News Oct 13, 2026 Microsoft announces Maia 300 AI chip for 2027 deployment Microsoft has unveiled the Maia 300, its third-generation AI accelerator designed for multi-gigawatt datacenter deployments starting in 2027. The chip delivers up to 7 times the rack-scale throughput of its predecessor and targets long-context reasoning, conversational AI, and agentic workloads with significantly improved energy efficiency. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
News Jul 11, 2026 The Chip the World Forgot: Inside the Memory Famine That Could Reshape Computing SK Hynix drops $64B as AI memory shortages and energy grid strain trigger a crisis. Demand outruns supply well past 2030! Hruy Tsegaye 5 min read
Mindbytes Sep 2, 2026 BYD's 4D Radar Chip Adds Height to Self-Driving Vision BYD Semiconductor mass-produced a 28nm 4D radar chip with 8T8R and 400m range, adding elevation data to help vehicles distinguish pedestrians from obstacles in complex traffic. gizmo guru 2 min read
Mindbytes Jul 23, 2026 AMD Unveils Next-Generation AI Chips and Server Racks to Take on Nvidia at San Francisco Event AMD launches Helios AI servers and Instinct MI450 chips, intensifying its battle with Nvidia for the fast-growing AI data center market. gizmo guru 1 min read
Mindbytes Jul 11, 2026 QuantumDiamonds Raises €91 Million for Chip Inspection QuantumDiamonds lands €91M to scale quantum diamond sensors that spot atomic-level chip defects, fueling AI accelerator yields as nine of ten top chipmakers already deploy its tech. Linsey Smith 1 min read
Mindbytes Jul 11, 2026 UK Unveils £1.1 Billion AI Hardware Plan; Chief Warns of Chip Dependency UK’s £1.1B AI Hardware Plan targets sovereign chip production and 5,000 jobs; cybersecurity chief flags national security risk from Taiwan and South Korea chip reliance. Linsey Smith 1 min read
News Aug 17, 2026 New packaging method for computer chips targets better AI hardware A combination of packaging, connection and cooling techniques designed to pack chips more tightly while improving data speed and heat control for future AI systems. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
Mindbytes Jul 25, 2026 Samsung & Broadcom’s $200B AI Chip Deal Threatens TSMC’s Foundry Dominance with Next-Gen HBM Samsung and Broadcom signed a $200 billion AI chip deal, challenging TSMC's semiconductor dominance with next-generation foundry services and high-bandwidth memory. gizmo guru 1 min read
Mindbytes May 26, 2026 AI-Powered Spectrometer Built on Silicon Chip Scientists built an AI-powered spectrometer smaller than a grain of sand, replacing bulky optical hardware with neural networks to analyze light and chemical signatures on a tiny silicon chip. gizmo guru 1 min read
Mindbytes May 15, 2026 AI Race With China Enters Critical Phase Anthropic predicts China could overtake the US in AI by 2028 without stricter chip controls, warning of authoritarian AI norms and a narrowing policy window. gizmo guru 1 min read