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Samsung backs Nvidia AI chip rival in $230 million funding round
Samsung backs Nvidia AI chip rival in $230 million funding round as GPU alternatives boom Dutch startup Euclyd, which is building a chip for AI inference that seeks to rival Nvidia, has raised a $230 million funding round. The round was co-led by Samsung, Somerset Capital Partners, the Scaleup Europe Fund and…cnbc.comPolicy
House panel advances bill on AI data center grid costs
A bipartisan bill would require large electricity users such as data centers to help cover grid infrastructure costs, according to CBS News.cbsnews.comIndustry
Euclyd raises $230 million for an AI inference chip system
Pluang reports that Dutch startup Euclyd raised $230 million from Samsung and investment funds to develop an energy- and cost-focused AI inference chip system aimed at competing with Nvidia GPUs.pluang.comInnovation
NVIDIA reports 10x faster dropless MoE training in JAX
NVIDIA says its Transformer Engine and JAX optimizations increased DeepSeek-V3 671B training throughput by about 10x and achieved 97% efficiency across 1,024 GPUs. The optimized path is included in an NVIDIA NGC MaxText container dated September 9, 2026, or newer.
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Hyundai plans 9 trillion won AI and robotics hub in Saemangeum
Asia Business Daily reports that Hyundai Motor Group plans to invest 9 trillion won in an AI data center, robotics cluster and hydrogen infrastructure in South Korea’s Saemangeum industrial complex.asiae.co.krIndustry
Musk reaffirms 2027 target for SpaceX’s Nvidia AI computers in orbit
InvestingLive reports that Elon Musk remains highly confident SpaceX will begin launching Nvidia Vera Rubin AI computers into orbit in 2027 through its Starmind program.investinglive.comProduct
Qualcomm unveils Hexagon NPU aimed at always-on agentic AI
The Lec reports that Qualcomm’s next-generation Hexagon NPU adds an Element Accelerator, 50% more shared memory and first-time support for MoE models of up to 30 billion parameters.thelec.netPolicy
ARI urges Congress to tighten AI chip export controls in NDAA
Forkast.news reports that Americans for Responsible Innovation is urging lawmakers to add mandatory AI-chip export and tracking requirements to the FY2027 defense bill.forkast.newsIndustry
Positron raises $875 million for LPDDR5X inference chip
Tech Times reports that Positron AI raised $875 million at a $5 billion valuation to develop Asimov, an inference ASIC designed around commodity LPDDR5X memory instead of HBM. The chip remains unproven silicon, with tapeout targeted for late 2026 and production planned for the second half of 2027.techtimes.com
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