From hours to seconds: A short demo on parallel computing shows why Nvidia is the world's most valuable company

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang

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The US-China tech race is moving from chips to the raw materials they're made of

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Supply chain and foreign relations experts told Business Insider why the global race for AI dominance keeps drawing comparisons to the Cold War.

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SoftBank is Nvidia's first Blackwell chips customer. Here's what they're going to be used for.

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SoftBank Group will be the first to own Nvidia's Blackwell chips.

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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.

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