Recent #NVIDIA news in the semiconductor industry

about 2 months ago

➀ China's Cyberspace Administration instructs domestic tech companies to avoid purchasing Nvidia's H20 GPUs and RTX Pro 6000D AI chips, restricted under U.S. export rules;

➁ Despite this, China still seeks Nvidia's high-end chips, but its officials are angered by U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's remarks about selling only lower-tier chips to China;

➂ Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang expressed disappointment in U.S.-China tensions and emphasized the strategic importance of maintaining U.S. chip technology as the global standard.

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➀ China's Cyberspace Administration (CAC) banned major tech firms like ByteDance and Alibaba from purchasing Nvidia’s AI chips, including the newly released RTX Pro 6000D and previously restricted H20.

➁ Beijing asserts that domestic AI chips from Huawei and Cambricon now rival Nvidia’s China-specific products, prompting companies like Tencent to accelerate local infrastructure development.

➂ Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang expressed disappointment but acknowledged geopolitical complexities, while China’s move aligns with efforts to reduce reliance on U.S. tech amid ongoing trade tensions.

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➀ NVIDIA reportedly becomes TSMC's first A16 node customer for its Feynman AI GPUs, breaking Apple's decade-long tradition of adopting TSMC's leading-edge processes with iPhones;

➁ A16, TSMC's 1.6nm-class process, integrates GAA transistors and backside power delivery, offering 8-10% speed gain and improved power efficiency, tailored for AI/HPC applications;

➂ NVIDIA's strategic move to skip N2 for A16 could secure a full-node advantage over AMD and Intel, positioning Feynman GPUs as pioneering AI chips with cutting-edge architecture by 2028.

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➀ Rubin CPX die shot reveals dedicated ROP units and display engines, which are redundant for AI workloads;

➁ Speculation arises that it could serve as the foundation for RTX 6090 with 28,672+ CUDA cores and GDDR7 memory;

➂ Planned 2026 release aligns with potential CES 2027 consumer GPU launch, suggesting dual AI/gaming architecture strategy.

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➀ China accuses NVIDIA of violating anti-monopoly laws, with potential fines up to 10% of its annual revenue from the Chinese market;

➁ The allegations coincide with ongoing US-China trade talks in Spain, implying the investigation may be a negotiation tactic to secure better terms for AI chip access;

➂ China intensifies efforts to reduce reliance on foreign tech, promoting domestic chip production and urging companies to avoid NVIDIA GPUs for national AI independence.

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about 2 months ago

➀ NVIDIA has mysteriously delisted the Founders Edition GeForce RTX 5080 and GeForce RTX 5090 from its website in select regions.

➁ The cards are no longer available for direct order from NVIDIA in the US and UK, while in Germany and France, only the RTX 5090 Founders Edition is affected.

➂ The move could indicate an upcoming refresh of the Super 50 Series or NVIDIA's decision to defer high-end 50 Series card production to AIB partners.

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➀ Tech leaders like Jensen Huang (NVIDIA) and Larry Ellison (Oracle) saw their wealth skyrocket due to massive AI investments, with Huang's net worth peaking at $243B in 2025.

➁ NVIDIA dominates the AI GPU market, powering Meta, OpenAI, and xAI, while Oracle's $300B OpenAI deal propelled Ellison to become the world's richest man.

➂ Meta's shift to AI superintelligence and Musk's xAI ambitions, including plans for 50M GPUs, highlight the intensifying race for AI dominance despite financial and technical hurdles.

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about 2 months ago

➀ Kioxia and NVIDIA aim to launch 100M IOPS SSDs for AI servers by 2027, achieving 33x faster performance than current drives;

➁ The SSD will use PCIe 7.0 and XL-Flash SLC NAND to optimize small-block random reads critical for AI workloads;

➂ Technical challenges include overcoming NAND scaling limits, with potential adoption of High Bandwidth Flash (HBF) to boost parallelism.

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➀ IQE, a Cardiff-based semiconductor company, announced it is seeking a buyer and revised its 2025 revenue forecast downward due to contract delays;

➁ Arm introduced Lumex, an AI-focused Compute Sub-System (CSS) for edge inference, emphasizing AI as foundational for mobile technology;

➂ Nvidia unveiled the Rubin CPX GPU, a 30 PetaFLOPS accelerator with 128GB GDDR7, targeting large-context AI model inference.

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➀ The QNAP QXG-25G2SF-CX6 is a dual-port 25GbE NIC featuring NVIDIA's ConnectX-6 Lx chip, designed for NAS systems but adaptable to broader deployments;

➀ It features a low-profile design with an integrated cooling fan for improved thermal performance in compact spaces;

➁ Supports PCIe Gen4/Gen3 interfaces and SFP28 connectivity, enabling 25GbE or backward-compatible 10GbE network configurations.

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➀ NVIDIA unveiled the Rubin CPX GPU, designed for exaflop-scale AI computing with 128GB GDDR7 memory and 8 exaflops of performance, targeting million-token workloads in coding and video processing.

➀ The platform delivers up to 30 petaflops of performance and 3x faster attention mechanisms, enabling enterprises to generate significant revenue potential from AI token usage.

➂ Key adopters like Cursor and Runway plan to leverage the GPU for developer productivity tools and generative video workflows, supported by NVIDIA's full AI software stack.

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➀ NVIDIA's Blackwell Ultra GB300 NVL72 achieves 45% higher inference throughput than GB200 in MLPerf's DeepSeek R1 test, leveraging upgraded tensor cores and software optimizations;

➀ The system uses NVFP4 quantization to shrink model sizes and NVLink 1.8TBps interconnect for sharding Llama 3.1 405B across 72 GPUs;

➂ NVIDIA positions GB300 as a cost-efficient solution for 'AI factories,' with shipments beginning this month to drive tokenized data center workflows.

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➀ NVIDIA introduces Rubin CPX GPU, a purpose-built chip targeting long-context AI workloads like video generation, using a 'disaggregated' architecture splitting tasks between compute-optimized and bandwidth-focused GPUs;

➁ Rubin CPX handles compute-intensive context phases with 30 petaFLOPs NVFP4 and 128GB GDDR7, while standard Rubin GPU (50 PFLOPs FP4, 288GB HBM4) manages memory-heavy generation phases;

➂ The Vera Rubin NVL144 CPX rack (2026) combines both GPUs, delivering 8 exaFLOPs NVFP4 performance and 7.5x speedup over current systems, promising $5B revenue potential per $100M investment.

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about 2 months ago

➀ NVIDIA launched the Rubin CPX GPU, a specialized accelerator for massive-context AI models, delivering 30 PetaFLOPS of NVFP4 performance and 128 GB of GDDR7 memory on a monolithic die;

➁ The GPU is optimized for disaggregated inference, separating compute-bound context phases and memory bandwidth-bound generation phases to enhance throughput, reduce latency, and improve resource utilization;

➂ Integrated with NVIDIA Vera CPUs and Rubin GPUs in the Vera Rubin NVL144 CPX platform, it provides 8 exaflops of AI compute, 7.5x faster than previous systems, and scales to 100TB of memory and 1.7PB/s memory bandwidth per rack.

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about 2 months ago

➀ CS2 esports pro ropz criticizes severe FPS instability, stating the game only runs smoothly on AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D;

➁ User tests using high-end Ryzen 9 9950X3D and RTX 5080 GPUs show frame rates dropping below 200 FPS in intensive scenes;

➂ Valve's optimization challenges persist despite patches, with 5v5 and 20-slot modes exposing performance flaws.

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➀ The article chronicles the 65-year evolution of Electronics Weekly, transitioning from print (1960) to digital platforms like podcasts and video (2025);

➁ It highlights key tech milestones, including Intel's founding (1968), ARM's establishment (1990), and NVIDIA's inception (1993);

➂ The timeline also notes industry shifts, such as the rise of microprocessors, the internet, and modern multimedia journalism in electronics.

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