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AMD RX 9070 vs 9070 XT: spec gap narrows as prices shift a year later

AMD's Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT share the same 16GB GDDR6 memory, 256-bit bus and 64MB Infinity Cache, but differ in core count and clock speed, with the XT offering 14% more cores and an 18% higher boost clock. Since launch, pricing between the two has fluctuated significantly, sometimes narrowing the gap enough that the cheaper non-XT model has become a more compelling buy.

Nvidia puts Groq 3 LPX racks into full production, deployment via Nebius this year

Nvidia said its Groq 3 LPX rack has entered full production and will be deployed with Vera CPUs and Rubin GPUs at cloud provider Nebius later this year. The rollout follows Nvidia's $20 billion acquisition of Groq's assets in December, its largest purchase to date, and packages 256 Groq 3 chips per rack delivering 3,400 tokens per second per an Artificial Analysis benchmark.

Philips once held major stakes in ASML, TSMC and NXP — now owns none

Philips co-founded ASML in 1984 and was TSMC's largest shareholder through the late 1990s with roughly a quarter of each company. It also owned NXP outright as its internal chip division before selling it to a private-equity consortium in 2006. By the late 2000s Philips had exited its ASML and TSMC stakes entirely.

Taiwan indicts nine, including Nvidia and Super Micro staff, over AI server smuggling to China

Prosecutors in Keelung, Taiwan have indicted nine people, including employees of Nvidia and Super Micro, for allegedly conspiring to illegally export high-end AI servers to China. Officials say the group knowingly circumvented the companies' export compliance procedures for personal profit, raising corporate compliance costs and damaging Taiwan's international standing.