Google TPU 8t - AI Training at ExaFLOP Scale
Google's TPU 8t packs 12.6 FP4 PFLOPs and 216GB HBM3e per chip, scaling to 9,600-chip superpods with 121 ExaFLOPS and 2 petabytes of shared HBM for massive model training.
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Qualcomm AI250 - Near-Memory Computing for Inference
The Qualcomm AI250 applies near-memory computing to the same 768GB LPDDR5X design as the AI200, promising 10x higher effective memory bandwidth and lower power for LLM inference at rack scale.
Rebellions RebelRack - 64 FP8 PFLOPs at 5 Kilowatts
The Rebellions RebelRack packs 32 Rebel100 chiplet NPUs with 4.5TB HBM3E and 153.6 TB/s aggregate bandwidth into a rack drawing just 5kW - roughly 4x the compute-per-watt of an H100 DGX.
Maine Vetoes First US AI Data Center Moratorium
Maine Governor Janet Mills killed LD 307, the first proposed statewide AI data center moratorium in the US, to protect a $550 million project in Jay.
Vast Data Raises $1B at $30B, NVIDIA Backs AI Storage
Vast Data closes a $1B Series F at $30B valuation - triple its 2023 price - with NVIDIA, Drive Capital, and Access Industries backing its push to own the data layer for AI infrastructure.
Google Virgo Network Ends the Datacenter Scaling Tax
Google's Virgo Network connects 134K TPU chips at 47 petabits per second using a flat two-layer topology that removes the bandwidth degradation cluster operators have engineered around for years.
Thinking Machines Picks Google Cloud for First GB300 Deal
Mira Murati's AI lab signs a single-digit-billion deal with Google Cloud for GB300 chip access, its first cloud provider commitment, as frontier labs race to lock in next-gen compute.
Google's Four-Chip Plan to Own AI Inference at Scale
Google splits its next TPU generation across Broadcom, MediaTek, Marvell, and Intel to win inference economics, revealed ahead of Cloud Next 2026.
Fermi CEO and CFO Exit - $20B Nuclear AI Bet Implodes
Fermi America's CEO and CFO both departed as the nuclear-powered AI data center startup collapsed 83% from its IPO high with no revenue and no anchor tenant.
TSMC Q1: $35.9B Record as AI Now Powers 61% of Revenue
TSMC posted $35.9B in Q1 2026 revenue, a 40.6% year-over-year jump, with AI and HPC now accounting for 61% of wafer sales - and CoWoS packaging still fully booked.
AMD Instinct MI430X - Dual-Precision CDNA 5 Accelerator
The AMD Instinct MI430X is AMD's CDNA 5 HPC accelerator with 432GB HBM4, full FP64 support, and 19.6 TB/s bandwidth - designed for sovereign AI and scientific supercomputing alongside the MI455X AI GPU.
NVIDIA Groq 3 LPU - SRAM-Based Inference Engine
The NVIDIA Groq 3 LPU is a pure-SRAM inference chip delivering 150 TB/s memory bandwidth and 1.2 PFLOPS FP8 per chip, designed to pair with Vera Rubin GPUs for trillion-parameter model serving.
