Cerebras Systems Unveils World’s Fastest AI Chip with Whopping 4 Trillion Transistors – Cerebras – https://www.cerebras.net/press-release/cerebras-announces-third-generation-wafer-scale-engine

Intel

“Big news: Today, we’re announcing an $8.5 billion preliminary agreement with @Intel — the largest CHIPS investment yet. The investment will create nearly 30,000 jobs and expand their semiconductor capacity across the country. https://twitter.com/SecRaimondo/status/1770466280711360895

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Preliminary Terms with Intel to Support Investment in U.S. Semiconductor Technology Leadership and Create Tens of Thousands of Jobs | U.S. Department of Commerce – https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2024/03/biden-harris-administration-announces-preliminary-terms-intel-support

NVIDIA

“Jensen Huang is the new Taylor Swift https://twitter.com/DrJimFan/status/1769817948930072930

“Blackwell, the new beast in town. > DGX Grace-Blackwell GB200: exceeding 1 Exaflop compute in a single rack. > Put numbers in perspective: the first DGX that Jensen delivered to OpenAI was 0.17 Petaflops. > GPT-4-1.8T parameters can finish training in 90 days on 2000 Blackwells.… https://twitter.com/DrJimFan/status/1769829758479876130

“Breaking: Nvidia just announced their new “AI SuperChip” Introducing Blackwell Its 4x faster than its previous chip https://twitter.com/PelosiTracker_/status/1769828432114762073

“Jensen Huang says Nvidia’s new GPU will cost $30,000-40,000 each https://twitter.com/tsarnick/status/1770198695184879725

“Many of us are so deeply immersed in technical details that we forget what purpose AI is serving. AI is meant for the benefit of all humanity from all walks of life. @drfeifei’s fireside chat is a breath of fresh air. She offers a warm, human touch on cold, calculating machines.… https://twitter.com/DrJimFan/status/1771210354368110743

“During #GTC24, @Nvidia launches Nvidia Inference Microservices NIMs to get a grip on often in question (wrt market size) inference workloads. I believe it’s a clever and simplified approach to improve economics of AI systems. #GTC2024 #NIMS #DGX #Blackwell @dvellante @theCUBE… https://twitter.com/sarbjeetjohal/status/1769837934482759779

“Yesterday @nvidia CEO Jensen Huang highlighted the power of open-source science in drug discovery via DiffDock’s inclusion in BioNeMo. DiffDock was introduced in 2022 by #JameelClinic researchers @GabriCorso, @HannesStaerk, Bowen Jing, @BarzilayRegina, Tommi Jaakkola #GTC24 https://twitter.com/AIHealthMIT/status/1770479101117096061

Nvidia Waves and Moats – Stratechery by Ben Thompson – https://stratechery.com/2024/nvidia-waves-and-moats/

Nvidia announces GB200 Blackwell AI chip, launching later this year – https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/18/nvidia-announces-gb200-blackwell-ai-chip-launching-later-this-year.html

Elon Musk buying Nvidia hardware even as Tesla aims to build AI rival – https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/21/elon-musk-buying-nvidia-hardware-even-as-tesla-aims-to-build-ai-rival.html

Inside Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s plan to stay ahead of the AI boom – https://www.fastcompany.com/91033514/nvidia-most-innovative-companies-2024

NVIDIA Blackwell Platform Arrives to Power a New Era of Computing | NVIDIA Newsroom – https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-blackwell-platform-arrives-to-power-a-new-era-of-computing

Samsung

Samsung Creates Lab to Research Chips for AI’s Next Phase – Bloomberg – https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-19/samsung-creates-lab-to-research-chips-for-ai-s-next-phase

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