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AMD to Host Annual Meeting of Stockholders

AMD announced it will hold its annual meeting of stockholders. The event is scheduled to take place at a specific date and time. Shareholders will vote on various proposals during the meeting.

Powering the Next American Century: US Energy Secretary Chris Wright and NVIDIA’s Ian Buck on the Genesis Mission

At the SCSP AI+ Expo, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright and NVIDIA's Ian Buck discussed the Genesis Mission, a DOE effort to apply AI to scientific discovery. NVIDIA is partnering with the DOE to build two AI supercomputers at Argonne National Laboratory: Equinox with 10,000 Grace Blackwell GPUs and Solstice with 100,000 Vera Rubin GPUs. Buck noted that Solstice will deliver 5,000 exaflops, five times the combined power of the TOP500 supercomputers.

“To put that 100,000 in perspective on the next-generation GPU, which is dedicated to science, it's 5,000 exaflops. That's a big number that actually is five times larger than the entire TOP500 supercomputer list combined.” — NVIDIA

How filmmakers are redefining the art form with MAMI Select: Filmed on iPhone

The MAMI Select: Filmed on iPhone program features emerging filmmakers using the iPhone 17 Pro Max to explore new cinematic techniques and narrative forms.

AI meets accessibility in this year’s Swift Student Challenge

Apple's Swift Student Challenge winners have developed apps using AI to enhance accessibility. The students created innovative solutions that leverage artificial intelligence for accessibility-focused applications.

Linked and Loaded: Gaijin Single Sign-On Now Available on GeForce NOW

GeForce NOW now supports Gaijin single sign-on, allowing members to link their Gaijin.net account for faster logins across devices. Seven new games join the cloud this week, with Ultimate members gaining access to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 performance across most of the library.

“With Gaijin single sign-on, one quick sign-in connects a Gaijin.net account to the cloud, so supported titles are ready to launch with fewer clicks and no password juggling.” — NVIDIA

Related: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

Arm’s vital role in the age of AI from cloud to edge: Five takeaways from the Moor Insights and Strategy report

A report from Moor Insights and Strategy highlights Arm's role in AI inference, emphasizing efficiency and scalability from cloud to edge. The CPU remains central for orchestrating AI workloads, and Arm's architecture aligns with infrastructure challenges like power and latency. Hyperscalers such as AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure are adopting Arm-based CPUs.

“the more specialized the silicon landscape becomes, the more critical the CPU’s role” — Arm

NVIDIA Spectrum-X — the Open, AI-Native Ethernet Fabric — Sets the Standard for Gigascale AI, Now With MRC

NVIDIA's Spectrum-X Ethernet fabric incorporates Multipath Reliable Connection (MRC), an RDMA transport protocol that distributes traffic across multiple network paths to improve throughput, load balancing, and availability for large-scale AI training. MRC has been deployed by OpenAI, Microsoft, and Oracle in their AI factories, and is now released as an open specification through the Open Compute Project. The technology enables high GPU utilization, sustains bandwidth under congestion, and prov

“Deploying MRC in the Blackwell generation was very successful and was made possible by a strong collaboration with NVIDIA.” — NVIDIA

Intel Corporation to Participate in Upcoming Investor Conferences

Intel executives will speak at two investor conferences in May and June 2026. CEO Lip-Bu Tan will discuss business strategy at the J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference on May 19.

AMD Reports First Quarter 2026 Financial Results

AMD announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2026. The report includes revenue, earnings, and other key financial metrics for the period.

NVIDIA and ServiceNow Partner on New Autonomous AI Agents for Enterprises

NVIDIA and ServiceNow are expanding their collaboration to deliver autonomous AI agents for enterprises, combining NVIDIA's accelerated computing and open models with ServiceNow's workflow and governance tools. ServiceNow introduced Project Arc, a desktop agent that operates within a secure, policy-governed environment using NVIDIA OpenShell. The partnership also includes open models, agent skills, and the NOWAI-Bench benchmarking suite for enterprise AI agents.

“Project Arc represents the next step in our ongoing collaboration with NVIDIA, bringing autonomous execution to the desktop.” — NVIDIA