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MediaTek AI ASIC Deal with Google Reshapes Custom Silicon Landscape
MediaTek's landmark ASIC deal with Google for AI infrastructure doubles 2026 revenue target to $2B. Joint N1X CPU with Nvidia for RTX Spark AI PC and potential SpaceX/xAI orders on Intel 14A process signal a strategic pivot from consumer chips to AI custom silicon, challenging Broadcom's dominance.
Nokia Partners with NVIDIA on AI-RAN Platform to Accelerate 6G Evolution
Nokia and NVIDIA have formed a strategic partnership, with NVIDIA investing $1 billion and jointly launching AI-RAN products based on NVIDIA's computing platform. The collaboration aims to embed AI data center capabilities into the RAN, driving the transition from 5G to AI-native 6G networks, with T-Mobile as the first deployment customer.
Nokia Deepens AI-RAN Collaboration, Pushing Networks Towards AI-Native
Nokia announced deepened AI-RAN collaboration with partners like NVIDIA, aiming to deeply integrate AI into the Radio Access Network and drive networks towards autonomous, AI-native 6G. This highlights the strategic importance of network infrastructure as a key enabling layer in the AI era.
NVIDIA and Google Optimize Gemma 4 for Enhanced Local AI Agent Infrastructure
NVIDIA announces collaboration with Google to deeply optimize the Gemma 4 series of open models for its RTX, DGX Spark, and Jetson platforms. This move aims to extend high-performance, multimodal AI inference from the cloud to edge devices and personal workstations, providing full-stack model support (2B to 31B) for local AI agents.
NVIDIA Forms Nemotron Coalition to Advance Open Frontier Models
NVIDIA announced the Nemotron Coalition at GTC, a collaboration with model builders and AI labs like Mistral AI to advance open, frontier-level foundation models. The initiative aims to foster the open model ecosystem by sharing expertise, data, and compute, emphasizing a future where AI is powered by a system of both open and proprietary models.
NVIDIA Demonstrates AI Factories as Flexible Grid Assets for Peak Demand Management
NVIDIA, in collaboration with EPRI, National Grid, and Emerald AI, demonstrated how AI factories powered by Blackwell GPU clusters can dynamically adjust power consumption in response to grid signals. This allows them to act as 'shock absorbers' during peak demand while maintaining performance for high-priority AI workloads.
NVIDIA and Emerald AI Demonstrate Dynamic Energy Adjustment in AI Factories
NVIDIA partners with Emerald AI to demonstrate grid-responsive energy management on a 96 Blackwell Ultra GPU cluster, using NVIDIA System Management Interface for real-time power telemetry and Emerald AI Conductor to dynamically adjust energy use while maintaining high-priority AI workload performance.
Cisco Validates Rapid Fine-tuning on Private AI Infrastructure with NVIDIA
Cisco IT partnered with NVIDIA to achieve 2-5 hour end-to-end embedding model fine-tuning using Nemotron RAG recipe on a single H200 GPU. The solution uses 120B parameter local LLM for synthetic data generation without manual labeling, improving NDCG@1 by 7.3 absolute points. Validates rapid domain-specific retrieval optimization on private AI infrastructure.
NVIDIA Launches OpenShell, Establishing Runtime Sandbox for Secure Autonomous AI Agents
NVIDIA introduces OpenShell, an open-source project designed as a secure-by-design runtime for autonomous AI agents. It employs a "browser tab" model, isolating agent operations from policy enforcement at the system level to prevent policy overrides and data leaks. NVIDIA is collaborating with key security vendors to establish a unified policy layer for enterprise AI agents.
NVIDIA CEO Outlines Accelerated Computing Paradigm, Signaling AI Infrastructure Evolution
In an interview, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang systematically elaborated on accelerated computing as a fundamental shift in computer architecture. He emphasized the data center's transition from general-purpose CPUs to specialized acceleration platforms led by GPUs, and believes the future computing stack will be re-architected around accelerated computing.
Cisco and NVIDIA Embed Firewall in DPU for AI Server Security
Cisco extends its Hybrid Mesh Firewall to NVIDIA BlueField DPU, enabling 400G line-rate stateful segmentation security. The solution deploys security capabilities inside AI servers with hardware acceleration to avoid CPU/GPU resource consumption. Designed for AI front-end networks, it supports multi-tenant isolation and automated policy generation.
NVIDIA and Telecom Operators Build AI Grids to Redistribute AI Inference
NVIDIA is partnering with global telecom operators like AT&T and Comcast to transform existing distributed network sites into 'AI Grids' for edge AI inference. This initiative aims to deploy AI compute closer to users and data, reducing latency and cost per token. It represents a strategic shift for telcos from being data carriers to distributed AI computing platforms.
Cisco and NVIDIA Extend Secure AI Factory with Network-Security Integration
Cisco and NVIDIA deepen collaboration on Secure AI Factory, extending AI deployment from core to edge. Launch high-performance switches with NVIDIA Spectrum and expand security enforcement to DPU level with AI guardrails integration.
NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion Adopted by Four Automakers for L4 Autonomous Vehicle Production
NVIDIA's DRIVE Hyperion autonomous driving platform has been adopted by BYD, Geely, Isuzu, and Nissan for L4 autonomous mass production vehicles. The platform, based on DRIVE Thor centralized compute, provides full-stack perception, planning, and driving capabilities. This marks NVIDIA's strategic shift from development platforms to mass production deployment.
NVIDIA Releases AI Factory Reference Design and Digital Twin Blueprint
NVIDIA unveiled Vera Rubin DSX AI factory reference design and Omniverse DSX digital twin blueprint, built on Spectrum-X Ethernet, Quantum-X800 InfiniBand and BlueField-3 DPU. The architecture connects real-world sensors with digital twins for continuous AI model training and optimization, extending AI computing from data centers to physical world automation.
HPE Deploys Sovereign AI Factories with NVIDIA at National Labs
HPE announces a collaboration with NVIDIA to deploy liquid-cooled sovereign AI systems at Argonne National Laboratory in the U.S. and HLRS in Germany. This move aims to provide government and research institutions with AI infrastructure that meets data sovereignty and compliance requirements, accelerating the deployment and scaling of their AI initiatives.
Nvidia Launches Nemotron 3 Super for Agentic AI Inference Optimization
Nvidia releases Nemotron 3 Super, a 120B parameter model with hybrid MoE architecture combining Mamba and Transformer layers, delivering 5x throughput improvement. Designed for multi-agent workflows with 1M token context window to prevent task drift. Open weights and cloud deployment lower enterprise adoption barriers.
NVIDIA Jetson Advances Localized Deployment of Open-Source AI Models at Edge
NVIDIA's Jetson edge AI platform enables localized deployment of open-source generative AI models like Qwen3 4B and Mistral 3 on edge devices. The platform offers a complete hardware range from Jetson Orin Nano to Thor, integrating compute and memory in SoM for simplified design. Key performance shows Jetson Thor achieves 52 tokens/sec for Mistral 3 inference.
NVIDIA Enhances AI Video Generation Platform via ComfyUI Optimization and Hardware Synergy
NVIDIA announced major updates for local AI video generation at GDC, featuring ComfyUI interface simplification, native NVFP4/FP8 format support delivering 2.5x performance gains, and RTX Video Super Resolution nodes for efficient 4K upscaling. These optimizations significantly lower barriers and enhance efficiency through deep software-hardware synergy.
NVIDIA Report Reveals Enterprise AI Adoption Maturity, Open Source and Agents as Key Drivers
NVIDIA's AI report based on 3,200+ global respondents shows 64% of enterprises actively use AI, with 76% adoption in large firms. Open source (85% deem important) and agentic AI (44% deployed) emerge as core trends, driving growth and cost savings.