Key Points The chip is specifically for inferencing rather than training but Alibaba will still use semiconductors from other vendors like Nvidia. Alibaba said it would invest at least 380 billion Chinese yuan ($53.1 billion) in AI over the next three years. Chinese technology firms have focused on developing homegrown chips over the last few years amid rising geopolitical tensions …
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WASHINGTON — NASA is still working on a strategy to procure a Mars communications spacecraft funded in the budget reconciliation bill even as the agency moves more towards a services approach to communications. To continue reading this article: Register now and get3 free articles every month. You’ll also receive our weekly SpaceNews This Week newsletter every Friday. Opt-out at any …
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Semiconductor giant Nvidia (NVDA) is working on a new AI chip called the B30A that will be specifically designed for the Chinese market, according to Reuters. The chip is based on the company’s latest Blackwell architecture and will be more powerful than the current H20 chip, which is the most advanced model Nvidia is currently allowed to sell in China. …
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The world’s most valuable chipmaker is far from giving up its desire to retain China as a key growth market. Nvidia is apparently putting together a new AI chip meant for sale in China that’s half as powerful as its flagship B300 Blackwell GPU, Reuters reported, citing anonymous sources. This new chip, codenamed B30A, would be more powerful than the …
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Apple CEO Tim Cook Says the Technology They’re Developing Will Be ‘One of the Most Profound Technologies of Our Lifetime’ Barchart.comView Full Coverage on Google News Source link
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In an ischemic stroke (the most common type), blood flow is blocked to a portion of the brain, depriving it of oxygen. This causes the immediate, recognizable symptoms of stroke: muscle weakness on one side of the body or face, slurred speech, and loss of balance. But the brain damage that occurs from this lack of oxygen isn’t temporary – …
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Krafton has fired another shot in its legal battle with former executives of Subnautica 2 studio Unknown Worlds, who filed a lawsuit last month, claiming the South Korean publisher undermined the game’s release to avoid paying them a bonus. In its response, Krafton claims that the three plaintiffs, Ted Gill, Charlie Cleveland, and Max McGuire, had “lost interest in developing …
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The fintech giant Stripe is developing a new blockchain, according to a recent job posting on a site for the crypto lobby group Blockchain Association. “Tempo is a high-performance, payments-focused blockchain,” reads the job advertisement, which is for a product marketing position and dated Aug. 3. The posting goes on to say that Tempo is in stealth, has a team …
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Have the new NFL referees for the 2025 season already been set, or are preseason games used to determine who “makes the cut”? To my knowledge, referee crews are determined and preseason games are their warmups. Officials aren’t being “selected” for anything based on preseason games, as far as I know. With Mark McNamee‘s visa issues, is there any concern …
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