Tiktok parent Bytedance joins race to build in-house AI chips Tech China’s Bytedance is stepping up its own silicon push with plans to produce at least 100,000 AI chips this year. The move comes as tech giants scramble to cut their reliance on market leader Nvidia, and lock in scarce computing power. The Tiktok creator is reportedly in talks with Samsung Electronics to manufacture the processor, [...]
AMD’s AI push gathers pace behind Nvidia Tech Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) delivered another quarter of rapid growth, beating Wall Street forecasts on both revenue and earnings. Yet its shares tumbled as investors weighed what the numbers mean in a market still dominated by chip giant Nvidia. The chipmaker reported fourth quarter revenue of $10.27bn (£7.49bn), up 34 per cent year on year, [...]
Nvidia’s golden quarter dares markets to call AI a bubble Tech Nvidia’s latest earnings blew straight through Wall Street expectations, delivering the kind of numbers that force investors to park away thoughts of an AI bubble. The notorious chip maker’s latest results, a blockbuster $57bn quarter that tore through Wall Street expectations, injected a jolt of confidence into rattled global markets, pulling the FTSE 100 and [...]
Nvidia: UK staff get £45m as shares rocket November 20, 2025 Staff at the UK-headquartered arm of Nvidia received a boost of almost £45m thanks to a generous share save scheme which has since been significantly upgraded. Since 2012, the US chipmaker has allowed its employees to have up to 15 per cent of their earnings withheld to buy shares in the company at a 85 [...]
Nvidia smashes expectations as AI demand ‘shows no signs of slowing’ November 19, 2025 Nvidia shares jumped by over four per cent in after-hours trading, after the chipmaker delivered another blockbuster set of quarterly results. The tech behemoth comfortably beat Wall Street forecasts that reinforced the strength of the global AI boom. For the three months to 26 October, Nvidia reported earnings of $1.30 (£1.04) per share, ahead of expectations [...]
Nvidia results set to answer AI bubble fears November 19, 2025 Nvidia’s third quarter results, set to be announced after US market closes on Wednesday, will be a litmus test for the AI boom that has propelled global equities to record highs. The chip titan, which now accounts for roughly seven per cent of the S&P 500 by market cap, has seen its shares surge more [...]
Nokia shares up 20% as Nvidia takes $1bn stake October 28, 2025 Nokia shares soared as much as 20 per cent on Tuesday after announcing that Nvidia will take a $1bn equity stake in the Finnish telecoms group and partner on developing next-generation 6G and AI. The deal will see Nvidia purchase more than 166 million new Nokia shares at $6.01 each, giving the American chipmaker a [...]
Bank of England sounds alarm on ‘high risk’ AI bubble October 8, 2025 The Bank of England has warned of the potential for a “sharp correction” in global markets due to the “stretched” stock valuations from the artificial intelligence (AI) boom. The central bank’s Financial Policy Committee has warned a crash in the roaring value of US tech giants could spark trouble overseas. “A crystallisation of such global [...]
How OpenAI’s deal with AMD could change the AI chip market October 7, 2025 Techbehemoth and OpenAI yesterday struck a multi-billion-dollar partnership with chipmaker AMD, committing to purchase up to six gigawatts of the company’s next-generation processors to power new AI data centres. The deal, which will start with AMD’s new ‘MI450’ chip in the second half of 2026, marks a key step in OpenI’s strategy to diversify its [...]
Nvidia boss hails UK as “AI leader” amid fears of US reliance September 17, 2025 While investment numbers and GPU deals have made headlines, Jensen Huang’s recent comments on his £11bn UK investment reveal a far more ambitious vision than just building data centres. Beyond the chips and infrastructure, the Nvidia chief has framed AI as the ultimate economic tool to fight inflation and boost national productivity, a message that [...]