Increased collaboration with Nvidia Corp. has pushed investor optimism over the AI growth potential for MediaTek Inc. to a new level, putting its shares on track for their first record high in seven months.

According to industry sources, Nvidia and MediaTek are broadening their collaboration to include core chips for Nintendo's Switch 2 gaming consoles, following their partnership in developing AI supercomputer chips.

INCREASED collaboration with Nvidia has pushed investor optimism over the artificial intelligence (AI) growth potential for MediaTek to a new level, putting its shares on track for their first record high in seven months.

The Nvidia GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip demonstrates the successful collaboration between MediaTek and Nvidia, highlighting the strong foundation of mutual trust between both companies, according to MediaTek corporate SVP Jerry Yu.

The supercomputer will cost about $3,000 when it becomes available in May, Nvidia said, and will be available from the company itself as well as some of its manufacturing partners. Huang said Project Digits is a placeholder name, indicating it may change by the time the computer goes on sale.

Nvidia has sparked speculation about its entry into the consumer CPU market with the unveiling of Project Digits at CES 2025. The $3,000 personal AI supercomputer

Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang has hinted that the company has plans to release an Arm-based desktop CPU, but details are scarce.

Nvidia revealed a $3,000 mini computer for AI developers at CES in Las Vegas this week. TakeAway Points: This week, Nvidia unveiled a $3,000 tiny PC for AI developers. For the time being, it is known as Project Digits and is built around the GB10 Nvidia chip.

Nvidia forms a trio with ARM and Mediatek. Together, they are obviously preparing an all-round attack, summarizes Mark Mantel.

The Ryzen 7 9800X3D, the current best CPU for gaming, launched just a little while ago and its impeccable performance has already caused shortages. AMD says the level of demand is partially down to Intel's launch of the rather underwhelming Arrow Lake.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSM) (TW:2330) logged October to December quarterly revenue of NT$868.5 billion, or $26 billion, based on MarketWatch's calculations of the company's monthly revenues. That beats a revenue forecast of NT$854 billion, compiled from a FactSet poll of analysts.