Nvidia plans new chip to speed AI processing, WSJ reports

NVIDIA plans to launch a new processor designed to help OpenAI and other customers build faster, more efficient AI systems, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the ...

The planned designation as a supply-chain risk means that contractors could be barred from deploying Anthropic’s AI as part of work for the Pentagon.

Trump directs US agencies to toss Anthropic’s AI as Pentagon calls startup a supply risk

Tech companies and the Pentagon have repeatedly locked horns since at least 2018

SAP has set aside millions of euros to appease angered staff and improve the new global system, which wound up rewarding senior-level employees who did not meet all expectations in their roles.

SAP’s new bonus system sparks outcry over rewards for underperforming bosses

The German software company has seen high executive board turnover in the past six years

Kyoto-based Nintendo also said it would spend up to 100 billion yen buying back up to 14 million shares.

Nintendo announces 290 billion yen share sale by Kyoto bank and others

Nintendo’s shares pared gains and closed up nearly 3% following a Reuters report

TPU sales have become a crucial growth engine of Google’s cloud revenue as it seeks to prove to investors that its AI investments are generating returns.

Meta signs multi-billion-dollar deal to rent Google AI chips: report

The Facebook owner has also signed a deal with Nvidia to buy its current and future AI chips

Dell expects AI server revenue to grow 103% to about US$50 billion in fiscal 2027.

Dell expects AI server revenue to double in fiscal 2027 on data centre boom

Big tech firms are expected to spend at least US$630 billion to build AI infrastructure this year

Memory chips, or DRAM, are crucial to smartphones as they allow power-hungry applications to run smoothly.

Smartphone market set for biggest-ever decline in 2026 on memory price surge: IDC

The research firm expects a modest 2% recovery in 2027 as the crisis eases