Chips & Data Centers

Advancements in semiconductor technology, GPU development, and data center infrastructure that power AI computing capabilities.

Connectbase to Launch GPU-as-a-Service Platform for AI Infrastructure Monetization

Connectbase announced plans to introduce GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) within its Federated Ecosystem Fabric, enabling providers to sell and manage GPU capacity alongside connectivity services in a unified system.

October 21, 2025

NEXT Semiconductor Unveils Full-Waveform LiDAR Processor SoC

NEXT Semiconductor Technologies has announced the NXLR1 LiDAR Processor Unit, a system-on-chip integrating 12 high-speed ADC channels with proprietary Full Waveform Capture processing for enhanced perception in autonomous vehicles.

October 21, 2025

Nebius Launches NVIDIA Blackwell-Powered AI Cloud in Israel

Nebius has launched its AI Cloud platform in Israel, featuring one of the country's first public deployments of NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, enabling local startups and researchers to access advanced compute resources.

October 21, 2025

Oracle to Launch AI Supercluster with 50,000 AMD GPUs in 2026

Oracle and AMD announced an expanded partnership that will see Oracle Cloud Infrastructure deploy 50,000 AMD Instinct MI450 GPUs starting in Q3 2026. The new AI supercluster will use AMD’s Helios rack design and next-generation EPYC CPUs.

October 21, 2025

Arm Expands Flexible Access Program to Armv9 Edge AI Platform

Arm Holdings has expanded its Flexible Access licensing program to include its Armv9 edge AI platform, offering startups and device makers low-cost access to chip design tools for on-device AI development.

October 20, 2025

Intel Introduces Crescent Island GPU for AI Inference Workloads

Intel has announced a new data center GPU, code-named Crescent Island, optimized for AI inference tasks and designed for air-cooled enterprise servers. The GPU features 160GB of LPDDR5X memory and is based on the Xe3P microarchitecture, with customer sampling expected in the second half of 2026.

October 20, 2025

Global DUV Lithography Market Projected to Reach $23.69 Billion by 2031

The global deep ultraviolet (DUV) lithography systems market is projected to grow from $15.44 billion in 2024 to $23.69 billion by 2031, according to a report by Valuates Reports. Growth is driven by AI, 5G, and semiconductor manufacturing demand.

October 20, 2025

XConn and MemVerge Demonstrate 100TiB CXL Memory Pool for AI Workloads at OCP Summit

XConn Technologies and MemVerge showcased a 100TiB Compute Express Link (CXL) memory pool integrated with NVIDIA’s Dynamo architecture at the 2025 OCP Global Summit, demonstrating significant performance gains for AI inference workloads.

October 20, 2025

Open Compute Project and iMasons Introduce Carbon Disclosure Specification for Data Centers

The Open Compute Project Foundation and iMasons Climate Accord have released a new specification to standardize embodied carbon reporting across the data center industry, developed with contributions from Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Schneider Electric.

October 14, 2025

SONiC Foundation Expands AI Networking Ecosystem at OCP Global Summit 2025

The SONiC Foundation announced new milestones at the OCP Global Summit 2025, including Nexthop AI advancing to Premier membership and multiple new AI infrastructure deployments across industries.

October 14, 2025

Axiado to Showcase AI-Embedded Security Chips at OCP Global Summit 2025

Axiado Corporation will demonstrate its autonomous AI agents embedded in silicon at the 2025 OCP Global Summit in San Jose, highlighting technologies for platform security, system efficiency, and infrastructure management.

October 14, 2025

Jabil Unveils J-422G Servers for AI and Data Center Workloads

Jabil has announced its new J-422G servers designed to handle high-performance AI, machine learning, and data center workloads. The servers, powered by sixth-generation Intel Xeon processors, will be generally available in November 2025.

October 14, 2025

ABB and NVIDIA Collaborate on Next-Generation AI Data Centers

ABB and NVIDIA have announced a collaboration to develop advanced AI data centers with high-efficiency power delivery systems. ABB will focus on scalable electrification solutions to support NVIDIA’s 800-volt architecture for faster, more efficient energy transfer.

October 14, 2025

Advantech Launches SMARC Edge AI Module Powered by Qualcomm Dragonwing QCS6490

Advantech has introduced the AOM-5721, a SMARC-based edge AI computer-on-module featuring Qualcomm’s Dragonwing QCS6490 SoC, designed for industrial, commercial, and medical applications.

October 14, 2025

Google to Build $15 Billion AI and Data Center Hub in India

Google announced a $15 billion investment to establish India's first AI hub and a gigawatt-scale data center campus in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, in partnership with AdaniConneX and Airtel. The project will expand digital infrastructure, clean energy capacity, and subsea connectivity over the next five years.

October 14, 2025

ASUS Showcases AI Factory and New NVIDIA HGX B300 Servers at OCP 2025

ASUS unveiled its AI Factory and XA NB3I-E12 AI servers powered by NVIDIA HGX B300 systems at the 2025 OCP Global Summit, highlighting solutions for enterprise and cloud AI workloads.

October 14, 2025

GIGABYTE Launches AI TOP ATOM Supercomputer Powered by NVIDIA GB10

GIGABYTE has announced that its AI TOP ATOM personal supercomputer, featuring the NVIDIA Grace Blackwell GB10 Superchip, will be available globally from October 15. The compact system delivers up to 1 PetaFLOP of FP4 AI performance and supports models with up to 200 billion parameters.

October 14, 2025

Wiwynn Unveils Double-Wide Rack for Next-Gen AI at OCP Global Summit 2025

Wiwynn introduced a double-wide rack architecture at the OCP Global Summit 2025 to support larger, high-power AI accelerators with integrated HVDC power and advanced liquid cooling systems.

October 13, 2025

Compal Showcases CXL and Liquid Cooling Innovations for AI Data Centers at OCP 2025

Compal Electronics presented new CXL-based memory pooling and liquid cooling server technologies at the 2025 OCP Global Summit, highlighting its collaboration with NVIDIA and focus on scalable AI data center infrastructure.

October 13, 2025

Acbel Unveils Ruby-Level Power Rack Systems for Hyperscale AI Data Centers

Acbel introduced its Ruby-level power rack system at the OCP Global Summit 2025 in San Jose, offering scalable and resilient power solutions for hyperscale AI and HPC workloads.

October 13, 2025

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