NVIDIA is pushing a significant software performance update for its $4000 DGX Spark AI developer workstation. The gains, announced at CES 2026, lean heavily on a new proprietary data type and speculative decoding to boost speed and cut memory use.
Intel is prepping a major performance upgrade for its Xe graphics driver. New kernel patches enable Transparent Huge Pages for shared virtual memory, slashing page fault handling time from 966 microseconds to just 132.
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang is visiting Taiwan in January. His trip includes signing construction documents for the company’s first non-US global HQ and hosting a major dinner with supply chain partners. This underscores Taiwan’s critical role in the AI era.
CES 2026 is shaping up to be a major battleground for next-gen PC processors. While Intel and Qualcomm have already tipped their hands, AMD’s mobile plans and Nvidia’s potential surprises remain the big unknowns.
In a triumphant New Year’s address, Xi Jinping celebrated China’s rise in AI and semiconductor tech. However, the speech comes against a backdrop of significant domestic economic challenges, including a fragile property sector and slowing consumer growth.
The diplomatic row over a Chinese-owned chipmaker is getting uglier. China is now publicly accusing the Dutch government of making “mistakes” and threatening the stability of the entire semiconductor supply chain.
A new European project is tackling the high cost and environmental impact of advanced semiconductors. By reusing rare materials, it hopes to make sub-THz technology viable for mass markets.
The long-awaited Lisuan G100 GPUs have started shipping to Chinese customers. Initial shipments are for professional “digital twin” use, but the 7G106 model is a gaming-focused card that could hit retail by early 2026.
AMD’s next-gen Zen 6 CPU architecture has appeared in a developer document. It shows a shift to an 8-wide instruction dispatch and new 512-bit vector support. This points to major performance gains for parallel and AI workloads.
Nvidia has stopped a test using Intel’s advanced chip packaging technology. In a separate blow to Silicon Valley, a federal judge ruled a new $100,000 fee on H-1B visa applications can proceed.
