Apple has introduced the M6 in a new Mac mini and the M5 Ultra in a new Mac Studio, its first 2nm chip and its first quad-die M-series design respectively. The M5 Ultra supports up to 512GB of unified memory at 1.2TB/s. The Mac mini question is settled…
OpenAI says its Jalapeno inference chip, developed with Broadcom, outperformed Nvidia’s GB300 on AI work per unit of power and on response speed. It was not tested against Nvidia’s newer Vera Rubin hardware and is not designed for training. OpenAI has …
Xiaomi has unveiled the Xring D100, an in-house 3nm chip for intelligent driving that will replace Nvidia hardware in its cars from 2027. The company has invested more than 21bn yuan, about $3.1bn, since restarting its chip programme. Xiaomi is designi…
SoftBank plans a record 1 trillion yen retail bond sale, about $6.3bn, the largest by any issuer in Japan, to fund investment commitments to OpenAI. Analysts say banks were reluctant to take the risk, leaving the deal dependent on retail investors. Sof…
Galbot says its robot completed more than 100 consecutive autonomous tennis rallies against former world number 15 Zheng Jie at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing. The rally count, the autonomy claim and the robot’s identity all rest on the comp…
A robot built by Beijing’s X-Humanoid ran 100 metres in 9.39 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games, beating Usain Bolt’s 9.58-second record. Roboticists point out that speed on a known course is far easier for a machine than folding laundry. A mach…
Alibaba is placing HK$80bn, about $10.2bn, of new shares in Hong Kong and says all net proceeds will go to AI infrastructure and capabilities. It comes days after the company reported a 75% fall in quarterly net profit driven by that same spending. Ali…
A proposed class action filed in San Francisco alleges Oura’s sleep staging is generated by AI estimates rather than measurement, and names Finnish parent Oura Health Oy as a defendant. Oura says it stands behind its science and accuracy claims. The nu…
Nvidia’s largest customers have been notified that servers containing its AI chips will rise in price by more than 15% in many cases from early next year, driven by memory costs. The company reports quarterly earnings next week. Nvidia’s biggest custom…
Chinese chip companies are running unusually broad equity schemes to keep engineers, with Cambricon covering 85.3% of its workforce and AMEC more than 97%. Europe’s semiconductor sector has a talent gap estimated at 65,000 workers. Chinese chip compani…