Tiling makeover could open the door to rival GPUs
Nvidia has rolled out one of the biggest updates to its CUDA software stack in years, and chip design legend Jim Keller reckons it might even spell the end of its long-guarded exclusivity.
IBM snaps up Confluent in $11 billion AI binge
Biggish Blue reckons data streaming will rev up its generative push
IBM has hurled $11 billion at Confluent in a deal meant to drag the ageing giant deeper into the artificial intelligence stampede.
Google’s homegrown TPU muscles into Nvidia’s turf
Big Tech outfit turns its custom silicon into a serious threat
Google’s custom silicon is giving Nvidia a proper fright as the search outfit’s tensor processing units help its Gemini 3 models overtake OpenAI’s latest efforts.
Trump extorts 25 per cent to let Nvidia into China
With fiends like that, who needs enemas
Trump will allow Nvidia to flog its H200 chip to China if he is allowed to skim 25 per cent off the top.
Valve trying to bring HDMI 2.1 support for Steam Machine
HDMI Forum is to blame, as hardware supports it
Valve is trying to bring HDMI 2.1 support for the upcoming Steam Machine, and while the hardware supports it, the HDMI Forum is still blocking the support.