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Intel announced Tuesday that it will partner with Elon Musk’s Terafab venture to design and construct a massive AI chip fabrication plant in Austin, Texas. The facility will supply custom chips to Musk’s aerospace and automotive firms, SpaceX (now merged with xAI) and Tesla, supporting ambitions ranging from autonomous vehicles to space‑based data centers. Intel’s involvement eases Musk’s earlier pleas for a partner capable of delivering a trillion‑watt‑year of compute power, while the chipmaker expands its U.S. manufacturing footprint amid a broader industry race to meet soaring AI demand. Lire la suite

Cognichip, a startup that builds a deep‑learning model to assist engineers in designing semiconductor chips, announced a $60 million financing round led by Seligman Ventures, with Intel CEO Lip‑Bu Tan joining its board. The company claims its AI system can cut chip‑development costs by more than 75 percent and halve the design timeline. Cognichip trains its own model on proprietary and synthetic chip‑design data, allowing secure collaboration with manufacturers. The firm, founded in 2024, has raised a total of $93 million but has not yet disclosed a chip designed with its technology. Lire la suite

Naveen Rao, former head of AI at Databricks, has closed a $475 million seed financing for his new venture Unconventional AI, valuing the company at $4.5 billion. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Ventures, with Lux Capital and DCVC also participating. Rao’s aim is to build an energy‑efficient computer for artificial intelligence, a goal he describes as “as efficient as biology.” The funding represents the first installment toward a potential $1 billion total raise. Rao’s prior successes include MosaicML, acquired by Databricks for $1.3 billion, and Nervana Systems, acquired by Intel for more than $400 million. Lire la suite

Intel is redirecting its strategy toward AI server chips while postponing broader consumer processor releases. The company acknowledges current chip shortages that it expects to peak early next year and plans to launch only a single SKU of its new Panther Lake line this year, with additional models slated for later. Yield performance on the 18A process is described as adequate for supply but insufficient for optimal margins, with better yields anticipated in future years. Meanwhile, the 14A node is showing improved performance and yield characteristics, bolstered by customer support. Lire la suite

Benchmark testing of Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme chip revealed impressive multi‑core CPU performance, notable gains in integrated graphics, and faster AI processing compared to prior Snapdragon models. The 18‑core configuration outperformed Intel's Lunar Lake chips and narrowed the gap with Apple’s M4 in several tests, while delivering substantial improvements in Adobe applications. These results suggest Qualcomm is positioning its high‑end ARM‑based processors as serious contenders in the thin‑and‑light Windows laptop market. Lire la suite

Intel recently posted a LinkedIn job advertisement for an engineer focused on gaming validation and optimization of high‑end desktop GPUs. The move suggests the company continues to invest in its discrete Arc graphics lineup despite a recent partnership with Nvidia that supplies RTX chiplets for certain Intel SoCs. While Intel has said the Nvidia deal does not alter its existing GPU roadmap, the new hiring effort provides a tangible sign that work on high‑performance Arc cards is still underway, offering optimism for the future of Intel's desktop GPU strategy. Lire la suite

Nvidia and Intel have announced a partnership that includes a $5 billion investment by Nvidia to create x86 system‑on‑chips that integrate Nvidia RTX GPU chiplets. The collaboration aims to power a new generation of consumer PCs, including handheld gaming devices that could leverage DLSS 4 for improved performance and visual quality. By combining Intel's CPU expertise with Nvidia's graphics technology, the alliance seeks to challenge AMD’s current lead in the portable gaming market. Lire la suite

Nvidia announced a $5 billion equity investment in Intel, pairing the cash injection with a product collaboration that links Nvidia's AI and accelerated‑computing technology to Intel's leading CPUs via NVLink. The partnership aims to create integrated systems‑on‑chip for data‑center and personal‑device markets, including new laptop designs that fuse GPUs and CPUs. The deal arrives as the U.S. government has taken a roughly 10 percent stake in Intel under the CHIPS Act, and it underscores a broader push to strengthen American semiconductor capabilities. Lire la suite

Nvidia and Intel announced a $5 billion partnership that aims to create a new class of integrated CPU‑GPU system‑on‑chip (SoC) for laptops, tablets and other form‑factor‑constrained devices. The collaboration seeks to address a market segment currently dominated by AMD, which offers combined CPU and GPU solutions. Nvidia also said it will become a major customer of Intel server processors, while both companies will explore Intel’s 3D chip‑stacking technology for future products. The deal reflects a strategic move to broaden each company’s reach without abandoning existing technology roadmaps. Lire la suite

Nvidia is putting $5 billion into Intel common stock as part of a new partnership that will see the two companies jointly create multiple generations of custom system‑on‑chip products for both PCs and data‑center workloads. Intel will build x86 SoCs that integrate Nvidia RTX GPU chiplets, while the firms will also combine their interconnect technologies such as Nvidia’s NVLink. The collaboration is intended to strengthen both companies against rivals like AMD and to broaden Nvidia’s AI and accelerated‑computing reach. The announcement coincided with a U.S. government stake in Intel and a SoftBank investment, sending Intel’s shares sharply higher. Lire la suite

Nvidia and Intel announced a major partnership that will integrate Nvidia's RTX GPU chiplets into Intel system‑on‑chips for data‑center and client CPUs. The deal, described as a multi‑billion‑dollar collaboration, positions Nvidia as a key customer of Intel and aims to boost Intel's integrated graphics capabilities while giving Nvidia a foothold in the x86 market. Executives from both companies highlighted the focus on datacenter and client CPU integration, and industry observers noted the potential impact on competitors such as AMD. The announcement also referenced recent U.S. government involvement in Intel's ownership structure. Lire la suite

NVIDIA announced a $5 billion investment in Intel as part of a new collaboration to jointly develop custom x86 CPUs for PCs and data‑center servers. The partnership will blend NVIDIA’s leading GPU and AI chips with Intel’s processor expertise, manufacturing, and advanced packaging. Intel will build “NVIDIA‑custom x86 CPUs” that integrate NVIDIA’s RTX GPU chiplets, while both CEOs highlighted the strategic value of combining their technologies. The deal marks a rare alliance between the two rivals and could reshape the landscape for high‑performance computing. Lire la suite