Marvell and Lumentum said they were combining, in a major bet on a technology, known as optical networking, that is increasingly being used in A.I. data centers.
In Malaysia, U.S. and Chinese tech giants are pouring billions into vast data centers, straining local resources and testing the limits of Washington’s restrictions on advanced chips.
A Chinese businesswoman who had a close relationship with Jensen Huang was found to be passing intelligence to Beijing. President Trump was briefed and took no action.
Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, is influential at the White House on technology policy and has developed a close relationship with President Trump.
Anthropic sits atop a pyramid of business partners and suppliers, making it a barometer of the broader economy. Its initial public offering will have widespread implications.
Anthropic sits atop a pyramid of business partners and suppliers, making it a barometer of the broader economy. Its initial public offering will have widespread implications.
President Trump’s novel deal-making is on display in upstate New York, where the administration is funneling Japanese funds into a government-owned chip factory.
Bill Draper began funding start-ups in the early 1960s, when the Santa Clara Valley was better known for apricot orchards than microchips. He has died at 98.
The increase comes four months after the chip giant added $80 billion to its buyback program, bringing the total remaining authorized amount to $235 billion.
Jensen Huang, chief executive of Nvidia, has led the company as its stock price has skyrocketed amid the explosion in demand chips that are the centerpiece of giant A.I. data centers.
A technician in a clean room at the Planet Labs office inspects the solar panels and wires of a Google-commissioned satellite before a vibration test meant to mimic the shaking it will undergo during launch.
As Xi Jinping visits President Trump in Washington, his country lags behind the United States on A.I. development in key areas — but Beijing has advantages elsewhere.
The World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai in July. China and the United States are locked in an A.I. race that both sides see as decisive to gaining the upper hand militarily, technologically and economically.