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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns amid scandal; AI hardware and chip design news follows

Nvidia founder Jensen Huang has resigned as CEO amid allegations of extramarital affairs, marking a significant shift for the company that has become a leader in AI. In hardware news, Apple's Mac Studio and Nvidia's DGX Spark are being compared for local AI model performance, while AMD is developing a predictive memory engine called MEXT to reduce DRAM requirements for AI servers. Cognichip is also rolling out AI-powered chip design tools, and Google has expanded its TPU lineup with new chips for long-context AI and security. AI

IMPACT The resignation of Nvidia's CEO and ongoing developments in AI hardware and chip design signal shifts in the competitive landscape and technological advancements.

RANK_REASON The article discusses a CEO's resignation due to personal scandal and covers multiple unrelated hardware and AI product developments, rather than a single core AI event.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns amid scandal; AI hardware and chip design news follows

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