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Marvell Acquires XConn for $540M, AMD Unveils Helios AI Rack

Marvell Acquires XConn for $540M, AMD Unveils Helios AI Rack

TL;DR * Marvell acquires XConn for $540M to enhance AI infrastructure switching with PCIe 5.0 and CXL support for hyperscale data centers * AMD unveils Helios AI rack with MI500 GPUs targeting 1,000x performance gain over MI300X for exascale AI workloads * Gigabyte introduces AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 Infinity with

Intel Core Ultra 300H and NVIDIA Vera Rubin Redefine Mobile and AI Computing: 77% Gaming Boost and 400 PFLOPS AI Power Unveiled at CES 2026

Intel Core Ultra 300H and NVIDIA Vera Rubin Redefine Mobile and AI Computing: 77% Gaming Boost and 400 PFLOPS AI Power Unveiled at CES 2026

TL;DR * Intel Core Ultra Series 3 with Panther Lake chips and Arc B390 GPU delivers 77% iGPU performance gain over Lunar Lake, enabling 4K gaming at 145 FPS in Battlefield 6 via XeSS 3 * NVIDIA unveils Vera Rubin AI chips using 3nm TSMC process, cutting AI training costs to

Samsung Unveils $200K Micro RGB TV, AMD Launches Ryzen AI 400, and NVIDIA Ships RTX 5090 as AI and Display Tech Surge in 2026

Samsung Unveils $200K Micro RGB TV, AMD Launches Ryzen AI 400, and NVIDIA Ships RTX 5090 as AI and Display Tech Surge in 2026

TL;DR * Samsung R95H 130-inch Micro RGB TV debuts at CES 2026 with VDE-verified 100% BT.2020 color coverage and Micro RGB AI Engine Pro for AI-enhanced image processing * AMD unveils Ryzen AI 400 Series chips at CES 2026, targeting edge and enterprise AI workloads with Zen 5 architecture and

NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs Drive AI Data Centers to 13.8 Million Liters Daily Water Use Amid U.S. Water Stress and 2030 Projections of 40 Million Liters

NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs Drive AI Data Centers to 13.8 Million Liters Daily Water Use Amid U.S. Water Stress and 2030 Projections of 40 Million Liters

TL;DR * NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs Drive AI Data Center Expansion with 110,000 Units Deployed, Consuming 2 Million Liters of Water Daily per 100-MW Facility * AMD Ryzen 9000 Series with X3D Architecture and 9850X3D Overclocking Record Set New HPC Performance Benchmarks at CES 2026 * TSMC’s 2nm Node Capacity Expansion

MSI Leads with Dual 240mm Liquid Cooling on RTX 5090 PCs, While Huawei, Snapdragon X2 Elite, and Xeon 6 SoC Reshape AI and PC Markets

MSI Leads with Dual 240mm Liquid Cooling on RTX 5090 PCs, While Huawei, Snapdragon X2 Elite, and Xeon 6 SoC Reshape AI and PC Markets

TL;DR * MSI Unveils RTX 5090-Based 'Lightning' Gaming PCs with Dual 240mm Liquid Cooling at CES 2026 * Colorful Breaks CPU OC Record with Ryzen 7 9800X3D at 7.335 GHz Using Liquid Nitrogen Cooling * HPE and Intel Launch Integrated Xeon 6 SoC Platform to Accelerate AI Workloads in

Minisforum DEG2, Lenovo ThinkStation PGX, and XAI’s 2GW Cluster Redefine Mobile AI, On-Prem HPC, and Infrastructure Scale

Minisforum DEG2, Lenovo ThinkStation PGX, and XAI’s 2GW Cluster Redefine Mobile AI, On-Prem HPC, and Infrastructure Scale

TL;DR * SK Hynix to build $3.9B HBM module manufacturing plant in Indiana with CHIPS Act funding, targeting TSMC leverage for Nvidia Rubin platforms by 2028 * Minisforum DEG2 external GPU dock delivers dual OCuLink (64Gbps) and Thunderbolt 5 (80Gbps) connectivity with internal M.2 SSD expansion for desktop-grade AI

NVIDIA Licenses Groq’s LPU Tech, SoftBank Buys DigitalBridge for AI Compute, Microsoft Deploys AI Agents for ARM Migration, AMD Teams with OpenAI on MI300X

NVIDIA Licenses Groq’s LPU Tech, SoftBank Buys DigitalBridge for AI Compute, Microsoft Deploys AI Agents for ARM Migration, AMD Teams with OpenAI on MI300X

TL;DR * NVIDIA and Groq sign $20B licensing deal to accelerate AI data center infrastructure with Groq’s LPU architecture and NVIDIA’s GPU ecosystem * SoftBank acquires DigitalBridge for $4.04B to expand global AI data center footprint with 1GW+ liquid-cooled GPU capacity in Texas and Wisconsin * Intel and NVIDIA