AI Silicon
AI chips, GPUs, accelerators, and the silicon powering the AI era.
Can ADI Hot Swap Controllers De-Risk NVIDIA’s 800 VDC Transition?
800 VDC power architecture is becoming a key enabler of AI factory scale as NVIDIA and Analog Devices address power delivery constraints.
Brendan Burke · Jun 4, 2026 · 6 min
Cisco Needs Its Own Silicon to Compete in AI Infrastructure
For most of Cisco’s history, the company occupied a well-defined place in the technology stack. Cisco built the networks that connected everything else. Servers evolved. Storage evolved. Applications evolved. Cisco moved the packets between them. That position created one of the most successful companies in technology history. It may not be enough for the AI […]
Alan Shimel · Jun 3, 2026 · 5 min
Every AI Story Eventually Becomes a Semiconductor Story
When I started covering technology, semiconductors were one of those industries that most people acknowledged as important but rarely paid much attention to. Chips were the engines underneath the hood. They powered servers, PCs, networking equipment and eventually smartphones, but they generally weren’t the story. The story was the software, the applications, the platforms and […]
Alan Shimel · Jun 2, 2026 · 5 min
Can Bigin’s AI Agents Redefine CRM Automation for Small Businesses?
Bigin’s Zia Agents bring enterprise-grade AI automation to small business CRM, transforming sales and service workflows with intelligent digital.
Keith Kirkpatrick · Jun 2, 2026 · 5 min
NVIDIA Cosmos 3 and Open Agent Tools: Is Physical AI About to Leave the Lab?
NVIDIA Cosmos 3 open physical AI model launches with agent skills, tools for robotics, AVs, industrial AI: does the data support the production narrative?
Nick Patience · Jun 2, 2026 · 6 min
NVIDIA Formally Introduces Vera, a CPU Designed for AI
NVIDIA formally took the wraps off of Vera, its second-generation […]
Andy Patrizio · Jun 2, 2026 · 2 min
Intel’s Crescent Island GPU Built for AI Inference with Up to 480 GB Memory
Intel has disclosed new details about Crescent Island, its upcoming […]
James Maguire · Jun 1, 2026 · 3 min
Canva’s May 2026 Launches Signal an Enterprise Platform Ambition Beyond Design
Canva’s May 2026 launches reveal enterprise platform ambitions beyond design. Explore workflow automation, data integrations, and competitive.
Keith Kirkpatrick · Jun 1, 2026 · 5 min
Is Genesys’ WhatsApp Integration the New Standard for Omnichannel Customer Engagement?
Genesys’ WhatsApp Integration sets new standards for omnichannel customer engagement, unifying messaging, voice, and AI in one platform.
Keith Kirkpatrick · Jun 1, 2026 · 4 min
SugarAI’s Rebrand Raises the Stakes in AI-Powered CRM, But Can It Deliver Actionable Intelligence?
SugarAI’s rebrand positions it as a next-generation AI platform for enterprise CRM. Can it deliver actionable intelligence against entrenched.
Keith Kirkpatrick · Jun 1, 2026 · 6 min
NVIDIA, Microsoft Debut RTX Spark Platform for Agentic AI PCs
NVIDIA has unveiled the RTX Spark, a new Arm-based chip […]
James Maguire · Jun 1, 2026 · 3 min
Will Zoho MCP Server Make Conversational Payments the New Enterprise Standard?
Zoho MCP Server enables conversational AI payments. Learn how this platform transforms enterprise automation with natural language workflows.
Keith Kirkpatrick · May 29, 2026 · 4 min
Broadcom Rolls Out Wi-Fi 8 and 50G Networking Gear Ahead of Standards Approval
Networks are handling heavier AI-related traffic and rising demand for multi-gigabit connectivity, and Broadcom has released a new set of chips for fiber gateways, Wi-Fi 8 routers, and fixed wireless access systems that support this higher-capacity data transfer. The company introduced a new 50G passive optical networking (PON) gateway system-on-chip, the BCM68850,
James Maguire · May 27, 2026 · 3 min
IBM, Commerce Department to Back $1B Quantum Chip Foundry
The United States could soon have a dedicated quantum chip foundry, backed by the largest award in a $2 billion federal quantum investment package spanning multiple companies. IBM and the U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC) today announced a letter of intent for $1 billion in CHIPS Incentives funding to support Anderon, a new IBM company
Jaime Hampton · May 22, 2026 · 2 min
AMD’s Venice Ramping on 2nm: Can AMD Reset the AI Data Center Power Balance?
The 2nm ramp of AMD Venice targets data center power efficiency and agentic inference in AI infrastructure. Process node leadership promises pricing power.
Brendan Burke · May 22, 2026 · 4 min
NVIDIA Q1 FY2027: Data Center Diversification, Blackwell Scale, CPU Upside
NVIDIA Q1 FY2027 earnings deliver $82B revenue, 85% YoY growth, and a new Vera CPU platform targeting the $200B agentic AI market.
Nick Patience · May 22, 2026 · 8 min
VMware Moves ESX Toward Arm Servers Amid Growing Enterprise Interest
In a sign of increasing enterprise interest in Arm-based processors, VMware has released a preview of ESX running on Arm-based servers, an early step in the company’s efforts to expand support beyond traditional x86 infrastructure. The VMware ESX on Arm Tech preview indicates that VMware’s core hypervisor can now operate on
James Maguire · May 19, 2026 · 2 min
NVIDIA’s China Ambitions Stall as Beijing Pivots to Homegrown Tech
Despite a high-profile appearance by NVIDIA Corp. CEO Jensen Huang during President Trump’s state visit to China this week, the world’s leading chipmaker remains locked out of its most critical growth market. As the summit between Trump and President Xi Jinping concluded on Friday, the future of NVIDIA’s advanced artificial intelligence (AI) hardware in China remains
Jon Swartz · May 15, 2026 · 3 min
Researchers Push Neutral-Atom Quantum Computing Closer to Scale
A research team at ETH Zurich has demonstrated a new approach to quantum computing that could ease one of the central barriers facing quantum systems: instability during calculations. The team developed a quantum swap gate for neutral-atom qubits that maintained better than 99.9% precision across 17,000 qubit pairs simultaneously, according to research
James Maguire · May 13, 2026 · 2 min
Rackspace, AMD Plan Governed AI Cloud for Enterprise and Sovereign Workloads
Rackspace Technology and AMD have signed a memorandum of understanding outlining a collaboration focused on building AI infrastructure for regulated industries for which data residency and compliance are essential requirements. The proposed partnership combines AMD’s Instinct GPUs, EPYC CPUs and ROCm software ecosystem with Rackspace’s managed infrastructure services. Rather than selling enterprises
James Maguire · May 11, 2026 · 2 min