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Firebird Launches CIS Region’s Largest AI Factory in Armenia

Firebird has opened an artificial intelligence data center in Armenia utilizing Dell and Nvidia hardware. The facility is built upon Nvidia's DSX platform, with plans to scale to 300 megawatts of compute power. The deployment roadmap includes integrating more than 70,000 Nvidia Blackwell and Rubin graphics processors by the end of 2027.

“Firebird plans to deploy more than 70,000 NVIDIA Rubin and Blackwell GPUs and 300 megawatts of AI infrastructure capacity in Armenia by the end of 2027” — NVIDIA

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Intel Announces Leadership Appointment to Strengthen Customer Engagement and Accelerate Growth

Intel has appointed Dean Jarnac as executive vice president and chief sales officer. He will lead the company's global sales organization, focusing on customer relationships and go-to-market execution across product lines including client, data center, AI, networking, and ASICs.

AMD Acquires Taalas to Advance Compute Solutions for Rapidly Growing AI Inference Market

AMD has announced the acquisition of Taalas, a company specializing in AI inference technology. The acquisition is intended to strengthen AMD's compute offerings in the rapidly expanding AI inference sector.

Creating Pathways to Semiconductor Careers: Intel Launches SEPP

Intel has announced the launch of the Semiconductor Education Pathways Program (SEPP), a workforce development initiative designed to strengthen education pathways from K-12 through post-secondary education and into semiconductor careers. The program aims to address the need for talent in the semiconductor industry.

GeForce NOW Shakes Up August With 26 New Games

NVIDIA has expanded its GeForce NOW cloud gaming catalog with 26 additions for the month of August. At QuakeCon, the service demonstrated cloud streaming driven by GeForce RTX 5080 hardware, supporting outputs up to 5K resolution at 120 frames per second on ultrawide monitors and handheld devices.

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CPUs are having a moment: Inside Arm’s hyperscale surge

Major cloud providers are accelerating the deployment of custom Arm-based processors across hyperscale data centers. Microsoft is rolling out its Cobalt 200 chips globally, while Amazon Web Services continues expanding its Graviton lineup with Graviton5 to handle agentic computing and infrastructure orchestration alongside AI accelerators.

“Graviton5 powered M9g instances deliver up to 25% better compute performance than Graviton4-based M8g instances and up to 35% faster machine learning inference.” — Arm

AMD Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results

AMD has published its financial results for the second quarter of 2026. The report covers revenue, earnings, and other key financial metrics for the period.

NVIDIA Joins NSF State and Regional AI Hubs Program to Expand AI Research and Education Across the US

NVIDIA announced its participation in the U.S. National Science Foundation's State and Regional AI Infrastructure Hubs program, which aims to broaden access to advanced computing and AI resources for research and education. The initiative builds on prior collaborations, such as NVIDIA's partnership with the University of Florida, and will support regional consortia in developing shared infrastructure and workforce training.

“UF has grown to more than 300 AI-focused faculty and embedded AI education and research across all 16 colleges. And since 2017, UF faculty and units have received more than $511 million in AI research awards.” — NVIDIA

Leagues Cup kicks off tomorrow, August 4, on Apple TV

Apple TV will broadcast the Leagues Cup, a soccer competition sanctioned by Concacaf, starting August 4. The tournament features 18 clubs from Major League Soccer and 18 from Liga MX.

“kicks off tomorrow, August 4” — Apple

Arm Performix brings AI-guided performance analysis to agentic development

Arm introduced Dynamic Insights, an addition to its Performix performance analysis toolkit. It uses runtime profiling data combined with language models to offer optimization suggestions for Arm-based systems. The tool is designed to help developers and AI coding agents identify performance bottlenecks and decide where to focus improvements.

“Dynamic Insights combines runtime performance evidence with the reasoning capabilities of large language models (LLMs).” — Arm