Nvidia AI chip rivals attract record funding as competition heats up

[ad_1] This report is from this week’s The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. Nvidia has cemented itself at the heart of the AI boom with a monopoly on the most powerful chips to train and run models, but a growing crop of startups are set on challenging the company’s supremacy. […]

Micron revenue almost triples, tops estimates as demand for memory soars

[ad_1] Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra speaks at a groundbreaking ceremony for the company’s semiconductor manufacturing facility in Clay, New York, on Jan. 16, 2026. Heather Ainsworth | Bloomberg | Getty Images Micron’s revenue almost tripled in the latest quarter as results topped analysts’ estimates and guidance sailed past expectations. The stock, which is up more […]

CNBC Daily Open: Risk-off trade back on for oil

[ad_1] Hello, this is Leonie Kidd writing to you from London. Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily Open. U.S. President Donald Trump continues to dominate the news cycle, and his latest round with reporters in the Oval Office has yielded more headlines and market moves this morning. It’s only Tuesday and already it’s been […]

AI chipmaker Cerebras namedropped by Oracle, alongside Nvidia and AMD

[ad_1] As AI chipmaker Cerebras angles for an eventual IPO, the company appears to have landed a significant cloud-computing customer: Oracle. On a conference call with analysts on Tuesday following Oracle’s quarterly earnings, Clay Magouyrk, one of the software vendor’s two CEOs, indicated that his company’s infrastructure includes Cerebras chips, alongside graphics processing units (GPUs) […]

Broadcom CEO Hock Tan sees AI chip revenue ‘significantly’ above $100 billion next year

[ad_1] Broadcom CEO Hock Tan. Lucas Jackson | Reuters Broadcom CEO Hock Tan sees the artificial intelligence boom gaining so much steam that he’s projecting AI chip revenue next year “significantly in excess of $100 billion.” After the chipmaker reported better-than-expected results for the fiscal first quarter and issued a strong forecast for the current […]

Broadcom beats on earnings and guidance as AI revenue doubles

[ad_1] Broadcom CEO Hock Tan speaks at the digital X event in Cologne, Germany, on September 13, 2022. Ying Tang | Nurphoto | Getty Images Broadcom reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue and issued a strong forecast for the current period as the chipmaker continues to benefit from the artificial intelligence boom. Here’s how the company […]

Chinese tech companies progress ‘remarkable,’ OpenAI’s Altman tells CNBC

[ad_1] The progress of Chinese tech companies across the entire stack is “remarkable,” OpenAI’s Sam Altman told CNBC, pointing to “many fields” including AI. Altman’s comments come as China races against the U.S. to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI) — where AI matches human capabilities — and roll out the technology across society. Chinese progress […]