Trump administration to overhaul “overly complex, overly bureaucratic” AI Diffusion rule
Biden-era regulation sought to limit access to advanced AI chips and AI model weights
News - IT Hardware & Semiconductors (EN)
The latest news from the data center, telco, and cloud sector
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Neuromorphic computing center established in the UK
Center set to receive £5.6m in funding over next four years
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Former Intel fab in Colorado Springs listed for sale
The Garden of the Gods site offers 70MW of existing power capacity and is “ready for retrofit”
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IBM launches new LinuxONE server with Telum II chips
And more news from IBM
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Huawei building new chip fab in Shenzhen for advanced chip production – report
Company is also looking to test its upcoming Ascend 910D chips
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Cisco unveils prototype quantum network entanglement chip
Company has also opened quantum lab in Santa Monica, California
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AMD posts fourth consecutive quarter of growth but warns of financial hit from US export controls
Data center sales saw 57 percent year-on-year growth during the quarter
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SambaNova lays off 77 employees as company pivots focus from training to inference
Cuts occurred in April
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University of Southampton opens first electron-beam lithography facility in Europe
UK government also announced funding to boost semiconductor skills
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Intel broadens product portfolio as it bids to win back foundry customer trust
New CEO Tan is excited for possibilities but knows there’s still work to be done
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LAPD recovers stolen Bitcoin miners worth $2.7m from LAX
Stolen servers were headed for Hong Kong
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Intel posts flat Q1 2025 revenue, reduces capex and says expect job cuts in Q2
CEO Lip-Bu Tan wants to return Intel to its engineering roots
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GreenSquareDC collaborates with Green Critical Minerals to develop VHD graphite heat sinks
Green Critical claims new material can offer better thermal management than copper or aluminum
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Synopsys announces first-pass silicon success using TSMC N2 process, certifies EDA flows for A16 and N2P technologies
Companies said achievements demonstrate “strengths and innovation” of longstanding partnership
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Intel planning 20,000 more jobs cuts as part of restructuring - report
Second round of layoffs employees have faced in a 12 month period
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Intel CEO shakes up leadership team, appoints new chief technology and AI officer
Multiple business groups will now report directly to Lip-Bu Tan
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Huawei unveils Ascend 920 AI chip, will start shipping 910C to Chinese customers from May – report
Chip launch follows additional US export restrictions on Nvidia H20 GPUs to China
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Bitcoin and AI infrastructure startup Auradine closes $153m funding round
Company also launched new AuraLinks AI business unit
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ASML misses analyst expectations in Q1 2025, says demand “remains strong” despite tariff uncertainty
Company posted net sales of €7.7bn for the three month period
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US gov’t imposes restrictions on Nvidia H20s, chipmaker claims will cost it $5.5bn
Follows Nvidia's announcement it plans to produce AI supercomputers in the US
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Telus to deploy 500 Nvidia Hopper GPUs at Rimouski data center later this year
Canadian telco also planning to expand its Kamloops site to house a supercomputer
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KDDI, Sakura Internet and Hi-Res to establish GPU system in Japan
Companies aim to develop system to enable stable and rapid use of GPUs
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Nvidia GB200s now available 'at scale' on CoreWeave
Early customers include IBM, Mistral AI, and Cohere
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South Korean gov’t announces increase in chips industry support package amidst incoming US tariffs
Government also approved Samsung’s request to increase work week for chip employees above legal maximum
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AMD unveils first 2nm Epyc CPU ‘Venice,’ announces chip production at TSMC Arizona fab
Company’s 6th-gen processor has been taped out on TSMC’s N2 process technology
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Alex Palcuie joins Anthropic's growing AI Reliability Engineering team
Working across GPUs, TPUs, and Trainiums
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Nvidia claims it will make AI supercomputers in the US, with new factories
How many components will be purely US-based is unclear
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Intel sells 51% stake in Altera to Silver Lake for $8.75bn
Intel first acquired the FPGA chip company in 2015 for $16.7bn