NVIDIA, known for being the world's leading GPU supplier, will also become the lead CPU supplier with its Vera platforms this year. Vera CPU Demand Is So Insane That NVIDIA Will Become Both The World's Leading GPU and CPU Supplier This Year NVIDIA recently announced that its Vera CPUs were in full production, hand-delivering the first CPU racks to major AI firms such as OpenAI, SpaceX, Anthropic, and Oracle. Vera is a fundamental component of the Extreme Co-Design ecosystem powering the Rubin platform, but with Vera, NVIDIA is entering into a new market for the first time: Standalone CPUs. The […]

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NVIDIA confirms its next-gen Vera Rubin AI platform timeline, but existing GPUs continue to see major traction from AI firms, leading to price hikes. NVIDIA Vera Rubin Is All Prepped To Power Agentic AI Factories In Q3, Volume Ramp In Q4 2026 & Bigger Numbers In Early 2027 Today, NVIDIA announced its Q1 FY2027 earnings with a record revenue of $81.6 billion, up 85% from the last year. The revenue was driven primarily by the Data Center segment, which held the mammoth share of $75.24 billion, while Edge Computing amounted to $6.3 billion in revenue. Revenue by Market Platform (in […]

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AMD's Ryzen AI Halo developer platform offers strong Agentic AI capabilities & "leadership" token/$ value with its Halo chips, and will be available for pre-order this June. AMD Ryzen AI Halo Pre-Orders Open Up In June For $3999, $680 Lower Than NVIDIA's Spark Today, AMD is finally lifting the pricing and availability details of its Ryzen AI Halo developer platform, which was first announced at CES 2026, followed by a recent tease at its AI Dev Day. But before that, let's talk a little bit about the platform itself and its major highlights, which are listed below: Ryzen AI Halo […]

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AMD has officially unveiled its Ryzen AI MAX 400 SoCs, which feature support for up to 192 GB of memory to tackle 300B+ AI LLMs. AMD's Biggest Upgrade With Its New Ryzen AI MAX 400 Halo SoCs Is The Massive 192 GB Unified Memory Which Supports Over 300B AI LLMs The AMD Ryzen AI MAX PRO 400 & Ryzen AI MAX 400 SoCs are part of the new Gorgon Halo family. These SoCs feature the Zen 5 core architecture, RDNA 3.5 graphics architecture, and XDNA 2 AI NPU. While the architecture remains the same as the Ryzen AI MAX 300 […]

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Lisuan Tech has launched the latest Gaming Graphics Card for the Chinese markets, the 7G100 Extreme Founders Edition, which is priced around $500. The Lisuan 7G100 Was Looking To Be A Great Graphics Card For Chinese Gamers, But Launch Reviews Show Otherwise In March, Chinese tech company Lisuan Tech unveiled its brand new consumer/prosumer lineup based on its 7G106 GPU. The lineup included four models, three of which were aimed at the Pro/AI segments, & just one that was aimed at the gaming segment. The gaming variant was the Lisuan Extreme "LX 7G100" graphics card, which was specifically designed with […]

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Intel's CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, has set a tight policy for his Foundry, firing anyone whose products don't meet quality standards. Intel CEO Confirms Next-Gen 10A & 7A Process Technologies & Calls 14A PDK 0.9 "The Holy Grail", Coming October 2026 During a fireside chat at the J.P.Morgan Global Technology, Media and Communications conference, Intel CEO highlighted some of the company's internal policies and upcoming updates from the Foundry end of the business. When asked about the progress on upcoming technologies, Intel's CEO reaffirmed that 14A is on track for risk production in 2028 and volume production in 2029. In yesterday's […]

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Intel's next-generation Crescent Island PCIe graphics card has been pictured in the first PCB leak, giving us a look at the large Xe3P GPU & support for LPDDR5X memory. Intel Xe3P-Powered Crescent Island "Inference" AI Accelerator Pictured In First PCB Leak With 20 LPDDR5X Modules The first pictures of Intel's Crescent Island PCIe accelerator's PCB have been leaked by YuuKi_AnS. Crescent Island is the latest and upcoming Inference accelerator designed for AI workflows, offering competitive value. The leaked PCB gives us an idea of what the graphics card will look like. Starting first with the GPU itself, which looks massive […]

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NVIDIA's China-Exclusive GeForce RTX 5090 D v2 GPU has been banned in China, but the restriction doesn't come from the United States; instead, it's by China itself. NVIDIA's Fastest Gaming GPU for China, the RTX 5090 D v2, Is Restricted from Sales In The Country While the United States eases restrictions on NVIDIA's AI GPUs, such as the H200, allowing multiple AI firms to procure up to 75,000 units, China itself is now banning one of the fastest gaming GPUs that is designed exclusively for its market. Last year, NVIDIA announced the RTX 5090 D alongside the standard RTX 5090. […]

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Intel CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, says that its Foundry Business is a National Treasure, and continues to see more customers line up for its advanced packaging and process technologies. Intel Foundry Sees Massive Interest From Several External Customers, Many Already Prepaying For Substrates During today's Mad Money Show with Jim Cramer of CNBC, Intel's CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, talked about the company's Foundry business and how the AI buzz is pushing more customers towards it. Right off the bat, Lip-Bu said that the "Foundry is very important", calling it a national treasure. He says that currently, 90% of the most advanced processors […]

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NVIDIA has started shipping the very first Vera CPUs to major AI firms, marking the official beginning of production to accelerate Agentic AI forward. NVIDIA Vera CPUs, Purpose-Built For Agentic AI, Are Now In Full Production As The Company Hands Out First Chips To Several AI Firms The Vera CPU is the next chapter for NVIDIA's Agentic AI ecosystem, setting the stage for its next multi-billion dollar frontier. Today, NVIDIA's Vice President of Hyperscale and High-Performance Computing, Ian Buck, hand-delivered the first Vera CPUs to four major AI firms who are accelerating Agentic AI forward, these include OpenAI, SpaceX, Anthropic, […]

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Intel has reportedly started shipping engineering samples of its next-generation Nova Lake CPUs, which bring a massive performance increase. Intel Nova Lake Engineering Samples Rumored To Be Shipping Now, Major Performance Uplifts Expected Intel's Nova Lake CPUs are expected to launch in the second half of this year. The desktop family, Nova Lake-S, will be the first to hit shelves, offering a big bump in performance thanks to enhancements in the architecture and core design. As per SiliconFly, Intel has begun shipping the first ES samples of its Nova Lake CPUs. No details are being mentioned as to what core […]

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Intel today unveiled its "Project Firefly" initiative in China, which aims to bring the supply chain together to allow cost-effective & standardized Wildcat Lake laptop designs. Intel Wants A Coherent Design & Pricing Structure Across Its Wildcat Lake Laptops & That's Exactly What "Project Firefly" Aims To Ensure Intel hosted an event today in China where the company formally launched its Core Series 3 SoCs for laptops, codenamed Wildcat Lake. These SoCs aim to bring better value and a unified design across a range of mainstream and entry-level PCs, which we are already seeing on the market. Announced by Intel's […]

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Intel's Wildcat Lake "Core Series 3" laptops are now rolling out, and CHUWI has released its Unibook, featuring a $449 price that challenges the MacBook Neo. Intel Wildcat Lake-Powered Chuwi Unibook Laptop Hits Retail, Starting At An Incredible $449 Price Point Earlier today, we saw the first Intel Wildcat Lake "Core Series 3" laptops hit retail shelves. These laptops feature various price points ranging from sub-$600 to $650. Compared to the MacBook Neo, Intel's Wildcat Lake has some advantages, such as the x86 SoC, bigger battery, expandable storage, more IO, and twice as much memory. Now, CHUWI has unveiled its […]

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The first Intel Wildcat Lake "Core Series 3" laptops have entered the retail segment, tackling Apple's MacBook Neo with a strong value proposition. Intel Has A Serious MacBook Neo Competitor In Its Hands With Wildcat Lake "Core Series 3" Laptops, Priced Around $600 Yesterday, we reported that Intel's partners were well on their way to launch Wildcat Lake "Core Series 3-powered laptops this week. And today, the first laptops have already hit retail shelves. One of the first to make way in the market segments is the Honor X14 which is a 14" design, featuring the Core 5 320, and […]

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NVIDIA's fastest and flagship "PRO" GPU, the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, is now breaching the $10,000 US price tag, a big increase versus the past few months. NVIDIA's RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Remains Unmatched With Its Massive 96 GB Memory, Making It The Fastest AI GPU For Pros But It Is Also The Most Expensive With A Price Tag Exceeding $10,000 When the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell initially launched, it had a price tag of around $8000 US, but since then, the graphics card has been slowly nearing the $10,000 US mark, and at some retailers, it's now even […]

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Intel's Core Ultra 7 270K CPU reaches another fantastic value proposition, hitting $259 at Microcenter, but a delidded version costs twice as much. Intel's Core Ultra 7 270K Plus is an Uber CPU Value for just $259 at Microcenter The Core Ultra 7 270K Plus is currently the best value option in the Intel CPU family. It offers 24 cores, and its performance more or less matches the 285K with technologies such as BOT (Binary Optimization Tool), offering a nice boost in games. At launch, the CPU was priced at $299, and while it did see an initial price hike […]

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Intel's Core Series 3 "Wildcat Lake" laptops are seemingly hitting retail shelves as early as next week, as the first products get listed at Chinese JD.com. Intel Sets Up Its Wildcat Lake "Core Series 3" Laptop Launches For Next Week, Challenging Apple's MacBook Neo Chinese retail outlet, JD.com, has listed various Intel Core Series 3 "Wildcat Lake" laptops online. The retail outlet is currently offering customers the opportunity to make pre-order appointments, and the final dates end on either the 18th or 22nd of May. The laptops include 14" and 16" designs from Honor and ASUS, though many more OEMs […]

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LPDDR memory demand in the AI & server segment is going to outstrip smartphone demand massively in 2027, with next-gen platforms such as NVIDIA Rubin and AMD MI400 requiring way more DRAM to meet the needs of AI firms. AI LPDDR Demand Is Going To Push Back The Smartphone Market Massively, NVIDIA Rubin's Demand Alone To Exceed Both Samsung & Apple Incoming memory demand from Agentic AI use cases is going to be insane. We know that DRAM is going to retain its crucial status in powering upcoming AI servers, and future platforms are going to house more capacity as […]

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Googlebook laptops might feature some super-premium specs based on a year-old listing, which points to Intel Panther Lake with 12 Xe3 cores. Intel Panther Lake-Powered Googlebook Laptops Might Be Aiming at the Premium Segment Last week, Google introduced its new family of laptops called Googlebook. The Googlebook laptops are more premium than Chromebook laptops, and based on older listings, their specs look really high-end. The first references to a Googlebook laptop were possibly made last year in shipping manifestos, which listed a Chromebook laptop with Intel's Panther Lake 12Xe CPUs. This was before Panther Lake launched, and way before anyone […]

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