News Bytes 20260811: Espionage at TSMC, Intel CEO Told to Quit, Dojo AI Is Done, GenAI and Geopolitics

A good mid-summer morning to you! There have been scandalous news reports of late in the world of HPC-AI, along with other developments of interest, including: TSMC employees accused of 2nm espionage charges, Trump calls for Intel CEO to resign ….

News Bytes 20260728: US AI Action Plan; STMicro Sensors Acquisition; NVIDIA H20, TSMC and Shifting GPU Export Policy

Good July day to all! The HPC-AI sector rolled forward over the past week generating its usual harvest of news, here’s a fast (6:33) review of recent developments, including: the White House’s US AI Action Plan, STMicro acquires NXP MEMS sensors, NVIDIA H20, TSMC packaging capacity ….

TSMC to Add Chip Design Center in Germany for AI, Other Sectors

TSMC announced today it will open a new chip design center in Munich by the third quarter of this year, something viewed as European Union victory as it pursues self-reliance in chip production. According to an article on the MarketScreener (with Reuters) ….

News Bytes 20250428: TSMC’s A14 Fab, Intel’s New CEO: ‘We Need to Change’

Good end-of-April to you! Here’s a quick (8:05) review of recent doings in the world of HPC-AI, including: the Salishan Conference takes on HPC-AI divergence and FugakuNext zettascale, TSMC’s A14 fab, Intel’s 18A fab and AmKor CoWoS packaging in Arizona, Intel’s earnings, new AI compute and Lip Bu Tan’s warning ….

News Bytes 20250421: Chips and Geopolitical Chess, Intel and FPGAs, Cool Storage, 2nm CPUs in Taiwan and Arizona

Good April morning to you! It’s been an active week in the world of HPC-AI, here’s a quick (8:43) rundown of recent industry news: Nvidia, AMD and China export rules, Intel sells part of FPGA business, storage investments soar, 2nm coming to Taiwan and Arizona

News Bytes 20250414: Argonne’s AI-based Reactor Monitor, AI on the Moon, TSMC under $1B Penalty Threat, HPC-AI in Growth Mode

A happy Tax Day (U.S.) Eve to you! It’s been an eventful week in the HPC-AI industry, here’s a rapid (8:39) run-down of recent news, including: Argonne’s AI-based reactor digital twin, AI factory on the moon?, TSMC may face ….

NVIDIA to Manufacture AI Supercomputers in U.S.

NVIDIA today said it is working with manufacturing partners to design and build factories that will produce NVIDIA AI supercomputers — i.e., “AI factories” — entirely in the United States… NVIDIA said that within four years, it plans to produce up to half a trillion dollars worth of AI infrastructure in the U.S. through partnerships ….

News Bytes 20250407: Tariffs and the Technology Industry, Intel-TSMC Deal?, DARPA Taps Wafer Scale, Sandia and Laser-Based Cooling, Optical I/O News

Good April day to you! It was a wild week for more than the HPC-AI sector last week, here’s a brief (7:39) look at some key developments: U.S. tariffs, the technology sector and advanced chips, Intel-TSMC ….

@HPCpodcast: Dr. Ian Cutress on the State of Advanced Chips, the GPU Landscape and AI Compute, Global Chip Manufacturing and GTC Expectations

…. we welcome special guest and high-powered chip industry analyst Dr. Ian Cutress, Chief Analyst at More Than Moore and host of the popular YouTube ….

News Bytes 20250310: TSMC’s $100B for Arizona Fabs, New AGI Benchmarks, JSC’s Quantum-Exascale Integration, Chinese Quantum Reported 1Mx Faster than Google’s

Happy Daylight Savings Time (U.S.) to you! Big things happened in HPC-AI last week, here’s a brief (7:46) run-through of recent news: TSMC $100 billion investment in Arizona, new “real world” AGI benchmarks unveiled ….