The French AI lab has raised €3 billion at a €21 billion valuation in a Series D round led by Samsung, Scaleup Europe, and PSG Equity.

Samsung Electronics is all set to tackle Intel 14A and TSMC A14 with its own 1.4nm process technology, which should be ready in 2029. Foundry Battle Heats Up With Samsung Electronics Aiming for Mass Production of 1.4nm Process Tech in 2029 Intel and TSMC are one of the leading firms working on 1.4nm class process technologies. Although each technology is fundamentally different than one another, both are officially designated as 1.4nm products. TSMC's A14 fabs are expected to come online next year & competitor Intel is also set to accelerate its 14A technology due to high demand, and major customers […]

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South Korean chip startup XCENA is betting that AI's real bottleneck is not compute, but memory.