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Qualcomm’s big win over Arm could reverberate throughout the industry — ALA licensees could potentially develop custom designs without renegotiating terms
This week, Qualcomm secured a final legal win against Arm in a high-profile licensing dispute around CPU cores developed by Nuvia, which Qualcomm acquired in 2021. A U.S. District Court has now rejected all of Arm’s claims, affirming Qualcomm’s right to use Nuvia’s technology under its architecture license agreement (ALA). Without any doubt, this is…
OpenAI might be building its own chip, but it’ll still be dependent on Nvidia — custom chip developed with Broadcom reportedly slips to Q3 2026
OpenAI’s long-rumored $10 billion partnership with Broadcom is already showing cracks. The company is widely understood to be developing a custom chip designed specifically for OpenAI’s inference workloads, but according to individuals familiar with the matter, the project has “hit snags”: OpenAI wanted more power, sooner, than Broadcom could deliver, and an internal push to…
From Prompt To Partner: Designing Your Custom AI Assistant — Smashing Magazine
What if your best AI prompts didn’t disappear into your unorganized chat history, but came back tomorrow as a reliable assistant? In this article, you’ll learn how to turn one-off “aha” prompts into reusable assistants that are tailored to your audience, grounded in your knowledge, and consistent every time, saving you (and your team) from…
Custom hardware helps deliver safety and security for electric traction
Electric traction has become a critical part of a growing number of systems that need efficient motion and position control. Motors do not just provide the driving force for vehicles, from e-bikes to cars to industrial and agricultural machinery. They also enable a new generation of robots, whether they use wheels, propellers or legs for…
RISC-V basics: The truth about custom extensions
The era of universal processor architectures is giving way to workload-specific designs optimized for performance, power, and scalability. As data-centric applications in artificial intelligence (AI), edge computing, automotive, and industrial markets continue to expand, they are driving a fundamental shift in processor design. Arguably, chipmakers can no longer rely on generalized architectures to meet the…
Emotive voice AI startup Hume launches new EVI 3 model with rapid custom voice creation
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More New York-based AI startup Hume has unveiled its latest Empathic Voice Interface (EVI) conversational AI model, EVI 3 (pronounced “Evee” Three, like the Pokémon character), targeting everything from powering customer support systems and health coaching to…
Get Clicky With Our Favorite Custom Mechanical Keyboards
Other Good Keyboards These keyboards are not quite good enough for the spots above, or just don’t have standout features. They’re still worth a look. Photograph: Henri Robbins Razer BlackWidow V4 Pro 75% for $300: Razer’s highest-end keyboard does almost everything right, but it’s way too expensive (7/10, WIRED Review). The Pro keeps the same…
A Step-by-Step Coding Guide to Defining Custom Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server and Client Tools with FastMCP and Integrating Them into Google Gemini 2.0’s Function‑Calling Workflow
In this Colab‑ready tutorial, we demonstrate how to integrate Google’s Gemini 2.0 generative AI with an in‑process Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, using FastMCP. Starting with an interactive getpass prompt to capture your GEMINI_API_KEY securely, we install and configure all necessary dependencies: the google‑genai Python client for calling the Gemini API, fastmcp for defining and…