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[News] SoftBank to Launch World’s First Supercomputer Powered by NVIDIA Blackwell Chips

According to BNN Bloomberg, SoftBank is set to be the first to build a supercomputer powered by NVIDIA’s Blackwell platform, highlighting the Japanese company’s ambitions in the AI sector. NVIDIA’s press release reveals that SoftBank is poised to receive the …

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[News] OPEC Revises Down Global Oil Demand for This Year and Next Again

Global oil demand for this year and next has been revised downward for the fourth time by OPEC, according to its report released on November 12. The report states that the OECD has reduced its 2024 global oil demand growth …

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[Insights] Memory Spot Price Update: DRAM Prices Fall across the Board with DDR4 Suffering Larger Drops

According to TrendForce’s latest memory spot price trend report, regarding DRAM, the spot market is still seeing an across-the-board price decline for both DDR4 and DDR5, while DDR4 products are noticeably suffering larger drops. As for NAND flash, the declination …

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[News] AMD Confirms Cutting 4% of Global Workforce

According to a report from Wccftech, AMD is reducing a portion of its global workforce, a move that an AMD spokesperson has confirmed. The company is currently focusing on expanding its presence in the AI industry through strategic acquisitions and …

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[News] European Chipmaker CEOs Warn of Nationalist Policy Risks

A report from Liberty Times, citing Reuters, states that Infineon, NXP, and STMicroelectronics—the three major European semiconductor manufacturers—have expressed that the efforts by the U.S., China, and European governments to establish and fortify their own semiconductor industries are creating increasingly …

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