The Verge has spent a week testing laptops built on Nvidia's RTX Spark N1X, an Arm-based system-on-chip for laptops and small desktops. Nvidia is positioning it against the best chips from Apple, Intel, AMD and Qualcomm.
Google is preparing a new data center in Muhos, in the Finnish forests, with 13 billion at stake. The project promises economic benefits for the region but raises concerns about its environmental footprint and energy use.
Silicon.fr argues the AI ecosystem is entering a phase of financial strain. Pressure on model profitability and a recalibration of infrastructure needs are exposing weaknesses in its economics.
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said on Alex Heath's Sources podcast that leading AI companies are asking for phones able to run models of at least 100 billion parameters by 2028. The remark signals how far on-device AI ambitions are stretching.
French cloud provider Scaleway plans two new AI computing sites in Sweden and Denmark. Both will combine AMD and Nvidia GPUs.
The New Stack tested local AI models on the Surface Laptop Ultra, which Microsoft is positioning as an alternative to Apple's MacBook Pro for creatives and developers.