Lightmatter has released two pieces of technology that are aimed at speeding up the connections between AI chips.

The Ironwood TPU, as the new chip is called, arrives at an economic inflection point in AI. The industry clearly expects AI moving forward to be less about science projects and more about the ...

AI chip production has seen a massive surge in energy use, with electricity consumption rising more than 350 per cent in 2024. Greenpeace warns that the ...

Broadcom, a strong switch chip supplier, offers alternatives for non-Nvidia systems. Marvell (via the Innovium acquisition) and Astera Labs (now public, ~$10B market cap) are emerging players.

Emeryville, California-based nEye is developing a chip that taps optical technology to send information between AI chips in the form of light rather than electrical signals, a field that chip ...

Global emissions from electricity consumption tied to artificial intelligence (AI) chip manufacturing surged last year, driven by heavy reliance on fossil fuels in Asia’s leading production ...