Nvidia has faced a setback in the Chinese AI chip market as Huawei’s Ascend 910B outperformed the Nvidia H20 legal sanctions chip by about 10% in AI workloads, according to a report from Reuters. This has led Nvidia to lower the prices of the H20 by more than 10% in the Chinese market, impacting their … Read more
Nvidia has recently lowered the prices of its specialized GPUs for the Chinese market in response to competition from Huawei. The company had introduced new products targeting the Chinese market last year due to restrictions placed by the US on exporting high-performance accelerators to China. However, Chinese customers showed more interest in locally manufactured hardware … Read more
NVIDIA is looking to boost its presence in the Chinese market by reducing prices for its AI-enabled GPUs in response to tough competition in the region. The company has faced challenges in China due to US sanctions, which have limited its ability to export certain GPU models and AI accelerators. To overcome these obstacles, NVIDIA … Read more
Former Google CEO and President, Eric Schmidt, believes that in the future, “extremely powerful” AI systems will be closely guarded by governments. Schmidt expressed this view in an interview with Noema magazine, stating that he anticipates a small number of highly advanced computers with autonomous invention capabilities that will exceed what unauthorized citizens or competitors … Read more
According to recent reports, production of Nvidia GPUs could be halted immediately if China invades Taiwan, as the machines used to manufacture them at TSMC reportedly have a remote kill switch. TSMC, a major chipmaker, took over GPU production for Nvidia with the launch of its Ada Lovelace architecture in 2022, and will also produce … Read more
Honor, a Chinese smartphone maker, is expanding its lineup of foldable smartphones by introducing a vertical folding-style device, according to CEO George Zhao. The company has already released foldable smartphones such as the Magic V2, and now it is looking to incorporate Google’s artificial intelligence features into its upcoming devices. This integration of generative AI … Read more
US semiconductor giant Broadcom has started merging with VMware, with onboarding talks with employees beginning on Monday after it received regulatory clearance from China for its US$69 billion acquisition last week, according to an internal letter seen by the Post. In the letter dated November 22, VMware CEO Raghu Raghuram said the “long journey” of … Read more
Broadcom and VMware have agreed not to tie or bundle certain high-technology products in China to win approval for their $69 billion tie-up and clear the final remaining merger review hurdle. Source link
This comes months after Broadcom received regulatory approval to acquire VMware from UK and EU authorities concerned about competition. Broadcom has finally closed its more than $60bn deal to buy VMware, the US cloud computing giant, after getting regulatory approval from China. China was the last major country to approve the deal, which became one … Read more
Broadcom Limited company logo is pictured on an office building in Rancho Bernardo, California May 12, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Nov 22 (Reuters) – Broadcom (AVGO.O) on Wednesday closed its $69 billion acquisition of cloud-computing firm VMware (VMW.N) after receiving regulatory approval in last major market China and ending a months-long saga. … Read more