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Monday • October 27, 2025
Qualcomm announces AI chips to compete with AMD and Nvidia — stock soars 11%
Qualcomm Announced that It will Release New AI Accelerator Chips
Qualcomm announced Monday that it will release new artificial intelligence accelerator chips, marking new competition for Nvidia, which has so far dominated the market for AI semiconductors. The stock soared 11% following the news. The AI chips are a shift from Qualcomm, which has thus far focused on semiconductors for wireless connectivity and mobile devices, not massive data centers.
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Wednesday • October 15, 2025
Apple’s M5 chip pushes AI performance with new ‘Neural Accelerators’
The Chip’s GPU and Memory Bandwidth Seem to be Where the Biggest Gains were Made
Like clockwork, Apple has introduced a new M-series chip on updated versions of the iPad Pro, MacBook Pro and for the first time, Apple Vision Pro. The new M5 chip shares plenty of similarities with the M4 chip Apple introduced in 2024, but the biggest seems to be a focus on improving graphics and AI performance.
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Monday • September 29, 2025
Huawei to Double Output of AI Chip as Nvidia Wavers in China
Huawei’s Reported Plan to Double AI-Chip Output Over the Next Year Suggests China is Making Real Progress in Working Around US Export Controls
Huawei Technologies Co. is preparing to sharply ramp up production of its most advanced artificial intelligence chips over the next year, aiming to win customers in the world’s biggest semiconductor market while Nvidia Corp. struggles with geopolitical headwinds.
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Tuesday • September 23, 2025
Nvidia to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI, linking two artificial intelligence titans
Nvidia Will Invest Up To $100 Billion in OpenAI and Supply It with Data Center Chips
The move underscores the increasingly overlapping interests of the various tech giants developing advanced AI systems. The deal gives chipmaker Nvidia a financial stake in the world’s most prominent AI company, which is already an important customer.
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Monday • July 28, 2025
Tesla, Samsung Sign $16.5 Billion Deal to Make AI Chips
Chips will be Designed for AI Data Centers, Autonomous Driving and Robots; Shares in South Korean Tech Giant Surge
Samsung Electronics will manufacture artificial-intelligence chips for Tesla in Texas under a $16.5 billion multiyear deal, a major win for its U.S. foundry business that sent shares of South Korea’s largest company sharply higher.
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Tuesday • July 8, 2025
IBM rolls out new chips and servers, aims for simplified AI
IBM Introduced Its New Power11 Chips on Tuesday, Marking Its First Major Update to Its “Power” Line of Chips Since 2020
International Business Machines on Tuesday announced a new line of data center chips and servers that it says will be more power-efficient than rivals and will simplify the process of rolling out artificial intelligence in business operations.