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What Arm-based innovations happened in April 2026?

Arm's April 2026 roundup covers collaborations with IBM on dual-architecture hardware for enterprise AI, an evaluation of the NVIDIA DGX Spark workstation showing performance gains over x86 systems, and guidance from Epic Games for optimizing Unreal Engine on mobile devices. The company also highlights the sim-to-real gap challenge in physical AI.

“DGX Spark delivered up to 41% faster CPU rendering, 50% higher memory bandwidth, and 3.2x faster AI prompt processing than comparable x86 small-form-factor workstations.” — Arm

Apple reports second quarter results

Apple reported financial results for its fiscal 2026 second quarter, which ended on March 28, 2026.

Nemotron Labs: What OpenClaw Agents Mean for Every Organization

OpenClaw is an open-source, self-hosted AI assistant that runs persistently in the background, completing tasks autonomously. By March 2026, it became the most-starred project on GitHub, surpassing React. NVIDIA is collaborating with the OpenClaw community to enhance security and has introduced NemoClaw, a reference implementation for safer deployment.

“By March, OpenClaw topped 250,000 stars — overtaking React to become the most-starred software project on GitHub in just 60 days.” — NVIDIA

What is agentic AI and why its reshaping AI from cloud to edge

Agentic AI represents a shift from reactive, single-prompt interactions to autonomous systems that plan, execute, and adapt tasks over multiple steps. This change increases system load and emphasizes the CPU's role in orchestrating workflows, tool calls, and memory accesses. Efficient compute within power and space constraints becomes critical as workloads become continuous and concurrent.

It’s Gonna Be May: 16 Games Hit the Cloud This Month, With More NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Power

NVIDIA is adding 16 games to GeForce NOW in May, including Forza Horizon 6 and 007 First Light on launch day. The Ultimate membership now offers expanded RTX 5080-class performance across the library, with features like DLSS 4 and Reflex. The update also brings Firaxis titles to the Install-to-Play library.

“Ultimate members now get priority access to RTX 5080‑class rigs, making it easier than ever to tap into next‑generation PC power from almost any device.” — NVIDIA

ChatPPT Collaborates with Intel to Launch Hybrid AI PC Edition

Intel and ChatPPT have partnered to introduce a Hybrid AI PC Edition of the presentation software. The collaboration aims to leverage AI capabilities on Intel-powered PCs to streamline slide creation and formatting tasks.

Formula 1® returns to the U.S. this weekend, streaming live on Apple TV

The Miami Grand Prix, part of the Formula 1 season, will be streamed live exclusively on Apple TV this weekend. All sessions will be available for live viewing.

From deployment to open standards: Arm advances AI infrastructure for the agentic era

Arm introduced the Arm AGI CPU for AI infrastructure, emphasizing scalability and efficiency. European cloud provider Verda will deploy it for agentic AI orchestration alongside NVIDIA systems. Arm is also contributing open standards to the Open Compute Project.

“At the 2026 OCP EMEA Summit, Arm is announcing that Verda, the European cloud provider, will deploy the Arm AGI CPU for agentic AI orchestration as part of its next-generation infrastructure, alongside NVIDIA GB300-based systems and upcomin” — Arm

NVIDIA Launches Nemotron 3 Nano Omni Model, Unifying Vision, Audio and Language for up to 9x More Efficient AI Agents

NVIDIA announced Nemotron 3 Nano Omni, an open multimodal model that integrates vision, audio, and language processing into a single system. It is designed to improve efficiency and accuracy for AI agents handling video, audio, image, and text inputs. The model features a 30B-A3B hybrid mixture-of-experts architecture and will be available on April 28, 2026.

“To build useful agents, you can't wait seconds for a model to interpret a screen. By building on Nemotron 3 Nano Omni, our agents can rapidly interpret full HD screen recordings — something that wasn't practical before.” — NVIDIA

Into the Omniverse: Manufacturing’s Simulation-First Era Has Arrived

NVIDIA's Omniverse platform enables simulation-first manufacturing using OpenUSD and SimReady standards. ABB Robotics achieved 99% simulation accuracy, JLR compressed aerodynamic simulations from four hours to one minute, and Tulip's Factory Playback provides real-time factory intelligence.

“We’ve managed to vertically integrate the complete technology stack and optimize it to a point where we’re now achieving 99% accuracy on the simulated version.” — NVIDIA

AMD Announces “Advancing AI 2026”

AMD announced its Advancing AI 2026 event, scheduled for a future date. The event will focus on the company's latest advancements in artificial intelligence technology.

Intel Reports First-Quarter 2026 Financial Results

Intel published its first-quarter 2026 financial results on its Investor Relations website. The earnings conference call for investors starts at 2 p.m. PDT, with a public webcast available at www.intc.com.

OpenAI’s New GPT-5.5 Powers Codex on NVIDIA Infrastructure — and NVIDIA Is Already Putting It to Work

NVIDIA employees are using OpenAI's Codex, now powered by GPT-5.5, which runs on NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 systems. The deployment includes secure cloud VMs with zero-data retention and read-only access. NVIDIA and OpenAI have collaborated since 2016, with OpenAI planning to deploy over 10 gigawatts of NVIDIA systems.

“Let’s jump to lightspeed. Welcome to the age of AI.” — NVIDIA

Tag, You’re It: GeForce NOW Levels Up Game Discovery With Xbox Game Pass and Ubisoft+ Labels

GeForce NOW introduces in-app labels to identify games from Xbox Game Pass and Ubisoft+ subscriptions. New games this week include Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard, Tides of Tomorrow, and others. Premium members get early access to a Thor skin in Marvel Rivals.

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Making Sense of the Early Universe

NVIDIA discusses how its technology aids in understanding the early universe by processing data from telescopes and simulations. The company highlights the role of GPUs in analyzing cosmic microwave background radiation and galaxy formation.

Arm and Google Cloud redefine agentic AI infrastructure with Axion processors

Google Cloud announced new TPU 8t and TPU 8i systems, and introduced the GKE Agent Sandbox for deploying agentic AI. These are built on Google Axion, an Arm Neoverse-based CPU, which provides high-throughput, energy-efficient compute for AI workloads. Axion processors enable efficient inference and orchestration, reducing data preparation latency and supporting scalable agentic AI deployments.

“300 sandboxes per second per cluster at <1s time-to-first-instruction latency” — Arm

From Rainforests to Recycling Plants: 5 Ways NVIDIA AI Is Protecting the Planet

NVIDIA highlights five applications of its AI technology in environmental protection, including rainforest monitoring and recycling plant optimization. The press release emphasizes AI's role in sustainability efforts.

NVIDIA and Google Cloud Collaborate to Advance Agentic and Physical AI

NVIDIA and Google Cloud announced expanded collaboration at Google Cloud Next, introducing new infrastructure for agentic and physical AI. The A5X instances powered by NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 systems offer up to 10x lower inference cost per token and 10x higher token throughput per megawatt. Google Cloud also previewed Google Gemini on Google Distributed Cloud running on NVIDIA Blackwell and Blackwell Ultra GPUs, and introduced confidential VMs with NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs.

“By combining Google Cloud’s scalable infrastructure and managed AI services with NVIDIA’s industry‑leading platforms, systems and software, we’re giving customers flexibility to train, tune and serve everything from frontier and open models” — NVIDIA

Tim Cook to become Apple Executive Chairman John Ternus to become Apple CEO

Apple announced leadership changes: Tim Cook will become executive chairman, and John Ternus will become CEO.

Johny Srouji named Apple’s Chief Hardware Officer

Apple has promoted Johny Srouji to the position of chief hardware officer, effective immediately. He will oversee the company's hardware engineering divisions.

Arm’s global platform evolution to meet growing computing and ecosystem demands

Arm is expanding its model to include production silicon with the Arm AGI CPU, its first data center CPU. This move addresses growing demands from AI workloads and infrastructure constraints like power and space. Meta is the lead partner and co-developer for this CPU, which will be deployed alongside Meta's custom silicon.

Autonomous AI at Scale: Adobe Agents Unlock Breakthrough Creative Intelligence With NVIDIA and WPP

NVIDIA has expanded collaborations with Adobe and WPP to bring agentic AI to enterprise marketing operations. The partnership combines Adobe's creative platforms, WPP's marketing expertise, and NVIDIA's computing stack, including Nemotron models and the OpenShell runtime, to enable secure, policy-governed AI agents for content creation and customer experience orchestration. A live demo of Adobe's CX Enterprise Coworker is scheduled for April 21 at Adobe Summit.

“A live demo of CX Enterprise Coworker — powered by NVIDIA Agent Toolkit, including the OpenShell runtime and Nemotron models — will be featured during Adobe Summit’s day-two keynote taking place Tuesday, April 21, at 9 a.m. PT.” — NVIDIA

NVIDIA and Partners Showcase the Future of AI-Driven Manufacturing at Hannover Messe 2026

At Hannover Messe 2026, NVIDIA and partners demonstrate AI-driven manufacturing technologies, including accelerated computing, AI physics, and robotics. The Industrial AI Cloud, built by Deutsche Telekom on NVIDIA infrastructure, provides a sovereign AI platform for European industries. Partners showcase real-time simulation, digital twins, and AI-accelerated engineering tools.

Intel Launches Intel Core Series 3 Processors: Changing the Game for Everyday Computing

Intel has introduced its Core Series 3 mobile processors, targeting value-oriented buyers and commercial edge devices. The chips are based on the Core Ultra Series 3 architecture (codenamed Panther Lake) and emphasize performance, battery life, and AI capabilities.

No Need for Space Gear — Capcom’s ‘PRAGMATA’ Joins GeForce NOW on Launch Day

Capcom's sci-fi action adventure PRAGMATA launches on GeForce NOW on its release day, April 16, 2026. The game features ray-traced lighting and NVIDIA DLSS 4, and can be streamed to various devices without high-end hardware. Additionally, GeForce NOW Ultimate membership becomes available in India in beta.

“PRAGMATA shines in stunning clarity with ray-traced lighting and NVIDIA DLSS 4 technology boosting frame rates and image quality.” — NVIDIA

Apple accelerates progress with highest-ever recycled material in its products

Apple reported that 30% of material in its 2025 products came from recycled content, a record high for the company.

“a record 30 percent of material across all of its products shipped in 2025 came from recycled content” — Apple

Rethinking AI TCO: Why Cost per Token Is the Only Metric That Matters

NVIDIA argues that cost per token is the key metric for evaluating AI infrastructure, as it accounts for real-world output rather than raw compute. The company claims its hardware delivers the lowest cost per token in the industry.

“NVIDIA delivers the lowest cost per token in the industry.” — NVIDIA

The evolution of physical AI: From controlled environments to the real world

Physical AI is transitioning from controlled factory settings to dynamic real-world environments, enabling robots to sense, reason, and respond in real time. Arm's compute platform supports these systems by efficiently handling vision, motion planning, and AI inference within power constraints. Examples include humanoid robots from AGIBOT and quadrupeds from Deep Robotics, which operate autonomously in complex settings.

“AI-driven productivity gains projected to increase global GDP by around 4% over the next decade.” — Arm

New Adobe Premiere Color Grading Mode Accelerated on NVIDIA GPUs

At NAB Show 2026, Adobe announced a beta of a new Color Mode for Premiere Pro, offering a dedicated grading environment with GPU acceleration on NVIDIA RTX GPUs. The mode operates in 32-bit color depth and includes features like a clip grid view and context-aware scopes. NVIDIA also updated Project G-Assist, an AI assistant for GeForce RTX systems, with enhanced detection and control capabilities.

“Color grading is one of the most computationally intensive tasks in post-production. Every adjustment — bidirectional controls, multi-zone tonal shaping and stacked color operations — runs on NVIDIA GPUs, accelerating playback, iteration an” — NVIDIA

Intel, Dell Technologies and Nokia Redefine UPF Deployment at the Far Edge

Intel, Dell Technologies, and Nokia have collaborated to redefine User Plane Function (UPF) deployment at the far edge. Their solution uses smaller edge units to bring compute closer to users, improving agility, responsiveness, and coverage for telecom operators. This approach addresses the limitations of centralized cloud clusters in serving diverse regions.

National Robotics Week — Latest Physical AI Research, Breakthroughs and Resources

NVIDIA has announced new tools and platforms to accelerate the development of AI-powered robots, including open models, world models, and simulation software. These advancements enable robots to understand natural language, generate synthetic training data, and simulate complex environments. The company also highlighted applications in surgical robotics and language-driven robot control.

Strength and Destiny Collide: ‘Samson: A Tyndalston Story’ Arrives in the Cloud

Samson: A Tyndalston Story, developed by Liquid Swords, is now available on the GeForce NOW cloud gaming service. The game features cinematic melee combat and choice-driven narrative, with support for ray tracing, DLSS 3.5, and Reflex. It is one of four new titles added to the library this week.

“Samson (New release on Steam, April 8, GeForce RTX 5080-ready)” — NVIDIA

Intel, Google Deepen Collaboration to Advance AI Infrastructure

Intel and Google are expanding their collaboration on AI infrastructure. Intel Xeon processors will continue to support Google Cloud workloads, and the companies will co-develop custom ASIC-based IPUs to enhance efficiency and performance at scale.

AMD to Report Fiscal First Quarter 2026 Financial Results

AMD announced it will report its fiscal first quarter 2026 financial results on a date to be determined. The company will provide details on revenue, earnings, and business outlook during the conference call.

Intel and SambaNova Advance Agentic AI with Xeon 6

Intel and SambaNova have announced a new blueprint for agentic AI workloads, combining GPUs for prefill, SambaNova RDUs for decode, and Intel Xeon 6 processors. The design aims to address limitations of GPU-only inference architectures as AI moves to production.

Apple Arcade brings endless family fun with Nick Jr. Replay! on May 7

Apple Arcade will add Nick Jr. Replay! to its game lineup on May 7. The game features popular characters from Nickelodeon's preschool programming.

Intel Appoints Aparna Bawa as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal & People Officer

Intel has appointed Aparna Bawa as executive vice president and chief legal & people officer. She will report to CEO Lip-Bu Tan and oversee Intel's global legal, ethics, compliance, people, and culture organizations.

From RTX to Spark: NVIDIA Accelerates Gemma 4 for Local Agentic AI

Google's Gemma 4 family of open models has been optimized for NVIDIA GPUs, enabling efficient local AI execution across devices from edge modules to data centers. The models range from 2B to 31B parameters and support reasoning, coding, agentic workflows, and multimodal tasks. They run on NVIDIA RTX GPUs, DGX Spark, and Jetson Orin Nano, with tools like Ollama and llama.cpp for deployment.

Press Start on April: GeForce NOW Brings 10 Games to the Cloud

GeForce NOW is adding 10 new games in April, including Arknights: Endfield and Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection. The service allows streaming of these titles at high settings from various devices.

Intel Delivers Open, Scalable AI Performance in MLPerf Inference v6.0

Intel's GPU systems achieved results in the MLPerf Inference v6.0 benchmarks across four key benchmarks. The systems used Intel Xeon 6 CPUs and Intel Arc Pro B70 graphics, targeting workstations, datacenter, and edge applications.

Intel to Repurchase 49% Equity Interest in Ireland Fab Joint Venture

Intel announced a definitive agreement to repurchase Apollo's 49% equity interest in the joint venture for Intel's Fab 34 in Ireland for $14.2 billion. The transaction reflects Intel's ongoing business momentum.

Intel to Report First-Quarter 2026 Financial Results

Intel will report its first-quarter 2026 financial results on April 23, 2026, after market close. An earnings conference call will follow at 2 p.m. PT, with a live webcast available on Intel's Investor Relations website.

Apple adds new partners to its American Manufacturing Program

Apple has added new partners to its American Manufacturing Program, which aims to increase advanced manufacturing in the United States.

Introducing Apple Business — a new all-in-one platform for businesses of all sizes

Apple has introduced Apple Business, a platform designed for businesses to manage devices and engage with customers. The service aims to provide a unified solution for companies of various sizes.

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference returns the week of June 8

Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference will be held online from June 8 to 12. The event is annual and focuses on developers.

Apple introduces AirPods Max 2

Apple has introduced the AirPods Max 2, an updated version of its over-ear headphones. The new model features improved active noise cancellation and enhanced sound quality.

Apple hosts 50th anniversary celebrations around the world

Apple celebrated its 50th anniversary globally with events featuring performances by artists such as Alicia Keys and Paul McCartney.

Apple to celebrate 50 years of thinking different

Apple will commemorate its 50th anniversary, highlighting five decades of innovation and its impact on the world.

“Friday Night Baseball” returns to Apple TV on March 27 for its fifth season

Apple TV's "Friday Night Baseball" will begin its fifth season on March 27, featuring a weekly MLB doubleheader.

Apple Arcade adds DREDGE+ and Unpacking+ to its catalog in April

Apple Arcade will add DREDGE+ and Unpacking+ to its catalog in April. A Star Wars update for Disney SpellStruck is also coming.

MacBook Neo, iPhone 17e, iPad Air with M4, and more are now available

Apple has released several new products, including the MacBook Neo, iPhone 17e, and iPad Air with M4. The MacBook Air and MacBook Pro now feature M5 series chips, and two new displays are also available.

Formula 1® begins this weekend, exclusively on Apple TV in the U.S.

The 2026 Formula One World Championship starts this weekend. The Australian Grand Prix will be available exclusively on Apple TV in the U.S.

Say hello to MacBook Neo

Apple announced the MacBook Neo, a new laptop positioned as an affordable entry point into the Mac lineup.

Apple introduces the new MacBook Air with M5

Apple announced a new MacBook Air featuring the M5 chip, which offers improved performance and enhanced AI capabilities.

Apple introduces MacBook Pro with all-new M5 Pro and M5 Max

Apple has announced new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro models featuring the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips.

Apple debuts M5 Pro and M5 Max to supercharge the most demanding pro workflows

Apple introduced the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, designed for professional laptops. These processors are featured in the new MacBook Pro.

AMD Gives Consumers and Businesses More AI PC Options with Expanded Ryzen™ AI 400 Series Portfolio

AMD announced the expansion of its Ryzen AI 400 Series portfolio, targeting both consumers and businesses with new AI PC options. The series includes processors designed to enhance AI capabilities in laptops and desktops.

AMD and Nutanix Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance an Open and Scalable Platform for Enterprise AI

AMD and Nutanix have announced a strategic partnership to develop an open and scalable platform for enterprise AI. The collaboration aims to integrate AMD's hardware with Nutanix's software to enhance AI workloads.

AMD and Meta Announce Expanded Strategic Partnership to Deploy 6 Gigawatts of AMD GPUs

AMD and Meta have announced an expanded strategic partnership to deploy 6 gigawatts of AMD GPUs. The collaboration aims to enhance AI and high-performance computing capabilities.

AMD and TCS to bring state-of-the-art ‘Helios’ rack-scale AI architecture to India

AMD and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) are collaborating to deploy AMD's 'Helios' rack-scale AI architecture in India. The initiative aims to enhance AI computing capabilities in the region.

AMD Hires Ariel Kelman as Chief Marketing Officer

AMD has appointed Ariel Kelman as its new Chief Marketing Officer. Kelman brings experience from previous roles at major technology companies. He will oversee AMD's global marketing strategy.

AMD Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Financial Results

AMD announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2025, reporting revenue and earnings figures. The company highlighted growth in its data center and client segments.

AMD Appoints KC McClure to Board of Directors

AMD has appointed KC McClure to its board of directors. McClure brings extensive experience in finance and corporate governance from previous roles at major technology companies.

TCS and AMD Announce Strategic Collaboration to Drive AI Adoption at Scale

AMD and TCS announced a strategic collaboration to accelerate AI adoption at scale. The partnership aims to combine AMD's computing capabilities with TCS's industry expertise to deliver AI solutions.