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MediaTek Targets $2B AI Chip Sales, $80B Custom ASIC Market
MediaTek projects $2B+ AI chip sales in 2026, targets 15-20% of an $80B custom ASIC market by 2027, backed by a $5B board-approved supply chain investment.
Intel EMIB-T Wins Second Cloud ASIC, Early 2028 Production
Intel EMIB-T wins second cloud ASIC project; MediaTek CEO confirms early 2028 production on track despite packaging yield and capacity challenges.
Jensen Huang's 30-Year TSMC Battle: From 3D Graphics to AI GPUs
A 30-year-old comic shows Jensen Huang convincing TSMC to supply wafers for 3D graphics chips. Today, he's still fighting for wafer supply, but now for AI GPUs, alongside Broadcom, AMD, MediaTek, and Amazon.
llada.cpp Cuts LLaDA-8B Latency 17-42x on Mobile NPU
llada.cpp, the first NPU-aware dLLM inference framework, cuts LLaDA-8B latency 17-42x on smartphones, enabling real-time on-device generation.
SemiAnalysis Calls Jensen ComputeX Keynote 'F Tier' Over No AI DC News
SemiAnalysis rated Jensen Huang's ComputeX keynote 'F Tier' for no AI datacenter news and revealed a delayed NVIDIA ARM chip with broken video output.
Nvidia N1X Arm Laptop Chip Nears Reveal at Computex
Nvidia, Microsoft, Arm tease N1X Arm laptop chip debut at Computex. Nvidia enters Windows-on-Arm without owning the architecture it tried to buy.
Google Splits TPU Line: 8t for Training, 8i for Inference
At Cloud Next 2026, Google introduced two new AI chips — TPU 8t for training and TPU 8i for inference — splitting its custom silicon for the first time. OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta are buying multi-gigawatt TPU capacity, signaling a crack in NVIDIA's 81% market share.
GPT-5.4 Spends 3 Hours Optimizing Embedding Model for Qualcomm NPU
An X user observed GPT-5.4 working for three hours to optimize an embedding model specifically for the Qualcomm NPU. This suggests a practical application of advanced AI for hardware-specific model tuning.
Qualcomm NPU Shows 6-8x OCR Speed-Up Over CPU in Mobile Workload
A benchmark shows Qualcomm's dedicated NPU processing OCR workloads 6-8 times faster than the device's CPU. This highlights the growing efficiency gap for AI tasks on mobile silicon.
Google's AICore Beta Enables On-Device Gemini Nano 4 Downloads for Android Phones
A new beta of Google's AICore system service enables users to download Gemini Nano 4 Full and Gemini Nano 4 Fast models directly onto compatible Android phones, including those with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chips. This moves beyond pre-installed AI to user-initiated model management.