Ai Chip News & Updates

Nvidia's Rubin architecture is designed to address the growing computation needs of AI, with improvements in storage and interconnection.

At CES 2026, Nvidia introduced Alpamayo, an open-source AI platform for training physical robots and vehicles to reason through complex driving situations.

Nous Research released an open-source AI coding model, NousCoder-14B, which matches or exceeds proprietary systems, trained in just four days using 48 Nvidia B200 graphics processors. The model achieved a 67.87% accuracy rate on LiveCodeBench v6.

Nvidia showcases its Rubin architecture and Alpamayo AI models, while AMD highlights new processors and partnerships, and Boston Dynamics and Google partner on Atlas robots.

NVIDIA's Vera Rubin chips are in full production, expected to begin arriving to customers later this year, cutting the cost of running AI models to one-tenth of current costs.

Nvidia released new stack of robot foundation models, simulation tools, and edge hardware to become the default platform for generalist robotics.

Caterpillar pilots AI assistive system 'Cat AI' in its construction machinery with Nvidia's Jetson Thor physical AI platform, aiming to enhance data collection and machine efficiency.

Nvidia unveiled new physical AI models at CES, accelerating the development of next-generation robots with a wide range of use cases and industries.

NVIDIA introduced the Jetson T4000 module, bringing high-performance AI and real-time reasoning to a wider range of robotics and edge AI applications.

NVIDIA has released new open models, data, and tools to advance AI across various industries, including autonomous vehicles, robotics, and healthcare.

NVIDIA introduced Isaac Sim, an open-source robotics simulation framework, along with OSMO and Cosmos to accelerate physical AI development, data generation and synthetic data augmentation.

NVIDIA introduced BlueField Astra, a new system-level architecture for AI infrastructure management that combines hardware and software innovations to extend provisioning, control, and security into the AI compute fabric.

Nvidia and Universal Music Group are collaborating on a music AI model designed to mimic human-like understanding of music, aiming to improve music discovery and creation.

Nvidia announced several updates at CES 2026, including Vera Rubin AI supercomputer, autonomous driving features, DLSS 4.5, GeForce Now on Linux and Fire TV, and new G-Sync monitors.

NVIDIA unveiled the Inference Context Memory Storage (ICMS) platform to address the growing demands of large-context inference in AI-native systems. ICMS provides a purpose-built context memory tier for efficient KV cache storage and retrieval, scaling up to 5x higher TPS and up to 5x power efficiency compared to traditional storage approaches.

NVIDIA unveiled Spectrum-X Ethernet Photonics, a co-packaged switch system that brings optimized Ethernet networking to AI factories, enabling scale-out and scale-across on the NVIDIA Rubin platform.

Nvidia unveiled a new tech platform for self-driving cars called Alpamayo, enabling 'reasoning' for safer and more complex navigation.

Delcy Rodríguez sworn in as acting president of Venezuela, while global markets continue to show resilience in 2026, driven by emerging technologies and shifting economic trends.

NVIDIA announced a wave of AI upgrades for GeForce RTX, NVIDIA RTX PRO, and NVIDIA DGX Spark devices, enabling up to 3x performance and 60% reduction in VRAM for video and image generative AI. The upgrades also include RTX Video Super Resolution integration in ComfyUI, accelerating 4K video generation.

NVIDIA and Hugging Face have integrated Isaac Lab-Arena and LeRobot to accelerate open-source physical AI development, enabling developers to create and share custom robot environments and evaluate robot policies in simulation.

NVIDIA released Cosmos Reason 2, a state-of-the-art physical AI model that enables robots and agents to see, understand, plan, and act in the physical world like humans. It surpasses its previous version in accuracy and tops the Physical AI Bench and Physical Reasoning leaderboards.

NVIDIA's latest software updates for DGX Spark deliver significant performance improvements for large-scale AI workloads, thanks to advancements in unified memory and data formats like NVFP4. This enables creators to run larger models locally, making high-quality AI outputs more accessible and increasing productivity.

NVIDIA acknowledges the end of general-purpose GPUs and partners with Groq to address emerging AI inference requirements.

NVIDIA has participated in 67 venture capital deals in 2025, surpassing 54 deals in 2024, with a focus on AI startups. The company's investments aim to expand the AI ecosystem by backing game-changers and market makers.

Nvidia's new chips' high efficiency raises concerns that data centers may not need cooling systems, impacting stocks of companies providing cooling systems.

Commonwealth Fusion Systems announced the installation of the first magnet in its Sparc fusion reactor, a key step toward achieving fusion power.

At CES 2026, AMD CEO Lisa Su unveiled the company's latest AI-focused technologies, including the Helios platform and the Ryzen AI 400 series. The event highlighted AMD's partnerships with industry leaders and its commitment to advancing AI capabilities for various applications.

Nvidia has provided a closer look at Vera Rubin, its new computing platform for AI data centers, with a launch timing set for the second half of 2026.

NVIDIA showcases a personal AI assistant built using DGX Spark and Reachy Mini, enabling users to create private, hackable AI systems for various tasks.

Tesla's Optimus robot experienced a public failure during a demonstration, sparking concerns over the company's progress in AI robotics. The incident has raised doubts about Tesla's ability to deliver on its lofty promises, particularly with the humanoid robot's potential for driving over $10 trillion in revenue.