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AMD's Helios MI455X AI platform breaks cover, initial systems use UALink-over-Ethernet interconnects — AMD's Vera Rubin rival surfaces, but the downsides of Ethernet could hamstring performance

… Hyperscalers and other companies deploying high-end AI hardware at scale rarely upgrade their hardware. While the Instinct MI455X certainly promises to be among the best hardware accelerators this year, Helios will likely only be rivalled by Nvidia’s NVL72 VR200. …

Jun 4, 2026 · Anton Shilov

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Huawei claims sanctions-busting breakthrough with 1.4nm-class chips by 2031, claims 55% higher transistor density — firm claims new LogicFolding chip architecture can bypass EUV restrictions, introduces 'Tau Scaling Law' to replace Moore's Law

… The company aims to scale this architecture to its Ascend AI processors and high-capacity data center clusters by 2030. This will provide local alternatives to restricted Nvidia hardware. …

May 25, 2026 · Etiido Uko
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Imec builds world's first High-NA EUV-fabricated quantum dot qubit device — breakthrough could pull quantum computing onto the same manufacturing roadmap as next-gen AI processors, compressing timelines

… The problem is scaling those systems into reliable machines containing millions of reproducible, controllable qubits. — the level widely considered necessary for commercially useful, fault-tolerant quantum computers. …

May 25, 2026 · Etiido Uko
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Amazon unveils 'Resilient Network Graphs' data center network that cuts hardware by 69% and boosts throughput by 33% — now the default for most AWS workloads

… AWS says it overcame those obstacles with two key innovations: software and custom hardware. The first is a custom routing protocol called Spraypoint, which distributes traffic across large numbers of available paths rather than relying primarily on the shortest path. …

May 29, 2026 · Etiido Uko
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SpaceX admits it can't find enough chips for orbital AI yet, requires 'significantly more than are currently available to us' — firm's risk factors in IPO paperwork also says ambitious TeraFab project may not be successful

Ahead of its hotly anticipated IPO, Elon Musk's SpaceX has admitted in its Form S-1 document that to fully scale its orbital AI ambitions, it needs more AI hardware than it can currently obtain. …

May 27, 2026 · Anton Shilov
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SpaceX unveils 11-million-square-foot Gigasat factory, a new manufacturing facility for space-based data centers — aims for 1 GW/year of space AI compute by late 2027 from its satellites

… Go deeper with TH Premium: AI and data centers Photonics and high-speed data movement is the next big AI bottleneck The data center cooling state of play Massive AI data center buildouts are squeezing energy supplies Ultra Ethernet: The data center interconnection of tomorrow During the interview, … …

Jun 9, 2026 · Etiido Uko
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Demand for data center CPUs has surged, and AI agents are responsible – why the CPU to GPU ratio is more important than ever for hyperscalers

… The rate of growth has now doubled to 35% a year, AMD claims , and will become a $120 billion market by the end of the decade. “What AMD and Arm's results are telling us is that this is a structural, not cyclical requirement,” said Roger Cummings, CEO of PEAK:AIO, in an interview with Tom’s Hardwar… …

Jun 8, 2026 · Chris Stokel-Walker
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Intel swipes Qualcomm veteran of 25 years to lead client computing — Alex Katouzian jumps ship to oversee consumer CPUs and physical AI

… Speaking on the appointment, which officially kicks off this month, Katouzian expressed excitement about joining Intel at what he described as a pivotal moment for AI-driven transformation across computing platforms. “Intel is creating the foundation for AI-driven transformation, from leading in AI… …

May 4, 2026 · Etiido Uko