xAI raising $6bn to buy 100k Nvidia chips
Sources say xAI is raising up to $6 billion – $5 billion expected from sovereign funds in the Middle East and $1 billion from other investors – at a $50 billion valuation. The money will be used to acquire 100,000 Nvidia chips. Tesla’s Full Self Driving is expected to rely on the Memphis supercomputer.
Announces Shield
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Nvidia announces the Shield Android console at GDC 2015. The device is for the living-room and not portable like its predecessor. At its core, it features the Maxwell architecture GPU, Tegra X1. It can play 4K content as well as seventh-generation console games , such as those for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. The Shield features 16GB internal storage, 3GB ram, Gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.0, HDMI 2.0 and 802.11ac Wi-Fi. It retails for $200.
SHIELD will change the way we enjoy digital entertainment at home. It’s an incredibly powerful, efficient and advanced living room entertainment device. It’s the best Android TV experience. And it can transform into a serious gaming machine. It’s made to game.
Announces Titan X
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Nvidia announces Titan X at GDC 2015. The graphics card has a 12 GB frame buffer and eight billion transistors. The card features a green light at its core cooler unit. Jen-Hsun, CEO:
This GDC is about VR … it needs an amazing GPU. And so the problem that I’ve got is this. If I launched our next generation GPU two weeks from now, GDC 2015 would be a bust. Now that’s a legitimate problem—not just for me, that’s a legitimate problem for the world.