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d-Matrix Moves Its Corsair Inference Accelerator Into Full Production, Betting On-Chip SRAM Beats the GPU at Decode
d-Matrix says its Corsair inference accelerator is in full production, pairing on-chip SRAM with GPUs to cut AI response times by more than 10x.
SpacemiT Demos a 'Usably Quick' RISC-V Mini Desktop on Its 16-Core K3, as the Open Architecture Inches Toward Everyday Computing
At the Ubuntu Summit, SpacemiT showed its 16-core Key Stone K3 running Ubuntu responsively, with a Banana Pi board priced at roughly twice a Raspberry Pi 5.
Intel's Diamond Rapids Xeon 7 Drops Hyperthreading for Up to 192 Performance Cores, Slated for 2027 on 18A-P
At Computex, Intel detailed its Diamond Rapids Xeon 7: up to 192 P-cores on 18A-P, 16 DDR5 channels and PCIe 6.0, but no Hyperthreading, arriving 2027.
Intel Launches Xeon 6+ 'Clearwater Forest' on 18A, Its First Data Center CPU on the New Node, With Up to 288 Cores
Intel's first 18A server chip ships with up to 288 Darkmont E-cores and 576 MB of L3 cache, claiming a 30% per-thread lead over AMD's 192-core EPYC 9965.
NVIDIA RTX Spark Officially Launches at Computex 2026: 20-Core Arm CPU, Blackwell GPU, and 128GB Unified Memory Coming From Six OEMs This Fall
NVIDIA officially unveiled the RTX Spark Superchip at Computex 2026 — a 20-core Arm Grace CPU paired with a Blackwell GPU and up to 128GB of unified memory, launching in laptops from six OEMs in fall 2026.
AMD Begins Production Ramp of EPYC Venice on TSMC 2nm, First HPC Chip on Advanced Node
AMD's 6th Gen EPYC 'Venice' is ramping on TSMC 2nm — the first HPC chip on the node — with 256 Zen 6 cores and 1.6 TB/s memory bandwidth.
Fractile Raises $220 Million Series B to Build In-Memory AI Inference Chips, Reaches Unicorn Valuation
London-based Fractile closes a $220M Series B led by Accel, Founders Fund, and Factorial Funds to tape out SRAM-based inference chips promising radically faster and cheaper AI output generation.
NVIDIA Set to Unveil First Arm Laptop Chip at GTC Taipei, Entering a Market Dominated by Qualcomm, Intel, and AMD
NVIDIA will reveal the N1/N1X SoC at Jensen Huang's June 1 GTC Taipei keynote, a Blackwell-GPU Arm chip co-developed with MediaTek targeting Dell and Lenovo laptops.
AMD EPYC Captures Record 46.2 Percent of Server CPU Revenue as Data Center Business Surpasses Intel
Mercury Research data show AMD's EPYC processors claimed a record 46.2 percent of x86 server CPU revenue in Q1 2026, as AMD's data center segment hit $5.8 billion and overtook Intel's comparable unit.
Cerebras Prices IPO at $185, Pops 68% on Nasdaq Debut and Closes With a $5.55 Billion Raise and a $106.75 Billion Fully Diluted Valuation
AI chipmaker Cerebras priced its IPO $25 above the upgraded range on May 13, opened at $350 on Nasdaq the next morning, and closed its first session at $311.07 before slipping roughly 10% on Friday.
AMD and Intel Jointly Publish ACE, the First Matrix-Acceleration Standard for x86 Under the Ecosystem Advisory Group
AMD and Intel released the AI Compute Extensions specification, marking the x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group's first joint matrix-multiplication standard since the rivals formed the consortium in October 2024 to fend off Arm.
Meta Signs Multibillion-Dollar Deal for Tens of Millions of AWS Graviton5 Cores as Agentic AI Reshapes the CPU Market
Meta will deploy tens of millions of AWS Graviton cores to power CPU-intensive agentic AI workloads in a multiyear, multibillion-dollar partnership that AWS describes as one of its largest Graviton commitments to date and that extends Meta's push to diversify beyond Nvidia.