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Intel and Google announce multi-year chip deal
By Anton Shilov published
Although Google now has its own Arm-based Axion CPUs, Intel's Xeon processors with custom IPUs will continue to be used for AI and other demanding workloads in Google's data centers for years.

Intel reportedly in talks with Google and Amazon over advanced packaging
By Luke James published
Intel is understood to be in active talks with Google and Amazon to provide advanced chip packaging services for their custom AI ASICs.

Report claims Arm chips will power 90% of AI servers based on custom processors in 2029
By Anton Shilov published
As hyperscalers seek efficiency and control from custom CPUs they build in house, they adopt Arm and 90% of servers running custom silicon will use the Arm ISA in 2029.

Half of planned US data center builds have been delayed or canceled, growth limited by shortages of power infrastructure and parts from China
By Anton Shilov published
As cloud giants plan to spend $650 billion on AI infrastructure this year, the availability of power infrastructure components has become a significant obstacle to deploying AI data centers.

Iran issues direct strike threat to Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, Google, 14 other US tech companies
By Stephen Warwick published
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has issued a direct strike threat to a slew of U.S. tech companies including GPU giant Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Meta, IBM, Cisco, and Tesla.

Google's TurboQuant reduces AI LLM cache memory capacity requirements by at least six times
By Luke James published
In benchmarks on Nvidia H100 GPUs, 4-bit TurboQuant delivered up to an eight-times performance increase in computing attention logits compared to unquantized 32-bit keys.

Meta's new MTIA lineup joins hyperscalers' unified push for dedicated inferencing chips
By Luke James published
Premium Google, AWS, Microsoft, and Meta have all independently reached the same conclusion.

Gemini API key thief racks up $82,314 in charges in just two days, victim 'facing bankruptcy'
By Mark Tyson published
A Google Gemini user has taken to Reddit 'in a state of shock and panic' after getting an $82,314 bill.

Alphabet is doubling its capital expenditure to a staggering $180 billion in 2026
By Jon Martindale published
Premium Google announced in its Q4 earnings call this week that it expected to more than double its capital expenditure in 2026 over 2025's already sky-high numbers, to up to $185 billion.
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