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Mukesh Ambani, Sunil Bharti Mittal join global AI body to shape responsible AI

Reliance Industries chairman joins 44-member global panel with leaders from Amazon, Microsoft, NVIDIA and Qualcomm to shape AI governance, digital inclusion and responsible artificial intelligence worldwide.

AI is rewriting the memory chip industry. Can India build its own ecosystem?

The AI boom is creating an unexpected global memory chip crunch, with consequences for smartphones, laptops and India's semiconductor ambitions. Firstpost spoke to Ashok Chandak, President of the India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA) and SEMI India, about the causes, the challenges and India's path towards building a memory ecosystem.

Apple devices could face AI-driven memory shortage by 2027, says analyst

Apple recently reportedly approached the Trump administration to seek approval for buying memory chips from Chinese manufacturer CXMT despite the company being on a Pentagon blacklist, as it looked to offset rising chip costs. Now, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says the bigger concern is an AI-driven memory shortage that could squeeze supplies for Apple devices over the next two years.

Apple may skip M6 Pro, Max and Ultra chips as memory crisis reshapes Mac roadmap: Report

Apple is reportedly reworking its Apple Silicon strategy as soaring memory prices continue to disrupt the technology industry. While the base M6 chip is still expected later this year, higher-end M6 variants could be skipped altogether, with Apple instead shifting its focus to the M7 family and AI-ready Macs.

Apple and Intel partner to build chips in the US, Trump confirms

US President Donald Trump has said Apple and Intel are teaming up to design and manufacture chips domestically, a move that could help Apple diversify its supply chain and reduce reliance on TSMC amid growing competition for advanced semiconductor production capacity.

ByteDance in talks with China's Iluvatar CoreX to purchase AI chips

A deal with ByteDance, one of China's biggest technology companies and a major spender on AI infrastructure, would be a significant commercial milestone for Iluvatar CoreX. Until now, the Shanghai-based company has mainly supplied government procurement projects, one of the sources said.

Australian researchers build chip that uses light, not electricity, to process information

Researchers at Monash University have unveiled a tiny chip that processes information using light rather than electricity. The breakthrough combines multiple photonic functions on a single platform, potentially paving the way for faster computing, lower energy consumption and more practical quantum-inspired technologies that operate at room temperature.

Microsoft, Asus, Dell and more: The first laptops powered by Nvidia's RTX Spark revealed

Nvidia’s RTX Spark is making its debut in consumer laptops, bringing AI-focused performance to devices from Microsoft, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo and MSI. From ultra-thin productivity machines to creator-focused workstations, here’s a look at the first wave of laptops powered by Nvidia’s ambitious new Arm-based processor.

Nvidia to work with US, European humanoid robot makers in addition to China's Unitree

After CEO Jensen Huang's keynote address in Taiwan on Monday ahead of the Computex trade show, Nvidia announced that the company is working with China's Unitree, a leading maker of humanoid robots, to provide a standardized version of Unitree's H2 robot that can be used by academic researchers.

Nvidia unveils RTX Spark, a new AI chip designed to power the future of Windows

Nvidia has unveiled RTX Spark, its first major push into the mainstream PC processor market. Developed with Microsoft and powered by a new Arm-based CPU, the chip is designed for AI-powered Windows computers and could reshape how personal computers are built, used and optimised in the years ahead.