AI chips
DeepSeek Reportedly Orders 160,000 Huawei Ascend 950DT AI Chips for Inner Mongolia Data Center
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has placed a large order for Huawei's domestically made Ascend 950DT accelerators instead of Nvidia's China-specific H20 GPUs, according to reports from TechPowerUp and Wccftech, signaling a shift toward homegrown chips for large-scale AI inference.
2 outletsHardwareNvidia Unveils NVHBM: Custom Memory Tech Promising Higher Bandwidth and Lower Power for Future AI Chips
Nvidia has announced NVHBM, a custom high-bandwidth memory design that moves the memory controller into the HBM base die instead of the compute die, claiming bandwidth, power, and area advantages over standard HBM4E. The technology will be offered to NVLink Fusion partners, with Amazon's Annapurna Labs named as the first collaborator.
3 outletsBusinessTSMC Targets Fivefold Increase in 2nm Wafer Output by End of 2026
TSMC is reportedly aiming to boost N2 chip production from about 20,000 to 100,000 wafers per month by the end of 2026, even as demand for its 3nm process continues to exceed internal targets.
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