SoftBank has announced plans to acquire the chip startup Ampere for $6.5 billion in an all-cash deal that “broadens its AI ...

The company is piloting a “small deployment” of the chip and plans to scale up production if the test is successful. Meta has deployed custom AI chips before, but only to run models — not ...

Synopsys , which makes software used to design semiconductors, on Wednesday introduced a technology it said will pave the way ...

with plans to ramp up production if things don’t go pear-shaped. Historically, Meta has dabbled in custom AI chips but only for running models—not training them. Previous attempts at designing ...

If successful, Meta plans to fully integrate the chip into its AI training platforms by 2026, potentially reshaping cost structures and altering the competitive landscape in favor of greater AI ...

Benjamin Lee, a professor of electrical and systems engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, said that the challenge in ...