Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, Lisa Su, CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, and Michael Intrator, CEO of CoreWeave, CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images AMD just won the biggest AI deal in the company’s history, with OpenAI entering a definitive agreement to deploy 6 gigawatts of AMD GPUs, with the first gigawatt of capacity powered…
OpenAI signed a multi-year partnership Monday with chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices as the ChatGPT-maker continues an investment spree to secure massive amounts of computing power for rolling out generative artificial intelligence. The Barron’s news department was not involved in the creation of the content above. This article was produced by AFP. For more information go…
Regardless of how trade talks go, the US-China tech rivalry isn’t going away. From each side’s perspective, maintaining a lead in futuristic technologies matters significantly for economic growth and national power. Now, we’re entering round two. The first round was mostly defined by US export controls aimed at slowing China’s development of advanced technologies. These…
Huawei Technologies unveiled hardware that it said could deliver world-class computing power without using Nvidia’s advanced chips, in a breakthrough that could potentially free the supply chokehold that constrains China’s aspirations in artificial intelligence. The Shenzhen-based telecoms equipment giant said it had developed the “world’s most powerful” supernode computing cluster using local chipmaking processes, providing…
Aug 31, 2025 Markets face a critical four-day trading week following Friday’s volatility in technology stocks, which saw AI-related shares retreat despite the S&P 500 ($SPX) reaching new highs earlier in the week. According to a Yahoo Finance report, the selloff was triggered by concerns over China’s semiconductor ambitions, particularly reports that Alibaba is developing…
Six Senate Democrats have sent an open letter to President Donald Trump, asking him to reconsider his decision to permit tech giants Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) to sell advanced AI semiconductor chips to China. The group of senators include Chuck Schumer, Mark Warner, Elizabeth Warren, Jack Reed, Jeanne Shaheen and Christopher Coons. They…
The Trump administration has made curbing China’s access to high-powered AI chips a high priority. According to the government, China may use the chips to build up its arsenal of military technology, and it simply can’t have that. At the same time, America’s considerable and longstanding chip export controls may also be aimed at slowing…
Chinese officials have summoned domestic companies, including major tech firms Tencent and ByteDance, over their purchases of Nvidia’s H20 chips, demanding explanations and expressing concerns about information risks. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) and other agencies have also held meetings in recent weeks with Baidu and smaller Chinese tech companies. According to sources speaking…
US chipmaker Nvidia is reportedly facing a new hurdle in China when it comes to AI chips. China has instructed its domestic companies to avoid using Nvidia’s H20 chips, particularly for government-related projects. This move essentially complicates Nvidia’s – as well as AMD’s – efforts to recover billions in lost revenue and challenges the Trump…
Retired admiral says deal for AI chip sales to China could put national security at risk – CBS News Watch CBS News The Trump administration has reached a deal with American chipmakers Nvidia and AMD to sell two semiconductors to China in exchange for a 15% cut of their revenue. Jo Ling Kent reports. Source…