Volvo and Nvidia announced an expanded version of their near decade-long partnership, under which Volvo will integrate three Nvidia technologies: the Hyperion sensor and compute hardware, the Alpamayo driving software stack, and the Halos safety evaluation layer. The system is designed to handle both urban streets and highways, combining AI-based and classical software approaches with multiple sensor types for redundancy. Volvo did not disclose financial terms or specify which model will launch first, though executives said a new vehicle using the stack will arrive within the decade.
TSMC posted its sixth consecutive quarter of record profit and forecast fourth-quarter revenue up 58% year-over-year, driven by demand for advanced chipmaking. Executives say wafer capacity is stretched thin as clients including Nvidia, AMD, Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and OpenAI compete for production slots.
Micro Center has changed the listing status of Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5090 to 'Not Carried,' a classification indicating the retailer does not plan to restock the card, rather than a temporary out-of-stock label. Custom RTX 5090 models from partners like Asus, MSI, and Gigabyte remain listed on the site but are sold out at all physical stores, with the sole exception of a $11,000 Asus ROG 20th Anniversary bundle. The change follows recent rumors that Nvidia has halted production of the card.
Nvidia has launched Nemotron 3.5 Super VL, a 120-billion-parameter open-weight model aimed at agentic enterprise tasks. The company says benchmark testing by Artificial Analysis shows it is five times faster than the next-best open model in its class, outperforming InclusionAI's Ling 3.0 Flash and DeepSeek's V4.1 Flash. Nvidia also cited a 44% accuracy gain in a medical insurance claims task after post-training, surpassing Claude Opus 5 on that specific benchmark.
Nvidia and Cisco have jointly unveiled Ultra-Dense Small Form Factor Pluggable (USFP), a new optical transceiver standard supporting 400Gb/s per lane, the first interface to do so. Cisco says the module is designed to eventually reach total transfer rates of 12.8Tb/s, offering four times the bandwidth of existing 200Gb/s optics and 1.3x better power efficiency. Initial USFP transceivers will have 16 full-duplex lanes and work with both switches and Nvidia's SuperNIC adapters, which move data between GPUs using the RoCE protocol.
Amazon is selling the Alienware AW3426DW, a 34-inch curved QD-OLED gaming monitor released a couple months ago, for $742.22, about $50 off its $799.99 list price. The ultrawide QHD panel uses Penta Tandem quantum dots, runs at a 280Hz refresh rate, and supports both Nvidia G-Sync and FreeSync Premium Pro.
Volvo announced it will use Nvidia's autonomous driving technology, including the Hyperion hardware platform and Alpamayo software, to build a Level 2++ system enabling hands-free, point-to-point driving. The system is designed to handle complex urban scenarios like intersections and unprotected turns without direct driver input, and will not initially include lidar.
A startup originally built around AI applications for climate work has received backing from Nvidia, reportedly after deprioritizing its climate-focused mission. The shift in focus preceded or accompanied the investment, according to reporting on the deal.
Nvidia has revised DLSS 5, reducing how intrusive its on-screen indicators are and lowering the performance overhead the feature imposes on games. The upgrade still carries hardware requirements that limit which GPUs can run it, and some visual artifacts in rendered graphics reportedly persist.
NVIDIA's RTX Spark platform pairs a Blackwell GPU with large unified RAM, targeting AI developers who want to run large local models like a 125B-parameter Qwen3.8-Flash-Next variant. NVIDIA says the chips deliver RTX 50-series gaming features including DLSS 5, with performance comparable to an RTX 5070 at 1440p, and a new DLSS Frame Generation mode that pushed Cyberpunk 2077 to 280fps. Being Arm-based, RTX Spark relies on Microsoft's Prism emulator for x86 compatibility, with NVIDIA naming supported titles like Gears of War: E-Day, NBA 2K27 and World of Warcraft: Forever, and says it is working with anti-cheat vendors on multiplayer support.
Nvidia has introduced RTX Spark PCs, compact desktop systems built around its chips, which reviewers note resemble a shift PC makers may follow in laptop design going forward. The devices run on an architecture requiring emulation for some software and are built with AI workloads as a core consideration, rather than an add-on.
Tom's Hardware obtained an early unit of Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra equipped with Nvidia's new RTX Spark Superchip, featuring 20 CPU cores, 6144 CUDA cores, and 128GB of LPDDR5X-9400 RAM. The outlet compared its performance against a 14-inch MacBook Pro with Apple's M5 Max chip, though launch embargoes restricted disclosure of battery life, build quality, and display details until full reviews arrive later.
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