, error-corrected superconducting quantum computing

Round saw investment from the Royal Bank of Canada, Telus, and Microsoft

No information about its expected compute power has been detailed

Expected to be available in the second half of 2026

Second Marvell acquisition in as many months