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Qualcomm’s next chip could be called Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, leak says
A new leak suggests Qualcomm’s next flagship chip may be named Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, with prime cores up to 5.01 GHz.
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A new leak suggests Qualcomm’s next flagship chip may be named Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, with prime cores up to 5.01 GHz.
US gas buildout for AI outpaces China; UK data centres face emissions scrutiny.
Pixel 12's Tensor G7 must close performance gaps; Pixel 11 Pro users report shutdown loops, weak flash, and mixed AI help.
Quintessent secured $40M in Series A funding to ramp up production of its quantum-dot comb lasers for AI data center networks.
Nvidia is in talks to invest in AI search startup Perplexity AI, potentially valuing it at over $30 billion, up from $20 billion a year ago, The Information reports.
Samsung is testing Claude Code for chip design but admits it still makes serious errors, TechRadar reports.
Embedd Ltd., a London startup automating chip software integration, raised $2.7M in pre-seed funding led by Seedcamp to speed development for physical AI devices.
Zhongcheng Hualong launches HL200 inference chip and supernode cluster for up to 10,240 GPUs.
Report: Samsung's Exynos 2700 tops Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro in internal tests.
CoreWeave tops GPU neocloud ranking as only Platinum provider, while Nebius, Lambda, Crusoe, and Groq differentiate on pricing, power, and hardware.
Shanghai Film Group and Kuaizi.ai launched the Haozhen platform, China's first industrial-grade AI film production infrastructure with 50 NVIDIA DGX Spark systems and trillion-token annual subsidies.
European VCs have named 19 startups working to lower AI's cost and energy demands as data-centre construction lags.
Quantinuum has introduced Helios, a 98-qubit trapped-ion quantum computer that can outperform known supercomputing methods in benchmark tests, marking a milestone in the global quantum race.
South Korea unveils a 100-trillion-won fund to manage chip-boom tax windfalls, as new power demand forecasts rise sharply and Micron races to expand DRAM output.
China is relocating AI data centers to poor western provinces, aiming to boost computing power with renewable energy, despite mixed economic effects.
Nvidia has told major customers that AI server prices will rise over 15% for early-2027 deliveries, adding at least $5 billion to a 1GW data center's cost.
Bloomberg News reports Nvidia plans to hike prices on AI servers by over 15% for some largest customers, affecting systems shipped next year.
Ulsan partners with KIOST to develop subsea data centers with seawater cooling, aiming for commercialization after 2030.
U.S. stocks snapped winning streaks as rising bond yields and oil prices pressured the market, while AI trade volatility hit chip and infrastructure shares, CNBC reported.
AI data center builder Nscale reportedly seeks a $3B U.S. IPO as soon as next month, with Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan managing.
Starcloud raised $250M at a $2.3B valuation to build AI data centers in orbit, with backing from Nvidia and Cisco Investments.
A MarkTechPost ranking of five GPU neoclouds finds CoreWeave the only Platinum-rated provider, Lambda with the lowest B200 price, Nebius the sole B300 list, and Groq pivoting to inference after licensing LPU to Nvidia.
Nvidia announced a partnership with Cloverleaf Infrastructure to support AI data center growth, reportedly investing hundreds of millions for a minority stake.
Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 are expected to launch next month with a new powerful chip, the first designed for the AI era, bringing long-awaited performance gains to Siri AI.