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Qualcomm and Amazon Team Up on AI Data Center Silicon
Qualcomm and Amazon will develop custom silicon for AWS AI inference while testing optical links that can reach 1.6 terabits per second.
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Arm Opens AI Portal for Optimized Models and Tools
Arm's new AI Portal lets developers and coding agents discover optimized models, performance data, and deployment workflows across cloud, edge, and physical AI.
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Databricks Proteus Specializes GPU Kernels for AI Inference
Databricks says its Proteus system generates and validates GPU kernels for specific inference shapes, with speedups reported on Qwen 3.5 122B.
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Extropic Adapts Transformers for Its Probabilistic Z1 Chip
Extropic describes Z1T, a sparse transformer research model built for probabilistic Z1 hardware, with early energy and latency estimates.
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GlobalFoundries Tapes Out GCRAM Test Chip for Edge AI
GlobalFoundries and RAAAM taped out a GCRAM test vehicle on FD-SOI, targeting denser, lower-power on-chip memory for edge AI.
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SpaceX Targets Gas Turbine Bottleneck for AI Power
SpaceX says an in-house turbine foundry could shorten AI power waits, exposing the manufacturing bottleneck behind new data-center capacity.
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Pollen Robotics Launches $399 Microduck Biped
Pollen Robotics' 25-centimeter Microduck has 15 motors, open-source control software, and a $399 preorder aimed at physical-AI developers.
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a16z Raises $1.1B for AI Hardware
Andreessen Horowitz has raised $1.1 billion for a fund targeting the chips, memory, networking, power, and robots behind AI infrastructure.
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NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano 2 Brings Edge AI to Robots
NVIDIA announced Jetson Orin Nano 2, an entry level edge AI computer promising 2x the inference of its predecessor for robots, drones, and vision systems.
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Intel Outlines Three Architectures for Agentic AI
At Hot Chips 2026 Intel detailed Diamond Rapids, Crescent Island, and Wildcat Lake, three architectures that scale agentic AI from data center to edge.