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Microsoft Expands Azure AI Infrastructure with AMD Helios Rackscale Solution and 6th Gen EPYC Processors
AMD announced an expanded strategic partnership with Microsoft that covers AMD GPUs, CPUs, networking, and software on Azure. Under the expanded partnership, Microsoft will deploy the AMD Helios Rackscale Solution at scale on Azure. The deployment will power frontier model inference for Microsoft
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IBM Rolls Out New Power Systems and AI Tools to Automate Enterprise IT Operations
IBM has introduced IBM Power Autonomous Operations, an AI agent designed to continuously monitor Power systems and resolve issues on its own, alongside the recently launched IBM Bob Premium Package for i, which uses agentic AI to speed up application development on IBM i. The company also unveile
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GIGABYTE Showcases Four-Node AI TOP ATOM Clustering for Scientific Computing Workloads
GIGABYTE, a leading computer brand, has demonstrated how its AI TOP ATOM four-node clustering setup scales local AI computing to handle increasingly demanding workloads. As AI models, scientific simulations, and enterprise applicatio
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SIA Report: Semiconductors Account for 95% of AI Data Server Rack Value, Project $1.2 Trillion Annual Market by 2028
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), in partnership with Deloitte, released a report titled “Powering AI: The Semiconductor Ecosystem at the Foundation of Data Centers.” The report states that the full range of semiconductor technologies accounts for more than 95% of a l
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Beyond NVIDIA’s GPU Rat Race: Tenstorrent’s Generalized, Open-Source, High-Performance AI Era
Are you locked yourself to GPUs from Nvidia and AMD! Turnaround and look at Tenstorrent. It has something better to offer in many angles for AI computing. RISC V based AI Chip Expert Tenstorrent Showcases Galaxy Supercluster and New Developer Hardware at its recent event TT-Deploy. At the T
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Intel Core Ultra Series 3 with vPro Launched on Intel 18A for Commercial PCs
Intel unveiled its commercial client portfolio centered on the Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors with Intel vPro, built on Intel 18A process technology. The portfolio powers more than 125 designs across enterprise, education, government, and SMB segments. The Intel Core Ultra Series 3 s
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India's HPC Server Supplier Netweb Technologies Posts Record Q3 FY26 Results: 141% YoY Revenue Surge Driven by Large AI Order
Netweb Technologies India Limited, one of India’s leading providers of high-end computing solutions (HCS) with fully integrated design and manufacturing capabilities, reported its unaudited financial results for the third quarter of FY26 (ended December 2025) on 17th Jan 2026. AI Sys
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DDR5 Memory Crisis Deepens in Early 2026: PC Prices Soar, Impacting the Indian PC Market
The first half of 2026 has ushered in one of the most challenging periods for India's PC hardware enthusiasts, gamers, and everyday users, as the ongoing global DDR5 RAM shortage fueled by explosive AI data center demand continues to drive unprecedented price hikes. What began as a sh
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CES 2026: AMD Announces Ryzen AI 400 Series, Ryzen AI Max+, Ryzen 7 9850X3D Processors and ROCm 7.2 Software
AMD unveiled new processors and software at CES 2026, including the Ryzen AI 400 Series and Ryzen AI PRO 400 Series for Copilot+ PCs, additional Ryzen AI Max+ SKUs, the Ryzen AI Halo mini-PC platform, and the Ryzen 7 9850X3D desktop processor.
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CES 2026: Intel Launches Core Ultra Series 3 AI PC Processors made on Advanced 18A Semiconductor Node
Intel unveiled the Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors at CES 2026, marking the first AI PC platform built on the Intel 18A process technology, designed and manufactured in the United States. Intel 18A uses most advanced semicondcutor equipment in the world to make most dense PC CPU semiconducto
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From the Early Pentium to the Cutting Edge PC CPU in 2025: A 32-Year Leap in CPU Performance
The original Intel Pentium processor, launched in March 1993, marked the dawn of a new era in personal computing with its superscalar design, running at 60–66 MHz. Fast-forward to late 2025, and the flagship consumer PC CPUs include AMD's Ryzen 9000 series (Zen 5 architecture) semiconductor
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India PC Market Hits Record 4.9 Million Units in Q3 2025 with 13% YoY Growth as Consumer Demand Surges Ahead of Festive Season
According to the latest Omdia research, India’s PC market (desktops and notebooks, excluding tablets) recorded its highest-ever quarterly performance in Q3 2025, with total shipments reaching 4.9 million units, reflecting 13% year-on-year growth. Notebook shipments rose 12% to 4.0 mi
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