Qualcomm's sticking AI on the Edge
Popping up on the fifth-gen mobile networks
Qualcomm's splashing some cash on artificial intelligence (AI), top-notch antenna tech for sub-6GHz, and 5G-fuelled edge computing.
Chipzilla confirms Falcon Shore's AI processor needs 1500W
Nvidia's only needs 1200W
Intel has let slip that its soon-to-drop Falcon Shores AI processor, a nifty hybrid chip that marries x86 and Xe GPU cores, is set to be a proper guzzler, chugging down a hefty 1500 watts (W) of juice -- a fair bit thirstier than Nvidia’s B200, which only sips up to 1200W.
Google infuses AI into search engine
Will finally stop the presses
Search engine outfit Google announced that it will infuse its ubiquitous search engine with its powerful artificial intelligence model, Gemini. Drawing on the rapidly advancing technology, Gemini will directly answer user queries at the top of the results pages.
AI threatens Microsoft’s green plans
Carbon footprint increased by 30 per cent
Microsoft's ambitious goal to be carbon-negative by 2030 is threatened by its expanding AI operations, which have increased its carbon footprint by 30 per cent since 2020.
Nvidia boss collected $34.2 million extra last year
Elon Musk laughs at the poor person
Nvidia's head honcho, Jensen Huang, had a right royal payday last year, all thanks to the booming demand for the firm's AI chips.
Google chooses profit over staff
It is the American way
The company, which used to brag that it did no evil, is facing complaints from its staff that it is making killer profits without giving them any extra cash.
TSMC takings up 60 per cent
Thanks to AI
TSMC has announced that their April takings have shot up nearly 60 per cent compared to last year, thanks to a massive demand for the top-notch semiconductors that are all the rage in AI gadgets.
Google launches Pixel 8a
$499 for 128GB same camera setup
After numerous leaks Google has officially launched a new iteration of price affordable Pixel 8a phone and kept the $499 / €549 starting price.
UK government needs to do more to sort out AI
House of Lords committee wants more competition and less agreeing with Big Tech
A Lords committee is laying into the government, demanding that market competition in artificial intelligence (AI) be made “an explicit policy objective”.
AMD’s AI results anger Wall Street
Bubble bursts
The Cocaine Nose Jobs of Wall Street are furious after AMD’s results were not as wonderful as they expected.