Dell AI servers in short supply: customers face 39 weeks of waiting
Dell has told investors that its supply of AI servers can't meet demand. The American company sold half a billion dollars worth of these devices last quarter. The culprit: Nvidia, which is unable to get anywhere near enough of its GPUs in the hands of partners.
Dell COO Jeff Clarke said the comp... Read more
Canalys: ‘PC and laptop sales on the rise again by 2024’
Global sales of PCs and laptops will be on the rise again by 2024. This is the finding of Canalys market researchers in a recent report. Next year, 267 million units are expected to cross the counter.
According to Canalys market researchers, global sales of PCs and laptops are slowly growing aga... Read more
No, nobody’s going to be an ‘Nvidia rival’ anytime soon
With much fanfare, one AI startup after another is being lauded as an "Nvidia rival". It's about time we stop doing that. Beside the fact that no one can match Nvidia's performance edge in the short term, the overblown messaging doesn't do justice to the very real accomplishments made by AI startup... Read more
AWS promises leading AI performance with its own chips, Nvidia partnership
With the new Trainium 2 and Graviton 4, AWS is revamping its chips, while an expanded collaboration with Nvidia will ensure customers have easier access to the most advanced AI hardware. AWS is making the announcements during its own Re:Invent conference in Las Vegas.
The name of the Trainium 2 ... Read more
MediaTek’s mobile “AI chip” fuels stock market hype, despite overheating
MediaTek has a strong tailwind on the Taiwanese stock market. Since June of this year, its shares have risen in value by 40 percent. Analysts predict this trend will continue thanks to a new SoC for smartphones, the Dimensity 9300. The chip is said to handle AI workloads well, even though it seems ... Read more
iPhone 15 Pro review: goodbye Lightning, hello USB-C
Under pressure from the European Commission, Apple has now also switched to USB-C to charge and sync its new iPhones. Is this the most eye-catching difference between the iPhone 14 and iPhone 15 series, or are there more substantial improvements that justify a purchase this year?
It has been a l... Read more
Nvidia dominates AI market, where are the limits to its growth?
Nvidia again presented quarterly results last Tuesday that were above experts' expectations. Still, investors are wondering whether the company's explosive growth is sustainable.
Nvidia reported a higher than expected revenue: where analysts had predicted $16.1 billion, the GPU manufacturer ende... Read more
HP plans release of AI PCs in second half of 2024
HP CEO Enrique Lores has announced that the tech giant will release AI PCs in the second half of 2024.
During a call about the recent financial results, Enrique Lores shared the intention around AI PCs. These PCs have the right computing power to accelerate the use and development of AI models. ... Read more
Scaleway to offer affordable AI in the cloud with Ampere servers
With AI-based services in demand, their cost will have disappointed many companies. That needs to change, is what Ampere Computing and French cloud provider Scaleway believe. With "cost optimized" (COP) Arm instances, organizations could deploy AI workloads more cost-effectively than with the Nvidi... Read more
India wants to become a hardware giant with 40 billion and 27 partners
The Indian government has approved 27 partners who will build hardware in India. Participants include HP, Dell, Foxconn, Lenovo, Acer and Asus. With the new Production Linked Incentive (PLI), a market value equivalent to 40 billion euros would be realized.
With the so-called PLI, India expects t... Read more