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FuriosaAI Raises $620m at $2.9bn Valuation to Scale RNGD AI Chips
Korean chip start-up FuriosaAI raised a $620m Series D at a $2.9bn valuation. It plans 20,000 RNGD cards this year and a 2nm Gen 3 chip with Broadcom.
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Mobilint to Build Humanoid Robot AI Chips in Korea’s ₩800bn Programme
South Korean chip designer Mobilint is leading a humanoid robot AI chip project in a ₩800bn state programme, with testing planned on LG Electronics robots.
Tesla and Nvidia Back Samsung Electro-Mechanics Lines, Maeil Reports
Tesla and Nvidia will put 3.7tn won ($2.8bn) into Samsung Electro-Mechanics chip-substrate lines, Maeil reports. Neither Tesla nor SEMCO has confirmed it.
NVIDIA Says It Will Advance KYEC $1.1bn as Suppliers Expand Capacity
NVIDIA says six suppliers will expand substrate, packaging, testing and optics capacity, including a $1.1bn advance for KYEC's US test plants.
Qualcomm Plans Global Job Cuts After Staff Reviews, Memo Seen by Reuters Says
Qualcomm will cut jobs worldwide in a "performance-focused reduction", CEO Cristiano Amon told staff in a memo seen by Reuters. No headcount was given.
Google Open-Sources TorchTPU, Making Its TPUs a Native Option for PyTorch
Google has open-sourced TorchTPU, its native PyTorch stack for TPUs built with Meta, and released llm-d 1.0, an open Kubernetes stack for AI inference.
ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent Order 3mn+ Nvidia RTX PRO 5500s, Reuters Says
ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent ordered over 3mn Nvidia RTX PRO 5500 cards worth 5bn+, Reuters sources say. Nvidia warns it may not fill them.
doubleAI Opens Early Access to Maxwell, AI That Rewrites Running Code
doubleAI opened early access to Maxwell, a Code Execution Model that rewrites binaries as programs run. Speed-ups are company claims.
AWS Releases TorchNeuron, a Native PyTorch Backend for Trainium
The PyTorch blog announces TorchNeuron, an open-source native backend for AWS Trainium. Code goes public on 20 Oct at PyTorch Conference; .to('neuron').
Tenstorrent Raises $1.5bn Series E at a $6.2bn Valuation
Jim Keller's Tenstorrent closed a $1.5B Series E at a $6.2B post-money valuation, led by Trace Capital and Innovation X, to scale Galaxy servers and IP.
Nvidia Asks Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron to Make NVHBM Base Dies at TSMC
SED: Nvidia asked Samsung, SK hynix and Micron to make NVHBM base dies on TSMC 3nm and standardise core dies on 1c DRAM. Unconfirmed; Samsung DS accepted.
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