AI Infrastructure & LLMs
Large language models, AI assistants, data centres, AI chips, cooling, optical networks and the power systems behind modern artificial intelligence.
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Apple’s M5 Ultra Mac Studio Takes Aim at the Cloud AI Bill
Apple’s latest desktop is making a serious pitch for AI that runs on your desk. Memory capacity is the attraction, but the real test is useful work per dollar.
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AMD’s Trillion-Dollar Moment Raises the Stakes in the AI Chip War
AMD’s valuation milestone reflects huge expectations. The more revealing story is how its processors, accelerators and software are coming together.
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Amazon Has Put Up a Roadblock for Meta’s AI Shopper
Meta’s agent promises to handle tasks for you. Amazon’s response shows why an assistant needs more than intelligence to get through a digital checkout.
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Nvidia’s Next AI Power Move Reaches Beyond the Chip
Nvidia is expanding its influence over the equipment around its processors. A new qualification programme puts batteries and liquid cooling in the spotlight.
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Google Wants Gemini to Be the First App You Reach for on Your PC
Gemini now has a Windows app. Google’s opportunity is to turn an AI service people visit occasionally into a tool they reach for throughout the day.
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China’s Memory-Chip Challenger Just Raised the Stakes
CXMT says its new G5 memory platform has entered mass production. The implications reach beyond one chip, but cheaper devices are not a guaranteed result.
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MIT’s HardFlow Gives Generative AI Rules It Has to Follow
A robot’s route cannot be merely convincing. MIT’s HardFlow research explores how generative AI can produce useful results while meeting explicit physical constraints.
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Nvidia’s Weather AI Is Learning to Forecast the Air You Breathe
Researchers are adapting Nvidia’s Earth-2 tools to air pollution. The promising part is how much forecasting work could become practical on a researcher’s desk.
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AMD Is Challenging Nvidia Where AI Still Needs a CPU
AI agents need more than powerful GPUs. AMD’s latest Venice update brings the server CPU back into the contest, with ambitious performance claims that deserve a closer look.
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Nvidia and AMD Both Claim AI Victories. The Fine Print Changes the Fight
Nvidia is showing off its next generation. AMD is squeezing more performance from existing hardware. Their latest benchmark claims reveal a more interesting contest than a single winner.
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AI’s Next Surgical Skill Is Learning One Patient at a Time
A new system adapts to a patient’s own scans in about five minutes. Its aim is to make the relationship between flat X-rays and three-dimensional anatomy easier to follow.
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MIT’s Tiny Mechanical Neuron Stores Memory in a Soft Spring
A soft material squeezed between two electrodes can remember its recent history. MIT researchers are using that behaviour to explore a different kind of computing.