Musk plans to double Colossus 2's Nvidia chips by year-end; Apple hit with $5.7B patent verdict
创业邦 · wechat · 2026-09-27
A tech industry roundup:
- Compute: Elon Musk says xAI's Colossus 2 currently holds 110k Nvidia GB200 and 440k GB300 chips, with 220k more GB300s next week, another 220k in November, and possibly 220k more in late December — more than doubling the cluster by year-end.
- Apple litigation: A federal jury ordered Apple to pay over $5.7B for infringing two haptic-feedback patents used in iPhone and Apple Watch, though not willfully.
- Apple retail: Design chief Ron Johnson argues products like iPhone Duo still need in-store hands-on experience.
- Memory: SK Hynix's Solidigm is weighing a US IPO as soon as 2027 at up to $100B valuation.
- Chips: Infineon's $1.44B Thailand factory opens Oct 1, making power modules for EVs and data centers with 5,000+ hires.
Related event: Musk says Colossus 2 Nvidia chip count to double by year-end(2 posts)→
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