TrendForce: Estimated Global Server Shipment Growth of 2.05% in 2024, with AI Servers Accounting for Approximately 12.1%

Apple Announces Over $500 Billion Investment Plan to Produce Apple Smart Servers

Apple is reportedly building a new 250,000-square-foot facility in the Houston area to assemble servers for its data centers, specifically those supporting Apple smart devices. This represents a significant move towards bringing server production back to the US, as these servers were previously largely manufactured overseas. The plant is expected to be operational by 2026.

xAI Claims to Offer Grok3 for Free to All Users Until Their Servers Crash

xAI announced today the official launch of its latest AI model, Grok3, claiming it to be "the smartest AI in the world." The company stated that Grok3 is now available for public trial at no cost until the "servers melt down."

Open Source Action Estimation Model ViTPose: It Can Estimate Actions in Every Frame and Label Them

ViTPose is an open-source action estimation model that excels at recognizing human postures, as if it can understand the actions you are performing. The standout feature of this model is its simplicity and efficiency; it does not use complex network structures but directly employs a technique called Vision Transformer. The core of ViTPose uses a pure Vision Transformer, which acts like a powerful 'skeleton' to extract key features from images. Unlike other models, it does not require complexity.

Apple's Self-Developed AI Chip 'Breaks the Ice'! Partnering with Broadcom to Create the 'Brain' of Servers, Accelerating AI Implementation

Apple is quietly laying the groundwork for the 'heart' of artificial intelligence—server chips. According to The Information, citing three informed sources, Apple is collaborating with semiconductor giant Broadcom to secretly develop its first server chip specifically designed for handling AI applications. This move indicates that Apple's ambitions in the field of artificial intelligence are rapidly expanding. Renowned for its self-designed chips, Apple’s 'Apple Silicon' series is primarily manufactured by TSMC and is widely used in iP

Meta Invests Billions in AI Data Center in Louisiana

Facebook's parent company Meta plans to invest billions of dollars in a new AI data center in northern Louisiana. The project is expected to create between 300 and 500 jobs and help enhance Louisiana's position in critical technological infrastructure. According to an application submitted to state regulators, an unnamed company plans to build a 'large-scale facility with economic transformation potential' near Holly Ridge in Richland Parish.

NVIDIA's New Blackwell AI Chip Faces Overheating Issues in Servers

Recently, NVIDIA's newly launched Blackwell AI chip has encountered overheating issues in servers, raising concerns among customers about their ability to timely activate new data centers. According to The Information, the Blackwell graphics processing units (GPUs) are overheating when connected to server racks designed to accommodate 72 chips. Insiders reveal that NVIDIA's engineering team is actively addressing this issue, and the company's staff have already begun...

Meta AI Launches FBDetect: Real-Time Identification with 0.005% Performance Decrease, Saving Thousands of Servers!

Microsoft to Spend Nearly $10 Billion Renting CoreWeave AI Servers

According to reports, Microsoft will spend nearly $10 billion renting servers from AI startup CoreWeave between 2023 and 2030. This amount accounts for more than half of the total $17 billion contract signed between CoreWeave and its customers. Neither CoreWeave nor Microsoft responded immediately to requests for comment. Previously, it was reported that CoreWeave is preparing for an initial public offering (IPO) in 2025. The company recently secured a $650 million credit line from several investment banks.

Apple Launches New AI Model Depth Pro: 0.3 Seconds for Ultra-Fast 3D Depth Map Generation

Recently, Apple's AI research team released a new model called Depth Pro, marking a significant breakthrough in the field of depth estimation! This model can quickly generate high-resolution 3D depth maps from a single 2D image, and astonishingly, it does not require any camera metadata, which is a rarity in previous technologies. Depth Pro works incredibly fast, generating depth maps in just 0.3 seconds. The model can create maps with outstanding clarity at 2.25MP.

Dell and Red Hat Join Forces: Introducing Generative AI into PowerEdge Servers

Dell Technologies and Red Hat have partnered to integrate Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) into PowerEdge servers, aiming to simplify the development, testing, and deployment of AI models for enterprises, particularly in hybrid cloud environments. This collaboration focuses on the resources required for AI implementation, such as powerful servers, computing capabilities, and GPUs, while providing a flexible platform. It is expected that in the third quarter, optimized AI hardware solutions combined with Dell PowerEdge servers and RH...