One chip company's newest tactic to attract workers: Help pay off their student loans

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The New York-based chipmaker GlobalFoundries rolled out a student debt relief program this year — part of the company's broader efforts to address workforce challenges.

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Intel is seeking an investor for its chip unit as it struggles to keep up in the AI race: report

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Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has previously mentioned that Intel was looking to sell part of its stake in Altera.

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Chip giant TSMC reports blockbuster results even as questions over AI mania loom

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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company just reported a strong quarter.

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America's chipmaking push will continue no matter who gets elected

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Efforts to boost the US's production of semiconductor chips are likely to continue regardless of who wins the presidential election.

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SoftBank just handed OpenAI $500 million. For Masayoshi Son, it's just the beginning.

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Masayoshi Son's SoftBank looks set to invest $500 million in OpenAI.

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This chart shows one potential advantage AWS's AI chips have over Microsoft and Google

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Nvidia might actually lose in this key part of the AI chip business

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  • Inference made up 40% of Nvidia's $26.3 billion Q2 data center revenue.
  • Inference computing demand will increase as AI matures.
  • Companies like Groq and Cerebras are launching inference chips to compete with Nvidia.

In AI hardware circles almost everyone is talking about inference.

Nvidia is still on fire — but its trajectory is looking a bit more like Apple

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Nvidia is still selling loads of chips, but demand appears to be slowing.

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Nvidia earnings will show just how much Big Tech is spending on AI. Here's what companies from Microsoft to OpenAI have said so far.

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Elon Musk (top left), Jensen Huang (top center), Sam Altman (top right), Mark Zuckerberg (bottom left), Sundar Pichai (bottom right).

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China is still getting its hands on US chips — and striking back too

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