NVIDIA Pledges $1 Billion Over Five Years to Back US Science
NVIDIA on October 8, 2026, announced commitments valued at $1 billion to build out United States capacity for super intelligence research and development over the next five years, in fields including quantum computing, healthcare and energy security, according to NVIDIA’s…
AMD Agrees to Acquire World Labs in $8.2 Billion All-Stock Deal
AMD has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire World Labs, a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence model and research lab led by Dr. Fei-Fei Li, in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $8.2 billion, the Santa Clara, California-based chipmaker announced…
Samsung and ASML Expand High NA EUV Partnership for Next-Generation Chips
Samsung Electronics and ASML announced an expansion of their long-standing strategic partnership on September 8, 2026, deepening collaboration on High NA EUV lithography and advanced semiconductor manufacturing technologies. Under the expanded agreement, Samsung will join an industry initiative to advance…
Figure Commits $3.5 Billion to Nscale Compute on NVIDIA Vera Rubin
Figure announced on September 3, 2026, that it has signed a strategic partnership with AI infrastructure provider Nscale to deploy the NVIDIA Vera Rubin platform for up to 100,000 GPUs, with initial deployment targeted for the second half of 2027…
Broadcom Q3 Revenue Jumps 86% to $29.6 Billion on AI Chip Demand
Broadcom Inc. reported fiscal third-quarter 2026 revenue of $29.6 billion on September 2, 2026, an 86 percent increase from the prior-year period, driven by what the company described as very strong demand for its custom AI accelerators and networking products.…
AMD MI355X Goes Live as HUMAIN Plans Up to 250 MW AI Expansion
AMD, Cisco, and HUMAIN announced on August 31, 2026 that AI infrastructure built on AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs and Cisco Silicon One-based networking is now live in Saudi Arabia and serving HUMAIN customers in the Kingdom and beyond. The companies…
AMD Instinct MI430X and 6th Gen EPYC to Power €387.8M LUMI-AI Supercomputer
The European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) signed a procurement contract on August 31, 2026, with systems vendor Bull to deliver LUMI-AI, a next-generation supercomputer built on AMD Instinct MI430X GPUs and 6th Gen AMD EPYC 256-core processors. The…
