Vulkan 1.4.356 introduces the VK_EXT_shader_ocp_microscaling_types extension, adding support for Open Compute Project Microscaling MX data types (MXFP4, MXFP6, MXFP8, MXINT8) to improve machine learni…
Arm-based innovations in June 2026 include Microsoft Azure Cobalt 200 VMs for cloud-native AI, a generative AI solution for low-light image enhancement, Unreal Engine MegaLights and Nanite optimizatio…
China's CPU-only LineShine supercomputer, built on the Arm architecture, claimed the top spot on the 67th TOP500 list, achieving 2.198 Exaflops of sustained FP64 performance with over 13 million cores…
US technology stocks fell sharply, with the Nasdaq dropping 2.2% and the S&P 500 declining 1.4%, as investors questioned whether massive spending on artificial intelligence will ever yield returns. Th…
AI infrastructure is entering a new phase focused on rack-scale system composition for agentic AI workflows, where CPUs play critical orchestration roles alongside accelerators. The shift from single-…
Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and other tech companies launched the Appia Foundation to create modular specifications that help enterprises demonstrate their AI systems comply with global standards and r…
AMD, Intel, Nvidia, Arm, and Qualcomm are selling datacenter CPUs into the AI buildout, but the instruction set architecture (ISA) matters less than the coherent link to the GPU. The coherent host soc…
Spotify reported 250% better performance on Google Cloud Axion processors built on Arm architecture, as hyperscalers like AWS, Microsoft, and Google shift to Arm-based compute for AI workloads. Arm's …
London Tech Week has been accused of masking structural problems in Britain's tech sector, with venture capitalist Adam French calling it 'complacency in conference form'. French criticized politician…
Arm demonstrated its neural technologies for mobile phone gaming with a ray-traced demo, showcasing an alternative chip for handheld gaming PCs beyond AMD or Intel. The presentation highlighted the po…
AMD, Intel, Nvidia, Arm, and Qualcomm are competing in the datacenter CPU market driven by agentic AI, which has shifted the CPU-to-GPU ratio from 1:4 toward 1:1. The market sees these CPUs as commodi…
Supermicro announced new servers powered by Arm's AGI CPU at COMPUTEX, designed for the agentic AI era with up to 2x performance per rack versus x86. The systems target inference and agentic workloads…
Computex 2026 in Taipei shifted its focus from AI PCs to agentic AI, with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang declaring during his opening keynote that "agentic AI and useful AI have arrived." Nvidia unveiled its…
OpenCV 5.0 was released today as a major update to the open-source computer vision library, featuring a rewritten deep neural network engine and built-in support for large language and vision language…
Major stock indexes fell sharply Friday after a strong jobs report raised expectations for a Federal Reserve interest rate hike, with the Nasdaq 100 tumbling more than 3% as AI-related tech stocks led…
Arm announced several Arm-based innovations in May 2026, including new profiling tools for AI and cloud workloads through Arm Performix, which helps developers optimize workloads on Arm Neoverse platf…
SoftBank Group committed €75 billion ($87 billion) to build AI data center capacity in France by 2031, sending its stock up 14% in a single day. The investment, combined with massive stakes in OpenAI …
Nvidia announced the RTX Spark superchip at Computex in Taiwan, combining unified memory, RTX graphics, and the new N1 CPU to power a new generation of Windows laptops. The chips aim to deliver genuin…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveiled the N1 and N1X laptop system-on-chips at Computex in Taipei, pairing Arm CPUs with Blackwell GPUs for Windows on Arm devices. Leaked specifications reported by Tom's H…
Microsoft released the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, a compact desktop computer designed for Windows developers, filling the void left by Qualcomm's canceled Snapdragon Dev Kit. The device combines Nvidi…