Alphabet launches two new AI chips to rival Nvidia amid Jensen Huang scandal

Sundar Pichai’s Alphabet (GOOGL) has launched two more AI chips to compete with Nvidia (NVDA), and the announcement comes at a rather uncomfortable time for Jensen Huang. Google introduced its latest processors Monday, just as Nvidia faces an investigation involving its CEO’s admitted affair and allegations that he may have been targeted by Chinese intelligence. Alphabet shares rose more than 2% in premarket trading, despite having fallen 9% this year through the previous close. The new processors, named 8tx and 8i Max, are modified versions of Google’s existing Tensor Processing Units, better known as TPUs. Alphabet wants more of Nvidia’s AI chip business Google has been developing its own chips for use in products such as Search, YouTube, and Gemini for many years.

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