Apple Hikes MacBook Prices Up To $300 As AI-Driven Memory Chip Costs Surge 98%
Apple hikes MacBook prices by up to $300 as AI-driven demand sends Dynamic RAM costs surging 98%, with analysts warning iPhone price increases are coming next.
Hardware
Qualcomm Surges 15% After Unveiling Data Center CPU, Doubling Revenue Forecast to $40 Billion
Qualcomm surges 15% after unveiling its Dragonfly C1000 data center CPU for agentic AI, nearly doubling its non-handset revenue forecast to $40 billion by fiscal 2029, with Meta signed as a launch customer and $15 billion targeted from data center sales alone.
OpenAI Launches Jalapeño AI Chip With Broadcom, Already Running GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark Workloads
OpenAI unveils its first-generation AI inference chip, Jalapeño, developed with Broadcom, already powering GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark workloads with superior performance per watt, reducing reliance on Nvidia while positioning OpenAI as a major player across the entire AI hardware and datacenter stack.
OpenAI and Broadcom Unveil 'Jalapeño,' a Custom AI Chip Built for LLM Inference That Breaks Speed Records in Development
OpenAI and Broadcom unveil 'Jalapeño,' a custom AI accelerator chip purpose-built for LLM inference that reportedly breaks speed records with a nine-month development cycle and delivers superior performance per watt, with deployment planned by end of 2026.
OpenAI and Broadcom Partner to Deploy 10 Gigawatts of Custom AI Chips by 2029
OpenAI and Broadcom announce a landmark multi-year partnership to co-develop and deploy 10 gigawatts of custom AI accelerator chips by 2029, with rack deployments beginning in 2026 to meet surging global AI demand for OpenAI's 800 million weekly active users.
NVIDIA Launches Agent Toolkit to Help Enterprises Build Specialized AI Agents
NVIDIA launches its Agent Toolkit, an open and modular platform empowering enterprises to build specialized AI agents with secure, customizable tools already achieving 98.5% alert accuracy in cybersecurity and accelerating drug discovery across major platforms like SAP, Siemens, and ServiceNow.
NVIDIA and AWS Supercharge Cloud AI with New Blackwell GPUs, 10x Faster Vector Search, and Elite Training Certification
NVIDIA and AWS are rolling out a powerful trio of AI advancements: new EC2 G7 instances with Blackwell GPUs delivering 4.6x faster inference, a 10x faster vector search engine now default in Amazon OpenSearch, and AWS earning elite NVIDIA Exemplar Cloud status for large-scale AI training workloads.
Tech Giants Converge at Confidential Computing Summit to Push Decentralized AI and Enterprise Data Sovereignty
Tech giants including Google, Microsoft, AMD, and Intel converge at San Francisco's Confidential Computing Summit, pushing four critical AI security mandates—encrypted agent memory, hardware-based trust, verified AI identities, and enterprise data sovereignty—while the Linux Foundation unveils the Agent Name Service, a DNS-like system for AI agents, as industry leaders warn …
Reflection AI Signs $6.3 Billion Compute Deal With SpaceX For Access To Nvidia GB300 Chips
Reflection AI, a young open-source startup founded by former Google DeepMind researchers, signs a massive $6.3 billion compute deal with SpaceX, securing access to cutting-edge Nvidia GB300 chips at $150 million per month starting July 2026.
Alibaba's AI Video Model Rockets to No. 2 Globally as Reflection AI Locks $6.3B SpaceX Compute Deal and Anthropic Gets Caught in Its Own Warning's Regulatory Trap
Alibaba's HappyHorse 1.1 rockets to No. 2 globally in AI video, Reflection AI locks a $6.3B SpaceX compute deal for open-weight models, and Anthropic gets caught in a regulatory trap after its own risk warnings trigger a U.S. export ban on its latest AI models.