Apple will release a base M6 chip for entry-level Macs this year but skip the Pro and Max versions of that generation, jumping instead to an accelerated M7 family.

IBM’s new 0.7nm-class fabrication process uses nanostack transistors, requires 2x more FEOL steps for massive improvements in performance, power, and area.
The Epic executive said in an interview after unveiling Unreal Engine 6 that AI tools help make developers far more productive. Putting the AI tag on games discourage their use, especially as titles with this label gets fewer reviews and tend to have more negative reviews, as well.
A recording from a meeting at consulting firm Accenture has raised concerns over how much companies are spending on AI. As companies bullish on AI rush to take advantage of the technology, solutions to out of control token spend could see non-technical employees encouraged to stop using it for spurious tasks.
AI tech giant Alibaba, often considered as the Amazon of China, is being accused by Anthropic for using Claude to train its AI models. The American AI startup claimed that it traced over 25,000 accounts to operators that were affiliated with Alibaba and Alibaba Qwen.
Qualcomm has announced that it will bring all four of its Dragonfly data center product lines to China.

Qualcomm unveils HBC near-memory AI architecture, claims it has broken the memory wall.

Broadcom and OpenAI reveal their Jalapeño custom-built inference ASIC that allegedly beats existing leading-edge in terms of performance-per-watt.
Inside the US Pax Silica Alliance with the Netherlands.
China’s LineShine supercomputer has taken the top spot on the 67th TOP500 list, posting 2.198 exaflops on the High Performance Linpack benchmark.