Mac mini AI chip gets faster as memory crunch drives price to $899
Apple's Mac mini M6 arrives with a major AI-focused chip upgrade, but the AI data center memory shortage pushed the starting price from $599 to $899.
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Huawei Speeds Up Ascend 960DT AI Chip to Early 2027
Huawei moved its Ascend 960DT AI chip to Q1 2027, part of a broader push to cut China's reliance on Nvidia amid supply constraints and rising prices.
Next-Gen Nvidia, AMD GPUs May Slip to 2028 as AI Wins Chips
A leaker says Nvidia's RTX 60 and most AMD RDNA 5 GPUs slip to 2028 as AI chip demand and 15%+ server price hikes strain memory supply.
Custom AI ASIC Race Heats Up as Broadcom, Google Expand Deals
Broadcom, Google, Meta and Marvell deepen custom AI chip deals as inference costs reshape the ASIC-versus-Nvidia GPU competition in 2026.
Nvidia DLSS 4.5 Update Sharpens Ray Tracing on All RTX GPUs
Nvidia's DLSS 4.5 brings AI ray reconstruction to all RTX GPUs, part of a broader AI chip and infrastructure push.
Amazon Triples Nvidia GPU Order to 2 Million Chips
Amazon triples its Nvidia GPU order to two million chips through fiscal 2029 amid surging AI demand, Nvidia's earnings call revealed.
OpenAI's Jalapeño Chip Challenges Nvidia's AI Margins
OpenAI's Jalapeño chip reportedly beat Nvidia Blackwell on inference tests as custom AI silicon spreads across the industry.
Nvidia Q2 AI Chip Sales Soar as Rivals Push Custom Silicon
Nvidia's Q2 AI chip sales beat forecasts as OpenAI and Apple advance custom silicon to challenge its dominance.
Nvidia's Jetson Orin Nano 2 Targets Cheap Edge AI Inference
Nvidia's Jetson Orin Nano 2 targets cheap edge AI as memory costs push up chip and gaming hardware prices industry-wide.
AMD's New AI Chip Packs 432GB Memory, Steeper Costs
AMD's next AI chip adds 432GB of memory, a 50% boost, as rising memory prices raise costs across the AI hardware market.
OpenAI Debuts Jalapeño Chip to Cut AI Inference Costs
OpenAI unveils its Jalapeño chip for AI inference, claiming it beats Nvidia rivals while still using Nvidia GPUs.
Nvidia Raises AI Chip Prices 15% Amid Booming Demand
Nvidia plans a 15% AI chip price hike and startup investments as infrastructure costs and competition reshape the AI hardware market.
Nvidia's Vera Rubin Chips Spark AI Infrastructure Overhaul
Nvidia's Vera Rubin platform, pricing hikes, and export-control smuggling cases signal a broader AI hardware cost and infrastructure shift.
Nvidia Leans on DLSS 4.5 as AMD's Simplicity Gains Ground
Nvidia pushes DLSS 4.5 software gains as AMD's hardware focus and rivals like Cerebras challenge its GPU and AI inference dominance.
AMD Reportedly Joins Google on Next-Gen TPU Design
AMD reportedly may co-develop a new Google TPU with on-package cores amid a wider AI chip and financing race.
Cerebras CS-4 Server Claims 30x Faster AI Inference
Cerebras unveils CS-4 server system claiming 30x faster AI inference amid rising agentic AI compute costs and hardware market pressures.
Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme Tops Rivals in New Lab Tests
New Signal65 lab tests show Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme beating Apple and AMD chips in speed, battery, and AI tasks.
SK Hynix Weighs Multitrillion-Won Chip Plant in Japan
SK Hynix is weighing a multitrillion-won memory chip plant in Japan amid surging AI-driven demand across the chip industry.
Broadcom Seeks $60B AI Chip Debt Deal for Anthropic
Broadcom is in talks to raise over $60 billion in debt for an AI chip deal benefiting Anthropic, Bloomberg News reports.
Denmark Halts Grid Hookups as AI Data Center Demand Hits 60GW
Denmark's grid operator paused new data center connections after requests hit 60GW, capping the country's AI infrastructure buildout.