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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.