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Chipmakers have continued racing to develop specialized processors for running AI models directly on devices rather than in the cloud, a shift with implications for privacy, latency, and battery life across smartphones, laptops, and other hardware.
Meta has moved its custom "Iris" AI accelerator, designed with Broadcom, into production this month as part of a push to roughly double the company's AI computing capacity to around 14 gigawatts by 2027.
The investigation has placed renewed attention on the enforcement of U.S. export controls on advanced AI hardware. Among those charged are a senior Nvidia manager and employees linked to Super Micro Computer, while Nvidia and Supermicro themselves have not been accused of corporate wrongdoing.
Apple unveiled its first foldable iPhone at $1,999 this month, arriving alongside a wave of major AI infrastructure deals — from a $875 million raise by chip startup Positron to Nvidia's plans for a 2-gigawatt Australian data center buildout.
A New York Times investigation found that Inspur, a Chinese server maker blacklisted by the US in 2023, obtained billions of dollars in Nvidia's export-controlled chips by routing purchases through a US-incorporated subsidiary and Southeast Asian intermediaries.
