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25.12.25 - 03:15
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Largest Acquisition In Nvidia History: Jensen Pays $20BN For AI Chip Startup In Bid For Google′s TPU Tech (ZeroHedge)
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Largest Acquisition In Nvidia History: Jensen Pays $20BN For AI Chip Startup In Bid For Google's TPU Tech
Just before the market close on Friday, Nvidia unveiled its largest ever acquisition (which however was structured as a licensing deal to avoid anti-trust concerns) when it agreed to buy Groq - pardon license all of Grok's assets and acquire its entire executive team - a designer of high-performance artificial intelligence accelerator chips, for $20 billion in cash. In reality what the deal is really about is Grok's TPU expertise, and specifically the knowledge inside CEO Jonathan Ross' head, who helped launch Google's TPU, the search giant's custom Application-Specific Integrated Circuit.
Jonathan Ross, chief executive officer of Groq
The news was first reported by CNBC, citing Alex Davis, CEO of Disruptive, which led the startup's latest financing round in September. Davis, whose firm has invested more than half a billion dollars in Groq since the company was founded in 2016,...
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24.12.25 - 15:00
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How to track Santa Claus this Christmas Eve using AI (TechCrunch)
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If you're a parent with young children, then you'll probably hear this a lot on Christmas Eve: “Where's Santa right now?” With tracking tools like the NORAD Santa Tracker and Google's Santa Tracker, everyone can know when Father Christmas will arrive. Plus, there are now some new AI tools to bring the holiday magic. Here's […]...
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24.12.25 - 05:06
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TSMC′s N-2 restrictions hand Samsung US advanced chip opening (Digitimes)
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Samsung Electronics is poised to capitalize on US demand due to Taiwan's N-2 policy restricting TSMC's advanced process transfers and its capacity being booked by Apple and Nvidia. The company is testing its second-generation 2nm process with AMD and collaborating with Google for 2026 production, outpacing TSMC's planned 3nm output in 2027....
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