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Nvidia expands AI empire with $500B deal, CPU push, and lunar GPUs
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Nvidia is aggressively expanding its dominance across the AI hardware stack, announcing a series of major deals and product developments. The company is in talks to provide a $250 billion backstop for OpenAI to support a massive data center project in Ohio Source: CNA, while also formalizing a $500 billion strategic partnership with SK Group that includes memory supply and a 2-gigawatt AI data center in South Korea Source: Tom's Hardware. Additionally, Nvidia is investing $1 billion in South Korean internet giant Naver to expand an AI data center Source: The Next Web.
Chips and Competition
Nvidia is advancing its own CPU, Vera, positioning it as a challenger to AMD and Intel. Vera chips have been delivered to clients including OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX Source: CNBC. Meanwhile, AMD claims its upcoming Zen 6 'Venice' CPU outperforms Vera by 20% in per-core performance, though Nvidia argues that Vera is purpose-built for AI workloads Source: Tom's Hardware.
Supply Chain and Beyond
To secure critical components, Nvidia has made a $1.5 billion prepayment to Amkor Technology for advanced chip packaging in Arizona Source: The Next Web. The company is also pushing into space: Lunar Outpost will use Nvidia's Jetson platform in a moon rover, and Firefly Aerospace will deploy Jetson on a lunar satellite Source: TechCrunch. These moves underscore Nvidia's strategy to own every chip inside AI data centers and extend its reach into new frontiers Source: Wired.
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7 quotesCNA↗
“Nvidia is in talks to provide a roughly $250 billion backstop for OpenAI as part of a massive data center project, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.”
Tom's Hardware↗
“Nvidia and SK Group this week signed letters of intent to formalize their new strategic relationship valued at more than $500 billion.”
The Next Web↗
“Nvidia has agreed to give Amkor Technology a $1.5 billion prepayment to expand advanced semiconductor packaging and testing in the United States.”
CNBC↗
“On Tuesday, Nvidia released new information about its data center CPU, called Vera, including specifications and the kind of benchmarks and architectural information that prospective customers need to fully evaluate the chip.”
TechCrunch↗
“Lunar Outpost, a startup building robotics for space infrastructure, announced on Thursday that its next moon rover will use Jetson chips to control its lidar system.”
Wired↗
“The biggest takeaway: Nvidia, which has long specialized in making GPUs, is increasingly trying to position itself as a supplier of CPUs that can power AI agents.”
Tom's Hardware↗
“AMD's Ravi Kuppuswany... claiming 2.2x higher throughput with Venice compared to Vera, and 1.2x faster per-core performance.”