Tech firms commit billions to Artificial Intelligence infrastructure
Amazon, OpenAI, Nvidia, Meta, Google and others are signing increasingly large cloud, chip and data center agreements as demand for Artificial Intelligence infrastructure accelerates. The latest wave of deals spans investments, compute purchases, chip supply agreements and data center buildouts.
Healthcare Artificial Intelligence regulation shifts to states as federal policy lags
Healthcare providers and regulators are confronting a fast-moving compliance landscape as state governments take the lead on Artificial Intelligence oversight. Federal agencies are advancing guidance, pilots and frameworks, but nationwide rules remain limited.
JEDEC outlines LPDDR6 expansion for data centers
JEDEC has previewed planned updates to LPDDR6 aimed at pushing the memory standard beyond mobile devices and into selected data center and accelerated computing use cases. The roadmap includes higher-capacity packaging options, flexible metadata support, 512 GB densities, and a new SOCAMM2 module standard.
Tsmc debuts A13 process technology
Tsmc has introduced its A13 process at its 2026 North America Technology Symposium as a tighter version of A14 aimed at next-generation Artificial Intelligence, high performance computing, and mobile designs. The company positions the node as a more compact and efficient option with backward-compatible design rules for faster migration.
Google unveils eighth-generation tensor processor units
Google introduced its eighth generation of custom tensor processor units with separate designs for training and inference. The new TPU 8t and TPU 8i are aimed at large-scale model training, serving, and agentic workloads.
US and California use procurement to shape Artificial Intelligence rules
Federal and California officials are using government purchasing requirements to influence how Artificial Intelligence systems are built and sold. The diverging approaches are raising compliance costs and creating a new front in the fight over Artificial Intelligence regulation.